BWF World Junior Championships

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 (Suhandinata Cup) followed by an individual championship (Eye Level Cups).^[1]

Editions

The precursor of the championships was the Bimantara World Junior Invitational held in Indonesia from 1987 to 1991.^[2] In 1992, International Badminton Federation (former name of Badminton World Federation) started the first IBF World Junior Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia. Initially held every two years, BWF later decided the championships will be held annually starting from the 2007 edition.

The 2020 BWF World Junior Championships was a tournament that was to be the twenty-second edition of the BWF World Junior Championships. Auckland was awarded the event on November 29, 2018 during the announcement of 18 major badminton event hosts from 2019 to 2025.^[3] Originally the event was to be held from 28 September to 11 October 2020 but had to be rescheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.^[4] It would have been held in Auckland, New Zealand from 11 to 24 January 2021.^[5] On 22 October 2020, it was later cancelled and the 2024 edition to be held in New Zealand.^[6] On 16 June 2023, BWF confirmed that Badminton New Zealand has relinquished its hosting rights for the 2024 edition.^[7]

The 2021 BWF World Junior Championships was going to be the twenty-second edition of the BWF World Junior Championships. China was awarded the event on November 29, 2018 during the announcement of 18 major badminton event hosts from 2019 to 2025.^[3] Chengdu was named in July 2020 as the bidding city and accepted as the host for the event.^[8] It was planned to be held in Chengdu, China but was cancelled in August 2021 owing to widespread outbreaks of the Delta variant of COVID-19.^[9][10]

The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the World Junior Championships. The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.

1992

1994

2000

2006

2008

2009, 2014

2011

2012

2013

2017

2019

2024

2025

Host cities of the World Junior Championships (Asia)

1996

1998

2002

2004

2007

2010

2015

2016

2018

2019

2022

2023

Host cities of the World Junior Championships (excluding Asia)

Year Edition Host city Host country Events 1992 1 Jakarta (1) Indonesia (1) 5 1994 2 Kuala Lumpur (1) Malaysia (1) 1996 3 Silkeborg (1) Denmark (1) 1998 4 Melbourne (1) Australia (1) 2000 5 Guangzhou (1) China (1) 6 2002 6 Pretoria (1) South Africa (1) 2004 7 Richmond (1) Canada (1) 2006 8 Incheon (1) South Korea (1) 2007 9 Waitakere City (1) New Zealand (1) 2008 10 Pune (1) India (1) 2009 11 Alor Setar (1) Malaysia (2) 2010 12 Guadalajara (1) Mexico (1) 2011 13 Taoyuan (1) Taiwan (1) 2012 14 Chiba (1) Japan (1)

Year Edition Host city Host country Events 2013 15 Bangkok (1) Thailand (1) 6 2014 16 Alor Setar (2) Malaysia (3) 2015 17 Lima (1) Peru (1) 2016 18 Bilbao (1) Spain (1) 2017 19 Yogyakarta (1) Indonesia (2) 2018 20 Markham (1) Canada (2) 2019 21 Kazan (1) Russia (1) 2020 22 Auckland New Zealand 2021 22 Chengdu China 2022 22 Santander (1) Spain (2) 2023 23 Spokane (1) United States (1) 2024 24 Nanchang (1) China (2) 2025 25 Guwahati (1) India (2) 2026 26 TBA Indonesia (3)

