# 2022 BWF World Championships

The 2022 BWF World Championships (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place from 22 to 28 August 2022 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

## Host city selection

Tokyo was awarded the event in November 2018 during the announcement of 18 major badminton event hosts from 2019 to 2025.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Japan)
2022 BWF World Championships medal table :
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Japan* | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Malaysia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Thailand | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |

### Medalists

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles details | Viktor Axelsen | Kunlavut Vitidsarn | Chou Tien-chen |
| Men's singles details | Viktor Axelsen | Kunlavut Vitidsarn | Zhao Junpeng |
| Women's singles details | Akane Yamaguchi | Chen Yufei | An Se-young |
| Women's singles details | Akane Yamaguchi | Chen Yufei | Tai Tzu-ying |
| Men's doubles details | Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan | Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto |
| Men's doubles details | Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty |
| Women's doubles details | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara |
| Women's doubles details | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong | Puttita Supajirakul Sapsiree Taerattanachai |
| Mixed doubles details | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino | Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping |
| Mixed doubles details | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino | Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Lohau |

## Performance by nation

| Nation | First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Winner (s) |
| China | 6 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Denmark | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 9 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| South Korea | 6 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Thailand | 6 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Indonesia | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Chinese Taipei | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | | |
| India | 15 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | | |
| Germany | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Singapore | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | | | |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | | | |
| Canada | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| England | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| France | 11 | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| Scotland | 6 | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| Netherlands | 4 | 4 | 1 | | | | |
| United States | 5 | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| Vietnam | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Czech Republic | 3.5 | 2 | | | | | |
| Guatemala | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| Brazil | 4 | 1 | | | | | |
| Ireland | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| Israel | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| Sweden | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Portugal | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Egypt | 4 | | | | | | |
| Ukraine | 4 | | | | | | |
| Austria | 3 | | | | | | |
| Mexico | 3 | | | | | | |
| Belgium | 2 | | | | | | |
| Estonia | 2 | | | | | | |
| New Zealand | 2 | | | | | | |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | | | | | | |
| Finland | 1.5 | | | | | | |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | | | | | | |
| Italy | 1 | | | | | | |
| Maldives | 1 | | | | | | |
| Myanmar | 1 | | | | | | |
| Norway | 1 | | | | | | |
| Peru | 1 | | | | | | |
| Withdrew | 7 | 5 | | | | | |
| Total | 192 | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 5 |
Some players/pairs started in the second round as a result of receiving a bye in the first round.