2018 BWF World Championships

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
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesmenwomenmixed

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]

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).

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
 Kento Momota Shi Yuqi Chen Long
Liew Daren
Women's singles
 Carolina Marín P. V. Sindhu He Bingjiao
Akane Yamaguchi
Men's doubles
 Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen 		Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda 		Chen Hung-ling
Wang Chi-lin
Liu Cheng
Zhang Nan
Women's doubles
 Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara 		Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota 		Greysia Polii
Apriyani Rahayu
Shiho Tanaka
Koharu Yonemoto
Mixed doubles
 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

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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