The BWF World Junior Championships (also known as the World Junior Badminton Championships) is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to crown the best junior badminton players (under-19) in the world. The championships is held annually and consists of two separate competitions: a mixed team championships (Suhandinata Cup) followed by an individual championships (Eye Level Cups).[1]

Location of the World Junior Championships

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. BWF later decided the championships will be held annually instead of biennially 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 in 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 in November 29, 2018 during the announcement of 18 major badminton event hosts from 2019 to 2025.[8] Chengdu was named in July 2020 as the bidding city and accepted as the host for the event.[9] 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.[10][11]

The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the World Junior Championships. The most recent games were held in Spokane, United States in 2023. The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.

Host cities of the World Junior Championships (Asia)
Host cities of the World Junior Championships (excluding Asia)
Year Edition Host City 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)
Year Edition Host City Country Events
2012 14 Chiba (1)  Japan (1) 6
2013 15 Bangkok (1)  Thailand (1)
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)

Past champions

Year Mixed Team Boys' Singles Girls' Singles Boys' Doubles Girls' Doubles Mixed Doubles
1992 Not held China Sun Jun Indonesia Kristin Yunita Indonesia Amon Santoso
Indonesia Kusno
China Gu Jun
China Han Jingna
Denmark Jim Laugesen
Denmark Rikke Olsen
1994 China Chen Gang China Wang Chen Denmark Peter Gade
Denmark Peder Nissen
China Yao Jie
China Liu Lu
China Zhang Wei
China Qian Hong
1996 China Zhu Feng China Yu Hua Malaysia Jeremy Gan
Malaysia Chan Chong Ming
China Gao Ling
China Yang Wei
China Wang Wei
China Lu Ying
1998 China Zhang Yang China Gong Ruina Malaysia Chan Chong Ming
Malaysia Teo Kok Seng
China Zhang Jiewen
China Xie Xingfang
Malaysia Chan Chong Ming
Malaysia Joanne Quay
2000  China China Bao Chunlai China Wei Yan China Sang Yang
China Zheng Bo
China Zhang Yawen
China Wei Yili
China Sang Yang
China Zhang Yawen
2002 China Chen Jin China Jiang Yanjiao South Korea Han Sang-hoon
South Korea Park Sung-hwan
China Du Jing
China Rong Lu
China Guo Zhendong
China Yu Yang
2004 Chinese Taipei Cheng Shao-chieh Malaysia Hoon Thien How
Malaysia Tan Boon Heong
China Tian Qing
China Yu Yang
China He Hanbin
China Yu Yang
2006  South Korea South Korea Hong Ji-hoon China Wang Yihan South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Cho Gun-woo
China Ma Jin
China Wang Xiaoli
South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Yoo Hyun-young
2007  China China Chen Long China Wang Lin South Korea Chung Eui-seok
South Korea Shin Baek-cheol
China Xie Jing
China Zhong Qianxin
Malaysia Lim Khim Wah
Malaysia Ng Hui Lin
2008 China Wang Zhengming India Saina Nehwal Malaysia Mak Hee Chun
Malaysia Teo Kok Siang
Singapore Fu Mingtian
Singapore Yao Lei
China Chai Biao
China Xie Jing
2009 China Tian Houwei Thailand Ratchanok Intanon Malaysia Chooi Kah Ming
Malaysia Ow Yao Han
China Tang Jinhua
China Xia Huan
Thailand Maneepong Jongjit
Thailand Rodjana Chuthabunditkul
2010 Denmark Viktor Axelsen Malaysia Ow Yao Han
Malaysia Yew Hong Kheng
China Bao Yixin
China Ou Dongni
China Liu Cheng
China Bao Yixin
2011  Malaysia Malaysia Zulfadli Zulkiffli Malaysia Nelson Heg
Malaysia Teo Ee Yi
South Korea Lee So-hee
South Korea Shin Seung-chan
Indonesia Alfian Eko Prasetya
Indonesia Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
2012  China Japan Kento Momota Japan Nozomi Okuhara Hong Kong Lee Chun Hei
Hong Kong Ng Ka Long
Indonesia Edi Subaktiar
Indonesia Melati Daeva Oktavianti
2013  South Korea South Korea Heo Kwang-hee Japan Akane Yamaguchi China Li Junhui
China Liu Yuchen
South Korea Chae Yoo-jung
South Korea Kim Ji-won
China Huang Kaixiang
China Chen Qingchen
2014  China China Lin Guipu Thailand Kittinupong Kedren
Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan
2015 Chinese Taipei Lu Chia-hung Malaysia Goh Jin Wei China He Jiting
China Zheng Siwei
China Zheng Siwei
China Chen Qingchen
2016 China Sun Feixiang China Chen Yufei China Han Chengkai
China Zhou Haodong
Japan Sayaka Hobara
Japan Nami Matsuyama
China He Jiting
China Du Yue
2017 Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn Indonesia Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Japan Mahiro Kaneko
Japan Yunosuke Kubota
South Korea Baek Ha-na
South Korea Lee Yu-rim
Indonesia Rinov Rivaldy
Indonesia Pitha Haningtyas Mentari
2018 Malaysia Goh Jin Wei China Di Zijian
China Wang Chang
China Liu Xuanxuan
China Xia Yuting
Indonesia Leo Rolly Carnando
Indonesia Indah Cahya Sari Jamil
2019  Indonesia Japan Riko Gunji Indonesia Leo Rolly Carnando
Indonesia Daniel Marthin
China Lin Fangling
China Zhou Xinru
China Feng Yanzhe
China Lin Fangling
2020 Cancelled[note 1]
2021 Cancelled[note 2]
2022  South Korea Chinese Taipei Kuo Kuan-lin Japan Tomoka Miyazaki China Xu Huayu
China Zhu Yijun
China Liu Shengshu
China Wang Tingge
China Zhu Yijun
China Liu Shengshu
2023  China Indonesia Alwi Farhan Thailand Pitchamon Opatniputh China Ma Shang
China Zhu Yijun
Japan Maya Taguchi
Japan Aya Tamaki
China Liao Pinyi
China Zhang Jiahan
  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 2023 edition
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China714873192
2 South Korea13194274
3 Malaysia13102043
4 Indonesia10303979
5 Japan992846
6 Thailand921930
7 Chinese Taipei351422
8 Denmark3339
9 India14611
10 Singapore1135
11 Hong Kong1023
12 England0112
 France0112
14 United States0101
15 Germany0011
 Spain0011
Totals (16 entries)134134253521

