BWF World Senior Championships

BWF World Senior Championships

Current season, competition or edition: Current sports event 2025 BWF World Senior Championships
Sport	Badminton
Founded	2003
Country	BWF member nations

The BWF World Senior Championships is a badminton tournament for players aged 35 and older sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The winners will be crowned as the "World Senior Champions" and awarded gold medals. However, it does not offer any prize money. The tournament started in 2003 and being held biennially.

Location of the World Senior Championships

The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the World Senior Championships. The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.

The 2025 championships was awarded to Auckland (New Zealand) but they have withdrawn. A new bidding process was initiated by BWF in June 2024. . The competition was awarded to Pattaya (Thailand) and was held 7–14 September 2025.

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2003

2003

2004

2004

2007

2007

2009, 2021

2009,
2021

2011

2011

2013

2013

2015

2015

2017

2017

2019

2019

2023

2023

2025

2025

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Host cities of the World Senior Championships

Year	No.	Date	Host city
2003	I	9 – 15 June	Sofia, Bulgaria (1)
2004	II	29 November – 5 December	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1)
2007	III	24 – 29 April	Taipei, Taiwan (1)
2009	IV	27 September – 3 October	Huelva, Spain (1)
2011	V	21 – 27 August	Vancouver, Canada (1)
2013	VI	9 – 14 August	Ankara, Turkey (1)
2015	VII	20 – 26 September	Helsingborg, Sweden (1)
2017	VIII	11 – 17 September	Kochi, India (1)
2019	IX	4 – 11 August	Katowice, Poland (1)
2021	X	28 November – 4 December	Huelva, Spain (2)
2023	XI	11 – 17 September	Jeonju, South Korea (1)
2025	XII	7 - 14 September	Pattaya, Thailand (1)

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	76.5	85.5	148.5	310.5
2	Denmark	68	61.5	116.5	246
3	Germany	47	47.5	84	178.5
4	Japan	41	58	117	216
5	Thailand	39	32.5	44.5	116
6	Chinese Taipei	26.5	21.5	32.5	80.5
7	Indonesia	21	8	13.5	42.5
8	Scotland	14.5	16	12.5	43
9	Netherlands	14.5	9.5	14.5	38.5
10	Russia	14	12.5	16	42.5
11	India	11	20	56	87
12	Sweden	9.5	18.5	45	73
13	Canada	9	15	29.5	53.5
14	Malaysia	8	7	23.5	38.5
15	South Africa	7.5	0	1	8.5
16	Iceland	6.5	0	3	9.5
17	Israel	6	1	0	7
18	United States	6	0.5	4.5	11
19	Hong Kong	5	1.5	3	9.5
20	Finland	3.5	2	17	22.5
21	Belarus	3.5	1.5	0.5	5.5
22	Poland	3	10.5	11	24.5
23	Ireland	3	2.5	3.5	9
24	South Korea	3	1	1	5
25	Singapore	3	0	8	11
26	France	2	6	11	19
27	Norway	2	2.5	12.5	17
28	Switzerland	2	1	6.5	9.5
29	Sri Lanka	1.5	6.5	4	12
30	Hungary	1	3.5	2	6.5
31	Austria	1	2.5	4	7.5
32	Bulgaria	1	2	7.5	10.5
33	Ukraine	1	1.5	2	4.5
34	New Zealand	1	1	1	3
35	Portugal	1	0	4	5
36	China	0.5	0	1.5	2
37	Philippines	0.5	0	0	0.5
38	Australia	0	2	4	6
39	Romania	0	1	2	3
40	Belgium	0	0.5	1	1.5
41	Croatia	0	0.5	0	0.5
42	Czech Republic	0	0	4	4
43	Spain	0	0	2	2
44	Luxembourg	0	0	1	1
	Macau	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (46 entries)		464	464	878	1,806

Medal distribution

Men's singles

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark	15	14	23	52
2	Chinese Taipei	12	9	5	26
3	Russia	7	5	9	21
4	Thailand	7	5	7	19
5	Japan	5	10	9	24
6	India	5	5	18	28
7	South Africa	5	0	0	5
8	Scotland	4	2	1	7
9	England	3	6	13	22
10	Germany	3	3	15	21
11	Indonesia	3	2	4	9
12	Malaysia	3	0	9	12
13	Finland	2	1	7	10
14	Norway	2	0	6	8
15	Sweden	1	5	11	17
16	Canada	1	5	8	14
17	Austria	1	1	1	3
	New Zealand	1	1	1	3
19	Ukraine	1	1	0	2
20	France	1	0	2	3
	Iceland	1	0	2	3
22	Singapore	1	0	1	2
23	Poland	0	5	1	6
24	Australia	0	1	3	4
25	Bulgaria	0	1	2	3
26	Hungary	0	1	1	2
27	Sri Lanka	0	1	0	1
28	Czech Republic	0	0	3	3
	Switzerland	0	0	3	3
30	Portugal	0	0	2	2
31	Spain	0	0	1	1
Totals (31 entries)		84	84	168	336

