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
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

 players (under-19) in the world.

Host cities in the Championships

Year City Nation
1992 Jakarta
Jakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...

1994 Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...

1996
1996 IBF World Junior Championships
The 1996 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Silkeborg, Denmark.-Medalists:-Medal account:-External links:* at Badminton.de...

Silkeborg
Silkeborg
Silkeborg is a city in central Denmark. Located in Silkeborg municipality in Jutland, the city has a population of 42,724 . The development of Silkeborg as a modern city may be traced to the foundation of the paper mill by Michael Drewsen on the Gudenaa in 1844...

1998
1998 IBF World Junior Championships
The 1998 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Melbourne, Australia.-Medalists:-Medal account:-External links:*...

Melbourne
Melbourne
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2000
2000 IBF World Junior Championships
The 2000 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Guangzhou, China.-Team competition:A total of 24 countries competed at the first team competition in BWF World Junior Championships.-Medalists:-Medal account:...

Guangzhou
Guangzhou
Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...

2002
2002 IBF World Junior Championships
The 2002 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Pretoria, South Africa.-Medalists:-Medal account:-External links:* at Badminton.de...

Pretoria
Pretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...

2004
2004 IBF World Junior Championships
The 2004 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Vancouver, Canada.-Medalists:-Medal account:-Boys Singles:-Girls Singles:-Boys Doubles:-External links:* at Badminton.de...

Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

2006 Incheon
Incheon
The Incheon Metropolitan City is located in northwestern South Korea. The city was home to just 4,700 people when Jemulpo port was built in 1883. Today 2.76 million people live in the city, making it Korea’s third most populous city after Seoul and Busan Metropolitan City...

 South Korea
2007
2007 BWF World Junior Championships
The 2007 BWF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Waitakere City, New Zealand.The team competition was held from 25 October to 28 October, and the individual events were from 30 October to 4 November 2007....

Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

2008
2008 BWF World Junior Championships
-Team competition:A total of 21 countries competed at the team competition in 2008 BWF World Junior Championships.-Final positions:#####################-Final Round:-Medalists:-Boys Singles:-Girls singles:-Boys doubles:...

Pune
Pune
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2009 Alor Setar
2010 Guadalajara
Guadalajara
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2011
2011 BWF World Junior Championships
The 2011 BWF World Junior Championships were held in Taoyuan City and Taipei, Chinese Taipei from October 28 to November 6, 2011.-Medalists:-Team competition:A total of 22 countries competed at the team competition in 2011 BWF World Junior Championships....

Taipei
Taipei
Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...


Individual

Year Boys' Singles Girls' Singles Boys' Doubles Girls' Doubles Mixed Doubles
2011
2011 BWF World Junior Championships
The 2011 BWF World Junior Championships were held in Taoyuan City and Taipei, Chinese Taipei from October 28 to November 6, 2011.-Medalists:-Team competition:A total of 22 countries competed at the team competition in 2011 BWF World Junior Championships....

  Zulfadli Zulkiffli   Ratchanok Inthanon
Ratchanok Inthanon
Ratchanok Inthanon is a Thai female badminton player.-Achievements:In 2009, Ratchanok became the youngest-ever champion at the BWF World Junior Championships at 14 when she triumphed in Malaysia. In 2010, she successfully defended her title at the World Junior Championships in Mexico...

  Nelson Heg Wei Keat 
  Teo Ee Yi
  Lee So Hee 
  Shin Sheung Chan
  Alfian Eko Prasetya 
  Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
2010   Viktor Axelsen
Viktor Axelsen
Viktor Axelsen is a badminton player from Denmark. He is the reigning World Junior Champion, beating Korea's Kang Ji-wook in the final to become the first ever European player to hold the title.-2010:...

  Ratchanok Inthanon
Ratchanok Inthanon
Ratchanok Inthanon is a Thai female badminton player.-Achievements:In 2009, Ratchanok became the youngest-ever champion at the BWF World Junior Championships at 14 when she triumphed in Malaysia. In 2010, she successfully defended her title at the World Junior Championships in Mexico...

  Ow Yao Han 
  Yew Hong Kheng
  Bao Yixin 
  Ou Dongni
  Liu Cheng 
  Bao Yixin
2009   Tian Houwei   Ratchanok Inthanon
Ratchanok Inthanon
Ratchanok Inthanon is a Thai female badminton player.-Achievements:In 2009, Ratchanok became the youngest-ever champion at the BWF World Junior Championships at 14 when she triumphed in Malaysia. In 2010, she successfully defended her title at the World Junior Championships in Mexico...

