1978 WBF World Championships

The 1978 WBF World Championships took place in November 1978 in Bangkok, Thailand. This event was followed by Invitational Championships which took place in the month of February earlier this year in Hong Kong. It was the first of the two editions of the world championships organised by the WBF, which was a rival organisation of the Badminton World Federation.

1978 WBF World Championships

Tournament details
Dates	4 to 7 November
Edition	1
Location	Bangkok, Thailand
1979 →

Participating nations

•  Bangladesh
•  Brunei
•  Burma
•  China
•  Hong Kong
•  Iran
•  Kenya
•  South Korea
•  Nepal
•  Nigeria
•  North Korea
•  Pakistan
•  Philippines
•  Singapore
•  Sri Lanka
•  Tanzania
•  Thailand

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Yu Yaodong	Han Jian	Udom Luangpetcharaporn
			Luan Jin
Women's singles[1]	Zhang Ailing	Sirisriro Patama	Li Fang
			Song Hyan-soon
Men's doubles	Yu Yaodong Hou Jiachang	Sarit Pisudchaikul Sawei Chanseorasmee	Javed Iqbal Tariq Wadood
			Pichai Kongsirithavorn Preecha Sopajaree
Women's doubles	Li Fang Zhang Ailing	Zheng Huiming Qiu Yufang	Sirisriro Patama Suleeporn Jittariyakul
			Oh Yeon-han Song Hyan-soon
Mixed doubles	Pichai Kongsirithavorn Petchroong Liengtrakulngam	Preecha Sopajaree Porntip Buntanon	Han Jian Qiu Yufang
			Fu Hon Ping Lee Kam Wah

Results

Semifinals

Discipline	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Yu Yaodong	Udom Luangpetcharaporn	15–4, 15–5
	Han Jian	Luan Jin
Women's singles	Sirisriro Patama	Song Hyan-soon	11–6, 5–11, 11–4
	Zhang Ailing	Li Fang	11–6, 11–8
Men's doubles	Hou Jiachang & Yu Yaodong	Javed Iqbal & Tariq Wadood	7–15, 15–8, 15–1
	Sawei Chanseorasmee & Sarit Pisudchaikul	Pichai Kongsirithavorn & Preecha Sopajaree	15–3, 17–15
Women's doubles	Li Fang & Zhang Ailing	Sirisriro Patama & Suleeporn Jittariyakul	15–8, 15–9
	Zheng Huiming & Qiu Yufang	Oh Yeon-han & Song Hyan-soon	15–9, 15–5
Mixed doubles	Pichai Kongsirithavorn & Petchroong Liengtrakulngam	Han Jian & Qiu Yufang	15–4, 15–6
	Preecha Sopajaree & Porntip Buntanon	Fu Hon Ping & Lee Kam Wah	15–9, 11–15, 15–7

Finals

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Men's singles	Yu Yaodong	Han Jian	15–11, 15–11
Women's singles	Zhang Ailing	Sirisriro Patama	11–4, 11–4
Men's doubles	Yu Yaodong Hou Jiachang	Sarit Pisudchaikul Sawei Chanseorasmee	18–15, 15–12
Women's doubles[2]	Li Fang Zhang Ailing	Zheng Huiming Qiu Yufang	5–15, 15–9, 15–10
Mixed doubles	Pichai Kongsirithavorn Petchroong Liengtrakulngam	Preecha Sopajaree Porntip Buntanon	15–4, 1–15, 17–14