# Badminton World Cup

The World Cup in badminton was an annual tournament organized by the International Management Group (IMG). It was held from 1979 to 1997. After the tournament ceased for seven years, Badminton World Federation decided to bring it back as an invitational tournament in 2005, but it was ended after the 2006 event.

## Locations

| Year | No. | Host City | Country |
| 1979 | I | Tokyo | Japan |
| 1980 | II | Kyoto | Japan |
| 1981 | III | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia |
| 1982 | IV | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia |
| 1983 | V | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia |
| 1984 | VI | Jakarta | Indonesia |
| 1985 | VII | Jakarta | Indonesia |
| 1986 | VIII | Jakarta | Indonesia |
| 1987 | IX | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia |
| 1988 | X | Bangkok | Thailand |
| 1989 | XI | Guangzhou | China |
| 1990 | XII | Bandung/Jakarta | Indonesia |
| 1991 | XIII | Macau | Macau |
| 1992 | XIV | Guangzhou | China |
| 1993 | XV | New Delhi | India |
| 1994 | XVI | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam |
| 1995 | XVII | Jakarta | Indonesia |
| 1996 | XVIII | Jakarta | Indonesia |
| 1997 | XIX | Yogyakarta | Indonesia |
| 2005 | XX | Yiyang | China |
| 2006 | XXI | Yiyang | China |

## Past winners

| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| 1979 | Liem Swie King | Lene Køppen | Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata | Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekura | no competition |
| 1980 | Liem Swie King | Lene Køppen | Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata | Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura | no competition |
| 1981 | Prakash Padukone | Chen Ruizhen | no competition | no competition | no competition |
| 1982 | Liem Swie King | Lene Køppen | no competition | no competition | no competition |
| 1983 | Han Jian | Han Aiping | Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong | Han Aiping Li Lingwei | Martin Dew Gillian Gilks |
| 1984 | Han Jian | Li Lingwei | Hariamanto Kartono Liem Swie King | Lin Ying Wu Dixi | Thomas Kihlström Nora Perry |
| 1985 | Icuk Sugiarto | Li Lingwei | Hariamanto Kartono Liem Swie King | Lin Ying Wu Dixi | Christian Hadinata Ivana Lie |
| 1986 | Icuk Sugiarto | Li Lingwei | Bobby Ertanto Liem Swie King | Han Aiping Li Lingwei | Eddy Hartono Verawaty Fadjrin |
| 1987 | Zhao Jianhua | Li Lingwei | Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong | Han Aiping Li Lingwei | Wang Pengren Shi Fangjing |
| 1988 | Yang Yang | Han Aiping | Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi | Guan Weizhen Lin Ying | Wang Pengren Shi Fangjing |
| 1989 | Yang Yang | Susi Susanti | Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong | Guan Weizhen Lin Ying | Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee |
| 1990 | Wu Wenkai | Sarwendah Kusumawardhani | Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek | Lai Caiqin Yao Fen | Rudy Gunawan Rosiana Tendean |
| 1991 | Ardy Wiranata | Huang Hua | Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek | Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young | Rudy Gunawan Rosiana Tendean |
| 1992 | Joko Suprianto | Tang Jiuhong | Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang | Lin Yanfen Yao Fen | Rudy Gunawan Rosiana Tendean |
| 1993 | Alan Budikusuma | Susi Susanti | Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja | Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson | Peter Axelsson Gillian Gowers |
| 1994 | Hariyanto Arbi | Susi Susanti | Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang | Finarsih Lili Tampi | Thomas Lund Catrine Bengtsson |
| 1995 | Joko Suprianto | Ye Zhaoying | Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja | Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana | Tri Kusharjanto Minarti Timur |
| 1996 | Dong Jiong | Susi Susanti | Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono | Ge Fei Gu Jun | Sandiarto Minarti Timur |
| 1997 | Sun Jun | Susi Susanti | Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja | Ge Fei Gu Jun | Liu Yong Ge Fei |
| 1998-2004 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2005 | Lin Dan | Xie Xingfang | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng | Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen | Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen |
| 2006 | Lin Dan | Wang Yihan | Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan | Gao Ling Huang Sui | Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir |

## Medal table

World Cup all time medal table :
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 41 | 33 | 52 | 126 |
| 2 | Indonesia | 36 | 31 | 46 | 113 |
| 3 | South Korea | 5 | 11 | 16 | 32 |
| 4 | Denmark | 4.5 | 6 | 21 | 31.5 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 4 | 4 | 15 | 23 |
| 6 | Japan | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 |
| 7 | Sweden | 2.5 | 1 | 10 | 13.5 |
| 8 | England | 2 | 3.5 | 14.5 | 20 |
| 9 | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Thailand | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 99 | 95.5 | 189.5 | 384 |