# 2006 IBF World Championships – Mixed doubles

The International Badminton Foundation (abbreviated IBF, now called the Badminton World Foundation) hosted the 2006 World Championships in Madrid, Spain in September of 2006. Mixed doubles has been an event at the World Championships since 1977. The following article lists the results of mixed doubles at the 2006 IBF World Champsionships, the 15th tournament of the event.

## Seeds

* Nova Widianto / Liliyana Natsir
* Lee Jae-jin / Lee Hyo-jung
* Nathan Robertson / Gail Emms
* Zhang Jun / Gao Ling
* Anthony Clark / Donna Kellogg
* Jens Eriksen / Mette Schjoldager
* Thomas Laybourn / Kamilla Rytter Juhl
* Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thoungthongkam
* Songpol Anukritayawan / Kunchala Vorawichitchaikul
* Blair / Natalie Munt
* Ingo Kindervater / Kathrin Piotrowski
* Lee Yong-dae / Hwang Yu-mi
* Robert Mateusiak / Nadieżda Kostiuczyk
* Lars Paaske / Helle Nielsen
* Xie Zhongbo / Zhang Yawen
* Zheng Bo / Zhao Tingting

## Results
### Section 1

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals |
| 1 | Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bye Bye | | | | 1 | Widianto Natsir | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Neven Rihtar Maja Šavor | | | | | Rihtar Šavor | 11 | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bye Bye | | | | | | | | | 1 | Widianto Natsir | 15 | 21 | 20 | | | |
| 9/16 | Songphon Anugritayawon Kunchala Vorawichitchaikul | 23 | 17 | 11 | | | | | | | Koo Wong | 21 | 18 | 22 | | | |
| | Koo Kien Keat Pei Tty Wong | 21 | 21 | 21 | | Koo Wong | 16 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| | Hendra Wijaya Frances Liu | 21 | 21 | | | Wijaya Liu | 21 | 18 | 15 | | | | | | | | |
| | Orobosa Okuonghae Grace Daniel | 8 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | | Koo Wong | 21 | 21 |
| 5/8 | Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Rasmussen Andersen | 16 | 16 |
| | Bye Bye | | | | 5/8 | Eriksen Schjoldager | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jonas Rasmussen Britta Andersen | 21 | 21 | | | Rasmussen Andersen | WO | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jenny Wallwork Kristian Roebuck | 15 | 16 | | | | | | | | Rasmussen Andersen | 18 | 21 | 24 | | | |
| 9/16 | Robert Blair Natalie Munt | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 9/16 | Blair Munt | 21 | 18 | 22 | | | |
| | Keita Masuda Tomomi Matsuda | 16 | 18 | | 9/16 | Blair Munt | 29 | 22 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Wouter Claes Nathalie Descamps | 13 | 16 | | | Tsai Cheng | 27 | 20 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Tsai Chia-hsin Cheng Wen-hsing | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 2

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals |
| 3/4 | Zhang Jun Gao Ling | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bye Bye | | | | 3/4 | Zhang Gao | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Henri Hurskainen Johanna Persson | | | | | Hurskainen Persson | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Bye Bye | | | | | | | | | 3/4 | Zhang Gao | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| 9/16 | Lars Paaske Helle Nielsen | 21 | 17 | 14 | | | | | | | Zhang Yu | 17 | 18 | | | | |
| | Zhang Wei Yu Yang | 14 | 21 | 21 | | Zhang Yu | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Adam Cwalina Małgorzata Kurdelska | '21 | 19 | 16 | | Lefort Rahmawati | 9 | 12 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jean-Michael Lefort Weny Rahmawati | 9 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | Zhang Gao | 18 | 17 |
| 5/8 | Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5/8 | Clark Kellogg | 21 | 21 |
| | Bye Bye | | | | 5/8 | Clark Kellogg | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Patricia Perez Inigo Serrano | 13 | 23 | 18 | | Beres Loker | 15 | 8 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Mike Beres Valerie Loker | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | 5/8 | Clark Kellogg | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| 9/16 | Lee Yong-dae Hwang Yu-mi | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | Hopp Overzier | 19 | 15 | | | | |
| | Keith Turnbull Emma Mason | 14 | 7 | | 9/16 | Lee Hwang | 21 | 19 | 18 | | | | | | | | |
| | Alexej Vasiljev Anna Efremova | 12 | 17 | | | Hopp Overzier | 18 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| | Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 3

