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. 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 Taipei (1)  Chinese Taipei (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 (Toronto) (1)  Canada (2) 6
2019 21 Kazan (1)  Russia (1) 6
2020 22 Auckland  New Zealand 6
2021 22 Chengdu (1)  China (2) 6
2022 23 TBD  Spain (2) 6
2023 24 Honolulu (1)  United States (1) 6
2024 25 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 Amon Santoso
Kusno
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 Zhu Feng Yu Hua Jeremy Gan
Chan Chong Ming
Gao Ling
Yang Wei
Wang Wei
Lu Ying
1998 Zhang Yang Gong Ruina Chan Chong Ming
Teo Kok Seng
Zhang Jiewen
Xie Xingfang
Chan Chong Ming
Joanne Quay
2000 Bao Chunlai Wei Yan 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
Rong Lu
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 Chung Eui-seok
Shin Baek-cheol
Xie Jing
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
Xie Jing
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 Mahiro Kaneko
Yunosuke Kubota
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
Zhou Xinru
Feng Yanzhe
Lin Fangling
2020 Cancelled[note 1]
  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]

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
 Thailand
2015  China  Indonesia  Chinese Taipei
2016  China  Malaysia  Japan
 Thailand
2017  China  Malaysia  Japan
 South Korea
2018  China  South Korea  Indonesia
 Japan
2019  Indonesia  China  Thailand
 Japan
2020 Cancelled[note 1]
  1. 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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)654465174
2 Malaysia (MAS)13102043
3 South Korea (KOR)12194071
4 Indonesia (INA)9264075
5 Thailand (THA)821727
6 Japan (JPN)792238
7 Denmark (DEN)3339
8 Chinese Taipei (TPE)231217
9 India (IND)1359
10 Singapore (SIN)1135
11 Hong Kong (HKG)1023
12 England (ENG)0112
13 France (FRA)0101
14 Germany (GER)0011
 Spain (ESP)0011
Totals (15 nations)122122232476

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:

TypePlayerWorld Junior Champion (Year)World Champion (Year)
Men's Singles Sun Jun19921999
Women's Doubles Gu Jun19921997, 1999
Women's Doubles Gao Ling19962001, 2003, 2006
Women's Doubles Yang Wei19962005, 2007
Women's Singles Gong Ruina19982001
Women's Doubles Zhang Jiewen19982005, 2007
Women's Doubles Zhang Yawen20002009
Men's Singles Chen Jin2002, 20042010
Women's Doubles Du Jing20022010
Women's Doubles Tian Qing20042014, 2015
Women's Doubles Yu Yang20042010, 2011, 2013
Women's Singles Wang Yihan20062011
Women's Doubles Wang Xiaoli20062011, 2013
Women's Singles Wang Lin20072010
Men's Doubles Shin Baek-cheol20072014
Men's Singles Chen Long20072014, 2015
Women's Singles Ratchanok Intanon2009, 2010, 20112013
Men's Singles Viktor Axelsen20102017
Women's Singles Nozomi Okuhara20122017
Men's Singles Kento Momota20122018, 2019
Men's Doubles Li Junhui20132018
Men's Doubles Liu Yuchen20132018
Women's Doubles Chen Qingchen2014, 20152017
Women's Doubles Jia Yifan2014, 20152017
Mixed Doubles Zheng Siwei20152018, 2019

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 Qingchen2338
He Jiting1135
Yu Yang1225
Bao Yixin1124
Chen Jin224
Chen Yufei134
Du Yue134
Jia Yifan224
Xia Huan134
Xie Jing1124
Zheng Siwei1124
Chai Biao123
Chan Chong Ming213
Di Zijian123
Han Chengkai123
Huang Kaixiang213
Kunlavut Vitidsarn33
Lee Yong-dae1113
Leo Rolly Carnando1113
Li Gen33
Lin Fangling1113
Lin Guipu123
Liu Cheng123
Liu Xuanxuan123
Ratchanok Intanon33
Sang Yang1113
Sun Feixiang123
Tang Jinhua123
Wang Chang123
Wang Lin123
Wang Zhengming123
Zhang Yawen1113
Xia Yuting123
Zhong Qianxin123
Zhou Haodong123

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 China2443654243331244513265
2 Malaysia121111131113
3 South Korea141113112
4 Indonesia2112129
5 Thailand21111118
6 Japan2111117
7 Denmark1113
8 Chinese Taipei112
9 Hong Kong11
 India11
 Singapore11

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 ChinaXXXXXXXXXXXX12
2 ThailandXXX3
3 South KoreaXX2
4 DenmarkX1
 MalaysiaX1
 JapanX1
 Chinese TaipeiX1

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 ChinaXXXXXXXX8
2 JapanXXXX4
3 ThailandXXX3
4 IndonesiaXX2
 MalaysiaXX2
5 Chinese TaipeiX1
 IndiaX1

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 MalaysiaXXXXXXX7
2 ChinaXXXXX5
3 South KoreaXXX3
4 IndonesiaXX2
5 DenmarkX1
 Hong KongX1
 ThailandX1
 JapanX1

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 ChinaXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX15
2 South KoreaXXXX4
3 SingaporeX1
 JapanX1

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 ChinaXXXXXXXXXXXX12
2 IndonesiaXXXX4
3 MalaysiaXX2
4 DenmarkX1
 South KoreaX1
 ThailandX1

Mixed team

Rank Country 00 02 04 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Total
1 ChinaXXXXXXXXXXXXX13
2 South KoreaXX2
3 MalaysiaX1
4 IndonesiaX1

References

  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.
  3. "Lebih Dekat Dengan Piala Suhandinata". Djarum Badminton. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  4. "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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