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BWF World Senior Championships

Current season, competition or edition: 2023 BWF World Senior Championships
Sport	Badminton
Founded	2003
Country	BWF member nations

The BWF World Senior Championships is a badminton tournament for players aged 35 and older sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The winners will be crowned as the "World Senior Champions" and awarded gold medals. ^[1] However, it does not offer any prize money. The tournament started in 2003 and being held biennially.

Location of the World Senior Championships

The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the World Senior Championships. The most recent games were held in Huelva. The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.

2003

2004

2007

2009,
2021

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2023

2025

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Host cities of the World Senior Championships

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	74.5	79	135.5	289
2	Denmark	60	58.5	112.5	231
3	Germany	47	44	83	174
4	Japan	37	51	103	191
5	Thailand	32	25.5	35.5	93
6	Chinese Taipei	24.5	19.5	23.5	67.5
7	Russia	14	12.5	16	42.5
8	Indonesia	13.5	6.5	10	30
9	Netherlands	13	8.5	10.5	32
10	Scotland	12	16	11	39
11	India	11	18	51	80
12	Sweden	8.5	16.5	41.5	66.5
13	Canada	8.5	15	22.5	46
14	Malaysia	6	5	18.5	29.5
15	Israel	6	1	0	7
16	South Africa	6	0	1	7
17	Hong Kong	5	1.5	1.5	8
18	United States	4.5	0.5	3.5	8.5
19	Iceland	4.5	0	3	7.5
20	Belarus	3.5	1.5	0.5	5.5
21	Finland	3	2	16	21
22	South Korea	3	1	1	5
23	Poland	2	9	10	21
24	France	2	4	9	15
25	Norway	2	2.5	11.5	16
26	Ireland	2	2.5	3.5	8
27	Switzerland	2	0	6.5	8.5
28	Sri Lanka	1.5	4	4	9.5
29	Singapore	1.5	0	3	4.5
30	Hungary	1	3.5	2	6.5
31	Austria	1	2.5	4	7.5
32	Bulgaria	1	2	7.5	10.5
33	Ukraine	1	1.5	2	4.5
34	New Zealand	1	1	1	3
35	Portugal	1	0	4	5
36	China	0.5	0	1.5	2
37	Philippines	0.5	0	0	0.5
38	Australia	0	1	4	5
39	Croatia	0	0.5	0	0.5
40	Czech Republic	0	0	3	3
41	Romania	0	0	2	2
	Spain	0	0	2	2
43	Luxembourg	0	0	1	1
	Macau	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (45 entries)		417	417	784	1618

Medal distribution

Men's singles Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1   Denmark 15 14 23 52 2   Chinese Taipei 12 9 5 26 3   Russia 7 5 9 21 4   Thailand 7 5 7 19 5   Japan 5 10 9 24 6   India 5 5 18 28 7   South Africa 5 0 0 5 8   Scotland 4 2 1 7 9   England 3 6 13 22 10   Germany 3 3 15 21 11   Indonesia 3 2 4 9 12   Malaysia 3 0 9 12 13   Finland 2 1 7 10 14   Norway 2 0 6 8 15   Sweden 1 5 11 17 16   Canada 1 5 8 14 17   Austria 1 1 1 3   New Zealand 1 1 1 3 19   Ukraine 1 1 0 2 20   France 1 0 2 3   Iceland 1 0 2 3 22   Singapore 1 0 1 2 23   Poland 0 5 1 6 24   Australia 0 1 3 4 25   Bulgaria 0 1 2 3 26   Hungary 0 1 1 2 27   Sri Lanka 0 1 0 1 28   Czech Republic 0 0 3 3    Switzerland 0 0 3 3 30   Portugal 0 0 2 2 31   Spain 0 0 1 1 Totals (31 entries) 84 84 168 336

Women's singles Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1   Germany 23 16 22 61 2   England 11 14 27 52 3   Denmark 9 6 12 27 4   Japan 7 10 34 51 5   Netherlands 5 3 4 12 6   Hong Kong 4 1 0 5   Israel 4 1 0 5 8   Russia 3 3 1 7 9   Canada 2 3 8 13 10   Poland 2 1 5 8 11   Belarus 2 1 0 3 12   United States 2 0 0 2 13   Scotland 1 6 3 10 14   Sri Lanka 1 3 2 6 15   Thailand 1 3 0 4 16   India 1 2 9 12 17   Sweden 1 2 2 5 18   Hungary 1 2 1 4 19   Chinese Taipei 1 1 3 5 20    Switzerland 1 0 2 3 21   Portugal 1 0 0 1 22   France 0 3 3 6 23   Bulgaria 0 1 2 3 24   Norway 0 1 1 2 25   Finland 0 0 3 3 26   Austria 0 0 1 1   Iceland 0 0 1 1   Indonesia 0 0 1 1   Ireland 0 0 1 1   Luxembourg 0 0 1 1   Ukraine 0 0 1 1   Uzbekistan 0 0 1 1 Totals (32 entries) 83 83 151 317

