2026 BWF World Championships

The 2026 BWF World Championships will be the 30th edition of the world badminton championships. It will be held in New Delhi, India in 2026. India is set to host the World Championships for the first time since 2009.

Host selection

The host nation India was originally supposed to hold the Sudirman Cup in 2023, however due to all events in China getting cancelled in 2021, the Sudirman Cup was moved to Vantaa in Finland with the 2023 Sudirman Cup going to Suzhou, China. India thereby was selected as the hosts of the 2026 World Championships due to the transfer of the hosting rights of 2023 Sudirman Cup. New Delhi was announced to be the host city at the 2025 BWF World Championships at Paris.

Competition schedule

The tournament lasts over 7 days.

#R

Preliminary rounds

QF

Quarter-finals

SF

Semi-finals

F

Finals

Date	17 Aug	18 Aug		19 Aug	20 Aug	21 Aug	22 Aug	23 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.

Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64
14,500	12,500	10,500	8,200	6,000	3,750	1,450

Medal summary

Medalists

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Qualifiers

Number of participants

Nation		MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total	Number of players
Africa	Template:Bd			1		1	2	2
	Template:Bd	1	1				2	2
	Template:Bd				1		1	2
	Template:Bd		1				1	1
Asia	Template:Bd	3	3	2	3	3	14	22
	Template:Bd	3	2	3	3	2	13	20
	Template:Bd	2	2	1	2	2	9	14
	Template:Bd	2	2	3	2	3	12	20
	Template:Bd	2	2	2	2	2	10	16
	Template:Bd	2					2	2
	Template:Bd	3	3	3	3	2	14	20
	Template:Bd	1					1	1
	Template:Bd	2	3	2	3	2	12	19
	Template:Bd	2	2	3	2	2	11	18
	Template:Bd		1				1	1
	Template:Bd	1					1	1
	Template:Bd	2	2	2		1	7	10
	Template:Bd	2	1				3	3
	Template:Bd	2	3	2	2	3	12	18
	Template:Bd		1	1			2	3
	Template:Bd	2	1	1			4	5
Europe	Template:Bd	1	1				2	2
	Template:Bd	2	1				3	3
	Template:Bd	1					1	1
	Template:Bd		2		1		3	4
	Template:Bd	1					1	1
	Template:Bd		2	1		1	4	6
	Template:Bd	2	2	2	2	3	11	17
	Template:Bd	1		2	2	2	7	12
	Template:Bd		1				1	1
	Template:Bd	2					2	2
	Template:Bd	3	2	2	2	2	11	14
	Template:Bd	1	2	2	1	2	8	12
	Template:Bd		2				2	2
	Template:Bd	1		1			2	3
	Template:Bd	2	1		1		4	5
	Template:Bd				1	1	2	4
	Template:Bd	2			1		3	4
	Template:Bd		1	2	1	1	5	7
	Template:Bd		1	2	2	1	6	9
	Template:Bd					1	1	2
	Template:Bd	1			1	1	3	4
	Template:Bd	1	2	1	1		5	7
	Template:Bd		2		1	1	4	3
	Template:Bd		2		1	1	4	6
Oceania	Template:Bd		2		2	1	5	7
	Template:Bd	1	1	1			3	4
Pan Am	Template:Bd	2	1	1	1	2	7	5
	Template:Bd	2	2	2	1	2	9	12
	Template:Bd	1					1	1
	Template:Bd	1					1	1
	Template:Bd	1	1				2	2
	Template:Bd	2	2	1	2	2	9	10
Other	Template:Bd			1			1	2
Total (NOCs)		64	64	48	48	48	272	377

Players participating in two events

Player	Gender	Singles	Doubles	Mixed
Template:Flagicon Christo Popov	Men	Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Toma Junior Popov	Men	Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Hiroki Midorikawa	Men		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Yang Po-hsuan	Men		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Mads Vestergaard	Men		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Dechapol Puavaranukroh	Men		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Presley Smith	Men		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Chen Zhi-yi	Men		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Alexander Dunn	Men		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Fabricio Farias	Men		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Davi Silva	Men		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Malik Bourakkadi	Men		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Ondřej Král	Men		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Ruben Garcia	Men		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Jonathan Bing Tsan Lai	Men		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Koceila Mammeri	Men		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Yevheniia Kantemyr	Women	Template:Ya	Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Polina Buhrova	Women	Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Stefani Stoeva	Women	Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Tereza Švábíková	Women	Template:Ya		Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Sayaka Hobara	Women		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Julie Macpherson	Women		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Lucia Rodriguez	Women		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Tilda Sjoo	Women		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Crystal Lai	Women		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Lizzie Tolman	Women		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Nozomi Shimizu	Women		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Jaqueline Lima	Women		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Francesca Corbett	Women		Template:Ya	Template:Ya
Template:Flagicon Jennie Gai	Women		Template:Ya	Template:Ya