The BWF World Junior Championships, also known as the World Junior Badminton Championships, is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation to crown the best junior badminton players (U-19) in the world. The championship is held annually and consists of two separate competitions: a mixed team championship followed by an individual championship.
Lu Kai is a Chinese former badminton player who specializes in doubles. He won the mixed doubles gold medal at the 2009 Asian Junior Championships partnered with Bao Yixin, and later at the 2017 Asian Championships with Huang Yaqiong.
Huang Yaqiong is a Chinese badminton player who specializes in doubles. She is an Olympic gold medalist, three-time World Champion, two-time Asian Games gold medalist, and two-time Asian Champion. She also won a silver medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Huang is the current world number 1 in the mixed doubles with Zheng Siwei.
Zheng Siwei is a Chinese badminton player specializing in doubles. He is an Olympic gold medalist, a three-time World Champion and two-time Asian Games gold medalist in the mixed doubles with his current partner Huang Yaqiong. He helped the national team clinch the 2018 Thomas Cup and also 2019 and 2023 Sudirman Cups.
Chen Qingchen is a Chinese badminton player who specializes in doubles. She is an Olympic champion, four-time World Champion, two-time Asian Games gold medalist, and two-time Asian Champion. With partner Jia Yifan, Chen won silver in women's doubles at the 2020 Summer Olympics and gold in the same event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Chae Yoo-jung is a South Korean badminton player who affiliated with Incheon International Airport team. She is the daughter of former singles player Kim Bok-sun. She won the mixed doubles title at the 2023 World Championships. Chae was a part of the Korean national team that won the world mixed team championships at the 2017 Sudirman Cup.
Yuta Watanabe is a Japanese badminton player. He is a member of the Nihon Unisys team, and national team A representative. Known for his quick and explosive movements with signature drop shots on court, Watanabe, together with Arisa Higashino, had won 2 consecutive bronze medals in the mixed doubles event at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics, as well as being four-time BWF World Championships medalists.
Arisa Igarashi is a Japanese badminton player. She won bronze in the mixed team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2013 and 2014, and competed at the 2014 World Junior Championships, winning two bronzes in the mixed doubles and team event.
Teo Ee Yi is a Malaysian badminton player. He won a silver medal with Ong Yew Sin at the 2023 Badminton Asia Championships and a bronze medal with Ong at the 2021 BWF World Championships. In the junior event, he captured the golds medal at the 2011 World Junior Championships in the team and boys' doubles events.
Shevon Jemie Lai is a Malaysian badminton player.
He Jiting is a Chinese badminton player. As a junior player, his best achievements was winning the boys' doubles at the 2015 Asian and World Junior Championships, later won the mixed doubles at the 2016 Asian and World Junior Championships. He was part of the national team that lifted the Tong Yun Kai Cup at the 2019 and 2023 Asia Mixed Team Championships, and at the 2021 Sudirman Cup.
Du Yue is a Chinese former badminton player. She won the silver medal at the 2014 Asian Junior Championships in the girls' doubles event partnered with Li Yinhui. She and Li then made it to the gold medal 2015. Du also claimed the girls' doubles gold in 2016 partnered with Xu Ya and doubled-up the title winning mixed doubles gold with He Jiting. She and He Jiting captured the gold medal at the 2016 World Junior Championships, which in the previous year they won the silver medal. She won her first senior international title at the 2017 China International tournament in the women's doubles event partnered with Xu Ya. Du was the mixed doubles silver medalist at the 2019 Asian Championships, and the women's doubles bronze medalist at the 2019 World Championships.
Tan Qiang is a Chinese badminton player. In 2015, he won the bronze medal at the Asian Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event partnered with Ren Xiangyu, and in 2016, won the silver medal partnered with He Jiting. In 2017, he became the runner-up at the China International tournament in the mixed doubles event partnered with Xu Ya. In 2023, he helped the national team win the 2023 Asia Mixed Team Championships, and won the postponed Summer World University Games with Ren Xiangyu.
Kim Won-ho is a South Korean badminton player. He was the silver medalists in the mixed doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics and in the men's doubles at the 2022 Asian Games. He was part of Korea winning team at the 2017 Sudirman Cup. Kim reached a career-high as world number 4 in mixed doubles with Jeong Na-eun and world number 9 in men's doubles with Choi Sol-gyu.
Chen Tang Jie is a Malaysian badminton player. He was part of the Malaysian 2016 Asian Junior Championships and 2016 BWF World Junior Championships team, and has help Malaysia to clinched a silver medal in the World Junior mixed team before defeated by China.
Feng Yanzhe is a Chinese badminton player. He is the current world number 1 in the mixed doubles with his partner Huang Dongping. They achieved this feat on 26 November 2024. Feng won the gold medal at the 2024 Asian Championships. His notability on the international stage began at a young age, where he emerge victorious in the mixed doubles at the 2019 World Junior Championships with Lin Fangling.
Liu Shengshu is a Chinese badminton player. She won the women's doubles silver medal at the 2024 Olympic Games and a bronze medal at the 2024 Asian Championships. She also helped the national team win the 2023 Asia Mixed Team Championships and the 2024 Uber Cup. In her junior career, Liu won both the girls' and mixed doubles events at the 2022 World Junior Championships. Liu reached a career high of world number 1 in the BWF World Rankings on 22 October 2024 with her partner Tan Ning.
The boys' doubles of the tournament 2024 BWF World Junior Championships was an individual badminton tournament to crowned the best boys' doubles under 19 player across the BWF associate members around the world. Players will compete to win the Eye Level Cup presented by the former BWF President and chairman of the World Youth Culture Foundation, Kang Young Joong. The tournament was held from 7 to 13 October 2024 in Nanchang International Sports Center, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China. The winner of the last edition was Ma Shang and Zhu Yijun from China.
The girls' doubles of the tournament 2024 BWF World Junior Championships was an individual badminton tournament to crowned the best girls' doubles under 19 player across the BWF associate members around the world. Players will compete to win the Eye Level Cup presented by the former BWF President and chairman of the World Youth Culture Foundation, Kang Young Joong. The tournament was held from 7 to 13 October 2024 in Nanchang International Sports Center, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China. The winner of the last edition was Maya Taguchi and Aya Tamaki from Japan.
The Mixed doubles tournament at the 2023 BWF World Junior Championships will be held at The Podium, Spokane, United States from 2 to 8 October 2023. Zhu Yijun and Liu Shengshu of China were the gold medalists in the previous edition, but were unable to defend their title as a pair as Liu had moved into the senior age category. Zhu this time partnered with her opponent in the 2022 final, Huang Kexin, and made it to the final. Despite being just one point away from victory, Zhu and Huang had to give up the gold medal to their compatriots, Liao Pinyi and Zhang Jiahan. Zhu also failed to repeat the achievement of two world junior championship titles obtained in the previous edition. Bronze medals were won by Low Han Chen and Chong Jie Yu from Malaysia and Jonathan Farrell Gosal and Priskila Venus Elsadai from Indonesia.