Men's doubles Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1   Thailand 20 12.5 21.5 54 2   England 14 11 22 47 3   Denmark 10 16 26.5 52.5 4   Indonesia 8 4.5 3.5 16 5   India 5 9 11 25 6   Japan 4 7 10 21 7   Sweden 3.5 1 13 17.5 8   Chinese Taipei 3 5 4 12 9   Malaysia 3 4 9 16 10   United States 2.5 0 2 4.5 11   Russia 2 2 2 6 12   Germany 2 1 17 20 13   Scotland 1.5 1.5 3.5 6.5 14   Canada 1.5 1 1 3.5 15   Netherlands 1 1.5 2 4.5 16   Finland 1 1 2 4 17   South Africa 1 0 1 2 18   Singapore 0.5 0 1 1.5 19   Philippines 0.5 0 0 0.5 20   Poland 0 2 2 4 21   Austria 0 1.5 1.5 3 22   Norway 0 1 1.5 2.5 23   Ireland 0 1 0.5 1.5 24   Croatia 0 0.5 0 0.5 25   Bulgaria 0 0 2 2   France 0 0 2 2   Romania 0 0 2 2 28   Australia 0 0 1 1   Spain 0 0 1 1    Switzerland 0 0 1 1 31   Sri Lanka 0 0 0.5 0.5 Totals (31 entries) 84 84 167 335

Women's doubles Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1   England 18.5 23 29 70.5 2   Japan 17 17 35 69 3   Denmark 12.5 9.5 21.5 43.5 4   Germany 7.5 13 11 31.5 5   Chinese Taipei 4 3.5 3.5 11 6   Netherlands 3.5 2.5 3 9 7   Iceland 2.5 0 0 2.5 8   Canada 2 2 1.5 5.5 9   Thailand 2 1 4 7 10   Ireland 2 1 2 5 11   South Korea 2 1 1 4 12   Scotland 1.5 1.5 2.5 5.5 13   Belarus 1.5 0 0 1.5   Israel 1.5 0 0 1.5 15   Russia 1 2.5 2 5.5 16   France 1 0 2 3 17   Bulgaria 1 0 0 1 18   Sweden 0.5 2 8 10.5 19   Sri Lanka 0.5 0 0.5 1 20   India 0 1 6 7 21   Norway 0 0.5 1.5 2 22   Hong Kong 0 0.5 0.5 1 23   Ukraine 0 0.5 0 0.5 24   Finland 0 0 4 4 25   Poland 0 0 2 2 26   United States 0 0 1.5 1.5 27   China 0 0 1 1 Totals (27 entries) 82 82 143 307

Mixed doubles Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1   England 28 25 45.5 98.5 2   Denmark 13.5 13 29.5 56 3   Germany 10.5 11 18 39.5 4   Chinese Taipei 4.5 1 8 13.5 5   Japan 4 7 16 27 6   Scotland 4 5 1 10 7   Netherlands 3.5 1.5 1.5 6.5 8   Sweden 2.5 6.5 7.5 16.5 9   Indonesia 2.5 0 1.5 4 10   Canada 2 4 4 10 11   Thailand 2 4 3 9 12   Russia 2 0 2 4 13    Switzerland 1 0 0.5 1.5 14   Hong Kong 1 0 0 1   Iceland 1 0 0 1   South Korea 1 0 0 1 17   China 0.5 0 0.5 1 18   Israel 0.5 0 0 0.5 19   India 0 1 6 7 20   Malaysia 0 1 0.5 1.5 21   France 0 1 0 1   Poland 0 1 0 1 23   Hungary 0 0.5 1 1.5 24   Belarus 0 0.5 0.5 1 25   Ireland 0 0.5 0 0.5   United States 0 0.5 0 0.5 27   Portugal 0 0 2 2 28   Bulgaria 0 0 1.5 1.5   Norway 0 0 1.5 1.5 30   Macau 0 0 1 1   Singapore 0 0 1 1   Sri Lanka 0 0 1 1   Ukraine 0 0 1 1 34   Austria 0 0 0.5 0.5 Totals (34 entries) 84 84 156 324

See also

• BWF World Championships
• European Senior Badminton Championships

References

External links

• Official website