BWF World Junior Championships

The BWF World Junior Championships (also known as the World Junior Badminton Championships) is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to crown the best junior badminton players (under-19) in the world.

Host cities in the Championships

Year No. Host city Country 1992 I Jakarta Indonesia 1994 II Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 1996 III Silkeborg Denmark 1998 IV Melbourne Australia 2000 V Guangzhou China 2002 VI Pretoria South Africa 2004 VII Richmond Canada 2006 VIII Incheon South Korea 2007 IX Waitakere City New Zealand

Year No. Host city Country 2008 X Pune India 2009 XI Alor Setar Malaysia 2010 XII Guadalajara Mexico 2011 XIII Taipei Chinese Taipei 2012 XIV Chiba Japan 2013 XV Bangkok Thailand 2014 XVI Alor Setar Malaysia 2015 XVII Lima Peru 2016 XVIII Bilbao Spain 2017 XVIIV Yogyakarta Indonesia

Past champions

Individual

Year	Boys' Singles	Girls' Singles	Boys' Doubles	Girls' Doubles	Mixed Doubles
2015	Lu Chia-hung	Goh Jin Wei	He Jiting Zheng Siwei	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen
2014	Lin Guipu	Akane Yamaguchi	Kittinupong Ketlen Dechapol Puavaranukroh	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen
2013	Heo Kwang-hee	Akane Yamaguchi	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	Chae Yoo-jung Kim Ji-won	Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen
2012	Kento Momota	Nozomi Okuhara	Lee Chun Hei Ng Ka Long	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	Edi Subaktiar Melati Daeva Oktaviani
2011	Zulfadli Zulkiffli	Ratchanok Inthanon	Nelson Heg Wei Keat Teo Ee Yi	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	Alfian Eko Prasetya Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
2010	Viktor Axelsen	Ratchanok Inthanon	Ow Yao Han Yew Hong Kheng	Bao Yixin Ou Dongni	Liu Cheng Bao Yixin
2009	Tian Houwei	Ratchanok Inthanon	Chooi Kah Ming Ow Yao Han	Tang Jinhua Xia Huan	Maneepong Jongjit Rodjana Chuthabunditkul
2008	Wang Zhengming	Saina Nehwal	Mak Hee Chun Teo Kok Siang	Fu Mingtian Yao Lei	Chai Biao Xie Jing
2007	Chen Long	Wang Lin	Chung Eui-seok Shin Baek-cheol	Xie Jing Zhong Qianxin	Lim Khim Wah Ng Hui Lin
2006	Hong Ji-hoon	Wang Yihan	Lee Yong-dae Cho Gun-woo	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Hyun-young
2004	Chen Jin	Cheng Shao-chieh	Hoon Thien How Tan Boon Heong	Tian Qing Yu Yang	He Hanbin Yu Yang
2002	Chen Jin	Jiang Yanjiao	Han Sang-hoon Park Sung-hwan	Du Jing Rong Lu	Guo Zhendong Yu Yang
2000	Bao Chunlai	Wei Yan	Sang Yang Zheng Bo	Zhang Yawen Wei Yili	Sang Yang Zhang Yawen
1998	Zhang Yang	Gong Ruina	Chan Chong Ming Teo Kok Seng	Zhang Jiewen Xie Xingfang	Chan Chong Ming Joanne Quay
1996	Zhu Feng	Yu Hua	Gan Wye Teck Chan Chong Ming	Gao Ling Yang Wei	Wang Wei Lu Ying
1994	Chen Gang	Wang Chen	Peter Gade Peder Nissen	Yao Jie Liu Lu	Zhang Wei Qian Hong
1992	Sun Jun	Kristin Junita	Santoso Kusno	Gu Jun Han Jingna	Jim Laugesen Rikke Olsen

Mixed team

The mixed team event, Suhandinata Cup, only in competition since 2000.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000	China	Korea	Indonesia
2002	China	Korea	Indonesia
2004	China	Korea	Indonesia
2006	Korea	China	Malaysia
2007	China	Korea	Singapore
2008	China	Korea	Malaysia
2009	China	Malaysia	Thailand
2010	China	Korea	Malaysia
2011	Malaysia	Korea	Chinese Taipei
2012	China	Japan	Korea
2013	Korea	Indonesia	China
2014	China	Indonesia	Japan
			Thailand
2015	China	Indonesia	Chinese Taipei

Successful players and national teams

World Junior Champions who later became World Champions

List of players who have won BWF World Junior Championships and later won the BWF World Championships to become both the WJC & WC Champion.

