2025 BWF World Championships

2025 BWF World Championships
Tournament details
Dates25–31 August
Edition29th
LevelInternational
Competitors383 (53 nations)
VenueAdidas Arena
LocationParis, France
Official websitehttps://www.badmintonparis2025.com/
2023 Copenhagen 2026 New Delhi

The 2025 BWF World Championships, officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2025 for sponsorship reasons, was a badminton tournament which was held in Paris, France. Paris hosted the World Championships for the first time since 2010.

Host city selection

Paris was awarded the event in November 2018 during the announcement of 18 major badminton event hosts from 2019 to 2025.[1]

Competition schedule

The tournament lasts over 7 days.

#R Preliminary rounds QF Quarter-finals SF Semi-finals F Finals
Date 25 Aug 26 Aug 27 Aug 28 Aug 29 Aug 30 Aug 31 Aug
Event
Men's singles 1R 2R 3R QF SF F
Women's singles 1R 2R 3R QF SF F
Men's doubles 1R 2R 3R QF SF F
Women's doubles 1R 2R 3R QF SF F
Mixed doubles 1R 2R 3R QF SF F

Point distribution

Below is the table with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the World Championships event.[2]

Winner Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 33/200
20000 15,500 10,500 8,200 6,000 3,750 2000

Medal summary

Medal table

Canada won its first World Championship medal.[3][4]

  *   Host nation (France)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China2316
2 Malaysia1102
3 Japan1023
4 South Korea1012
5 Thailand0101
6 Denmark0022
7 Canada0011
 France*0011
 India0011
 Indonesia0011
Totals (10 entries)551020

Medalists

Events Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
Shi Yuqi
 China
Kunlavut Vitidsarn
 Thailand
Victor Lai
 Canada
Anders Antonsen
 Denmark
Women's singles
Akane Yamaguchi
 Japan
Chen Yufei
 China
An Se-young
 South Korea
Putri Kusuma Wardani
 Indonesia
Men's doubles
 South Korea
Kim Won-ho
Seo Seung-jae
 China
Chen Boyang
Liu Yi
 Denmark
Kim Astrup
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
 India
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty
Women's doubles
 China
Liu Shengshu
Tan Ning
 Malaysia
Pearly Tan
Thinaah Muralitharan
 Japan
Rin Iwanaga
Kie Nakanishi
 Japan
Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida
Mixed doubles
 Malaysia
Chen Tang Jie
Toh Ee Wei
 China
Jiang Zhenbang
Wei Yaxin
 France
Thom Gicquel
Delphine Delrue
 China
Guo Xinwa
Chen Fanghui

Qualifiers

Number of participants

Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total Number
of players
Africa  Algeria 1 1 2 3
 Mauritius 1 1 1
 Uganda 1 1 2 2
Asia  China 4 4 2 3 4 17 26
 Chinese Taipei 4 4 3 4 4 19 26
 Hong Kong 2 2 2 2 1 9 16
 India 2 1 2 2 2 9 13
 Indonesia 3 2 3 2 2 12 19
 Israel 1 1 2 2
 Japan 4 3 2 4 2 15 23
 Macau 1 1 2 3
 Malaysia 2 2 4 2 3 12 21
 Myanmar 1 1 1
 Philippines 1 1 2 4
 Singapore 2 2 1 1 6 8
 South Korea 2 3 2 2 1 10 15
 Sri Lanka 2 1 2 5 7
 Thailand 2 4 2 1 3 12 15
 United Arab Emirates 1 1 2
 Vietnam 2 2 1 5 6
Europe  Austria 1 1 2 3
 Azerbaijan 2 1 1 1 5 6
 Belgium 1 1 2 2
 Bulgaria 2 1 2 5 7
 Croatia 1 1 1
 Czech Republic 1 2 1 4 5
 Denmark 2 3 2 2 9 13
 England 2 2 2 2 8 12
 Estonia 1 1 1
 Finland 2 2 2
 France (H) 3 1 2 2 2 10 14
 Germany 2 2 1 1 1 7 9
 Hungary 2 2 2
 Ireland 1 1 1 1 4 5
 Italy 1 1 2 2
 Netherlands 0.5 0.5 1
 Poland 1 1 2
 Scotland 1 2 1 2 6 8
 Serbia 1 1 2
 Slovenia 1 1 2
 Spain 1 1 2 2 1 7 10
 Sweden 1 1 1
  Switzerland 1 1 1 2 5 8
 Turkey 2 1 3 4
 Ukraine 2 1.5 1 4.5 4
Oceania
 Australia 1 2 1 1 5 6
 New Zealand 1 1 2 2
Pan Am
 Brazil 2 1 2 1 1 7 9
 Canada 2 2 2 2 8 10
 El Salvador 1 1 1
 Guatemala 1 1 2 3
 Peru 1 1 2 2
 United States 2 1 1 2 6 9
Total (53 NOCs) 65 64 48 48 48 272 383

