Indonesia national badminton team

The BWF World Championships (formerly known as IBF World Championships, also known as the World Badminton Championships) is a badminton tournament sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament started in 1977 and was held once every three years until 1983. Below is the gold medalists shown based by category and countries after the 2013 Championships. China has been the most successful in the World Championships ever since its inception in 1977. From 1977 up to 2001, the medals were usually divided among five countries, namely Indonesia, China, Korea, Denmark, Malaysia. However, in 2003, the winners included seven countries and in 2005 the medal board contained a record high of ten countries. Indonesians Tony Gunawan also bears the distinction of winning a gold medal in Men's Doubles, representing two different countries, 2001 partnering with Halim Haryanto for Indonesia and in 2005 partnering with Howard Bach to give the United States its first medal in the competition.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	64	40	63	167
2	Indonesia	22	18	33	73
3	South Korea (KOR)	10	13	27	50
4	Denmark (DEN)	10	12	36	58
5	England (ENG)	3	9	12	24
Totals (5 nations)		109	92	171	372

Indonesia leads in total titles with thirteen. It won four consecutive titles from 1970 through 1979 and five consecutive titles from 1994 through 2002. Indonesia's ten-year reign as champions was ended by the resurgence of China in 2004 when the Chinese won the title in Jakarta. Indonesia has played in the decisive final tie (men's team match) on nineteen occasions. Since the Thomas Cup format was overhauled in 1984, it has failed to place among the top four teams only once, in 2012.

Thomas Cup Year Result 1958 Champion 1961 Champion 1964 Champion 1967 Runner-up 1970 Champion 1973 Champion 1976 Champion 1979 Champion 1982 Runner-up 1984 Champion 1986 Runner-up 1988 Third place 1990 Semi-finalist 1992 Runner-up 1994 Champion 1996 Champion 1998 Champion 2000 Champion 2002 Champion 2004 Semi-finalist 2006 Semi-finalist 2008 Semi-finalist 2010 Runner-up 2012 Quarter-finalist 2014 Semi-finalist 2016 Runner-up 2018 Semi-finalist 2020 Qualified

Uber Cup Year Result 1963 Final round inter-zone (3rd) 1966 First round inter-zone (4th / 5th) 1969 Runner-up 1972 Runner-up 1975 Champion 1978 Runner-up 1981 Runner-up 1984 Group stage 5th / 6th 1986 Runner-up 1988 Third place 1990 Semi-finalist 1992 Semi-finalist 1994 Champion 1996 Champion 1998 Runner-up 2000 Semi-finalist 2002 Group stage 5th / 6th 2004 Quarter-finalist 2008 Runner-up 2010 Semi-finalist 2012 Quarter-finalist 2014 Quarter-finalist 2016 Quarter-finalist 2018 Quarter-finalist 2020 Qualified

Sudirman Cup Year Result 1989 Champion 1991 Runner-up 1993 Runner-up 1995 Runner-up 1997 Semi-finalist 1999 Semi-finalist 2001 Runner-up 2003 Semi-finalist 2005 Runner-up 2007 Runner-up 2009 Semi-finalist 2011 Semi-finalist 2013 Quarter-finalist 2015 Semi-finalist 2017 Group stage 9th/12th 2019 Semi-finalist 2021

Natsir and Ahmad at 2012 Summer Olympics

Even though they actually have a balance of strength in all events, they are known for producing many great doubles in the men's category. Their doubles had conquered the Olympic Gold Medal, World Champion titles, All Englands and many open titles over decades. Among their greats are Tjun Tjun, Christian Hadinata, Eddie Hartono, Rexy Mainaky, Ricky Subagja, Chandra Wijaya, Tony G, Sigit Budiarto, Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan. Despite their domination, the national badminton governing body is also known for their awkward splitting decision. It happened twice in the Thomas Cup and thrice in the Olympics. Indonesia leads in total titles with thirteen. It won four consecutive titles from 1970 through 1979 and five consecutive titles from 1994 through 2002. Indonesia's ten-year reign as champions was ended by the resurgence of China in 2004 when the Chinese won the title in Jakarta. Indonesia has played in the decisive final tie (team match) on eighteen occasions. Since the Thomas Cup format was overhauled in 1984, it has failed to place among the top four teams only once, in 2012. In 1986, they chose to field King/Ertanto instead of the more solid King/Kartono, considering that Kartono always played badly against the Chinese. In 2004, they fielded weak doubles against strong Danish pairs. Because of those decisions, they lost the match. As for the Olympics, they didn't do anything to maintain the Halim/Tony partnership and Tony G quit the national team. They also split the Candra/Sigit combination months before the 2004 Games. Four years later in Beijing they deselected Tony G/Candra in favor of Luluk/Alvent. For the London Games, the same thing repeated once more due to their decision in deceiving reigning Olympics Gold Medalists Markis/Hendra. The 2005 edition also brought new faces in the mixed doubles event which had been dominated by China and Korea since 1997. With the retirement of defending champions and two-time winners Kim Dong-moon/Ra Kyung-min (Korea), Nova Widianto/Lilyana Natsir won Indonesia's first mixed doubles gold since 1980 when Christian Hadinata/Imelda Wiguna won it last for Indonesia.

At the London 2012 Olympic Games, two members of the Indonesian badminton team, Greysia Poli and Meiliana Jauhari, were thrown out of the tournament after being found guilty of match fixing. Chair of the London Organising Committee, Lord Coe described the incident as "depressing".[29]