Tournament
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]
Editions [ ]
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 Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia. BWF later decided the championships will be held annually instead of biennially starting from the 2007 edition.
Year
Edition
Host City
Country
Events
1992
1
Jakarta (1)
Indonesia (1)
5
1994
2
Kuala Lumpur (1)
Malaysia (1)
5
1996
3
Silkeborg (1)
Denmark (1)
5
1998
4
Melbourne (1)
Australia (1)
5
2000
5
Guangzhou (1)
China (1)
6
2002
6
Pretoria (1)
South Africa (1)
6
2004
7
Richmond (1)
Canada (1)
6
2006
8
Incheon (1)
South Korea (1)
6
2007
9
Waitakere City (1)
New Zealand (1)
6
2008
10
Pune (1)
India (1)
6
2009
11
Alor Setar (1)
Malaysia (2)
6
2010
12
Guadalajara (1)
Mexico (1)
6
2011
13
Taoyuan (1)
Taiwan (1)
6
2012
14
Chiba (1)
Japan (1)
6
2013
15
Bangkok (1)
Thailand (1)
6
Year
Edition
Host City
Country
Events
2014
16
Alor Setar (2)
Malaysia (3)
6
2015
17
Lima (1)
Peru (1)
6
2016
18
Bilbao (1)
Spain (1)
6
2017
19
Yogyakarta (1)
Indonesia (2)
6
2018
20
Markham (1)
Canada (2)
6
2019
21
Kazan (1)
Russia (1)
6
2020
22
Auckland
New Zealand
6
2021
22
Chengdu
China
6
2022
22
Santander (1)
Spain (2)
6
2023
23
Honolulu (1)
United States (1)
6
2024
Auckland (1)
New Zealand (2)
6
Past champions [ ]
Individual [ ]
Year
Boys' Singles
Girls' Singles
Boys' Doubles
Girls' Doubles
Mixed Doubles
1992
Sun Jun
Kristin Yunita
Gu Jun Han Jingna
Jim Laugesen Rikke Olsen
1994
Chen Gang
Wang Chen
Peter Gade Peder Nissen
Yao Jie Liu Lu
Zhang Wei Qian Hong
1996
Jeremy Gan Chan Chong Ming
Gao Ling Yang Wei
Wang Wei Lu Ying
1998
Gong Ruina
Chan Chong Ming
Zhang Jiewen Xie Xingfang
Chan Chong Ming Joanne Quay
2000
Bao Chunlai
Sang Yang Zheng Bo
Zhang Yawen Wei Yili
Sang Yang Zhang Yawen
2002
Chen Jin
Jiang Yanjiao
Han Sang-hoon Park Sung-hwan
Du Jing
Guo Zhendong Yu Yang
2004
Cheng Shao-chieh
Hoon Thien How Tan Boon Heong
Tian Qing Yu Yang
He Hanbin Yu Yang
2006
Hong Ji-hoon
Wang Yihan
Lee Yong-dae Cho Gun-woo
Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli
Lee Yong-dae Yoo Hyun-young
2007
Chen Long
Wang Lin
Shin Baek-cheol
Zhong Qianxin
Lim Khim Wah Ng Hui Lin
2008
Wang Zhengming
Saina Nehwal
Mak Hee Chun Teo Kok Siang
Fu Mingtian Yao Lei
Chai Biao
2009
Tian Houwei
Ratchanok Intanon
Chooi Kah Ming Ow Yao Han
Tang Jinhua Xia Huan
Maneepong Jongjit Rodjana Chuthabunditkul
2010
Viktor Axelsen
Ow Yao Han Yew Hong Kheng
Bao Yixin Ou Dongni
Liu Cheng Bao Yixin
2011
Zulfadli Zulkiffli
Nelson Heg Teo Ee Yi
Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan
Alfian Eko Prasetya Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
2012
Kento Momota
Nozomi Okuhara
Lee Chun Hei Ng Ka Long
Edi Subaktiar Melati Daeva Oktavianti
2013
Heo Kwang-hee
Akane Yamaguchi
Li Junhui Liu Yuchen
Chae Yoo-jung Kim Ji-won
Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen
2014
Lin Guipu
Kittinupong Kedren Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan
2015
Lu Chia-hung
Goh Jin Wei
He Jiting Zheng Siwei
Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen
2016
Sun Feixiang
Chen Yufei
Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong
Sayaka Hobara Nami Matsuyama
He Jiting Du Yue
2017
Kunlavut Vitidsarn
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung
Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-rim
Rinov Rivaldy Pitha Haningtyas Mentari
2018
Goh Jin Wei
Di Zijian Wang Chang
Liu Xuanxuan Xia Yuting
Leo Rolly Carnando Indah Cahya Sari Jamil
2019
Riko Gunji
Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin
Lin Fangling
Feng Yanzhe Lin Fangling
2020
Cancelled [note 1]
^ This tournament, originally to be played from 11 to 24 January 2021, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand .
