2016 BWF World Junior Championships explained

2016 BWF World Junior Championships
Size:	250 px
Dates:	2–12 November 2016
Number Edition:	18th
Level:	1
Venue:	Bilbao Arena
Location:	Bilbao, Biscay, Spain
Previous:	2015 Lima
Next:	2017 Yogyakarta

The 2016 BWF World Junior Championships is the eighteenth tournament of the BWF World Junior Championships. It was held in Bilbao, Spain at the Bilbao Arena between 2–12 November 2016.^[1]

Host city selection

Bilbao (Spain) and Yogyakarta (Indonesia) submitted bids to host the competition.^[2] Badminton World Federation later awarded the event to Bilbao while Yogyakarta was appointed as host for the next edition. According to the Indonesian delegation, the Spanish bid for the 2016 edition was approved due to fears of political instability should Bilbao awarded the 2017 edition.^[3]

Medalists

Teams	Fan Qiuyue Han Chengkai He Jiting Lei Lanxi Liu Haichao Ren Xiangyu Sun Feixiang Tan Qiang Zhou Haodong Zhu Junhao Cai Yanyan Chen Yufei Du Yue Fu Xue Gao Fangjie Hu Yuxiang Ni Bowen Shen Lingjie Xu Ya Zhou Chaomin	Chen Tang Jie Hoo Pang Ron Lee Zii Jia Leong Jun Hao Man Wei Chong Ooi Zi Heng Sim Fong Hau Soh Wooi Yik Zainuddin Ameer Amri Goh Jin Wei Thinaah Muralitharan Pearly Tan Koong Le Tan Sueh Jeou Toh Ee Wei	Mahiro Kaneko Yunosuke Kubota Kodai Naraoka Sumiya Nihei Hiroki Okamura Masayuki Onodera Koki Watanabe Naoki Yamazawa Shiori Ebihara Sayaka Hobara Minami Kawashima Nami Matsuyama Natsuki Nidaira Natsuki Sone Asuka Takahashi Natsumi Uesugi
			Pakin Kuna-Anuvit Korakrit Laotrakul Pachaarapol Nipornram Warit Sarapat Natthapat Trinkajee Kunlavut Vitidsarn Kantaphon Wangcharoen Panachai Worasaktayanan Nuntakarn Aimsaard Phittayaporn Chaiwan Pattaranan Chamnaktan Pornpawee Chochuwong Chasinee Korepap Ruethaichanok Laisuan Alisa Sapniti Kwanchanok Sudjaipraparat
Boys' singles	Sun Feixiang	Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo	Kantaphon Wangcharoen
			Lee Zii Jia
Girls' singles	Chen Yufei	Pornpawee Chochuwong	Natsuki Oie
			Kim Ga-eun
Boys' doubles	Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong	Lee Hong-sub Lim Su-min	Pakin Kuna-Anuvit Natthapat Trinkajee
			Fan Qiuyue Ren Xiangyu
Girls' doubles	Sayaka Hobara Nami Matsuyama	Du Yue Xu Ya	Kim Ga-eun Kim Hyang-im
			Yulfira Barkah Jauza Fadhila Sugiarto
Mixed doubles	He Jiting Du Yue	Zhou Haodong Hu Yuxiang	Chen Tang Jie Toh Ee Wei
			Park Kyung-hoon Kim Hye-jeong

External links

• Official website
• BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championships 2016

Notes and References

1. Web site: Venue - Bilbao Arena - Bilbao 2016. bilbao2016.badminton.es. 8 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160612190422/http://www.bilbao2016.badminton.es/page/32486/Venue--Bilbao-Arena. 12 June 2016. dead. dmy-all.
2. Web site: Etchells. Daniel. Spain, Indonesia and India to host major badminton events within next two years. Inside the Games. 30 March 2017. 16 May 2015.
3. Web site: Yogyakarta Jadi Tuan Rumah BWF World Junior Championships 2017. badmintonindonesia.org. 30 March 2017. id.