2013 BWF World Championships

The 2013 BWF World Championships was a badminton tournament which was held from 5 to 11 August 2013 at the Tianhe Sports Center in Guangzhou, China.[1]

2013 BWF World Championships
Tournament details
Dates5 August – 11 August
Edition20th
LevelInternational
Competitors345 from 49 nations
VenueTianhe Sports Center
LocationGuangzhou, China
2011 London 2014 Copenhagen

Host city selection edit

Copenhagen, Guangzhou, and Macau submitted bids for this edition of championships.[2] On 9 December 2011, Badminton World Federation decided to award the championships to Guangzhou during a meeting in Queenstown, New Zealand.[citation needed]

Draw edit

The draw was held on 22 July at Guangzhou, China.

Schedule edit

All five events started on the first day and concluded with the final on the last day.

All times are local (UTC+8).

Date Time Round
5 August 2013 10:00 Round of 64
6 August 2013 13:00 Round of 64
Round of 32
7 August 2013 10:00 Round of 32
8 August 2013 13:00 Round of 16
9 August 2013 12:00 Quarterfinals
18:00 Quarterfinals
10 August 2013 12:00 Semifinals
18:00 Semifinals
11 August 2013 13:00 Finals

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Singles   Lin Dan   Lee Chong Wei   Du Pengyu
  Nguyễn Tiến Minh
Women's Singles   Ratchanok Intanon   Li Xuerui   Bae Yeon-ju
  P. V. Sindhu
Men's Doubles   Hendra Setiawan
  Mohammad Ahsan
  Mathias Boe
  Carsten Mogensen
  Cai Yun
  Fu Haifeng
  Kim Ki-jung
  Kim Sa-rang
Women's Doubles   Wang Xiaoli
  Yu Yang
  Eom Hye-won
  Chang Ye-na
  Christinna Pedersen
  Kamilla Rytter Juhl
  Tian Qing
  Zhao Yunlei
Mixed Doubles   Tontowi Ahmad
  Lilyana Natsir
  Xu Chen
  Ma Jin
  Shin Baek-cheol
  Eom Hye-won
  Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei

Medal table edit

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)*2248
2  Indonesia (INA)2002
3  Thailand (THA)1001
4  South Korea (KOR)0134
5  Denmark (DEN)0112
6  Malaysia (MAS)0101
7  India (IND)0011
  Vietnam (VIE)0011
Totals (8 entries)551020

Participating countries edit

345 players from 49 countries participated at this year's edition. The number in parentheses indicate the player contributed by each country.

References edit

  1. ^ "2013 BWF World Championships". BWF. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
  2. ^ Sachetat, Raphaël. "WORLDS 2013 – Macau, Copenhagen and Guangzhou". Badzine.net. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

External links edit