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:

TypePlayerWorld Junior Champion (Year)World Champion (Year)
Men's SinglesChina Sun Jun19921999
Women's DoublesChina Gu Jun19921997, 1999
Women's DoublesChina Gao Ling19962001, 2003, 2006
Women's DoublesChina Yang Wei19962005, 2007
Women's SinglesChina Gong Ruina19982001
Women's DoublesChina Zhang Jiewen19982005, 2007
Women's DoublesChina Zhang Yawen20002009
Men's SinglesChina Chen Jin2002, 20042010
Women's DoublesChina Du Jing20022010
Women's DoublesChina Tian Qing20042014, 2015
Women's DoublesChina Yu Yang20042010, 2011, 2013
Women's SinglesChina Wang Yihan20062011
Women's DoublesChina Ma Jin20062010 (XD)
Women's DoublesChina Wang Xiaoli20062011, 2013
Women's SinglesChina Wang Lin20072010
Men's DoublesSouth Korea Shin Baek-cheol20072014
Men's SinglesChina Chen Long20072014, 2015
Women's SinglesThailand Ratchanok Intanon2009, 2010, 20112013
Men's SinglesDenmark Viktor Axelsen20102017, 2022
Women's SinglesJapan Nozomi Okuhara20122017
Men's SinglesJapan Kento Momota20122018, 2019
Men's DoublesChina Li Junhui20132018
Men's DoublesChina Liu Yuchen20132018
Women's DoublesChina Chen Qingchen2014, 20152017, 2021, 2022, 2023
Women's DoublesChina Jia Yifan2014, 20152017, 2021, 2022, 2023
Mixed DoublesChina Zheng Siwei20152018, 2019, 2022
Men's DoublesThailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh20142021 (XD)
Women's SinglesJapan Akane Yamaguchi2013, 20142021, 2022
Men's Singles Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn 2017, 2018, 2019 2023
Women's DoublesSouth Korea Chae Yoo-jung20132023 (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
China Chen Qingchen2338
China He Jiting1135
China Yu Yang1225
China Bao Yixin1124
China Chen Jin224
China Chen Yufei134
China Du Yue134
China Jia Yifan224
China Xia Huan134
China Xie Jing1124
China Zheng Siwei1124
China Zhu Yijun2114
China Chai Biao123
Malaysia Chan Chong Ming213
China Di Zijian123
China Han Chengkai123
China Huang Kaixiang213
Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn33
South Korea Lee Yong-dae1113
Indonesia Leo Rolly Carnando1113
China Li Gen33
China Lin Fangling1113
China Lin Guipu123
China Liu Cheng123
China Liu Xuanxuan123
Thailand Ratchanok Intanon33
China Sang Yang1113
China Sun Feixiang123
China Tang Jinhua123
China Wang Chang123
China Wang Lin123
China Wang Zhengming123
China Zhang Yawen1113
China Xia Yuting123
China Zhong Qianxin123
China Zhou Haodong123

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 Total
1 China244365424333124451323 371
2 Malaysia1211111311 13
 South Korea14111311 13
4 Indonesia211212 110
5 Thailand2111111 19
 Japan2111111 19
7 Denmark111 3
 Chinese Taipei111 3
9 Hong Kong1 1
 India1 1
 Singapore1 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 Total
1 ChinaXXXXXXXXXXXX12
2 ThailandXXX3
3 South KoreaXX2
 Chinese TaipeiXX2
5 DenmarkX1
 MalaysiaX1
 JapanX1
 IndonesiaX1

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 Total
1 ChinaXXXXXXXX 8
2 JapanXXXXX 5
3 ThailandXXX X4
4 IndonesiaXX 2
 MalaysiaXX 2
5 Chinese TaipeiX 1
 IndiaX 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 Total
1 MalaysiaXXXXXXX 7
 ChinaXXXXXX X7
3 South KoreaXXX 3
4 IndonesiaXX 2
5 DenmarkX 1
 Hong KongX 1
 ThailandX 1
 JapanX 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 Total
1 ChinaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 16
2 South KoreaXXXX 4
3  JapanX X2
4 SingaporeX 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 Total
1 ChinaXXXXXXXXXXXXX X14
2 IndonesiaXXXX 4
3 MalaysiaXX 2
4 DenmarkX 1
 South KoreaX 1
 ThailandX 1

Mixed team

Rank Country 00 02 04 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 22 23 Total
1 ChinaXXXXXXXXXXXXXX14
2 South KoreaXXX3
3 MalaysiaX1
4 IndonesiaX1

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 2023 edition is 82.

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

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