2005 IBF World Championships

The 2005 IBF World Championships (14th tournament) was held in Anaheim, southern California, United States, from August 15 to August 21, 2005.

2005 IBF World Championships
Tournament details
Dates15–21 August
Edition14th
LevelInternational
VenueArrowhead Pond
LocationAnaheim, United States
2003 Birmingham 2006 Madrid

2004 Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia won the men's singles over China's Lin Dan, while Peter Gade of Denmark and Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia received bronze medals.

In the women's singles category, Xie Xingfang won the gold medal beating compatriot 2004 Olympic gold medalist Zhang Ning. Germany's Xu Huaiwen and Chinese Taipei's Cheng Shao-chieh won bronze medals. Cheng Shao-chieh also created some surprise results in the tournament.

Women's doubles was almost an all-China show. 2004 Olympic gold medalists Zhang Jiewen/Yang Wei repeated their 2004 Olympic performance with victory over silver medalists Gao Ling/Huang Sui.

In the mixed doubles, number 1 seeds Nathan Robertson/Gail Emms of England backed out before commencement of the tournament due to an injury to Robertson. This paved the way for several pairs to contest the medals. Indonesia's Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir secured the gold over China's up and coming Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen. Zhang Yawen also become the only double medalist in this games winning the silver in mixed doubles and bronze in the women's doubles.

The biggest surprise in the tournament came in men's doubles. Though former Indonesian star Tony Gunawan had long been recognized as one of the premier men's doubles players in the game, he and his American partner Howard Bach were only the 13th seeded team in the competition. However, from the round of 16 through the semifinal they routinely defeated higher seeded pairs to reach the final. There, before a surprisingly large "hometown crowd", they overcame the second seeded Indonesian team of Sigit Budiarto and Candra Wijaya in three close games to become the first American winners of any event since the IBF first held an official World Championships in 1977.

Host city selection

Anaheim (United States) and Aarhus[1] (Denmark) were the candidates for the host of the championships. Singapore withdrew its bid before the council meeting which later awarded the event to Anaheim. [2]

Venue

The championships was held at Arrowhead Pond.

Medalists

China had an excellent tournament, winning seven medals in total, including the gold medals in the women's singles and women's doubles, as well as four of the five silvers. Indonesia won both the men's singles and mixed doubles. The men's doubles tournament was won by the 13th seeds, Tony Gunawan and Howard Bach, winning the United States's first ever gold at the World Championships.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China2417
2 Indonesia2114
3 United States*1001
4 Malaysia0022
5 Chinese Taipei0011
 Denmark0011
 Germany0011
 New Zealand0011
 South Korea0011
 Thailand0011
Totals (10 nations)551020

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Taufik Hidayat Lin Dan Peter Gade
Lee Chong Wei
Women's Singles Xie Xingfang Zhang Ning Xu Huaiwen
Cheng Shao-chieh
Men's Doubles Tony Gunawan
Howard Bach
Candra Wijaya
Sigit Budiarto
Luluk Hadiyanto
Alvent Yulianto
Chan Chong Ming
Koo Kien Keat
Women's Doubles Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen
Gao Ling
Huang Sui
Zhang Dan
Zhang Yawen
Lee Kyung-won
Lee Hyo-jung
Mixed Doubles Nova Widianto
Lilyana Natsir
Xie Zhongbo
Zhang Yawen
Daniel A Shirley
Sara Runesten-Petersen
Sudket Prapakamol
Saralee Thungthongkam

Participating nations

A total of 50 nations entered players at the 2005 IBF World Championships. The number of competitors is indicated in parentheses.

Results of the final rounds

Men's singles

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Lin Dan 5 15 15
9/16 Lee Hyun-il 15 7 8
Lin Dan 15 13 15
Peter Gade 9 15 11
3/4 Peter Gade 15 15
5/8 Chen Hong 13 4
Lin Dan 3 7
Taufik Hidayat 15 15
5/8 Lee Chong Wei 15 15
3/4 Bao Chunlai 5 7
Lee Chong Wei 3 12
Taufik Hidayat 15 15
5/8 Taufik Hidayat 3 15 15
2 Kenneth Jonassen 15 10 7

Women's Singles

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Zhang Ning 11 11
9/16 Kaori Mori 4 6
Zhang Ning 11 11
Xu Huaiwen 7 9
3/4 Pi Hongyan 3 2
5/8 Xu Huaiwen 11 11
Zhang Ning 8 11 3
Xie Xingfang 11 9 11
  Cheng Shao-chieh 11 5 11
3/4 Wang Chen 9 11 6
Cheng Shao-chieh 11 5 6
Xie Xingfang 2 11 11
5/8 Tracey Hallam 3 1
2 Xie Xingfang 11 11

Men's Doubles

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 Jens Eriksen
Martin Lundgaard Hansen
9 10
9/16 Tony Gunawan
Howard Bach
15 15
Tony Gunawan
Howard Bach
15 15
Luluk Hadiyanto
Alvent Yulianto
9 13
3/4 Luluk Hadiyanto
Alvent Yulianto
15 12 15
5/8 Jung Jae-sung
Lee Jae-jin
5 15 7
Tony Gunawan
Howard Bach
15 10 15
Candra Wijaya
Sigit Budiarto
11 15 11
9/16 Flandy Limpele
Eng Hian
15 12 10
9/16 Chan Chong Ming
Koo Kien Keat
6 15 15
Chan Chong Ming
Koo Kien Keat
9 11
Candra Wijaya
Sigit Budiarto
15 15
5/8 Lars Paaske
Jonas Rasmussen
10 15 9
2 Candra Wijaya
Sigit Budiarto
15 11 15

Women's Doubles

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen
15 15
Gail Emms
Donna Kellogg
7 10
Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen
15 15
Lee Kyung-Won
Lee Hyo-jung
4 3
Lee Kyung-Won
Lee Hyo-jung
15 15
Pei Tty Wong
Eei Hui Chin
6 5
Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen
17 15
Gao Ling
Huang Sui
16 7
Gao Ling
Huang Sui
15 15
Saralee Thungthongkam
Sathinee Chankrachangwong
3 4
Gao Ling
Huang Sui
15 15
Zhang Dan
Zhang Yawen
5 8
Wei Yili
Zhao Tingting
8 9
Zhang Dan
Zhang Yawen
15 15

Mixed Doubles

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
Nova Widianto
Lilyana Natsir
15 15
Fredrik Bergström
Johanna Persson
6 6
Nova Widianto
Lilyana Natsir
15 3 15
Sudket Prapakamol
Saralee Thungthongkam
9 15 10
Sudket Prapakamol
Saralee Thungthongkam
10 15 15
Zhang Jun
Gao Ling
15 7 11
Nova Widianto
Lilyana Natsir
13 15 15
Xie Zhongbo
Zhang Yawen
15 8 2
Xie Zhongbo
Zhang Yawen
6 17 15
Chen Qiqiu
Zhao Tingting
15 14 2
Xie Zhongbo
Zhang Yawen
15 15
Daniel Shirley
Sara Runesten-Petersen
8 8
Daniel Shirley
Sara Runesten-Petersen
15 15
Lee Jae-jin
Lee Hyo-jung
11 13

References

  1. "DBF satser på Århus til VM i 2005". fyens.dk. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. "Arrowhead Pond Awarded 2005 Badminton World Championships" (PDF). lasports.org. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
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