  Chooi Kah Ming 
  Ow Yao Han
  Tang Jinhua 
  Xia Huan
  Maneepong Jongjit 
  Rodjana Chuthabunditkul
2008
2008 BWF World Junior Championships
-Team competition:A total of 21 countries competed at the team competition in 2008 BWF World Junior Championships.-Final positions:#####################-Final Round:-Medalists:-Boys Singles:-Girls singles:-Boys doubles:...

  Wang Zhengming
Wang Zhengming
Wang Zhengming is a male badminton player from China.-2010:A World Junior Champion two years earlier, 2010 was Wang Zhengming's breakthrough year on the international badminton scene. His most impressive achievements were finishing runner-up to his idol Lin Dan in the Badminton Asia Championships...

  Saina Nehwal
Saina Nehwal
Saina Nehwal is an Indian Khel Ratna badminton player currently ranked 4 in the world by Badminton World Federation. Saina is the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships...

  Mak Hee Chun 
  Teo Kok Siang
  Fu Mingtian
Fu Mingtian
-Career:Mingtian became the first Singaporean to win a Southeast Asian Games Gold medal in 2011 at the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia. She beat second-seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 21-12, 21-18 en-route to the Final match. In the Final, she beat home favourite Adriyanti Firdasari of Indonesia...

 
  Yao Lei
  Chai Biao 
  Xie Jing
2007
2007 BWF World Junior Championships
The 2007 BWF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Waitakere City, New Zealand.The team competition was held from 25 October to 28 October, and the individual events were from 30 October to 4 November 2007....

  Chen Long   Wang Lin
Wang Lin (badminton)
Wang Lin is a badminton player from China. Wang Lin was crowned the world champion after winning the gold medal at the 2010 BWF World Championships held at Paris defeating fellow Chinese Wang Xin 21-19, 19-21, 21-13....

  Chung Eui-seok 
  Shin Baek-choel
  Xie Jing 
  Zhong Qianxin
  Lim Khim Wah 
  Ng Hui Lin
2006   Hong Ji-hoon   Wang Yihan
Wang Yihan
Wang Yihan is a professional female badminton player from China and the reigning women's singles world champion. Wang started her career with her coach Wang Pengren at only nine years of age. She was selected for the junior team in 2004, and after being promoted to the senior team in 2006 she...

  Lee Yong-dae
Lee Yong-dae
Lee Yong-dae is a male badminton player from South Korea. He is considered by many to be a great talent and already a wonderful doubles player...

 
  Cho Gun-woo
  Ma Jin
Ma Jin
Ma Jin is a female badminton player from China....

 
  Wang Xiaoli
Wang Xiaoli
Wang Xiaoli is an internationally elite badminton player from China.Wang Xiaoli began her international career in 2009 when she paired with Tao Jiaming in Mixed Doubles and with Ma Jin in Women's Doubles...

  Lee Yong-dae
Lee Yong-dae
Lee Yong-dae is a male badminton player from South Korea. He is considered by many to be a great talent and already a wonderful doubles player...

 
  Yoo Hyun-young
2004
2004 IBF World Junior Championships
The 2004 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Vancouver, Canada.-Medalists:-Medal account:-Boys Singles:-Girls Singles:-Boys Doubles:-External links:* at Badminton.de...

  Chen Jin
Chen Jin
Chen Jin is a male badminton player from China. He is currently rank 6 in world singles men, after defeating Taufik Hidayat in the final of the 2010 BWF World Championships in Paris.-2004–2008:...

  Cheng Shao-chieh
Cheng Shao-Chieh
Cheng Shao-Chieh is a female badminton player from Republic of China.Cheng played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics for the Republic of China as Chinese Taipei. In women's singles, she defeated Ling Wan Ting of Hong Kong and Jun Jae-youn of Korea in the first two rounds. In the...

  Hoon Thien How
Hoon Thien How
- Career :Hoon Thien How and Tan Boon Heong was Junior World 2006 champion. Their partnership was ended as Tan patnered Koo Kien Keat. Hoon paired with Chan Chong Ming and then turned to Ong Soon Hock....

 
  Tan Boon Heong
Tan Boon Heong
Tan Boon Heong is a professional badminton player representing Malaysia in the men's doubles event. He and his current doubles partner—Koo Kien Keat—are ranked 3rd in men's doubles in the world.-Career:...

