2021 BWF World Championships

The 2021 BWF World Championships (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place from 12 to 19 December 2021 at Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín in Huelva, Spain.^[1]

2021 BWF World Championships

Tournament details
Dates	12–19 December
Edition	26th
Level	International
Competitors	322 from 49 nations
Venue	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín
Location	Huelva, Spain
Official website	bwfworldchampionships.com
← 2019 Basel 2022 Tokyo →

Host city selection

Huelva was awarded the event in November 2018 during the announcement of 18 major badminton event hosts from 2019 to 2025.^[2]

Schedule

Five events were held.^[3]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Medal summary

Medal table

2021 BWF World Championships medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	2	1	2	5
2	China	1	1	2	4
3	Singapore	1	0	0	1
	Thailand	1	0	0	1
5	India	0	1	1	2
	South Korea	0	1	1	2
7	Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	1
8	Denmark	0	0	2	2
9	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		5	5	10	20

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles details	Loh Kean Yew	Srikanth Kidambi	Lakshya Sen
			Anders Antonsen
Women's singles details	Akane Yamaguchi	Tai Tzu-ying	He Bingjiao
			Zhang Yiman
Men's doubles details	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	He Jiting Tan Qiang	Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi
			Kim Astrup Anders Rasmussen
Women's doubles details	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara
			Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong
Mixed doubles details	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	Kyohei Yamashita Naru Shinoya
			Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet

Players

See also: 2021 BWF World Championships qualification

Number of participants Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total Number of players Africa  Algeria 1 1 2  Nigeria 1 1 2 2 Asia  China 3 4 4 3 3 17 26  Chinese Taipei 2 2 2 1 7 9  Hong Kong 2 2 1 2 3 10 12  India 4 1 4 2 3 14 23  Indonesia 1 1 2 [note 1]  Japan 3 3 4 4 3 17 28  Malaysia 3 1 4 2 3 13 22  Myanmar 1 1 1  Singapore 1 1 2 2  South Korea 2 2 4 6  Sri Lanka 1 1 1  Thailand 3 4 3 2 12 16  Vietnam 1 2 3 3 Europe  Austria 1 1 1 1 4 5  Azerbaijan 1 1 1  Belgium 1 1 1 3 4  Bulgaria 1 1 2  Czech Republic 1 1 2  Denmark 4 4 3 4 4 19 27  England 1 2 1 2 6 9  Estonia 1 1 2 3  Finland 1 1 1  France 2 2 1 1 6 8  Germany 1 1 2 1 2 7 10  Ireland 1 1 1 1 4 6  Israel 1 1 2 2  Italy 1 1 2  Netherlands 2 1 1 1 2 7 10  Norway 1 1 2  Poland 1 1 1  Portugal 1 1 2 3 NBFR 2 2 1 3 2 10 15  Scotland 1 2 1 2 6 8  Slovakia 1 1 1   Switzerland 1 1 2  Spain 2 1 1 1 1 6 8  Sweden 1 1 2 3  Turkey 1 2 1 4 5  Ukraine 1 1 2 4 Oceania  Australia 1 1 2 3  New Zealand 1 1 2 Pan Am  Brazil 1 1 1 1 4 5  Canada 2 1 1 4 5  Guatemala 1 1 1  Mexico 2 2 2  Peru 1 1 2  United States 2 1 3 3 Total (49 NOCs) 56 44 41 42 41 224 322

Players participating in two events Player MS WS MD WD XD Philip Birker Y Y Katarina Hochmeir Y Y Fabricio Farias Y Y Jaqueline Lima Y Y Ou Xuanyi Y Y Lee Jhe-huei Y Y Alexandra Bøje Y Y Amalie Magelund Y Y Mathias Thyrri Y Callum Hemming Y Y Lauren Smith Y Y Mark Lamsfuß Y Y Isabel Lohau Y Y Chang Tak Ching Y Y Ng Tsz Yau Y Y Ng Wing Yung Y Y Yeung Ming Nok Y Y Paul Reynolds Y Y Ties van der Lecq Y Y Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Y Y Alina Davletova Y Y Christopher Grimley Y Y Adam Hall Y Y Julie MacPherson Y Y Clara Azurmendi Y Y Sapsiree Taerattanachai Y Y

Performance by nation

Nation	First Round	Second Round	Third Round	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final	Winner (s)
Japan	12	16	10	9	5	3	2
China	12	16	9	6	4	2	1
Thailand	9	10	6	3	1	1	1
Singapore	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
India	11	8	6	4	2	1
South Korea	2	4	4	3	2	1
Chinese Taipei	6	5	2	2	1	1
Denmark	14	16	9	2	2
Malaysia	6	10	8	4	1
Hong Kong	9	7	6	1	1
Germany	3	6	3	2
NBFR	7	6	2	1
Netherlands	6	4	2	1
Bulgaria		1	1	1
Canada	3	3	3
Scotland	5	4	2
France	4	4	2
England	2	6	1
Ireland	3	1	1
Guatemala	1	1	1
Norway	1	1	1
Spain	4	3
Turkey	4	2
Brazil	3	2
Austria	3	1
Belgium	3	1
United States	3	1
Azerbaijan	1	1
Finland	1	1
Indonesia	1	1
New Zealand	1	1
Switzerland	1	1
Peru		1
Poland		1
Slovakia		1
Sri Lanka		1
Vietnam	3
Australia	2
Estonia	2
Israel	2
Mexico	2
Nigeria	2
Portugal	2
Sweden	2
Ukraine	2
Algeria	1
Czech Republic	1
Italy	1
Myanmar	1
Total	166	150	80	40	20	10	5

Some players/pairs started in the second round or the third round as a result of receiving a bye in the first round and or second round.

Note

1. Indonesia originally has 16 qualifiers (26 players), but the Badminton Association of Indonesia decided to withdraw.^[4]