BWF World Junior Championships

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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	Chen Jin	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	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	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	Akane Yamaguchi	Kittinupong Kedren Dechapol Puavaranukroh	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen
2015	Lu Chia-hung	Goh Jin Wei	He Jiting Zheng Siwei	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	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]}
2021	Cancelled^{[note 2]}

^ This tournament, originally to be played from 11 to 24 January 2021, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.
^ This tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in China.

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]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000	China	South Korea	Indonesia
2002	China	South Korea	Indonesia
2004	China	South Korea	Indonesia
2006	South Korea	China	Malaysia
2007	China	South Korea	Singapore
2008	China	South Korea	Malaysia
2009	China	Malaysia	Thailand
2010	China	South Korea	Malaysia
2011	Malaysia	South Korea	Chinese Taipei
2012	China	Japan	South Korea
2013	South Korea	Indonesia	China
2014	China	Indonesia	Japan
2014	China	Indonesia	Thailand
2015	China	Indonesia	Chinese Taipei
2016	China	Malaysia	Japan
2016	China	Malaysia	Thailand
2017	China	Malaysia	Japan
2017	China	Malaysia	South Korea
2018	China	South Korea	Indonesia
2018	China	South Korea	Japan
2019	Indonesia	China	Thailand
2019	Indonesia	China	Japan
2020	Cancelled^{[note 1]}
2021	Cancelled^{[note 2]}

^ This tournament, originally to be played from 11 to 24 January 2021, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.
^ This tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in China.

All time medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	65	44	65	174
2	Malaysia (MAS)	13	10	20	43
3	South Korea (KOR)	12	19	40	71
4	Indonesia (INA)	9	26	40	75
5	Thailand (THA)	8	2	17	27
6	Japan (JPN)	7	9	22	38
7	Denmark (DEN)	3	3	3	9
8	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	2	3	12	17
9	India (IND)	1	3	5	9
10	Singapore (SIN)	1	1	3	5
11	Hong Kong (HKG)	1	0	2	3
12	England (ENG)	0	1	1	2
13	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1
14	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
14	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 nations)		122	122	232	476

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
4	Malaysia																	X			X		2
5	Chinese Taipei							X															1
5	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
3	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[]

^ "World Junior Championships". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
^ "Weltmeisterschaft U19 (Jugend-WM - World Junior Championships)". Deutscher Badminton Verband. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
^ "Lebih Dekat Dengan Piala Suhandinata". Djarum Badminton. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
^ "Lebih Dekat Dengan Piala Suhandinata - Part 2". Djarum Badminton. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

External links[]

BWF: World Junior Championships

[3] This tournament, originally to be played from 11 to 24 January 2021, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.

[4] This tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in China.

[7] This tournament, originally to be played from 11 to 24 January 2021, was later cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand.

[8] This tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in China.

[1] "World Junior Championships". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 12 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

[2] "Weltmeisterschaft U19 (Jugend-WM - World Junior Championships)". Deutscher Badminton Verband. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

[5] "Lebih Dekat Dengan Piala Suhandinata". Djarum Badminton. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

[6] "Lebih Dekat Dengan Piala Suhandinata - Part 2". Djarum Badminton. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.

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