2017 BWF World Championships

2017 BWF World Championships

Tournament details
Dates	21–27 August
Edition	23rd
Level	International
Venue	Emirates Arena
Location	Glasgow, Scotland
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The 2017 BWF World Championships of badminton were held from 21 to 27 August at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The venue can hold 6,000 spectators. ^[3] When Glasgow hosted the event in 1997 it was held at the Scotstoun Centre.

Host city selection

Glasgow originally submitted a bid for the 2017 Sudirman Cup but lost to Gold Coast. The Badminton World Federation awarded the World Championships to Glasgow after the event did not receive appropriate bids. ^[1]

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).

Date	Time	Round
21 August 2017	11:00	Round of 64
22 August 2017	11:00	Round of 64
		Round of 32
23 August 2017	11:00	Round of 32
24 August 2017	11:00	Round of 16
25 August 2017	10:00	Quarterfinals
26 August 2017	10:00	Semifinals
27 August 2017	13:00	Finals

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Scotland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China  (CHN)	2	2	3	7
2	Japan  (JPN)	1	1	2	4
3	Indonesia  (INA)	1	1	0	2
4	Denmark  (DEN)	1	0	1	2
5	India  (IND)	0	1	1	2
6	England  (ENG)	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong  (HKG)	0	0	1	1
	South Korea  (KOR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		5	5	10	20

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Viktor Axelsen   Denmark	Lin Dan   China	Son Wan-ho   South Korea
			Chen Long   China
Women's singles details	Nozomi Okuhara   Japan	P. V. Sindhu   India	Chen Yufei   China
			Saina Nehwal   India
Men's doubles details	China Liu Cheng Zhang Nan	Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan Rian Agung Saputro	Japan Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda
			China Chai Biao Hong Wei
Women's doubles details	China Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Japan Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Japan Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi
			Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl Christinna Pedersen
Mixed doubles details	Indonesia Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	China Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen	England Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock
			Hong Kong Lee Chun Hei Chau Hoi Wah

References

1. Alleyne, Gayle (14 November 2014). "Badminton 'Worlds' Going to Glasgow in 2017". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 15 August 2015.
2. "Scotland names a date for the 2017 World Championships". BadmintonScotland. Archived from the original on 18 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
3. Daniel Etchells (15 November 2014). "Glasgow to host 2017 Badminton World Championships after impressive Sudirman Cup bid". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 1 September 2015.

External links

• Official website