Badminton World Championships, also known as the World Badminton Championships, is a single badminton championship authorized and recognized by the Badminton World Federation. It is the competition that provides the most ranking points along with the Summer Olympics. The winner of the competition will receive the title of "World Champion" and a gold medal. However, this competition does not offer any prize money. Today let’s take a look at how much you know about the World Championships?
The country that has hosted the most World Championships: Denmark
As the kingdom of badminton, Denmark is also particularly attracted by the Badminton World Federation. The World Championships have been settled in Denmark four times, in 1983, 1991, 1999 and 2014. The other two countries have held the most games. That is England, Indonesia , China, all three times.
The strongest athlete to win two gold medals in the same competition:
Lina Koppen (Denmark): 1977 mixed doubles and women's singles champion.
Ji Mingfa (Indonesia): 1980 men's doubles and mixed doubles champion.
Park Joo Bong (South Korea): 1985 men's doubles and mixed doubles champion, 1991 men's doubles and mixed doubles champion.
Han Aiping (China): 1985 women's singles and women's doubles champion.
Ge Fei (China): 1997 women's doubles and mixed doubles champion.
Gao Ling (China): 2001 Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles Champion.
Zhao Yunlei (China): 2014 Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles Champion, 2015 Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles Champion.
Athletes who have won more than 5 medals: Park Joo-bong won five, Lin Dan won five, Zhao Yunlei won two in women's doubles, and three in mixed doubles.
The most successful national team: China
China has become the most successful team since the event was founded in 1977. The Chinese team has won all gold medals at the 1987 Beijing World Championships, the 2010 Paris World Championships and the 2011 London World Championships, becoming the only team to do so. In terms of accumulated gold medals, it is ahead of Indonesia, South Korea and the European leader Denmark, and it can also be called the Chinese badminton dream team.
The country with the most men's singles championships: China
China's men's singles championships have been won 14 times in total, in 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015.
Indonesian men's singles championships have been won 6 times, namely in 1980, 1983, 1993, 1995, 2001 and 2005.
Danish men's singles championships have been won 3 times, respectively in 1977, 1997 and 2017.
The country with the most women's singles championships: China
China has won 15 gold medals in women's singles, namely 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
Indonesian women's singles won a total of 2 gold medals in 1980 and 1993.
Denmark women's singles won a total of 2 gold medals in 1977 and 1999, while Spain also won 2 gold medals in 2014 and 2015.
The country with the most men's doubles titles: Indonesia
Indonesian men's doubles won a total of nine gold medals in 1977, 1980, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2007, 2013, and 2015.
Followed by the Chinese team, which won seven times. In 1987, 1989, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2017
the Korean team also won the cup four times, namely in 1985, 1991, 1999 and 2014.
It is worth mentioning that Indonesia and China have won three consecutive World Championships men's doubles championships. , no one has been able to break this record
The country with the most women’s doubles championships: China
China’s women’s doubles has won a total of 20 gold medals: 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
Japan’s 1 medal: 1977
England’s 1 medal: 1980
South Korea’s 1 medal: 1995
The Chinese team achieved a sweep of the women’s doubles, winning 14 consecutive championships from 1997 to 2017.
The country with the most mixed doubles titles: China
China has won the mixed doubles gold medal seven times, namely in 1987, 1997, 2001, 2010, 2011, 2014, and 2015.
South Korea has won five gold medals in total, in 1985, 1989, and 1991. , 1999, 2003
Indonesia has a total of five championships: 1980, 2005, 2007, 2013, and 2017.
The Danish team has won a total of 3.5 championships: 1977, 1993 (0.5), 1995, and 2009. 0.5 indicates that the team comes from two different countries and is a multinational combination. .
Based on the above data and the five individual events, the Chinese team plays a decisive role in all, and even achieved a 20-year monopoly in women's doubles (1997-2017). The Chinese team also performed very well in other events. And this World Championship is coming again. Whether the Chinese team will continue to dominate the world, or other countries will create history, all this has yet to be revealed and looked forward to. As the saying goes: talented people have emerged from generation to generation, and each has led the way for hundreds of years.
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