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals |
| | Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari Ooi Sock Ai | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Sergio Llopis Dolores Marco | 19 | 16 | | | Mohd Tazari Ooi | 21 | 23 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| 9/16 | Ingo Kindervater Kathrin Piotrowski | 21 | 21 | | 9/16 | Kindervater Piotrowski | 12 | 25 | 14 | | | | | | | | |
| | Nicholas Jinadasa Samantha Jinadasa | 10 | 10 | | | | | | | | Mohd Tazari Ooi | 11 | 13 | | | | |
| | Michael Lahnsteiner Tina Riedl | 21 | 15 | 18 | | | | | | 5/8 | Laybourn Rytter Juhl | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | Trần Thanh Hải Lê Ngọc Nguyên Nhung | 16 | 21 | 21 | | Trần Lê | 12 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | bye bye | | | | 5/8 | Laybourn Rytter Juhl | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5/8 | Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5/8 | Laybourn Rytter Juhl | 14 | 17 |
| | Jürgen Wouters Paulien van Dooremalen | 19 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | 3/4 | Robertson Emms | 21 | 21 |
| | Luka Petrič Maja Tvrdy | 21 | 17 | 16 | | Wouters Van Dooremalen | 10 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Hendri Saputra Li Yujia | 22 | 13 | 15 | 9/16 | Zheng Zhao | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9/16 | Zheng Bo Zhao Tingting | 20 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | 9/16 | Zheng Zhao | 14 | 16 | | | | |
| | Watson Briggs Imogen Bankier | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 3/4 | Robertson Emms | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | Stilian Makarski Diana Dimova | 15 | 19 | | | Briggs Bankier | 12 | 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| | bye bye | | | | 3/4 | Robertson Emms | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| 3/4 | Nathan Robertson Gail Emms | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Section 4

| First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | First Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Second Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Third Round | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals | Quarter Finals |
| | Gan Teik Chai Fong Chew Yen | 21 | 17 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta | 18 | 21 | 19 | | Gan Fong | 21 | 17 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9/16 | Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk | 21 | 21 | | 9/16 | Mateusiak Kostiuczyk | 17 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Shintaro Ikeda Satoko Suetsuna | 15 | 16 | | | | | | | 9/16 | Mateusiak Kostiuczyk | 15 | 23 | 16 | | | | | |
| | Alexandre Paixão Filipa Lamy | 18 | 16 | | | | | | | 5/8 | Prapakamol Thungthongkam | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | Svetoslav Stoyanov Élodie Eymard | 21 | 21 | | | Stoyanov Eymard | 13 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | bye bye | | | | 5/8 | Prapakamol Thungthongkam | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5/8 | Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5/8 | Prapakamol Thungthongkam | 12 | 21 | 21 |
| | Vitalij Durkin Marina Yakusheva | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | 9/16 | Xie Zhang | 21 | 16 | 12 |
| | Michal Matejka Eva Sládeková | 6 | 8 | | | Durkin Yakusheva | 21 | 20 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Pashupati Paneru Sumina Shrestha | 8 | 8 | | 9/16 | Xie Zhang | 23 | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9/16 | Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 9/16 | Xie Zhang | 21 | 21 | | | | | | |
| | bye bye | | | | | | | | | | Milroy Sun | 12 | 11 | | | | | | |
| | William Milroy Tammy Sun | | | | | Milroy Sun | WO | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | bye bye | | | | 2 | Lee Lee | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Lee Jae-jin Lee Hyo-jung | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| | Koo Kien Keat Wong Pei Tty | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jonas Rasmussen Britta Andersen | 16 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Jonas Rasmussen Britta Andersen | 16 | 16 | | | Koo Kien Keat Wong Pei Tty | 14 | 12 | | | | | |
| | | | | | 5/8 | Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| 3/4 | Zhang Jun Gao Ling | 18 | 17 | | 5/8 | Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| 5/8 | Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5/8 | Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 5/8 | Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg | 15 | 12 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3/4 | Nathan Robertson Gail Emms | 21 | 21 |
| 5/8 | Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl | 14 | 17 | | | | | | | | | | | 3/4 | Nathan Robertson Gail Emms | 21 | 21 |
| 3/4 | Nathan Robertson Gail Emms | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3/4 | Nathan Robertson Gail Emms | 21 | 21 | | 3/4 | Nathan Robertson Gail Emms | 21 | 17 | 25 | | | | |
| | | | | | 5/8 | Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam | 18 | 21 | 23 | | | | |
| 5/8 | Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam | 12 | 21 | 21 | 5/8 | Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam | 18 | 21 | 23 | | | | |
| 9/16 | Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen | 21 | 16 | 12 | | | | | | | | | |