2007 BWF World Championships explained

2007 BWF World Championships
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Dates:13–19 August
Number Edition:16th
Level:1
Venue:Putra Indoor Stadium
Location:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Previous:2006 Madrid
Next:2009 Hyderabad

The 2007 BWF World Championships was the 16th tournament of BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships). It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 13 to 19 August 2007.

Host city selection

Aarhus[1] and Kuala Lumpur were the candidates for hosting the championships. Kuala Lumpur was later announced as the host during 2005 IBF council meeting in Beijing.[2] China also expressed interest, but ultimately did not bid.

Venue

Participating nations

A total of 55 countries qualified to participating in this tournament. Below is the list of countries with the parentheses indicates the number of players eligible.

Notable is, Thailand is the only country announced the withdrawal from the tournament by choosing to attend the World University Games, the event which clash with the Championships, they have several players who qualified for this tournament.[3]

Medalists

Events

Men's singles
Lin Dan Sony Dwi Kuncoro Bao Chunlai
Chen Yu
Women's singles
Zhu Lin Wang Chen Zhang Ning
Lu Lan
Men's doubles
Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan
Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae
Choong Tan Fook
Lee Wan Wah
Shuichi Sakamoto
Shintaro Ikeda
Women's doubles
Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen
Gao Ling
Huang Sui
Zhang Yawen
Wei Yili
Kumiko Ogura
Reiko Shiota
Mixed doubles
Nova Widianto
Liliyana Natsir
Zheng Bo
Gao Ling
Flandy Limpele
Vita Marissa
Xie Zhongbo
Zhang Yawen

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Badminton VM kommer næppe til Århus. aarhusportalen.dk. 1 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170402081452/http://www.aarhusportalen.dk/vis_artikel.asp?ArticleId=18361. 2 April 2017. dead.
  2. Web site: Kuala Lumpur to host 2007 badminton worlds. en.people.cn. 1 April 2017.
  3. Web site: Thais serve first shock of the championship . 28 July 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080517082748/http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F7%2F27%2Fsports%2F18415655&sec=sports . 17 May 2008 . dead.