2023 BWF World Championships explained

The 2023 BWF World Championships (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place from 21 to 27 August 2023 in Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark.^[1] Copenhagen hosted the BWF World Championships for the fifth time.

Host city selection

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

Competition schedule

The tournament holds over a 7-day period.

R

Preliminary rounds

QF

Quarter-finals

SF

Semi-finals

F

Finals

Date	21 Aug	22 Aug		23 Aug	24 Aug	25 Aug	26 Aug	27 Aug
Event
Men's singles	1R	2R			3R	QF	SF	F
Women's singles	1R		2R		3R	QF	SF	F
Men's doubles	1R		2R		3R	QF	SF	F
Women's doubles	1R		2R		3R	QF	SF	F
Mixed doubles	1R		2R		3R	QF	SF	F

Point distribution

Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the World Championships event.^[3]

Medal summary

Medalists

Men's singles	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	Kodai Naraoka	Prannoy H. S.
			Anders Antonsen
Women's singles	An Se-young	Carolina Marín	Chen Yufei
			Akane Yamaguchi
Men's doubles	Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik
			Liang Weikeng Wang Chang
Women's doubles	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	Zhang Shuxian Zheng Yu
			Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong
Mixed doubles	Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	Jiang Zhenbang Wei Yaxin
			Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino

Qualifiers

See also: 2023 BWF World Championships qualification.

Number of participants

Nation		MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total	Number of players
Africa		1	1			1	3	2
		1			1		2	3
		1					1	1
				1	1		2	4
Asia		4	4	4	3	3	18	28
		2	3	3	3	2	13	19
		2			2	2	6	10
		3	1	1	2	2	9	14
		2	2	4	3	3	14	24
		3	2	2	4	4	15	25
		1					1	1
		1					1	1
		2	2	3	3	3	13	22
					1	1	2	3
			1				1	1
				1		1	2	3
		2	2	1	1	1	7	10
		1	2	1	2	2	8	12
		2	3	2	1	2	10	14
		1	1				2	2
Europe		1			1	1	3	5
		1		1			2	2
		1	1				2	2
				1	1	1	3	5
		1		1			2	3
	(H)	3	3	2	1	2	11	16
				2	2	2	6	11
			1		1		2	3
		1					1	1
		2	1	2	1	1	7	9
		2	1	2	2	2	9	12
			1				1	1
		1	1	1			3	4
		1				1	2	2
		2		1			3	4
		2			2	2	6	9
				1			1	2
		1					1	1
			1	2	1	1	5	7
						1	1	2
		1					1	1
		2	2				4	4
					1		1	2
		1	1				2	2
			1				1	1
		1	1		1		3	4
Oceania		1	1	1	1	1	5	6
Pan Am		2	1	1	1	2	7	9
		2	2	2	1	2	9	11
		1					1	1
		1		1		1	3	4
		1	1	1			3	3
			1	1	1		3	4
		2	2	1	2	1	8	11
Total (54 NOCs)		63	47	47	47	48	252	363

Players participating in two events

Player	Gender	Singles	Doubles	Mixed
	Men
	Women
	Men
	Men
	Women
	Men
	Men
	Women
	Men
	Women
	Men
	Men
	Women
	Women
	Men
	Men
	Women
	Men
	Women
	Men
	Men
	Women
	Men
	Women
	Women
	Men
	Men
	Women
	Men
	Men
	Men

Performance by nation

As of the results of 26 August 2023.

Nation	Quota	First round	Second round	Third round	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Finals	Champion
	8	2	8	6	5	4	3	3
	18	5	17	15	9	6	2	1
	10	4	10	7	3	1	1	1
	15	7	13	11	7	3	1
	11	8	10	5	4	2	1
	14	6	13	9	4	1	1
	4	3	1	1	1	1	1
	13	8	12	7	3	1
	9	6	5	4	2	1
	13	9	13	7	2
	6	6	5	3
	8	7	5	1
	7	7	5	1
	7	6	5	1
	6	5	3	1
	1	1	1	1
	9	9	4
	9	8	4
	5	5	4
	7	7	3
	6	6	3
	3	2	2
	5	5	1
	3	3	1
	3	3	1
	3	3	1
	3	2	1
	2	2	1
	2	2	1
	2	2	1
	2	2	1
	2	2	1
	1	1	1
	1	1	1
	3	3
	3	3
	3	3
	3	3
	2	2
	2	2
	2	2
	2	2
	2	2
	2	2
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
	1	1
Withdrew	4	2	2
Total	256	192	160	80	40	20	10	5

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prospectus – TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2023. 22 August 2023.
2. Web site: BWF Major Event Hosts 2019-2025 Awarded . Badminton World Federation . 9 September 2019. 29 November 2018.
3. Web site: World Ranking System . . 4 April 2018.