BWF World Senior Championships

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BWF World Senior Championships
Current season, competition or edition: 2023 BWF World Senior Championships
Sport	Badminton
Founded	2003
Country	BWF member nations

The BWF World Senior Championships is a badminton tournament for players aged 35 and older sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The winners will be crowned as the "World Senior Champions" and awarded gold medals.^[1] However, it does not offer any prize money. The tournament started in 2003 and being held biennially.

Location of the World Senior Championships

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

2003

2004

2007

2009,
2021

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2023

2025

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Host cities of the World Senior Championships

Year	No.	Date	Host City	Country
2003	I	9 – 15 June	Sofia (1)	Bulgaria (1)
2004	II	29 November – 5 December	Kuala Lumpur (1)	Malaysia (1)
2007	III	24 – 29 April	Taipei (1)	Taiwan (1)
2009	IV	27 September – 3 October	Huelva (1)	Spain (1)
2011	V	21 – 27 August	Vancouver (1)	Canada (1)
2013	VI	9 – 14 August	Ankara (1)	Turkey (1)
2015	VII	20 – 26 September	Helsingborg (1)	Sweden (1)
2017	VIII	11 – 17 September	Kochi (1)	India (1)
2019	IX	4 – 11 August	Katowice (1)	Poland (1)
2021	X	28 November – 4 December	Huelva (2)	Spain (2)
2023	XI	11 – 17 September	Jeonju (1)	Korea (1)
2025	XII		Auckland (1)	New Zealand (1)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	74.5	79	135.5	289
2	Denmark	60	58.5	112.5	231
3	Germany	47	44	83	174
4	Japan	37	51	103	191
5	Thailand	32	25.5	35.5	93
6	Chinese Taipei	24.5	19.5	23.5	67.5
7	Russia	14	12.5	16	42.5
8	Indonesia	13.5	6.5	10	30
9	Netherlands	13	8.5	10.5	32
10	Scotland	12	16	11	39
11	India	11	18	51	80
12	Sweden	8.5	16.5	41.5	66.5
13	Canada	8.5	15	22.5	46
14	Malaysia	6	5	18.5	29.5
15	Israel	6	1	0	7
16	South Africa	6	0	1	7
17	Hong Kong	5	1.5	1.5	8
18	United States	4.5	0.5	3.5	8.5
19	Iceland	4.5	0	3	7.5
20	Belarus	3.5	1.5	0.5	5.5
21	Finland	3	2	16	21
22	South Korea	3	1	1	5
23	Poland	2	9	10	21
24	France	2	4	9	15
25	Norway	2	2.5	11.5	16
26	Ireland	2	2.5	3.5	8
27	Switzerland	2	0	6.5	8.5
28	Sri Lanka	1.5	4	4	9.5
29	Singapore	1.5	0	3	4.5
30	Hungary	1	3.5	2	6.5
31	Austria	1	2.5	4	7.5
32	Bulgaria	1	2	7.5	10.5
33	Ukraine	1	1.5	2	4.5
34	New Zealand	1	1	1	3
35	Portugal	1	0	4	5
36	China	0.5	0	1.5	2
37	Philippines	0.5	0	0	0.5
38	Australia	0	1	4	5
39	Croatia	0	0.5	0	0.5
40	Czech Republic	0	0	3	3
41	Romania	0	0	2	2
41	Spain	0	0	2	2
43	Luxembourg	0	0	1	1
	Macau	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (45 entries)		417	417	784	1618

Medal distribution

Men's singles


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark	15	14	23	52
2	Chinese Taipei	12	9	5	26
3	Russia	7	5	9	21
4	Thailand	7	5	7	19
5	Japan	5	10	9	24
6	India	5	5	18	28
7	South Africa	5	0	0	5
8	Scotland	4	2	1	7
9	England	3	6	13	22
10	Germany	3	3	15	21
11	Indonesia	3	2	4	9
12	Malaysia	3	0	9	12
13	Finland	2	1	7	10
14	Norway	2	0	6	8
15	Sweden	1	5	11	17
16	Canada	1	5	8	14
17	Austria	1	1	1	3
17	New Zealand	1	1	1	3
19	Ukraine	1	1	0	2
20	France	1	0	2	3
20	Iceland	1	0	2	3
22	Singapore	1	0	1	2
23	Poland	0	5	1	6
24	Australia	0	1	3	4
25	Bulgaria	0	1	2	3
26	Hungary	0	1	1	2
27	Sri Lanka	0	1	0	1
28	Czech Republic	0	0	3	3
28	Switzerland	0	0	3	3
30	Portugal	0	0	2	2
31	Spain	0	0	1	1
Totals (31 entries)		84	84	168	336

