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BWF World Senior ChampionshipsCurrent season, competition or edition:
2023 BWF World Senior Championships

Sport| Badminton
Founded| 2003
Country| BWF member nations

The BWF World Senior Championships is a badminton tournament for players aged 35 and older sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The winners will be crowned as the "World Senior Champions" and awarded gold medals.[1] However, it does not offer any prize money. The tournament started in 2003 and being held biennially.

## Location of the World Senior Championships[edit]

The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the World Senior Championships. The most recent games were held in Huelva. The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.

2003

2004

2007

2009,
2021

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2023

2025

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Host cities of the World Senior Championships

Year  | No.  | Date  | Host City  | Country

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2003  | I | 9 – 15 June  | Sofia (1)  | Bulgaria (1)
2004  | II | 29 November – 5 December  | Kuala Lumpur (1)  | Malaysia (1)
2007  | III | 24 – 29 April  | Taipei (1)  | Taiwan (1)
2009  | IV | 27 September – 3 October  | Huelva (1)  | Spain (1)
2011  | V | 21 – 27 August  | Vancouver (1)  | Canada (1)
2013  | VI | 9 – 14 August  | Ankara (1)  | Turkey (1)
2015  | VII | 20 – 26 September  | Helsingborg (1)  | Sweden (1)
2017  | VIII | 11 – 17 September  | Kochi (1)  | India (1)
2019  | IX | 4 – 11 August  | Katowice (1)  | Poland (1)
2021  | X | 28 November – 4 December  | Huelva (2)  | Spain (2)
2023  | XI | 11 – 17 September  | Jeonju (1)  | Korea (1)
2025  | XII |  | Auckland (1)  | New Zealand (1)

## Medal table[edit]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  England| 74.5| 79| 135.5| 289
2|  Denmark| 60| 58.5| 112.5| 231
3|  Germany| 47| 44| 83| 174
4|  Japan| 37| 51| 103| 191
5|  Thailand| 32| 25.5| 35.5| 93
6|  Chinese Taipei| 24.5| 19.5| 23.5| 67.5
7|  Russia| 14| 12.5| 16| 42.5
8|  Indonesia| 13.5| 6.5| 10| 30
9|  Netherlands| 13| 8.5| 10.5| 32
10|  Scotland| 12| 16| 11| 39
11|  India| 11| 18| 51| 80
12|  Sweden| 8.5| 16.5| 41.5| 66.5
13|  Canada| 8.5| 15| 22.5| 46
14|  Malaysia| 6| 5| 18.5| 29.5
15|  Israel| 6| 1| 0| 7
16|  South Africa| 6| 0| 1| 7
17|  Hong Kong| 5| 1.5| 1.5| 8
18|  United States| 4.5| 0.5| 3.5| 8.5
19|  Iceland| 4.5| 0| 3| 7.5
20|  Belarus| 3.5| 1.5| 0.5| 5.5
21|  Finland| 3| 2| 16| 21
22|  South Korea| 3| 1| 1| 5
23|  Poland| 2| 9| 10| 21
24|  France| 2| 4| 9| 15
25|  Norway| 2| 2.5| 11.5| 16
26|  Ireland| 2| 2.5| 3.5| 8
27|  Switzerland| 2| 0| 6.5| 8.5
28|  Sri Lanka| 1.5| 4| 4| 9.5
29|  Singapore| 1.5| 0| 3| 4.5
30|  Hungary| 1| 3.5| 2| 6.5
31|  Austria| 1| 2.5| 4| 7.5
32|  Bulgaria| 1| 2| 7.5| 10.5
33|  Ukraine| 1| 1.5| 2| 4.5
34|  New Zealand| 1| 1| 1| 3
35|  Portugal| 1| 0| 4| 5
36|  China| 0.5| 0| 1.5| 2
37|  Philippines| 0.5| 0| 0| 0.5
38|  Australia| 0| 1| 4| 5
39|  Croatia| 0| 0.5| 0| 0.5
40|  Czech Republic| 0| 0| 3| 3
41|  Romania| 0| 0| 2| 2
Spain| 0| 0| 2| 2
43|  Luxembourg| 0| 0| 1| 1
Macau| 0| 0| 1| 1
Uzbekistan| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (45 entries)| 417| 417| 784| 1618