Players participating in two events

Player Gender Singles Doubles Mixed
Algeria Koceila Mammeri Men Yes Yes
Uganda Fadilah Mohamed Rafi Women Yes Yes
Chinese Taipei Yang Po-hsuan Men Yes Yes
Chinese Taipei Sung Shuo-yun Women Yes Yes
Chinese Taipei Hsu Yin-hui Women Yes Yes
Chinese Taipei Hung En-tzu Women Yes Yes
Israel Misha Zilberman Men Yes Yes
Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh Men Yes Yes
Thailand Pakkapon Teeraratsakul Men Yes Yes
Thailand Phataimas Muenwong Women Yes Yes
Azerbaijan Dicky Dwi Pangestu Men Yes Yes
Bulgaria Stefani Stoeva Women Yes Yes
England Rory Easton Men Yes Yes
England Lizzie Tolman Women Yes Yes
France Christo Popov Men Yes Yes
France Toma Junior Popov Men Yes Yes
Germany Malik Bourakkadi Men Yes Yes
Republic of Ireland Moya Ryan Women Yes Yes
Scotland Alexander Dunn Men Yes Yes
Scotland Adam Pringle Men Yes Yes
Scotland Julie MacPherson Women Yes Yes
Spain Rubén García Men Yes Yes
Spain Lucía Rodríguez Women Yes Yes
Ukraine Polina Buhrova Women Yes Yes
Ukraine Yevheniia Kantemyr Women Yes Yes Yes
Australia Jack Yu Men Yes Yes
New Zealand Edward Lau Men Yes Yes
Brazil Fabrício Farias Men Yes Yes
Brazil Jaqueline Lima Women Yes Yes
Canada Jonathan Lai Men Yes Yes
Canada Ty Alexander Lindeman Men Yes Yes
United States Presley Smith Men Yes Yes
Guatemala Christopher Martinez Men Yes Yes

Performance by nations

As of the results of 31 August 2025.

Nation Quota First
round
Second
round
Third
round
Quarter-
finals
Semi-
finals
Finals
Champion
 China 17 8 16 14 10 6 5 2
 Malaysia 12 4 11 8 5 2 2 1
 Japan 15 10 11 9 5 3 1 1
 South Korea 10 7 10 6 4 2 1 1
 Thailand 12 9 8 5 2 1 1
 Denmark 9 7 8 5 2 2
 Indonesia 12 6 11 9 3 1
 India 9 7 5 3 3 1
 France 10 9 8 4 1 1
 Canada 8 8 2 2 1 1
 Chinese Taipei 19 13 15 8 2
 Singapore 8 8 4 1 1
 Bulgaria 5 5 1 1 1
 Hong Kong 9 7 6 3
 England 8 7 5 1
 Vietnam 5 5 3 1
 Scotland 6 6 6
 Germany 7 7 5
 United States 6 6 4
 Brazil 7 7 2
 Spain 7 7 2
 Sri Lanka 5 5 2
 Ireland 4 4 2
 Turkey 3 3 2
 Philippines 2 2 2
 Ukraine 4.5 4.5 1.5
 Australia 5 5 1
 Azerbaijan 5 5 1
  Switzerland 5 5 1
 Czech Republic 4 4 1
 Belgium 2 2 1
 Croatia 1 1 1
 Serbia 1 1 1
 Netherlands 0.5 0.5 0.5
 Algeria 2 2
 Finland 2 2
 Guatemala 2 2
 Hungary 2 2
 Israel 2 2
 Italy 2 2
 Macau 2 2
 New Zealand 2 2
 Peru 2 2
 Uganda 2 2
 Estonia 1 1
 El Salvador 1 1
 Mauritius 1 1
 Myanmar 1 1
   Nepal 1 1
 Poland 1 1
 Slovenia 1 1
 Sweden 1 1
 United Arab Emirates 1 1
Withdrew 2  
Total 272 224 160 80 40 20 10 5

References

  1. ^ "BWF Major Event Hosts 2019-2025 Awarded". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  2. ^ "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  3. ^ Goh, Z. K. (29 August 2025). "BWF World Championships 2025: Loh Kean Yew exits in quarter-finals shock against Victor Lai". Olympics. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  4. ^ Sukumar, Dev (29 August 2025). "Victor Lai Makes History for Canada". Badminton World Federation.