Back بطولة العالم لكرة الريشة Arabic Campeonatu Mundial de Bádminton AST বিডব্লিউএফ বিশ্ব চ্যাম্পিয়নশিপ Bengali/Bangla Campionats del Món de bàdminton Catalan Mistrovství světa v badmintonu Czech VM i badminton Danish Badminton-Weltmeisterschaften German Campeonato Mundial de Bádminton Spanish Sulgpalli maailmameistrivõistlused Estonian مسابقات جهانی بدمینتون Persian
Current season, competition or edition: 2023 BWF World Championships | |
| Sport | Badminton |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1977 |
| Country | BWF member nations |
The BWF World Championships, formerly known as IBF World Championships, and also known as the World Badminton Championships, is a badminton tournament sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament is one of the most prestigious in badminton, offering the most ranking points, together with the Summer Olympics badminton tournaments which was introduced in 1992.[1][2] The winners of this tournament are also crowned as "World Champions" of the sport, and are awarded a gold medal.[3]
The tournament started in 1977 and was held once every three years until 1983. However, the IBF (International Badminton Federation) faced difficulty in hosting the first two events as the World Badminton Federation (which later merged with the IBF to form one badminton federation) hosted the same tournament a year after the IBF World Championships with the same goals.
Since 1985, the tournament became biennial and played once every two years until 2005. Starting 2006, the tournament was changed to an annual event on the BWF calendar. The tournament is not held during the Summer Olympics years to avoid schedule conflicts.
- ^ "World Ranking System". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Regulations for World Championships". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Chin Chai hopes BWF will offer prize money for world meet". The Star. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.