## Medal distribution[edit]

### Men's singles[edit]

| Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Denmark| 15| 14| 23| 52
2|  Chinese Taipei| 12| 9| 5| 26
3|  Russia| 7| 5| 9| 21
4|  Thailand| 7| 5| 7| 19
5|  Japan| 5| 10| 9| 24
6|  India| 5| 5| 18| 28
7|  South Africa| 5| 0| 0| 5
8|  Scotland| 4| 2| 1| 7
9|  England| 3| 6| 13| 22
10|  Germany| 3| 3| 15| 21
11|  Indonesia| 3| 2| 4| 9
12|  Malaysia| 3| 0| 9| 12
13|  Finland| 2| 1| 7| 10
14|  Norway| 2| 0| 6| 8
15|  Sweden| 1| 5| 11| 17
16|  Canada| 1| 5| 8| 14
17|  Austria| 1| 1| 1| 3
New Zealand| 1| 1| 1| 3
19|  Ukraine| 1| 1| 0| 2
20|  France| 1| 0| 2| 3
Iceland| 1| 0| 2| 3
22|  Singapore| 1| 0| 1| 2
23|  Poland| 0| 5| 1| 6
24|  Australia| 0| 1| 3| 4
25|  Bulgaria| 0| 1| 2| 3
26|  Hungary| 0| 1| 1| 2
27|  Sri Lanka| 0| 1| 0| 1
28|  Czech Republic| 0| 0| 3| 3
Switzerland| 0| 0| 3| 3
30|  Portugal| 0| 0| 2| 2
31|  Spain| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (31 entries)| 84| 84| 168| 336

### Women's singles[edit]

| Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Germany| 23| 16| 22| 61
2|  England| 11| 14| 27| 52
3|  Denmark| 9| 6| 12| 27
4|  Japan| 7| 10| 34| 51
5|  Netherlands| 5| 3| 4| 12
6|  Hong Kong| 4| 1| 0| 5
Israel| 4| 1| 0| 5
8|  Russia| 3| 3| 1| 7
9|  Canada| 2| 3| 8| 13
10|  Poland| 2| 1| 5| 8
11|  Belarus| 2| 1| 0| 3
12|  United States| 2| 0| 0| 2
13|  Scotland| 1| 6| 3| 10
14|  Sri Lanka| 1| 3| 2| 6
15|  Thailand| 1| 3| 0| 4
16|  India| 1| 2| 9| 12
17|  Sweden| 1| 2| 2| 5
18|  Hungary| 1| 2| 1| 4
19|  Chinese Taipei| 1| 1| 3| 5
20|  Switzerland| 1| 0| 2| 3
21|  Portugal| 1| 0| 0| 1
22|  France| 0| 3| 3| 6
23|  Bulgaria| 0| 1| 2| 3
24|  Norway| 0| 1| 1| 2
25|  Finland| 0| 0| 3| 3
26|  Austria| 0| 0| 1| 1
Iceland| 0| 0| 1| 1
Indonesia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Ireland| 0| 0| 1| 1
Luxembourg| 0| 0| 1| 1
Ukraine| 0| 0| 1| 1
Uzbekistan| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (32 entries)| 83| 83| 151| 317

### Men's doubles[edit]

| Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Thailand| 20| 12.5| 21.5| 54
2|  England| 14| 11| 22| 47
3|  Denmark| 10| 16| 26.5| 52.5
4|  Indonesia| 8| 4.5| 3.5| 16
5|  India| 5| 9| 11| 25
6|  Japan| 4| 7| 10| 21
7|  Sweden| 3.5| 1| 13| 17.5
8|  Chinese Taipei| 3| 5| 4| 12
9|  Malaysia| 3| 4| 9| 16
10|  United States| 2.5| 0| 2| 4.5
11|  Russia| 2| 2| 2| 6
12|  Germany| 2| 1| 17| 20
13|  Scotland| 1.5| 1.5| 3.5| 6.5
14|  Canada| 1.5| 1| 1| 3.5
15|  Netherlands| 1| 1.5| 2| 4.5
16|  Finland| 1| 1| 2| 4
17|  South Africa| 1| 0| 1| 2
18|  Singapore| 0.5| 0| 1| 1.5
19|  Philippines| 0.5| 0| 0| 0.5
20|  Poland| 0| 2| 2| 4
21|  Austria| 0| 1.5| 1.5| 3
22|  Norway| 0| 1| 1.5| 2.5
23|  Ireland| 0| 1| 0.5| 1.5
24|  Croatia| 0| 0.5| 0| 0.5
25|  Bulgaria| 0| 0| 2| 2
France| 0| 0| 2| 2
Romania| 0| 0| 2| 2
28|  Australia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Spain| 0| 0| 1| 1
Switzerland| 0| 0| 1| 1
31|  Sri Lanka| 0| 0| 0.5| 0.5
Totals (31 entries)| 84| 84| 167| 335