Past champions

See also: List of BWF World Junior Championships medalists

Year	Mixed Team	Boys' Singles	Girls' Singles	Boys' Doubles	Girls' Doubles	Mixed Doubles
1992	Not held	Sun Jun	Kristin Yunita	Amon Santoso Kusno	Gu Jun Han Jingna	Jim Laugesen Rikke Olsen
1994		Chen Gang	Wang Chen	Peter Gade Peder Nissen	Yao Jie Liu Lu	Zhang Wei Qian Hong
1996		Zhu Feng	Yu Hua	Jeremy Gan Chan Chong Ming	Gao Ling Yang Wei	Wang Wei Lu Ying
1998		Zhang Yang	Gong Ruina	Chan Chong Ming Teo Kok Seng	Zhang Jiewen Xie Xingfang	Chan Chong Ming Joanne Quay
2000	China	Bao Chunlai	Wei Yan	Sang Yang Zheng Bo	Zhang Yawen Wei Yili	Sang Yang Zhang Yawen
2002		Chen Jin	Jiang Yanjiao	Han Sang-hoon Park Sung-hwan	Du Jing Rong Lu	Guo Zhendong Yu Yang
2004			Cheng Shao-chieh	Hoon Thien How Tan Boon Heong	Tian Qing Yu Yang	He Hanbin Yu Yang
2006	South Korea	Hong Ji-hoon	Wang Yihan	Lee Yong-dae Cho Gun-woo	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Hyun-young
2007	China	Chen Long	Wang Lin	Chung Eui-seok Shin Baek-cheol	Xie Jing Zhong Qianxin	Lim Khim Wah Ng Hui Lin
2008		Wang Zhengming	Saina Nehwal	Mak Hee Chun Teo Kok Siang	Fu Mingtian Yao Lei	Chai Biao Xie Jing
2009		Tian Houwei	Ratchanok Intanon	Chooi Kah Ming Ow Yao Han	Tang Jinhua Xia Huan	Maneepong Jongjit Rodjana Chuthabunditkul
2010		Viktor Axelsen		Ow Yao Han Yew Hong Kheng	Bao Yixin Ou Dongni	Liu Cheng Bao Yixin
2011	Malaysia	Zulfadli Zulkiffli		Nelson Heg Teo Ee Yi	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	Alfian Eko Prasetya Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
2012	China	Kento Momota	Nozomi Okuhara	Lee Chun Hei Ng Ka Long		Edi Subaktiar Melati Daeva Oktavianti
2013	South Korea	Heo Kwang-hee	Akane Yamaguchi	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	Chae Yoo-jung Kim Ji-won	Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen
2014	China	Lin Guipu		Kittinupong Kedren Dechapol Puavaranukroh	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan
2015		Lu Chia-hung	Goh Jin Wei	He Jiting Zheng Siwei		Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen
2016		Sun Feixiang	Chen Yufei	Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong	Sayaka Hobara Nami Matsuyama	He Jiting Du Yue
2017		Kunlavut Vitidsarn	Gregoria Mariska Tunjung	Mahiro Kaneko Yunosuke Kubota	Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-rim	Rinov Rivaldy Pitha Haningtyas Mentari
2018			Goh Jin Wei	Di Zijian Wang Chang	Liu Xuanxuan Xia Yuting	Leo Rolly Carnando Indah Cahya Sari Jamil
2019	Indonesia		Riko Gunji	Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin	Lin Fangling Zhou Xinru	Feng Yanzhe Lin Fangling
2020	Cancelled[note 1]
2021	Cancelled[note 2]
2022	South Korea	Kuo Kuan-lin	Tomoka Miyazaki	Xu Huayu Zhu Yijun	Liu Shengshu Wang Tingge	Zhu Yijun Liu Shengshu
2023	China	Alwi Farhan	Pitchamon Opatniputh	Ma Shang Zhu Yijun	Maya Taguchi Aya Tamaki	Liao Pinyi Zhang Jiahan
2024	Indonesia	Hu Zhe'an	Xu Wenjing	Kang Khai Xing Aaron Tai	Ririna Hiramoto Aya Tamaki	Lin Xiangyi Liu Yuanyuan

1. This tournament, originally to be played from 11 to 24 January 2021, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.
2. This tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in China.

All time medal table

As of the 2024 edition

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	74	52	74	200
2	Malaysia	14	11	24	49
3	South Korea	13	19	42	74
4	Indonesia	11	30	45	86
5	Japan	10	9	31	50
6	Thailand	9	2	20	31
7	Chinese Taipei	3	6	14	23
8	Denmark	3	3	3	9
9	India	1	4	6	11
10	Singapore	1	1	3	5
11	Hong Kong	1	0	2	3
12	England	0	1	1	2
	France	0	1	1	2
14	United States	0	1	0	1
15	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		140	140	268	548

Successful players and national teams

World Junior Champions who later became World Champions

List of players who have won BWF World Junior Championships and later won the BWF World Championships:

