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| 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[edit | edit source]
The host nation India was originally supposed to hold the Sudirman Cup in 2023,[1] 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.[2] New Delhi was announced to be the host city at the 2025 BWF World Championships at Paris.[3]
Competition schedule[edit | edit source]
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 | |
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| 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[edit | edit source]
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.[4]
| Winner | Runner-up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 | 33/64 |
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| 14,500 | 12,500 | 10,500 | 8,200 | 6,000 | 3,750 | 1,450 |
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Number of participants[edit | edit source]
| Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total | Number of players | |
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| Africa |  Algeria |
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
 Egypt |
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
 South Africa |
1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
 Uganda |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Asia |  China |
3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 22 |
| File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg 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 | 16 | |
 Israel |
2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
 Japan |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 20 | |
 Kazakhstan |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
 South Korea |
2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 19 | |
 Malaysia |
2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 18 | |
 Myanmar |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Philippines |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Singapore |
2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | ||
 Sri Lanka |
2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
 Thailand |
2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | |
 United Arab Emirates |
1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
 Vietnam |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Europe |  Austria |
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||
 Azerbaijan |
2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
 Belgium |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Bulgaria |
2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
 Croatia |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Czech Republic |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||
 Denmark |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 17 | |
 England |
1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | ||
 Estonia |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Finland |
2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
 France |
3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 14 | |
 Germany |
1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | |
 Hungary |
2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
 Ireland |
1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
 Italy |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||
 Netherlands |
1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||||
 Poland |
2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
 Scotland |
1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||
 Spain |
1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 9 | ||
 Serbia |
1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
 Sweden |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Template:Country data SWI | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||
 Turkey |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |||
 Ukraine |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Oceania |  Australia |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | ||
 New Zealand |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Pan Am |  Brazil |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
 Canada |
2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | |
 El Salvador |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Guatemala |
1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Peru |
1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
 United States |
2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | |
| Other | Template:Country data AIN | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Total (NOCs) | 64 | 64 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 272 | 377 | |
Players participating in two events[edit | edit source]
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| Christo Popov
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| Mads Vestergaard
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| Dechapol Puavaranukroh
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| Presley Smith
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| Chen Zhi-yi
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| Alexander Dunn
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| Fabricio Farias
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| Davi Silva
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| Malik Bourakkadi
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| Ondřej Král
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| Ruben Garcia
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| Jonathan Bing Tsan Lai
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| Koceila Mammeri
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| Yevheniia Kantemyr
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| Polina Buhrova
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| Stefani Stoeva
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| Tereza Švábíková
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| Sayaka Hobara
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| Julie Macpherson
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| Lucia Rodriguez
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| Tilda Sjoo
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| Crystal Lai
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| Lizzie Tolman
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| Nozomi Shimizu
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| Jaqueline Lima
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| Francesca Corbett
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| Jennie Gai
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Performance by nations[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "BWF Major Event Hosts 2019-2025 Awarded". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ↑ "India to host badminton world championships in 2026, lose 2023 Sudirman Cup". International Olympic Committee. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ↑ Nalwala, Ali Asgar (2 September 2025). "New Delhi to host BWF World Championships 2026 as badminton showpiece returns to India after 17 years". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ↑ "World Championship Ranking System". Badminton World Federation.