Women's singles


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	23	16	22	61
2	England	11	14	27	52
3	Denmark	9	6	12	27
4	Japan	7	10	34	51
5	Netherlands	5	3	4	12
6	Hong Kong	4	1	0	5
6	Israel	4	1	0	5
8	Russia	3	3	1	7
9	Canada	2	3	8	13
10	Poland	2	1	5	8
11	Belarus	2	1	0	3
12	United States	2	0	0	2
13	Scotland	1	6	3	10
14	Sri Lanka	1	3	2	6
15	Thailand	1	3	0	4
16	India	1	2	9	12
17	Sweden	1	2	2	5
18	Hungary	1	2	1	4
19	Chinese Taipei	1	1	3	5
20	Switzerland	1	0	2	3
21	Portugal	1	0	0	1
22	France	0	3	3	6
23	Bulgaria	0	1	2	3
24	Norway	0	1	1	2
25	Finland	0	0	3	3
26	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Iceland	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia	0	0	1	1
	Ireland	0	0	1	1
	Luxembourg	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (32 entries)		83	83	151	317

Men's doubles


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand	20	12.5	21.5	54
2	England	14	11	22	47
3	Denmark	10	16	26.5	52.5
4	Indonesia	8	4.5	3.5	16
5	India	5	9	11	25
6	Japan	4	7	10	21
7	Sweden	3.5	1	13	17.5
8	Chinese Taipei	3	5	4	12
9	Malaysia	3	4	9	16
10	United States	2.5	0	2	4.5
11	Russia	2	2	2	6
12	Germany	2	1	17	20
13	Scotland	1.5	1.5	3.5	6.5
14	Canada	1.5	1	1	3.5
15	Netherlands	1	1.5	2	4.5
16	Finland	1	1	2	4
17	South Africa	1	0	1	2
18	Singapore	0.5	0	1	1.5
19	Philippines	0.5	0	0	0.5
20	Poland	0	2	2	4
21	Austria	0	1.5	1.5	3
22	Norway	0	1	1.5	2.5
23	Ireland	0	1	0.5	1.5
24	Croatia	0	0.5	0	0.5
25	Bulgaria	0	0	2	2
	France	0	0	2	2
	Romania	0	0	2	2
28	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
31	Sri Lanka	0	0	0.5	0.5
Totals (31 entries)		84	84	167	335

Women's doubles


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	18.5	23	29	70.5
2	Japan	17	17	35	69
3	Denmark	12.5	9.5	21.5	43.5
4	Germany	7.5	13	11	31.5
5	Chinese Taipei	4	3.5	3.5	11
6	Netherlands	3.5	2.5	3	9
7	Iceland	2.5	0	0	2.5
8	Canada	2	2	1.5	5.5
9	Thailand	2	1	4	7
10	Ireland	2	1	2	5
11	South Korea	2	1	1	4
12	Scotland	1.5	1.5	2.5	5.5
13	Belarus	1.5	0	0	1.5
13	Israel	1.5	0	0	1.5
15	Russia	1	2.5	2	5.5
16	France	1	0	2	3
17	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
18	Sweden	0.5	2	8	10.5
19	Sri Lanka	0.5	0	0.5	1
20	India	0	1	6	7
21	Norway	0	0.5	1.5	2
22	Hong Kong	0	0.5	0.5	1
23	Ukraine	0	0.5	0	0.5
24	Finland	0	0	4	4
25	Poland	0	0	2	2
26	United States	0	0	1.5	1.5
27	China	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		82	82	143	307

Mixed doubles


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	28	25	45.5	98.5
2	Denmark	13.5	13	29.5	56
3	Germany	10.5	11	18	39.5
4	Chinese Taipei	4.5	1	8	13.5
5	Japan	4	7	16	27
6	Scotland	4	5	1	10
7	Netherlands	3.5	1.5	1.5	6.5
8	Sweden	2.5	6.5	7.5	16.5
9	Indonesia	2.5	0	1.5	4
10	Canada	2	4	4	10
11	Thailand	2	4	3	9
12	Russia	2	0	2	4
13	Switzerland	1	0	0.5	1.5
14	Hong Kong	1	0	0	1
	Iceland	1	0	0	1
	South Korea	1	0	0	1
17	China	0.5	0	0.5	1
18	Israel	0.5	0	0	0.5
19	India	0	1	6	7
20	Malaysia	0	1	0.5	1.5
21	France	0	1	0	1
21	Poland	0	1	0	1
23	Hungary	0	0.5	1	1.5
24	Belarus	0	0.5	0.5	1
25	Ireland	0	0.5	0	0.5
25	United States	0	0.5	0	0.5
27	Portugal	0	0	2	2
28	Bulgaria	0	0	1.5	1.5
28	Norway	0	0	1.5	1.5
30	Macau	0	0	1	1
	Singapore	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
34	Austria	0	0	0.5	0.5
Totals (34 entries)		84	84	156	324

References

^ "Regulations for World Senior Championships" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

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