Mixed team [ ]
The mixed team event was introduced in 2000 and later was known as Suhandinata Cup since 2008.[3] A new trophy with Balinese ornament designed by Yose Sulawu was introduced in 2009 edition.[4]
^ This tournament, originally to be played from 11 to 24 January 2021, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand .
All time medal table [ ]
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 :
Type
Player
World Junior Champion (Year)
World Champion (Year)
Men's Singles
Sun Jun
1992
1999
Women's Doubles
Gu Jun
1992
1997 , 1999
Women's Doubles
Gao Ling
1996
2001 , 2003 , 2006
Women's Doubles
Yang Wei
1996
2005 , 2007
Women's Singles
Gong Ruina
1998
2001
Women's Doubles
Zhang Jiewen
1998
2005 , 2007
Women's Doubles
Zhang Yawen
2000
2009
Men's Singles
Chen Jin
2002 , 2004
2010
Women's Doubles
Du Jing
2002
2010
Women's Doubles
Tian Qing
2004
2014 , 2015
Women's Doubles
Yu Yang
2004
2010 , 2011 , 2013
Women's Singles
Wang Yihan
2006
2011
Women's Doubles
Wang Xiaoli
2006
2011 , 2013
Women's Singles
Wang Lin
2007
2010
Men's Doubles
Shin Baek-cheol
2007
2014
Men's Singles
Chen Long
2007
2014 , 2015
Women's Singles
Ratchanok Intanon
2009 , 2010 , 2011
2013
Men's Singles
Viktor Axelsen
2010
2017
Women's Singles
Nozomi Okuhara
2012
2017
Men's Singles
Kento Momota
2012
2018 , 2019
Men's Doubles
Li Junhui
2013
2018
Men's Doubles
Liu Yuchen
2013
2018
Women's Doubles
Chen Qingchen
2014 , 2015
2017 , 2021
Women's Doubles
Jia Yifan
2014 , 2015
2017 , 2021
Mixed Doubles
Zheng Siwei
2015
2018 , 2019
Men's Doubles
Dechapol Puavaranukroh
2014
2021 (XD)
Women's Singles
Akane Yamaguchi
2013 , 2014
2021
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
Chen Qingchen
2
3
3
8
He Jiting
1
1
3
5
Yu Yang
1
2
2
5
Bao Yixin
1
1
2
4
Chen Jin
2
2
4
Chen Yufei
1
3
4
Du Yue
1
3
4
Jia Yifan
2
2
4
Xia Huan
1
3
4
1
1
2
4
Zheng Siwei
1
1
2
4
Chai Biao
1
2
3
Chan Chong Ming
2
1
3
Di Zijian
1
2
3
Han Chengkai
1
2
3
Huang Kaixiang
2
1
3
Kunlavut Vitidsarn
3
3
Lee Yong-dae
1
1
1
3
Leo Rolly Carnando
1
1
1
3
3
3
Lin Fangling
1
1
1
3
Lin Guipu
1
2
3
Liu Cheng
1
2
3
Liu Xuanxuan
1
2
3
Ratchanok Intanon
3
3
Sang Yang
1
1
1
3
Sun Feixiang
1
2
3
Tang Jinhua
1
2
3
Wang Chang
1
2
3
Wang Lin
1
2
3
Wang Zhengming
1
2
3
Zhang Yawen
1
1
1
3
Xia Yuting
1
2
3
Zhong Qianxin
1
2
3
Zhou Haodong
1
2
3
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
Total
1
China
2
4
4
3
6
5
4
2
4
3
3
3
1
2
4
4
5
1
3
2
65
2
Malaysia
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
13
3
South Korea
1
4
1
1
1
3
1
12
4
Indonesia
2
1
1
2
1
2
9
5
Thailand
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
8
6
Japan
2
1
1
1
1
1
7
7
Denmark
1
1
1
3
8
Chinese Taipei
1
1
2
9
Hong Kong
1
1
India
1
1
Singapore
1
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
Total
1
China
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
12
2
Thailand
X
X
X
3
3
South Korea
X
X
2
4
Denmark
X
1
Malaysia
X
1
Japan
X
1
Chinese Taipei
X
1
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
Total
1
China
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
8
2
Japan
X
X
X
X
4
3
Thailand
X
X
X
3
4
Indonesia
X
X
2
Malaysia
X
X
2
5
Chinese Taipei
X
1
India
X
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
Total
1
Malaysia
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
7
2
China
X
X
X
X
X
5
3
South Korea
X
X
X
3
4
Indonesia
X
X
2
5
Denmark
X
1
Hong Kong
X
1
Thailand
X
1
Japan
X
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
Total
1
China
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
15
2
South Korea
X
X
X
X
4
3
Singapore
X
1
Japan
X
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
Total
1
China
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
12
2
Indonesia
X
X
X
X
4
3
Malaysia
X
X
2
4
Denmark
X
1
South Korea
X
1
Thailand
X
1
Mixed team [ ]
Rank
Country
00
02
04
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
Total
1
China
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
13
2
South Korea
X
X
2
3
Malaysia
X
1
4
Indonesia
X
1
References [ ]
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