Type	Player	World Junior Champion (Year)	World Champion (Year)
Men's Singles	Sun Jun	1992	1999
Women's Doubles	Gu Jun	1992	1997, 1999
Women's Doubles	Gao Ling	1996	2001, 2003, 2006
Women's Doubles	Yang Wei	1996	2005, 2007
Women's Singles	Gong Ruina	1998	2001
Women's Doubles	Zhang Jiewen	1998	2005, 2007
Women's Doubles	Zhang Yawen	2000	2009
Men's Singles	Chen Jin	2002, 2004	2010
Women's Doubles	Du Jing	2002	2010
Women's Doubles	Tian Qing	2004	2014, 2015
Women's Doubles	Yu Yang	2004	2010, 2011, 2013
Women's Singles	Wang Yihan	2006	2011
Women's Doubles	Ma Jin	2006	2010 (XD)
Women's Doubles	Wang Xiaoli	2006	2011, 2013
Women's Singles	Wang Lin	2007	2010
Men's Doubles	Shin Baek-cheol	2007	2014
Men's Singles	Chen Long	2007	2014, 2015
Women's Singles	Ratchanok Intanon	2009, 2010, 2011	2013
Men's Singles	Viktor Axelsen	2010	2017, 2022
Women's Singles	Nozomi Okuhara	2012	2017
Men's Singles	Kento Momota	2012	2018, 2019
Men's Doubles	Li Junhui	2013	2018
Men's Doubles	Liu Yuchen	2013	2018
Women's Doubles	Chen Qingchen	2014, 2015	2017, 2021, 2022, 2023
Women's Doubles	Jia Yifan	2014, 2015	2017, 2021, 2022, 2023
Mixed Doubles	Zheng Siwei	2015	2018, 2019, 2022
Men's Doubles	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	2014	2021 (XD)
Women's Singles	Akane Yamaguchi	2013, 2014	2021, 2022
Men's Singles	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	2017, 2018, 2019	2023
Women's Doubles	Chae Yoo-jung	2013	2023 (XD)

Successful players

Below is the list of the most successful players ever in the BWF World Junior Championships, with 3 or more gold medals.

Players	BS	GS	BD	GD	XD	XT	Total
Chen Qingchen				2	3	3	8
He Jiting				1	1	3	5
Yu Yang				1	2	2	5
Bao Yixin				1	1	2	4
Chen Jin	2					2	4
Chen Yufei		1				3	4
Du Yue					1	3	4
Jia Yifan				2		2	4
Xia Huan				1		3	4
Xie Jing				1	1	2	4
Zheng Siwei			1		1	2	4
Zhu Yijun			2		1	1	4
Chai Biao			1			2	3
Chan Chong Ming			2		1		3
Di Zijian			1			2	3
Han Chengkai			1			2	3
Huang Kaixiang					2	1	3
Kunlavut Vitidsarn	3						3
Lee Yong-dae			1		1	1	3
Leo Rolly Carnando			1		1	1	3
Li Gen						3	3
Lin Fangling				1	1	1	3
Lin Guipu	1					2	3
Liu Cheng					1	2	3
Liu Xuanxuan				1		2	3
Ratchanok Intanon		3					3
Sang Yang			1		1	1	3
Sun Feixiang	1					2	3
Tang Jinhua				1		2	3
Wang Chang			1			2	3
Wang Lin		1				2	3
Wang Zhengming	1					2	3
Xia Yuting				1		2	3
Zhang Yawen				1	1	1	3
Zhong Qianxin				1		2	3
Zhou Haodong			1			2	3

BS: Boys' singles; GS: Girls' singles; BD: Boys' doubles; GD: Girls' doubles; XD: Mixed doubles; XT: Mixed team;

Successful national teams

Below is the gold medalists shown based by category and countries since the championships' inception in 1992, with China being the most successful in the World Junior Championships. They were the only country ever to achieve a shutout of the medals which they did in 2000.

