2018 BWF World Championships

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]

2018 BWF World Championships

Tournament details
Dates	30 July – 5 August
Edition	24th
Level	International
Competitors	357 from 48 nations
Venue	Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Sports Park Arena
Location	Nanjing, China
← 2017 Glasgow 2019 Basel →

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

Date	Time	Round
30 July 2018	10:00	Round of 64
31 July 2018	10:00	Round of 64 (MS)
		Round of 32 (WS, MD, WD, XD)
1 August 2018	10:00	Round of 32 (MS, WS, MD, WD)
2 August 2018	10:00	Round of 16
3 August 2018	11:00	Quarterfinals
4 August 2018	11:00	Semifinals
5 August 2018	13:00	Finals

Players

See also: 2018 BWF World Championships qualification

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

•  Algeria (2)
•  Australia (1)
•  Austria (1)
•  Belgium (3)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Bulgaria (8)
•  Canada (7)
•  China (25)
•  Chinese Taipei (23)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Czech Republic (4)
•  Denmark (17)
•  Egypt (4)
•  England (10)
•  Estonia (1)
•  Finland (2)
•  France (10)
•  Germany (16)
•  Hong Kong (14)
•  Hungary (1)
•  India (25)
•  Indonesia (29)
•  Ireland (3)
•  Israel (1)
•  Italy (3)
•  Japan (25)
•  Jordan (2)
•  Malaysia (18)
•  Mauritius (2)
•  Netherlands (11)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Nigeria (2)
•  Norway (2)
•  Peru (2)
•  Poland (3)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Russia (14)
•  Scotland (3)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  South Korea (6)
•  Spain (4)
•  Sri Lanka (1)
•   Switzerland (3)
•  Thailand (18)
•  Turkey (5)
•  Ukraine (4)
•  United States (8)
•  Vietnam (9)

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China*	2	2	4	8
2	Japan	2	2	2	6
3	Spain	1	0	0	1
4	India	0	1	0	1
5	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		5	5	10	20

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Kento Momota	Shi Yuqi	Chen Long
			Liew Daren
Women's singles details	Carolina Marín	P. V. Sindhu	He Bingjiao
			Akane Yamaguchi
Men's doubles details	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin
			Liu Cheng Zhang Nan
Women's doubles details	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu
			Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto
Mixed doubles details	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	Wang Yilü Huang Dongping	Zhang Nan Li Yinhui
			Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet

International broadcasters

Country/Region	Broadcaster	Ref
China (host)	CCTV
International (unsold markets only)	YouTube	[5]
Taiwan	ELTA TV 3
Denmark	TV2 Sport	[6]
Hong Kong	I-Cable
India	Star Sports	[7]
Indonesia	TVRI	[8]
	SportsFix	[9]
Malaysia	Astro	[10]
Singapore	StarHub	[11]
Thailand	True Corporation