BWF World Junior Championships

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.

Host cities in the Championships

Year	No.	Host city	Country
1992	I	Jakarta	Indonesia
1994	II	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
1996	III	Silkeborg	Denmark
1998	IV	Melbourne	Australia
2000	V	Guangzhou	China
2002	VI	Pretoria	South Africa
2004	VII	Richmond	Canada
2006	VIII	Incheon	South Korea
2007	IX	Waitakere City	New Zealand

Year	No.	Host city	Country
2008	X	Pune	India
2009	XI	Alor Setar	Malaysia
2010	XII	Guadalajara	Mexico
2011	XIII	Taipei	Chinese Taipei
2012	XIV	Chiba	Japan
2013	XV	Bangkok	Thailand
2014	XVI	Alor Setar	Malaysia
2015	XVII	Lima	Peru
2016	XVIII	Bilbao	Spain
2017	XIX	Yogyakarta	Indonesia

Past champions

Individual

Year	Boys' Singles	Girls' Singles	Boys' Doubles	Girls' Doubles	Mixed Doubles
2016	Sun Feixiang	Chen Yufei	Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong	Sayaka Hobara Nami Matsuyama	He Jiting Du Yue
2015	Lu Chia-hung	Goh Jin Wei	He Jiting Zheng Siwei	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen
2014	Lin Guipu	Akane Yamaguchi	Kittinupong Ketlen Dechapol Puavaranukroh	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen
2013	Heo Kwang-hee	Akane Yamaguchi	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	Chae Yoo-jung Kim Ji-won	Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen
2012	Kento Momota	Nozomi Okuhara	Lee Chun Hei Ng Ka Long	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	Edi Subaktiar Melati Daeva Oktaviani
2011	Zulfadli Zulkiffli	Ratchanok Inthanon	Nelson Heg Wei Keat Teo Ee Yi	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	Alfian Eko Prasetya Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
2010	Viktor Axelsen	Ratchanok Inthanon	Ow Yao Han Yew Hong Kheng	Bao Yixin Ou Dongni	Liu Cheng Bao Yixin
2009	Tian Houwei	Ratchanok Inthanon	Chooi Kah Ming Ow Yao Han	Tang Jinhua Xia Huan	Maneepong Jongjit Rodjana Chuthabunditkul
2008	Wang Zhengming	Saina Nehwal	Mak Hee Chun Teo Kok Siang	Fu Mingtian Yao Lei	Chai Biao Xie Jing
2007	Chen Long	Wang Lin	Chung Eui-seok Shin Baek-cheol	Xie Jing Zhong Qianxin	Lim Khim Wah Ng Hui Lin
2006	Hong Ji-hoon	Wang Yihan	Lee Yong-dae Cho Gun-woo	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Hyun-young
2004	Chen Jin	Cheng Shao-chieh	Hoon Thien How Tan Boon Heong	Tian Qing Yu Yang	He Hanbin Yu Yang
2002	Chen Jin	Jiang Yanjiao	Han Sang-hoon Park Sung-hwan	Du Jing Rong Lu	Guo Zhendong Yu Yang
2000	Bao Chunlai	Wei Yan	Sang Yang Zheng Bo	Zhang Yawen Wei Yili	Sang Yang Zhang Yawen
1998	Zhang Yang	Gong Ruina	Chan Chong Ming Teo Kok Seng	Zhang Jiewen Xie Xingfang	Chan Chong Ming Joanne Quay
1996	Zhu Feng	Yu Hua	Gan Wye Teck Chan Chong Ming	Gao Ling Yang Wei	Wang Wei Lu Ying
1994	Chen Gang	Wang Chen	Peter Gade Peder Nissen	Yao Jie Liu Lu	Zhang Wei Qian Hong
1992	Sun Jun	Kristin Junita	Santoso Kusno	Gu Jun Han Jingna	Jim Laugesen Rikke Olsen

Mixed team

The mixed team event, Suhandinata Cup, only in competition since 2000.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000	China	Korea	Indonesia
2002	China	Korea	Indonesia
2004	China	Korea	Indonesia
2006	Korea	China	Malaysia
2007	China	Korea	Singapore
2008	China	Korea	Malaysia
2009	China	Malaysia	Thailand
2010	China	Korea	Malaysia
2011	Malaysia	Korea	Chinese Taipei
2012	China	Japan	Korea
2013	Korea	Indonesia	China
2014	China	Indonesia	Japan
2014	China	Indonesia	Thailand
2015	China	Indonesia	Chinese Taipei
2016	China	Malaysia	Japan
2016	China	Malaysia	Thailand

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 to become both the WJC & WC Champion.

