Badminton World Cup

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The World Cup in badminton was an annual tournament organized by the International Management Group (IMG). [1] It was held from 1979 to 1997. After the tournament ceased for seven years, Badminton World Federation decided to bring it back as an invitational tournament in 2005, [2] but it was ended after the 2006 event.

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Locations

YearNo.Host CityCountry
1979 I Tokyo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
1980 II Kyoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
1981 III Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
1982 IV Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
1983 V Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
1984 VI Jakarta Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
1985 VII Jakarta Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
1986 VIII Jakarta Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
1987 IX Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
1988 X Bangkok Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
1989 XI Guangzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1990 XII Bandung/Jakarta Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
1991 XIII Macau Flag of the Government of Portuguese Macau (1976-1999).svg Macau
1992 XIV Guangzhou Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
1993 XV New Delhi Flag of India.svg  India
1994 XVI Ho Chi Minh City Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
1995 XVII Jakarta Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
1996 XVIII Jakarta Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
1997 XIX Yogyakarta Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
2005 XX Yiyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2006 XXI Yiyang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Past winners

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
1979 Flag of Indonesia.svg Liem Swie King Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Køppen Flag of Indonesia.svg Ade Chandra
Flag of Indonesia.svg Christian Hadinata
Flag of Japan.svg Emiko Ueno
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiko Yonekura
no competition
1980 Flag of Japan.svg Atsuko Tokuda
Flag of Japan.svg Yoshiko Yonekura
1981 Flag of India.svg Prakash Padukone Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Ruizhen no competitionno competition
1982 Flag of Indonesia.svg Liem Swie King Flag of Denmark.svg Lene Køppen
1983 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Jian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Aiping Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg Kim Moon-soo
Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg Park Joo-bong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Aiping
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Lingwei
Flag of England.svg Martin Dew
Flag of England.svg Gillian Gilks
1984 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Lingwei Flag of Indonesia.svg Hariamanto Kartono
Flag of Indonesia.svg Liem Swie King
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Ying
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Dixi
Flag of Sweden.svg Thomas Kihlström
Flag of England.svg Nora Perry
1985 Flag of Indonesia.svg Icuk Sugiarto Flag of Indonesia.svg Christian Hadinata
Flag of Indonesia.svg Ivana Lie
1986 Flag of Indonesia.svg Bobby Ertanto
Flag of Indonesia.svg Liem Swie King
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Aiping
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Lingwei
Flag of Indonesia.svg Eddy Hartono
Flag of Indonesia.svg Verawaty Fadjrin
1987 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Jianhua Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Kim Moon-soo
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Park Joo-bong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Pengren
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shi Fangjing
1988 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Yang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Aiping Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Yongbo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tian Bingyi
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Guan Weizhen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Ying
1989 Flag of Indonesia.svg Susi Susanti Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Kim Moon-soo
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Park Joo-bong
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Park Joo-bong
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Chung Myung-hee
1990 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wu Wenkai Flag of Indonesia.svg Sarwendah Kusumawardhani Flag of Malaysia.svg Jalani Sidek
Flag of Malaysia.svg Razif Sidek
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lai Caiqin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yao Fen
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rudy Gunawan
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rosiana Tendean
1991 Flag of Indonesia.svg Ardy Wiranata Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Hua Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Chung So-young
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg Hwang Hye-young
1992 Flag of Indonesia.svg Joko Suprianto Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Jiuhong Flag of Malaysia.svg Cheah Soon Kit
Flag of Malaysia.svg Soo Beng Kiang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Yanfen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yao Fen
1993 Flag of Indonesia.svg Alan Budikusuma Flag of Indonesia.svg Susi Susanti Flag of Indonesia.svg Rexy Mainaky
Flag of Indonesia.svg Ricky Subagja
Flag of Sweden.svg Lim Xiaoqing
Flag of Sweden.svg Christine Magnusson
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Axelsson
Flag of England.svg Gillian Gowers
1994 Flag of Indonesia.svg Hariyanto Arbi Flag of Malaysia.svg Cheah Soon Kit
Flag of Malaysia.svg Soo Beng Kiang
Flag of Indonesia.svg Finarsih
Flag of Indonesia.svg Lili Tampi
Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Lund
Flag of Sweden.svg Catrine Bengtsson
1995 Flag of Indonesia.svg Joko Suprianto Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ye Zhaoying Flag of Indonesia.svg Rexy Mainaky
Flag of Indonesia.svg Ricky Subagja
Flag of Indonesia.svg Eliza Nathanael
Flag of Indonesia.svg Zelin Resiana
Flag of Indonesia.svg Tri Kusharjanto
Flag of Indonesia.svg Minarti Timur
1996 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Dong Jiong Flag of Indonesia.svg Susi Susanti Flag of Indonesia.svg Antonius Ariantho
Flag of Indonesia.svg Denny Kantono
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ge Fei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gu Jun
Flag of Indonesia.svg Sandiarto
Flag of Indonesia.svg Minarti Timur
1997 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Jun Flag of Indonesia.svg Rexy Mainaky
Flag of Indonesia.svg Ricky Subagja
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Yong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ge Fei
1998-2004Not held
2005 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Dan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xie Xingfang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cai Yun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fu Haifeng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jiewen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xie Zhongbo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Yawen
2006 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yihan Flag of Indonesia.svg Markis Kido
Flag of Indonesia.svg Hendra Setiawan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Ling
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Sui
Flag of Indonesia.svg Nova Widianto
Flag of Indonesia.svg Liliyana Natsir

Medal table

World Cup all time medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 413352126
2Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 363146113
3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 5111632
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4.562131.5
5Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 441523
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 34714
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2.511013.5
8Flag of England.svg  England 23.514.520
9Flag of India.svg  India 1012
10Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 0224
11Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0022
12Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 0011
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0011
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0011
Totals (14 entries)9995.5189.5384

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