2003 IBF World Championships explained

The 2003 IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) were held in the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom, between 28 July and 3 August 2003. The championships had originally been planned to take place from 12 May-18 May, but were rescheduled following the international outbreak of SARS.^[1]

This edition also rewarded the points for the players to collected for the qualification to 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Host city selection

International Badminton Federation decided to split the IBF World Championships and the Sudirman Cup as separate tournaments starting from 2003. Canada, China, England, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands were the countries interested in hosting the tournaments.^[2] England later announced as host for the first standalone world championships.^[3]

Men's singles	Xia Xuanze	Wong Choong Hann	Shon Seung-mo
			Bao Chunlai
Women's singles	Zhang Ning	Gong Ruina	Zhou Mi
			Mia Audina
Men's doubles	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto	Sang Yang Zheng Bo
			Fu Haifeng Cai Yun
Women's doubles	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Wei Yili Zhao Tingting	Shizuka Yamamoto Seiko Yamada
			Rikke Olsen Ann-Lou Jørgensen
Mixed doubles	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min	Zhang Jun Gao Ling	Jonas Rasmussen Rikke Olsen
			Chen Qiqiu Zhao Tingting

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Web site: England to host badminton worlds. Berlingske. 12 April 2017.
Web site: Korn Dabbaransi new IBF President. BBC. 12 April 2017. 13 December 2000.