2018 BWF World Championships

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2018 BWF World Championships
2018 BWF World Championships logo.png
Tournament details
Dates30 July – 5 August
Edition24th
LevelInternational
Competitors357 from 48 nations
Venue Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Sports Park Arena
Location Nanjing, China
← 2017 Glasgow 2019 Basel →

The 2018 BWF World Championships was a badminton tournament which was held from 30 July to 5 August at Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Sports Park Arena in Nanjing, China. [1]

Contents

Host city selection

Nanjing was the only bidder for 2018 edition of championships. [2] The bid was approved by Badminton World Federation during council meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [3]

Schedule

Five events were held. [4]

All times are local (UTC+8).

A banner of the Championship near the venue 2018 BWF World Championships.jpg
A banner of the Championship near the venue
DateTimeRound
30 July 201810:00Round of 64
31 July 201810:00Round of 64 (MS)
Round of 32 (WS, MD, WD, XD)
1 August 201810:00Round of 32 (MS, WS, MD, WD)
2 August 201810:00Round of 16
3 August 201811:00Quarterfinals
4 August 201811:00Semifinals
5 August 201813:00Finals

Players

357 players from 48 countries in total participate in this game.

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China*2248
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2226
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1001
4Flag of India.svg  India 0101
5Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 0011
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 0011
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 0011
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 0011
Totals (8 entries)551020

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles
details 		Kento Momota
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 		Shi Yuqi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 		Chen Long
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Liew Daren
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Women's singles
details 		Carolina Marín
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 		P. V. Sindhu
Flag of India.svg  India 		He Bingjiao
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Akane Yamaguchi
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Men's doubles
details 		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen 		Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda 		Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Chen Hung-ling
Wang Chi-lin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Liu Cheng
Zhang Nan
Women's doubles
details 		Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara 		Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota 		Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Greysia Polii
Apriyani Rahayu
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Shiho Tanaka
Koharu Yonemoto
Mixed doubles
details 		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong 		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping 		Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Zhang Nan
Li Yinhui
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Tang Chun Man
Tse Ying Suet

International broadcasters

Country/RegionBroadcasterRef
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (host) CCTV
International (unsold markets only) YouTube [5]
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan ELTA TV 3
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark TV2 Sport [6]
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong I-Cable
Flag of India.svg India Star Sports [7]
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia TVRI [8]
SportsFix [9]
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Astro [10]
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore StarHub [11]
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand True Corporation

References

  1. ↑ "TOTAL BWF World Championships 2018 _ Invitation letter _ February 2018 _ ED（Nanjing)" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "BWF To Name Major Events' Hosts". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "China to host major world badminton events in 2018, 2019". Xinhua. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Schedule
  5. ↑ BadmintonWorld.tv Live Stream , retrieved 2018-11-25
  6. ↑ "Sådan sender TV 2 og TV 2 SPORT fra VM i badminton – TV 2". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  7. ↑ NDTVSports.com. "BWF World Championships 2018, PV Sindhu vs Carolina Marin Final: When And Where To Watch, Live Coverage On TV, Live Streaming Online | Badminton News". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  8. ↑ "Live Streaming TVRI Final Kejuaraan Dunia Bulutangkis (BWF World Championship 2018) Siang Ini". Banjarmasin Post (in Indonesian). 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  9. ↑ "SportsFix Indonesia – Tonton LIVE Streaming GRATIS BWF Badminton". indonesia.sportsfix.tv. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  10. ↑ "Bwf World Championship 2018 | Show | Astro". whatson.astro.com.my. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  11. ↑ "Sports TV Group | StarHub TV". www.starhub.com. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
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