  Tian Qing
Tian Qing
Tian Qing is a women's and mixed doubles badminton player from China.-Career:Tian Qing had been Pan Pan's partner in women's doubles. They became the world number 5 in December. However, now Tian's partner is Zhao Yunlei. Tian plays with Tao Jiaming in the mixed doubles.2010In May, Tian Qing...

 
  Yu Yang
Yu Yang (badminton)
Yu Yang is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Yu and her regular partner Du Jing have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doubles teams since 2004. They confirmed this status by winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in...

  He Hanbin
He Hanbin
He Hanbin is a male badminton player from China.- Career :A doubles specialist, He won men's doubles at the Austrian International tourney with Guo Zhendong in 2007. Most of his accomplishments, however, have come in mixed doubles with Yu Yang...

 
  Yu Yang
Yu Yang (badminton)
Yu Yang is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Yu and her regular partner Du Jing have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doubles teams since 2004. They confirmed this status by winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in...

2002
2002 IBF World Junior Championships
The 2002 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Pretoria, South Africa.-Medalists:-Medal account:-External links:* at Badminton.de...

  Chen Jin
Chen Jin
Chen Jin is a male badminton player from China. He is currently rank 6 in world singles men, after defeating Taufik Hidayat in the final of the 2010 BWF World Championships in Paris.-2004–2008:...

  Jiang Yanjiao
Jiang Yanjiao
Jiang Yanjiao , is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A winner of both the BWF World Junior Championships and the Asian Junior Championships , Jiang has since emerged as one of the world's leading women's singles players...

  Han Sang-hoon
Han Sang-hoon
Han Sang-hoon is a male badminton player from South Korea.-Career:Han played the 2007 BWF World Championships in mixed doubles with Hwang Yu-mi. They were defeated in quarterfinals by Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir of Indonesia, 19-21, 15-21....

 
  Park Sung-hwan
Park Sung-hwan
Park Sung-hwan is a male badminton player from South Korea. Park is the top ranked men's singles player in Korea and has also enjoyed success at international level, winning individual medals at both the 2010 World Championships and 2010 Asian Games.-2004-2007:2005 Park won the Indonesia...

  Du Jing
Du Jing
Du Jing is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Du and her regular partner Yu Yang have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doubles teams since 2004. They confirmed this status by winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in...

 
  Rong Lu
  Guo Zhendong
Guo Zhendong
Guo Zhendong is a male badminton player from China. , he was ranked within the top 10 male badminton doubles teams in the world.-Career:...

 
  Yu Yang
Yu Yang (badminton)
Yu Yang is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Yu and her regular partner Du Jing have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doubles teams since 2004. They confirmed this status by winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in...

2000
2000 IBF World Junior Championships
The 2000 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Guangzhou, China.-Team competition:A total of 24 countries competed at the first team competition in BWF World Junior Championships.-Medalists:-Medal account:...

  Bao Chunlai
Bao Chunlai
Bao Chunlai is a male, left-handed badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:The tall, powerful Bao has ranked among the world's leading singles player during the first decade of the 21st century...

  Wei Yan   Sang Yang
Sang Yang
-Career:In 2003 Sang won the Indonesia Open in men's doubles with partner Zheng Bo. In 2004 they defeated Denmark's Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard in the Thomas Cup final to clinch the deciding third point for the Chinese team....

 
  Zheng Bo
Zheng Bo
Zheng Bo is a male badminton player from Hunan, People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Zheng won men's doubles at the 2003 Indonesia Open with Sang Yang. Zheng and Sang also secured the winning point against Denmark in the final of the 2004 Thomas Cup, to clinch China's first...

  Zhang Yawen
Zhang Yawen
Zhang Yawen is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Zhang has specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events...

 
  Wei Yili
Wei Yili
Wei Yili is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A women's doubles specialist, since 2001 Wei has competed on the world circuit in partnership with a variety of her fellow countrywomen, but most often with either Zhao Tingting or Zhang Yawen...

  Sang Yang
Sang Yang
-Career:In 2003 Sang won the Indonesia Open in men's doubles with partner Zheng Bo. In 2004 they defeated Denmark's Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard in the Thomas Cup final to clinch the deciding third point for the Chinese team....

 
  Zhang Yawen
Zhang Yawen
Zhang Yawen is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Zhang has specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events...

1998
1998 IBF World Junior Championships
The 1998 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Melbourne, Australia.-Medalists:-Medal account:-External links:*...

  Zhang Yang
Zhang Yang
Zhang Yang is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is the son of Zhang Huaxun, who is also a Chinese film director....

