# 2018 BWF World Championships

The 2018 BWF World Championships was a badminton tournament which was held from 30 July to 5 August at Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Sports Park Arena in Nanjing, China.

## Host city selection

Nanjing was the only bidder for 2018 edition of championships. The bid was approved by Badminton World Federation during council meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

## Schedule

Five events were held.
All times are local (UTC+8).
| Date | Time | Round |
| 30 July 2018 | 10:00 | Round of 64 |
| 31 July 2018 | 10:00 | Round of 64 (MS) |
| 31 July 2018 | 10:00 | Round of 32 (WS, MD, WD, XD) |
| 1 August 2018 | 10:00 | Round of 32 (MS, WS, MD, WD) |
| 2 August 2018 | 10:00 | Round of 16 |
| 3 August 2018 | 11:00 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 August 2018 | 11:00 | Semifinals |
| 5 August 2018 | 13:00 | Finals |

## Players

357 players from 48 countries in total participate in this game.
* Algeria (2)
* Australia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Belgium (3)
* Brazil (1)
* Bulgaria (8)
* Canada (7)
* China (25)
* Chinese Taipei (23)
* Croatia (1)
* Czech Republic (4)
* Denmark (17)
* Egypt (4)
* England (10)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (10)
* Germany (16)
* Hong Kong (14)
* Hungary (1)
* India (25)
* Indonesia (29)
* Ireland (3)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (3)
* Japan (25)
* Jordan (2)
* Malaysia (18)
* Mauritius (2)
* Netherlands (11)
* New Zealand (1)
* Nigeria (2)
* Norway (2)
* Peru (2)
* Poland (3)
* Portugal (1)
* Russia (14)
* Scotland (3)
* Slovakia (1)
* South Korea (6)
* Spain (4)
* Sri Lanka (1)
* Switzerland (3)
* Thailand (18)
* Turkey (5)
* Ukraine (4)
* United States (8)
* Vietnam (9)

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China* | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | India | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles details | Kento Momota | Shi Yuqi | Chen Long |
| Men's singles details | Kento Momota | Shi Yuqi | Liew Daren |
| Women's singles details | Carolina Marín | P. V. Sindhu | He Bingjiao |
| Women's singles details | Carolina Marín | P. V. Sindhu | Akane Yamaguchi |
| Men's doubles details | Li Junhui Liu Yuchen | Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda | Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin |
| Men's doubles details | Li Junhui Liu Yuchen | Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda | Liu Cheng Zhang Nan |
| 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 | Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto |
| Mixed doubles details | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | Wang Yilü Huang Dongping | Zhang Nan Li Yinhui |
| Mixed doubles details | Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong | Wang Yilü Huang Dongping | Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet |

## International broadcasters

| Country/Region | Broadcaster |
| China (host) | CCTV |
| International (unsold markets only) | YouTube |
| Taiwan | ELTA TV 3 |
| Denmark | TV2 Sport |
| Hong Kong | I-Cable |
| India | Star Sports |
| Indonesia | TVRI |
| Indonesia | SportsFix |
| Malaysia | Astro |
| Singapore | StarHub |
| Thailand | True Corporation |