Type	Player	World Junior Champion (Year)	World Champion (Year)
Men's Singles	Sun Jun	1992	1999
Women's Doubles	Gu Jun	1992	1997, 1999
Women's Doubles	Gao Ling	1996	2001, 2003, 2006
Women's Doubles	Yang Wei	1996	2005, 2007
Women's Singles	Gong Ruina	1998	2001
Women's Doubles	Zhang Jiewen	1998	2005, 2007
Women's Doubles	Zhang Yawen	2000	2009
Men's Singles	Chen Jin	2002, 2004	2010
Women's Doubles	Du Jing	2002	2010
Women's Doubles	Tian Qing	2004	2014, 2015
Women's Doubles	Yu Yang	2004	2010, 2011, 2013
Women's Singles	Wang Yihan	2006	2011
Women's Doubles	Wang Xiaoli	2006	2011, 2013
Women's Singles	Wang Lin	2007	2010
Women's Singles	Ratchanok Inthanon	2009, 2010, 2011	2013
Men's Doubles	Shin Baek-cheol	2007	2014
Men's Singles	Chen Long	2007	2014, 2015

Successful players

Below is the list of the most ever successful players in the BWF World Junior Championships, with 3 or more gold medals.

Players	BS	GS	BD	GD	XD	XT	Total
Chen Qingchen				2	3	3	8
Yu Yang				1	2	2	5
Bao Yixin				1	1	2	4
Chen Jin	2					2	4
Xia Huan				1		3	4
Xie Jing				1	1	2	4
Zheng Siwei			1		1	2	4
Chai Biao			1			2	3
Chan Chong Ming			2		1		3
Huang Kaixiang					2	1	3
Lee Yong-dae			1		1	1	3
Liu Cheng					1	2	3
Ratchanok Intanon		3					3
Sang Yang			1		1	1	3
Tang Jinhua				1		2	3
Wang Lin		1				2	3
Wang Zhengming	1					2	3
Zhang Yawen				1	1	1	3
Zhong Qianxin				1		2	3

BS: Boys' singles; GS: Girls' singles; BD: Boys' doubles; GD: Girls' doubles; XD: Mixed doubles; XT: Mixed team;

Successful national teams

Below is the gold medalists shown based by category and countries after the 2014 Championships. China has been the most successful in the World Junior Championships ever since its inception in 1992. They were the only country ever to achieve a shutout of the medals which they did in 2000.

Rank	Country	92	94	96	98	00	02	04	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total
1	China	2	4	4	3	6	5	4	2	4	3	3	3		1	2	4	4	54
2	Malaysia			1	2			1		1	1	1	1	3				1	12
3	South Korea						1		4	1				1	1	3			11
4	Thailand											2	1	1			1		5
5	Indonesia	2												1	1				4
	Japan														2	1	1		4
7	Denmark	1	1										1						3
8	Chinese Taipei							1										1	2
9	Hong Kong														1				1
	India										1								1
	Singapore										1								1

BOLD means overall winner of that World Junior Championships

Men's singles

Rank	Country	92	94	96	98	00	02	04	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total
1	China	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X					X		11
2	South Korea								X							X			2
3	Denmark												X						1
	Japan														X				1
	Malaysia													X					1
	Chinese Taipei																	X	1

Women's singles

Rank	Country	92	94	96	98	00	02	04	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total
1	China		X	X	X	X	X		X	X									7
2	Japan														X	X	X		3
	Thailand											X	X	X					3
4	Indonesia	X																	1
	India										X								1
	Chinese Taipei							X											1
	Malaysia																	X	1

Men's doubles

Rank	Country	92	94	96	98	00	02	04	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total
1	Malaysia			X	X			X			X	X	X	X					7
2	South Korea						X		X	X									3
	China					X										X		X	3
3	Indonesia	X																	1
	Denmark		X																1
	Hong Kong														X				1
	Thailand																X		1

Women's doubles

Rank	Country	92	94	96	98	00	02	04	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total
1	China	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X				X	X	13
2	South Korea													X	X	X			3
3	Singapore										X								1

Mixed doubles

Rank	Country	92	94	96	98	00	02	04	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total
1	China		X	X		X	X	X			X		X			X	X	X	9
2	Indonesia													X	X				2
	Malaysia				X					X									2
4	Denmark	X																	1
	South Korea								X										1
	Thailand											X							1

Mixed team

Rank	Country	92	94	96	98	00	02	04	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	Total
1	China					X	X	X		X	X	X	X		X		X	X	10
2	South Korea								X							X			2
3	Malaysia													X					1

External links

• BWF: World Junior Championships