2026 BWF World Championships

For the World Para-Badminton Championships organsied by Badminton World Federation, see 2026 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships.

2026 BWF World Championships

Tournament details
Dates	17 – 23 August 2026
Edition	30th
Level	International
Venue	Indira Gandhi Arena
Location	New Delhi, India
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The 2026 BWF World Championships will be the 30th edition of the world badminton championships. It will be held in New Delhi, India in 2026. India is set to host the World Championships for the first time since 2009.

Host selection

The host nation India was originally supposed to hold the Sudirman Cup in 2023, however due to all events in China getting cancelled in 2021, the Sudirman Cup was moved to Vantaa in Finland with the 2023 Sudirman Cup going to Suzhou, China. India thereby was selected as the hosts of the 2026 World Championships due to the transfer of the hosting rights of 2023 Sudirman Cup. New Delhi was announced to be the host city after the 2025 BWF World Championships at Paris.

Competition schedule

The tournament lasts over 7 days.

#R

Preliminary rounds

QF

Quarter-finals

SF

Semi-finals

F

Finals

Date	17 Aug	18 Aug		19 Aug	20 Aug	21 Aug	22 Aug	23 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 tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the World Championships event.

Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64
14,500	12,500	10,500	8,200	6,000	3,750	1,450

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (India)

2026 BWF World Championships medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Totals (0 entries)		0	0	0	0

Medalists

Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles

Qualifiers

Main article: 2026 BWF World Championships qualification

Number of participants

Nation		MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total	Number of players
Africa	Algeria			1		1	2	3
	Egypt	1	1		1		3	3
	South Africa				1		1	2
	Uganda		1				1	1
Asia	China	3	3	2	3	3	14	22
	Chinese Taipei	3	2	3	3	2	13	20
	Hong Kong	2	2	1	2	2	9	14
	Indonesia	2	2	3	2	3	12	20
	India	2	2	2	2	2	10	14
	Israel	2					2	2
	Japan	3	3	2	3	2	13	19
	Kazakhstan	1					1	1
	South Korea	2	3	2	2	1	10	15
	Macau					1	1	2
	Malaysia	2	2	3	2	2	11	18
	Myanmar	1	1				2	2
	Philippines	1	1	1			3	4
	Singapore	2	2	2			6	8
	Sri Lanka	2	1				3	3
	Thailand	2	3	2	2	3	12	18
	United Arab Emirates		1	1	1	1	4	5
	Vietnam	2	2	1	1		6	8
Europe	Austria	1			1		2	3
	Azerbaijan	2	1				3	3
	Belgium	1					1	1
	Bulgaria		2		1	1	4	3
	Croatia	1					1	1
	Czech Republic		2	2		1	5	6
	Denmark	2	2	2	2	2	10	14
	England	1		2		2	5	9
	Estonia		1				1	1
	Finland	2					2	2
	France	3	1	2	1	2	9	12
	Germany	1	2	2		2	7	10
	Hungary		2				2	2
	Ireland	1	1	1			3	4
	Italy	2	1		1		4	5
	Netherlands				1.5	2	3.5	6
	Poland	2			1		3	4
	Scotland		1	2	1	1	5	7
	Serbia					1	1	2
	Spain		1	1	2	1	5	8
	Sweden	1		1	1	1	4	7
	Switzerland	1	2	1	0.5	1	5.5	8
	Turkey		2		2	1	5	7
	Ukraine		2		1		3	2
Oceania	Australia				1		1	2
	New Zealand	1	1	1		1	4	4
Pan America	Brazil	2	1	1	1	2	7	8
	Canada	2	2	2	2	2	10	14
	El Salvador	1					1	1
	Guatemala	1					1	1
	Mexico		1				1	1
	Peru	1	2		1		4	5
	United States	2	2	1	2	2	9	10
Other	Individual Neutral Athletes			1			1	2
Total		64	64	48	48	48	272	379

Players participating in two events

Player	Gender	Singles	Doubles	Mixed
Nour Ahmed Youssri	Women
Sayaka Hobara	Women
Pakkapon Teeraratsakul	Men
Yang Po-hsuan	Men
Dhiren Ayyappan	Men
Taabia Khan	Women
Stefani Stoeva	Women
Gabriela Stoeva	Women
Ondřej Král	Men
Tereza Švábíková	Women
Christo Popov	Men
Toma Junior Popov	Men
Simon Krax	Men
Meerte Loos	Women
Alexander Dunn	Men
Julie MacPherson	Women
Yasemen Bektaş	Women
Polina Buhrova	Women
Yevheniia Kantemyr	Women
Edward Lau	Men
Shaunna Li	Women
Fabrício Farias	Men
Davi Silva	Men
Jaqueline Lima	Women
Jonathan Lai	Men
Crystal Lai	Women
Chen Zhi-yi	Men
Presley Smith	Men
Jennie Gai	Women
Francesca Corbett	Women