### Women's doubles[edit]

| Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  England| 18.5| 23| 29| 70.5
2|  Japan| 17| 17| 35| 69
3|  Denmark| 12.5| 9.5| 21.5| 43.5
4|  Germany| 7.5| 13| 11| 31.5
5|  Chinese Taipei| 4| 3.5| 3.5| 11
6|  Netherlands| 3.5| 2.5| 3| 9
7|  Iceland| 2.5| 0| 0| 2.5
8|  Canada| 2| 2| 1.5| 5.5
9|  Thailand| 2| 1| 4| 7
10|  Ireland| 2| 1| 2| 5
11|  South Korea| 2| 1| 1| 4
12|  Scotland| 1.5| 1.5| 2.5| 5.5
13|  Belarus| 1.5| 0| 0| 1.5
Israel| 1.5| 0| 0| 1.5
15|  Russia| 1| 2.5| 2| 5.5
16|  France| 1| 0| 2| 3
17|  Bulgaria| 1| 0| 0| 1
18|  Sweden| 0.5| 2| 8| 10.5
19|  Sri Lanka| 0.5| 0| 0.5| 1
20|  India| 0| 1| 6| 7
21|  Norway| 0| 0.5| 1.5| 2
22|  Hong Kong| 0| 0.5| 0.5| 1
23|  Ukraine| 0| 0.5| 0| 0.5
24|  Finland| 0| 0| 4| 4
25|  Poland| 0| 0| 2| 2
26|  United States| 0| 0| 1.5| 1.5
27|  China| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (27 entries)| 82| 82| 143| 307

### Mixed doubles[edit]

| Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  England| 28| 25| 45.5| 98.5
2|  Denmark| 13.5| 13| 29.5| 56
3|  Germany| 10.5| 11| 18| 39.5
4|  Chinese Taipei| 4.5| 1| 8| 13.5
5|  Japan| 4| 7| 16| 27
6|  Scotland| 4| 5| 1| 10
7|  Netherlands| 3.5| 1.5| 1.5| 6.5
8|  Sweden| 2.5| 6.5| 7.5| 16.5
9|  Indonesia| 2.5| 0| 1.5| 4
10|  Canada| 2| 4| 4| 10
11|  Thailand| 2| 4| 3| 9
12|  Russia| 2| 0| 2| 4
13|  Switzerland| 1| 0| 0.5| 1.5
14|  Hong Kong| 1| 0| 0| 1
Iceland| 1| 0| 0| 1
South Korea| 1| 0| 0| 1
17|  China| 0.5| 0| 0.5| 1
18|  Israel| 0.5| 0| 0| 0.5
19|  India| 0| 1| 6| 7
20|  Malaysia| 0| 1| 0.5| 1.5
21|  France| 0| 1| 0| 1
Poland| 0| 1| 0| 1
23|  Hungary| 0| 0.5| 1| 1.5
24|  Belarus| 0| 0.5| 0.5| 1
25|  Ireland| 0| 0.5| 0| 0.5
United States| 0| 0.5| 0| 0.5
27|  Portugal| 0| 0| 2| 2
28|  Bulgaria| 0| 0| 1.5| 1.5
Norway| 0| 0| 1.5| 1.5
30|  Macau| 0| 0| 1| 1
Singapore| 0| 0| 1| 1
Sri Lanka| 0| 0| 1| 1
Ukraine| 0| 0| 1| 1
34|  Austria| 0| 0| 0.5| 0.5
Totals (34 entries)| 84| 84| 156| 324

## See also[edit]

* BWF World Championships
* European Senior Badminton Championships

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Regulations for World Senior Championships" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

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