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
Women's Singles	Ratchanok Inthanon	2009, 2010, 2011	2013
Men's Doubles	Shin Baek-cheol	2007	2014
Men's Singles	Chen Long	2007	2014, 2015

Successful players

Below is the list of the most ever successful players 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
Yu Yang				1	2	2	5
Bao Yixin				1	1	2	4
Chen Jin	2					2	4
Xia Huan				1		3	4
Xie Jing				1	1	2	4
Zheng Siwei			1		1	2	4
Chai Biao			1			2	3
Chan Chong Ming			2		1		3
Huang Kaixiang					2	1	3
Lee Yong-dae			1		1	1	3
Liu Cheng					1	2	3
Ratchanok Intanon		3					3
Sang Yang			1		1	1	3
Tang Jinhua				1		2	3
Wang Lin		1				2	3
Wang Zhengming	1					2	3
Zhang Yawen				1	1	1	3
Zhong Qianxin				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 after the 2014 Championships. China has been the most successful in the World Junior Championships ever since its inception in 1992. 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	Total
1	China	2	4	4	3	6	5	4	2	4	3	3	3		1	2	4	4	5	59
2	Malaysia			1	2			1		1	1	1	1	3				1		12
3	South Korea						1		4	1				1	1	3				11
4	Thailand											2	1	1			1			5
4	Japan														2	1	1		1	5
5	Indonesia	2												1	1					4
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	Total
1	China	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X					X		X	12
2	South Korea								X							X				2
3	Denmark												X							1
	Japan														X					1
	Malaysia													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	Total
1	China		X	X	X	X	X		X	X									X	8
2	Japan														X	X	X			3
2	Thailand											X	X	X						3
4	Indonesia	X																		1
	India										X									1
	Chinese Taipei							X												1
	Malaysia																	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	Total
1	Malaysia			X	X			X			X	X	X	X						7
2	China					X										X		X	X	4
3	South Korea						X		X	X										3
4	Indonesia	X																		1
	Denmark		X																	1
	Hong Kong														X					1
	Thailand																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	Total
1	China	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X				X	X		13
2	South Korea													X	X	X				3
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	Total
1	China		X	X		X	X	X			X		X			X	X	X	X	11
2	Indonesia													X	X					2
2	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	Total
1	China	X	X	X		X	X	X	X		X		X	X	X	11
2	South Korea				X							X				2
3	Malaysia									X						1

External links

BWF: World Junior Championships

International badminton

BWF Thomas Cup Uber Cup Sudirman Cup World Championships Para World Championships World Junior Championships Olympics World Cup (defunct) World Grand Prix Finals (defunct) World Ranking World Junior Ranking Hall of Fame Teams

Africa	BCA – African Championships

Asia	BAC – Asia Championships Junior Championships

Europe	BE – European Championships Junior Championships

Oceania	BO – Oceania Championships

Americas	BPA – Pan Am Championships Junior Championships

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Deaflympics East Asian Games Island Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Southeast Asian Games Universiade World Games (defunct)

BWF World Junior Championships

Jakarta 1992 Kuala Lumpur 1994 Silkeborg 1996 Melbourne 1998 Guangzhou 2000 Pretoria 2002 Richmond 2004 Incheon 2006 Waitakere City 2007 Pune 2008 Alor Setar 2009 Guadalajara 2010 Taipei 2011 Chiba 2012 Bangkok 2013 Alor Setar 2014 Lima 2015 Bilbao 2016 Yogyakarta 2017

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