Rank	Country	92	94	96	98	00	02	04	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	22	23	24	Total
1	China	2	4	4	3	6	5	4	2	4	3	3	3		1	2	4	4	5	1	3	2	3	3	3	74
2	Malaysia			1	2			1		1	1	1	1	3				1			1				1	14
3	South Korea						1		4	1				1	1	3				1			1			13
4	Indonesia	2												1	1					2	1	2		1	1	11
5	Japan														2	1	1		1	1		1	1	1	1	10
6	Thailand											2	1	1			1			1	1	1		1		9
7	Denmark	1	1										1													3
	Chinese Taipei							1										1					1			3
9	Hong Kong														1											1
	India										1															1
	Singapore										1															1

BOLD means overall winner of that World Junior Championships

Men's singles

Rank	Country	92	94	96	98	00	02	04	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	22	23	24	Total
1	China	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X					X		X						X	13
2	Thailand																			X	X	X				3
3	South Korea								X							X										2
	Chinese Taipei																	X					X			2
5	Denmark												X													1
	Malaysia													X												1
	Japan														X											1
	Indonesia																							X		1

Women's singles

Rank	Country	92	94	96	98	00	02	04	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	22	23	24	Total
1	China		X	X	X	X	X		X	X									X						X	9
2	Japan														X	X	X					X	X			5
3	Thailand											X	X	X										X		4
4	Indonesia	X																		X						2
	Malaysia																	X			X					2
6	Chinese Taipei							X																		1
	India										X															1

Men's doubles

Rank	Country	92	94	96	98	00	02	04	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	22	23	24	Total
1	Malaysia			X	X			X			X	X	X	X											X	8
2	China					X										X		X	X		X		X	X		7
3	South Korea						X		X	X																3
4	Indonesia	X																				X				2
5	Denmark		X																							1
	Hong Kong														X											1
	Thailand																X									1
	Japan																			X						1

Women's doubles

Rank	Country	92	94	96	98	00	02	04	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	22	23	24	Total
1	China	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X				X	X			X	X	X			16
2	South Korea													X	X	X				X						4
3	Japan																		X					X	X	3
4	Singapore										X															1

Mixed doubles

Rank	Country	92	94	96	98	00	02	04	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	22	23	24	Total
1	China		X	X		X	X	X			X		X			X	X	X	X			X	X	X	X	15
2	Indonesia													X	X					X	X					4
3	Malaysia				X					X																2
4	Denmark	X																								1
	South Korea								X																	1
	Thailand											X														1

Mixed team

Rank	Country	00	02	04	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	22	23	24	Total
1	China	X	X	X		X	X	X	X		X		X	X	X	X	X			X		14
2	South Korea				X							X							X			3
3	Indonesia																	X			X	2
4	Malaysia									X												1

Debut of national teams

World Junior Championships has had at least one team appearing for the first time. The total number of teams that have participated in the World Junior Championships until the 2024 edition is 87.

Year	Debuting teams
	Teams	No.	Cum.
2000	Australia,  Canada,  China,  Chinese Taipei,  Czech Republic,  Denmark,  England,  France,  Germany,  Hong Kong,  India,  Indonesia,  Italy,  Japan,  Macau,  New Zealand,  Netherlands,  Romania,  Russia,  Singapore,  South Africa,  South Korea,  Sweden,  Thailand	24	24
2002	Bulgaria,  Finland,  Kenya,  Malaysia,  Nigeria,  Zambia	6	30
2004	Peru,  Slovenia,  United States	3	33
2006	Egypt,  Pakistan,  Philippines,  Turkey,  Ukraine,  Vietnam	6	39
2007	Puerto Rico,  Scotland	2	41
2008	Estonia,  Sri Lanka	2	43
2010	Austria,  Dominican Republic,  Mexico	3	46
2012	Belgium,  Ireland,  Uzbekistan	3	49
2013	Armenia,  Botswana,  Spain	3	52
2014	Mongolia	1	53
2015	Chile,  Costa Rica,  Cuba,  El Salvador,  Colombia,  Guatemala,  Guyana,  Hungary,  Iceland,  Venezuela	10	63
2016	Algeria,  Belarus,  Faroe Islands,  Georgia,  Latvia,  Lithuania,  Moldova,  Norway,  Poland,  Portugal,  Slovakia	11	74
2017	Brazil,  Ghana,    Nepal	3	77
2018	Uganda	1	78
2019	Kazakhstan,   Switzerland	2	80
2022	Tahiti	1	81
2023	Cook Islands	1	82
2024	Azerbaijan,  Mauritius,  Northern Mariana Islands,  Trinidad and Tobago,  United Arab Emirates	5	87