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
Dates30 July – 5 August
Edition24th
LevelInternational
Competitors357 from 48 nations
VenueNanjing Youth Olympic Games Sports Park Arena
LocationNanjing, China
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Events at the 2018
BWF World Championships
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesmenwomenmixed

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.

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China*2248
2 Japan2226
3 Spain1001
4 India0101
5 Chinese Taipei0011
 Hong Kong0011
 Indonesia0011
 Malaysia0011
Totals (8 entries)551020

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

References
  1. "TOTAL BWF World Championships 2018 _ Invitation letter _ February 2018 _ ED（Nanjing)" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. "BWF To Name Major Events' Hosts". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  3. "China to host major world badminton events in 2018, 2019". Xinhua. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  4. Schedule
  5. BadmintonWorld.tv Live Stream, retrieved 2018-11-25
  6. "Sådan sender TV 2 og TV 2 SPORT fra VM i badminton – TV 2". sport.tv2.dk (in Danish). 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  7. NDTVSports.com. "BWF World Championships 2018, PV Sindhu vs Carolina Marin Final: When And Where To Watch, Live Coverage On TV, Live Streaming Online | Badminton News". NDTVSports.com. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  8. "Live Streaming TVRI Final Kejuaraan Dunia Bulutangkis (BWF World Championship 2018) Siang Ini". Banjarmasin Post (in Indonesian). 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  9. "SportsFix Indonesia – Tonton LIVE Streaming GRATIS BWF Badminton". indonesia.sportsfix.tv. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  10. "Bwf World Championship 2018 | Show | Astro". whatson.astro.com.my. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  11. "Sports TV Group | StarHub TV". www.starhub.com. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
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