# 2023 BWF World Championships

The 2023 BWF World Championships (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place from 21 to 27 August 2023 in Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark. Copenhagen hosted the BWF World Championships for the fifth time.

## Host city selection

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

## Competition schedule

The tournament holds over a 7-day period.
| #R | Preliminary rounds | QF | Quarter-finals | SF | Semi-finals | F | Finals |
| Date | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug |
| Event | 21 Aug | 22 Aug | 22 Aug | 23 Aug | 24 Aug | 25 Aug | 26 Aug | 27 Aug |
| Men's singles | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | QF | SF | F |
| Women's singles | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | QF | SF | F |
| Men's doubles | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | QF | SF | F |
| Women's doubles | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 3R | QF | SF | F |
| Mixed doubles | 1R | 1R | 2R | 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 |
| 13,000 | 11,000 | 9,200 | 7,200 | 5,200 | 3,200 | 1,300 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Denmark)
2023 BWF World Championships medal table :
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | China | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Thailand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Denmark* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |

### Medalists

| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles details | Kunlavut Vitidsarn | Kodai Naraoka | Prannoy H. S. |
| Men's singles details | Kunlavut Vitidsarn | Kodai Naraoka | Anders Antonsen |
| Women's singles details | An Se-young | Carolina Marín | Chen Yufei |
| Women's singles details | An Se-young | Carolina Marín | Akane Yamaguchi |
| Men's doubles details | Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae | Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik |
| Men's doubles details | Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae | Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Liang Weikeng Wang Chang |
| Women's doubles details | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti | Zhang Shuxian Zheng Yu |
| Women's doubles details | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti | Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong |
| Mixed doubles details | Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | Jiang Zhenbang Wei Yaxin |
| Mixed doubles details | Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino |

## Qualifiers
### Number of participants

| Nation | Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total | Number of players |
| Africa | Egypt | 1 | 1 | | | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Africa | Mauritius | 1 | | | 1 | | 2 | 3 |
| Africa | Nigeria | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Africa | South Africa | | | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 4 |
| Asia | China | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 28 |
| Asia | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 19 |
| Asia | Hong Kong | 2 | | | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| Asia | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 14 |
| Asia | Indonesia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
| Asia | Japan | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 25 |
| Asia | Jordan | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Asia | Kazakhstan | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Asia | Malaysia | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 22 |
| Asia | Maldives | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Asia | Myanmar | | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Asia | Philippines | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Asia | Singapore | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| Asia | South Korea | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 |
| Asia | Thailand | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 14 |
| Asia | Vietnam | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Europe | Austria | 1 | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Europe | Azerbaijan | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 2 |
| Europe | Belgium | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Europe | Bulgaria | | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Europe | Czech Republic | 1 | | 1 | | | 2 | 3 |
| Europe | Denmark (H) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 16 |
| Europe | England | | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| Europe | Estonia | | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | 3 |
| Europe | Finland | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Europe | France | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| Europe | Germany | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
| Europe | Hungary | | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Europe | Ireland | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 3 | 4 |
| Europe | Israel | 1 | | | | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Europe | Italy | 2 | | 1 | | | 3 | 4 |
| Europe | Netherlands | 2 | | | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| Europe | Norway | | | 1 | | | 1 | 2 |
| Europe | Portugal | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Europe | Scotland | | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Europe | Serbia | | | | | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Europe | Slovakia | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Europe | Spain | 2 | 2 | | | | 4 | 4 |
| Europe | Sweden | | | | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| Europe | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Europe | Turkey | | 1 | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Europe | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | 3 | 4 |
| Oceania | Australia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Pan Am | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Pan Am | Canada | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Pan Am | El Salvador | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Pan Am | Guatemala | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Pan Am | Mexico | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | 3 | 3 |
| Pan Am | Peru | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 3 | 4 |
| Pan Am | United States | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
| Total (54 NOCs) | Total (54 NOCs) | 63 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 252 | 363 |

### Players participating in two events

| Player | Gender |
| Kenneth Choo | Men |
| Gronya Somerville | Women |
| Ade Resky Dwicahyo | Men |
| Fabrício Farias | Men |
| Jaqueline Lima | Women |
| Iliyan Stoynov | Men |
| Ty Alexander Lindeman | Men |
| Josephine Wu | Women |
| Nyl Yakura | Men |
| Lee Chia-hsin | Women |
| Yang Po-hsuan | Men |
| Adham Hatem Elgamal | Men |
| Doha Hany | Women |
| Lauren Smith | Women |
| Christo Popov | Men |
| Toma Junior Popov | Men |
| Linda Efler | Women |
| Mark Lamsfuß | Men |
| Isabel Lohau | Women |
| Jonathan Solís | Men |
| Misha Zilberman | Men |
| Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq | Women |
| Job Castillo | Men |
| Debora Jille | Women |
| Inés Castillo | Women |
| Alvin Morada | Men |
| Adam Hall | Men |
| Julie MacPherson | Women |
| Supak Jomkoh | Men |
| Seo Seung-jae | Men |
| Vinson Chiu | Men |

## Performance by nation

As of the results of 26 August 2023.
| Nation | Quota | First round | Second round | Third round | Quarter- finals | Semi- finals | Finals | Champion |
| South Korea | 8 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| China | 18 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Thailand | 10 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 15 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
| Denmark | 11 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| Indonesia | 14 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Spain | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Malaysia | 13 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | | |
| India | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 13 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 2 | | | |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | | | | |
| United States | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| Singapore | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| France | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | | | | |
| Netherlands | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Germany | 9 | 9 | 4 | | | | | |
| Canada | 9 | 8 | 4 | | | | | |
| Scotland | 5 | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| Brazil | 7 | 7 | 3 | | | | | |
| England | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| Australia | 5 | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| Austria | 3 | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| Ireland | 3 | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| Italy | 3 | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| Belgium | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| Israel | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| Philippines | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Turkey | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Egypt | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Guatemala | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Mexico | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Peru | 3 | 3 | | | | | | |
| Estonia | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Maldives | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Mauritius | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| South Africa | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Switzerland | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Vietnam | 2 | 2 | | | | | | |
| Finland | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Hungary | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Jordan | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Norway | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Portugal | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Serbia | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Sweden | 1 | 1 | | | | | | |
| Withdrew | 4 | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| Total | 256 | 192 | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 5 |