# 2019 BWF World Championships

The 2019 BWF World Championships was a badminton tournament which was held from 19 to 25 August 2019 at St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland.

## Host city selection

Basel was chosen to be the host of the 2019 edition of the championships over 2020 Summer Olympics host city, Tokyo. The bid were approved by the Badminton World Federation during a council meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

## Schedule

Five events were held.
All times are local (UTC+2).
| R64 | Round of 64 | R48 | Round of 48 | R32 | Round of 32 | 1⁄8 | Round of 16 | 1⁄4 | Quarter-finals | 1⁄2 | Semi-finals | F | Final |
| Date | Mon 19 | Tue 20 | Tue 20 | Wed 21 | Thu 22 | Fri 23 | Sat 24 | Sun 25 |
| Event | Mon 19 | Tue 20 | Tue 20 | Wed 21 | Thu 22 | Fri 23 | Sat 24 | Sun 25 |
| Men's singles | R64 | R32 | R32 | R32 | 1⁄8 | 1⁄4 | 1⁄2 | F |
| Women's singles | R48 | R48 | R32 | R32 | 1⁄8 | 1⁄4 | 1⁄2 | F |
| Men's doubles | R48 | R48 | R48 | R32 | 1⁄8 | 1⁄4 | 1⁄2 | F |
| Women's doubles | R48 | R48 | R48 | R32 | 1⁄8 | 1⁄4 | 1⁄2 | F |
| Mixed doubles | R48 | R48 | R32 | R32 | 1⁄8 | 1⁄4 | 1⁄2 | F |
| Matches | 64 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 5 |
| Courts | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Sessions | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Time | 09–23 | 09–22 | 09–22 | 09-22 | 11–22 | 11–16 | 11–16 | 12–17 |
| Time | 09–23 | 09–22 | 09–22 | 09-22 | 11–22 | 17–22 | 17–22 | 12–17 |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Switzerland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | Indonesia (INA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | India (IND) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles details | Kento Momota | Anders Antonsen | B. Sai Praneeth |
| Men's singles details | Kento Momota | Anders Antonsen | Kantaphon Wangcharoen |
| Women's singles details | P. V. Sindhu | Nozomi Okuhara | Ratchanok Intanon |
| Women's singles details | P. V. Sindhu | Nozomi Okuhara | Chen Yufei |
| Men's doubles details | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan | Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi | Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto |
| Men's doubles details | Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan | Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi | Li Junhui Liu Yuchen |
| Women's doubles details | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara | Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota | Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu |
| Women's doubles details | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara | Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota | Du Yue Li Yinhui |
| Mixed doubles details | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai | Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino |
| Mixed doubles details | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai | Wang Yilü Huang Dongping |

## Performance by nation

| Nation | First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Winner |
| Japan | 9 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| China | 5 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| India | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Thailand | 8 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Denmark | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| South Korea | 5 | 9 | 6 | 3 | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | | | |
| Malaysia | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | | | |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Singapore | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Netherlands | 5.5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| England | 7 | 5 | 2 | | | | |
| Germany | 8 | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| Canada | 7 | 3 | 1 | | | | |
| United States | 5 | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| Vietnam | 5 | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| Scotland | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Russia | 10 | 7 | | | | | |
| France | 5 | 4 | | | | | |
| Australia | 5 | 3 | | | | | |
| Ukraine | 3 | 3 | | | | | |
| Sweden | 2 | 2 | | | | | |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 1 | | | | | |
| Israel | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| Belgium | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| Spain | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
| Croatia | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Switzerland | 4.5 | | | | | | |
| Turkey | 4 | | | | | | |
| Estonia | 3 | | | | | | |
| Ireland | 3 | | | | | | |
| Austria | 2 | | | | | | |
| Finland | 2 | | | | | | |
| Poland | 2 | | | | | | |
| Brazil | 1 | | | | | | |
| Guatemala | 1 | | | | | | |
| Hungary | 1 | | | | | | |
| Italy | 1 | | | | | | |
| Jordan | 1 | | | | | | |
| Mauritius | 1 | | | | | | |
| Peru | 1 | | | | | | |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | | | | | | |
| Withdrew | 6 | 1 | | | | | |
| Total | 192 | 160 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 5 |