2022 BWF World Championships explained

2022 BWF World Championships
Dates:	22–28 August
Number Edition:	27th
Level:	1
Competitors:	350
Nations:	45
Venue:	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Location:	Tokyo, Japan
Previous:	2021 Huelva
Next:	2023 Copenhagen

The 2022 BWF World Championships (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place from 22 to 28 August 2022 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.^[1]

Host city selection

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

Medal summary

Medalists

Men's singles	Viktor Axelsen	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	Chou Tien-chen
			Zhao Junpeng
Women's singles	Akane Yamaguchi	Chen Yufei	An Se-young
			Tai Tzu-ying
Men's doubles	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto
			Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty
Women's doubles	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara
			Puttita Supajirakul Sapsiree Taerattanachai
Mixed doubles	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping
			Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Lohau

Players

See also: 2022 BWF World Championships qualification.

Number of participants

Nation		MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total	Number of players
Africa		1	1	1		1	4	3
		1					1	1
Asia		3	4		4	3	14	20
		2	2	3	1	3	11	14
		3	2		1	2	8	11
		4	2	4	4	2	16	26
		4	2	4	2	3	15	24
		4	3	4	3	4	18	29
		3	2	4	4	3	16	27
					1		1	2
			1				1	1
		2		1	1	1	5	7
		1	3	2	4	2	12	17
		1		1			2	3
		3	4	1	3	2	13	17
		1	2				3	3
		1			1	1	3	4
		1					1	1
		1	1				2	2
		1			1		2	3
		1		2		0.5	3.5	6
		4	3	2	1	2	12	17
		1		1		1	3	5
			1		1		2	3
		1				0.5	1.5	2
		2	2	3	2	3	12	16
		1	1	2	2	3	9	13
		1		1	1		3	5
		1	1			1	3	3
					1		1	2
		1		1	1	2	5	7
				1			1	2
		1					1	1
			1	2	1	2	6	7
			1				1	1
		2	1	1			4	5
		1			1		2	3
		1	1	1	1		4	6
		1		1			2	3
		1		1	1	1	4	5
		1	2		1		4	5
		1		1		1	3	4
		2		1			3	3
					1		1	2
		1	2		1	2	6	9
Total (45 NOCs)		62	45	46	46	46	245	350

Players participating in two events and more

Performance by nation

Nation	First Round	Second Round	Third Round	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Final	Winner (s)
	6	14	11	7	5	3	2
	8	8	3	1	1	1	1
	9	16	10	5	3	2	1
	9	13	7	3	1	1	1
	6	10	6	5	2	1
	6	11	9	4	2	1
	10	11	7	4	2	1
	9	8	4	2	2
	15	11	7	3	1
	7	5	2	1	1
	5	4	4	1
	6	7	3	1
	3	4	1	1
	3	2	1	1
	2	2	1	1
	11	5	1
	6	4	1
	4	4	1
	5	2	1
	3	2	1
	1	1	1
	3.5	2
	3	2
	4	1
	3	1
	3	1
	2	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	4
	4
	3
	3
	2
	2
	2
	2
	1.5
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
	1
Withdrew	7	5
Total	192	160	80	40	20	10	5

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

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tournament Calendar For 2022 Revealed . Badminton World Federation . 28 October 2021.
2. Web site: BWF Major Event Hosts 2019-2025 Awarded . Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2018 . 9 September 2019.