Women's singles

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	23	16	22	61
2	England	11	14	27	52
3	Denmark	9	6	12	27
4	Japan	7	10	34	51
5	Netherlands	5	3	4	12
6	Hong Kong	4	1	0	5
	Israel	4	1	0	5
8	Russia	3	3	1	7
9	Canada	2	3	8	13
10	Poland	2	1	5	8
11	Belarus	2	1	0	3
12	United States	2	0	0	2
13	Scotland	1	6	3	10
14	Sri Lanka	1	3	2	6
15	Thailand	1	3	0	4
16	India	1	2	9	12
17	Sweden	1	2	2	5
18	Hungary	1	2	1	4
19	Chinese Taipei	1	1	3	5
20	Switzerland	1	0	2	3
21	Portugal	1	0	0	1
22	France	0	3	3	6
23	Bulgaria	0	1	2	3
24	Norway	0	1	1	2
25	Finland	0	0	3	3
26	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Iceland	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia	0	0	1	1
	Ireland	0	0	1	1
	Luxembourg	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (32 entries)		83	83	151	317

Men's doubles

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Thailand	20	12.5	21.5	54
2	England	14	11	22	47
3	Denmark	10	16	26.5	52.5
4	Indonesia	8	4.5	3.5	16
5	India	5	9	11	25
6	Japan	4	7	10	21
7	Sweden	3.5	1	13	17.5
8	Chinese Taipei	3	5	4	12
9	Malaysia	3	4	9	16
10	United States	2.5	0	2	4.5
11	Russia	2	2	2	6
12	Germany	2	1	17	20
13	Scotland	1.5	1.5	3.5	6.5
14	Canada	1.5	1	1	3.5
15	Netherlands	1	1.5	2	4.5
16	Finland	1	1	2	4
17	South Africa	1	0	1	2
18	Singapore	0.5	0	1	1.5
19	Philippines	0.5	0	0	0.5
20	Poland	0	2	2	4
21	Austria	0	1.5	1.5	3
22	Norway	0	1	1.5	2.5
23	Ireland	0	1	0.5	1.5
24	Croatia	0	0.5	0	0.5
25	Bulgaria	0	0	2	2
	France	0	0	2	2
	Romania	0	0	2	2
28	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
31	Sri Lanka	0	0	0.5	0.5
Totals (31 entries)		84	84	167	335

Women's doubles

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	18.5	23	29	70.5
2	Japan	17	17	35	69
3	Denmark	12.5	9.5	21.5	43.5
4	Germany	7.5	13	11	31.5
5	Chinese Taipei	4	3.5	3.5	11
6	Netherlands	3.5	2.5	3	9
7	Iceland	2.5	0	0	2.5
8	Canada	2	2	1.5	5.5
9	Thailand	2	1	4	7
10	Ireland	2	1	2	5
11	South Korea	2	1	1	4
12	Scotland	1.5	1.5	2.5	5.5
13	Belarus	1.5	0	0	1.5
	Israel	1.5	0	0	1.5
15	Russia	1	2.5	2	5.5
16	France	1	0	2	3
17	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
18	Sweden	0.5	2	8	10.5
19	Sri Lanka	0.5	0	0.5	1
20	India	0	1	6	7
21	Norway	0	0.5	1.5	2
22	Hong Kong	0	0.5	0.5	1
23	Ukraine	0	0.5	0	0.5
24	Finland	0	0	4	4
25	Poland	0	0	2	2
26	United States	0	0	1.5	1.5
27	China	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		82	82	143	307

Mixed doubles

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	28	25	45.5	98.5
2	Denmark	13.5	13	29.5	56
3	Germany	10.5	11	18	39.5
4	Chinese Taipei	4.5	1	8	13.5
5	Japan	4	7	16	27
6	Scotland	4	5	1	10
7	Netherlands	3.5	1.5	1.5	6.5
8	Sweden	2.5	6.5	7.5	16.5
9	Indonesia	2.5	0	1.5	4
10	Canada	2	4	4	10
11	Thailand	2	4	3	9
12	Russia	2	0	2	4
13	Switzerland	1	0	0.5	1.5
14	Hong Kong	1	0	0	1
	Iceland	1	0	0	1
	South Korea	1	0	0	1
17	China	0.5	0	0.5	1
18	Israel	0.5	0	0	0.5
19	India	0	1	6	7
20	Malaysia	0	1	0.5	1.5
21	France	0	1	0	1
	Poland	0	1	0	1
23	Hungary	0	0.5	1	1.5
24	Belarus	0	0.5	0.5	1
25	Ireland	0	0.5	0	0.5
	United States	0	0.5	0	0.5
27	Portugal	0	0	2	2
28	Bulgaria	0	0	1.5	1.5
	Norway	0	0	1.5	1.5
30	Macau	0	0	1	1
	Singapore	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
34	Austria	0	0	0.5	0.5
Totals (34 entries)		84	84	156	324

See also

• BWF World Championships
• European Senior Badminton Championships
• World Veteran Badminton Championships (Since 1996) No BWF

External links

• Official website