2007 BWF World Championships
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| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 13–19 August | ||
| Edition | 16th | ||
| Level | International | ||
| Venue | Putra Indoor Stadium | ||
| Location | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ||
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| Events at the 2007 BWF World Championships | |||
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| File:Badminton pictogram.svg | |||
| Singles | men | women | |
| Doubles | men | women | mixed |
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
[edit | edit source]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.[1]
Venue
[edit | edit source]Participating nations
[edit | edit source]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.
- File:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria (1)
Australia (4)
Austria (3)
Belgium (3)
Belarus (1)- File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil (4)
Bulgaria (10)
Canada (12)- File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (24)
Czech Republic (4)- File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark (15)
- File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt (2)
- File:Flag of England.svg England (18)
- File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain (4)
- File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia (2)
Finland (3)
France (9)
Germany (13)- File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala (2)
- File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong (10)
- File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia (21)
- File:Flag of India.svg India (8)
- File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland (3)
- File:Flag of Iran.svg Iran (1)
- File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland (1)
Italy (4)- File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan (15)
- File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya (2)
- File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea (13)
- File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania (1)
- File:Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg Malaysia (26)
- File:Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia (2)
- File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius (1)
Netherlands (10)- File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (6)
- File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru (3)
- File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines (6)
Poland (5)- File:Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal (3)
- File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania (3)
South Africa (4)
Russia (9)- File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland (5)
- File:Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles (2)
- File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore (10)
Slovenia (5)- File:Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka (4)
Switzerland (5)
Slovakia (1)
Sweden (3)- File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei (5)
Ukraine (4)- File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States (11)
- File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam (1)
- File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales (1)
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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
[edit | edit source]Medal table
[edit | edit source]* Host nation (Malaysia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | File:Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg Malaysia* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |
Events
[edit | edit source]| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's singles |
China Lin Dan | Indonesia Sony Dwi Kuncoro | China Bao Chunlai |
| China Chen Yu | |||
| Women's singles |
China Zhu Lin | Hong Kong Wang Chen | China Zhang Ning |
| China Lu Lan | |||
| Men's doubles |
Indonesia Markis Kido Indonesia Hendra Setiawan |
South Korea Jung Jae-sung South Korea Lee Yong-dae |
Malaysia Choong Tan Fook Malaysia Lee Wan Wah |
| Japan Shuichi Sakamoto Japan Shintaro Ikeda | |||
| Women's doubles |
China Yang Wei China Zhang Jiewen |
China Gao Ling China Huang Sui |
China Zhang Yawen China Wei Yili |
| Japan Kumiko Ogura Japan Reiko Shiota | |||
| Mixed doubles |
Indonesia Nova Widianto Indonesia Liliyana Natsir |
China Zheng Bo China Gao Ling |
Indonesia Flandy Limpele Indonesia Vita Marissa |
| China Xie Zhongbo China Zhang Yawen |
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References
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