  Gong Ruina
Gong Ruina
Gong Ruina is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Gong Ruina was one of the world's leading women's singles players in the first few years of the 21st century. She won a number of top tier international titles including the 2001 IBF World Championships in Seville,...

  Chan Chong Ming
Chan Chong Ming
Chan Chong Ming is a male badminton doubles player from Malaysia.-Career:Chan Chong Ming competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics with his then partner, Chew Choon Eng...

 
  Teo Kok Seng
  Zhang Jiewen
Zhang Jiewen
Zhang Jiewen is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:One of China's most successful women's doubles specialists, Zhang has won some thirty international titles, the vast majority of them in partnership with Yang Wei, during the first decade of the 21st century...

 
  Xie Xingfang
Xie Xingfang
Xie Xingfang is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China who has twice won women's singles at the BWF World Championships....

  Chan Chong Ming
Chan Chong Ming
Chan Chong Ming is a male badminton doubles player from Malaysia.-Career:Chan Chong Ming competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics with his then partner, Chew Choon Eng...

 
  Joanne Quay
1996
1996 IBF World Junior Championships
The 1996 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Silkeborg, Denmark.-Medalists:-Medal account:-External links:* at Badminton.de...

  Zhu Feng   Yu Hua   Gan Wye Teck 
  Chan Chong Ming
Chan Chong Ming
Chan Chong Ming is a male badminton doubles player from Malaysia.-Career:Chan Chong Ming competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics with his then partner, Chew Choon Eng...

  Gao Ling
Gao Ling
Gao Ling is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is unarguably, to many fans, the most successful doubles specialists in the history of women's badminton. In addition, she earned...

 
  Yang Wei
Yang Wei (badminton)
Yang Wei is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Yang grew up in Guangdong.-Career:A woman's doubles specialist, Yang has won some forty international titles, most of them in the sport's top tier events, since 1998...

  Wang Wei 
  Lu Ying
1994   Chen Gang   Wang Chen   Peter Gade
Peter Gade
Peter Høeg Gade is a Danish professional badminton player. He currently resides in Holte in Copenhagen...

 
  Peder Nissen
  Yao Jie 
  Liu Lu
  Zhang Wei 
  Qian Hong
1992   Sun Jun
Sun Jun (badminton)
Sun Jun is a former world number 1 singles badminton player from China in the late 1990s whose resume includes the World Championship, World Cup, Asian Championship and All England Men's Singles titles...

  Kristin Junita   Santoso 
  Kusno
  Gu Jun
Gu Jun
Gu Jun was a Chinese female badminton player in the 1990s.-Career:Gu and her regular partner Ge Fei were the world's dominant women's doubles team from the mid 1990s to their retirement after the 2000 Olympics. They won over thirty top tier international tournaments together, including two Olympic...

 
  Han Jingna
  Jim Laugesen 
  Rikke Olsen
Rikke Olsen
-2004 Summer Olympics:Olsen competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Ann-Lou Jørgensen. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Nicole Grether and Juliane Schenk of Germany in the second...


Mixed team

The mixed team event only in competition since 2000.
2000
2000 IBF World Junior Championships
The 2000 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Guangzhou, China.-Team competition:A total of 24 countries competed at the first team competition in BWF World Junior Championships.-Medalists:-Medal account:...

2002
2002 IBF World Junior Championships
The 2002 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Pretoria, South Africa.-Medalists:-Medal account:-External links:* at Badminton.de...

2004
2004 IBF World Junior Championships
The 2004 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Vancouver, Canada.-Medalists:-Medal account:-Boys Singles:-Girls Singles:-Boys Doubles:-External links:* at Badminton.de...

2006
2007
2007 BWF World Junior Championships
The 2007 BWF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Waitakere City, New Zealand.The team competition was held from 25 October to 28 October, and the individual events were from 30 October to 4 November 2007....

2008
2008 BWF World Junior Championships
-Team competition:A total of 21 countries competed at the team competition in 2008 BWF World Junior Championships.-Final positions:#####################-Final Round:-Medalists:-Boys Singles:-Girls singles:-Boys doubles:...

2009
2010
2011
2011 BWF World Junior Championships
The 2011 BWF World Junior Championships were held in Taoyuan City and Taipei, Chinese Taipei from October 28 to November 6, 2011.-Medalists:-Team competition:A total of 22 countries competed at the team competition in 2011 BWF World Junior Championships....


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