2013 BWF World Championships

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2013 BWF World Championships
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Tournament details
Dates5 August – 11 August
Edition20th
LevelInternational
Competitors345 from 49 nations
Venue Tianhe Sports Center
Location Guangzhou, China
2011 London 2014 Copenhagen

The 2013 BWF World Championships was a badminton tournament which was held from 5 to 11 August 2013 at the Tianhe Sports Center in Guangzhou, China. [1]

Contents

Host city selection

Copenhagen, Guangzhou, and Macau submitted bids for this edition of championships. [2] On 9 December 2011, Badminton World Federation decided to award the championships to Guangzhou during a meeting in Queenstown, New Zealand.[ citation needed ]

Draw

The draw was held on 22 July at Guangzhou, China.

Schedule

All five events started on the first day and concluded with the final on the last day.

All times are local (UTC+8).

DateTimeRound
5 August 201310:00Round of 64
6 August 201313:00Round of 64
Round of 32
7 August 201310:00Round of 32
8 August 201313:00Round of 16
9 August 201312:00Quarterfinals
18:00Quarterfinals
10 August 201312:00Semifinals
18:00Semifinals
11 August 201313:00Finals

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's Singles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Dan Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Chong Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Du Pengyu
Flag of Vietnam.svg Nguyễn Tiến Minh
Women's Singles Flag of Thailand.svg Ratchanok Intanon Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xuerui Flag of South Korea.svg Bae Yeon-ju
Flag of India.svg P. V. Sindhu
Men's Doubles Flag of Indonesia.svg Hendra Setiawan
Flag of Indonesia.svg Mohammad Ahsan
Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Boe
Flag of Denmark.svg Carsten Mogensen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cai Yun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fu Haifeng
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ki-jung
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Sa-rang
Women's Doubles Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xiaoli
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yu Yang
Flag of South Korea.svg Eom Hye-won
Flag of South Korea.svg Chang Ye-na
Flag of Denmark.svg Christinna Pedersen
Flag of Denmark.svg Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tian Qing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Yunlei
Mixed Doubles Flag of Indonesia.svg Tontowi Ahmad
Flag of Indonesia.svg Lilyana Natsir
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xu Chen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Jin
Flag of South Korea.svg Shin Baek-cheol
Flag of South Korea.svg Eom Hye-won
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Nan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Yunlei

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)*2248
2Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia  (INA)2002
3Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)1001
4Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)0134
5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)0112
6Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia  (MAS)0101
7Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)0011
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam  (VIE)0011
Totals (8 entries)551020

Participating countries

345 players from 49 countries participated at this year's edition. The number in parentheses indicate the player contributed by each country.

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