2007 BWF World Championships

The 2007 BWF World Championships is the 16th tournament of BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships). It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 13 to 19 August 2007.

2007 BWF World Championships
Tournament details
Dates13–19 August
Edition16th
LevelInternational
VenuePutra Indoor Stadium
LocationKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
← 2006 Madrid 2009 Hyderabad →
Events at the 2007
BWF World Championships
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesmenwomenmixed

Host city selection

Aarhus[1] and Kuala Lumpur were the candidates for hosting the championships. Kuala Lumpur was later announced as the host during 2005 IBF council meeting in Beijing.[2] China also expressed interest, but ultimately did not bid.[1]

Venue

Participating nations

A total of 55 countries qualified to participating in this tournament. Below is the list of countries with the parentheses indicates the number of players eligible.

Participating nations. Green: fewer than 5 players; blue: 5–9; orange: 10–14; red: 15 or more.

Notable is, Thailand is the only country announced the withdrawal from the tournament by choosing to attend the World University Games, the event which clash with the Championships, they have several players who qualified for this tournament.[3]

Medalists

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Malaysia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China32611
2 Indonesia2114
3 Hong Kong0101
 South Korea0101
5 Japan0022
6 Malaysia*0011
Totals (6 nations)551020

Events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
 Lin Dan Sony Dwi Kuncoro Bao Chunlai
Chen Yu
Women's singles
 Zhu Lin Wang Chen Zhang Ning
Lu Lan
Men's doubles
 Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan		 Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae		 Choong Tan Fook
Lee Wan Wah
Shuichi Sakamoto
Shintaro Ikeda
Women's doubles
 Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen		 Gao Ling
Huang Sui		 Zhang Yawen
Wei Yili
Kumiko Ogura
Reiko Shiota
Mixed doubles
 Nova Widianto
Liliyana Natsir		 Zheng Bo
Gao Ling		 Flandy Limpele
Vita Marissa
Xie Zhongbo
Zhang Yawen

References
  1. "Badminton VM kommer næppe til Århus". aarhusportalen.dk. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. "Kuala Lumpur to host 2007 badminton worlds". en.people.cn. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  3. "Thais serve first shock of the championship". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2007.
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