# 2018 BWF World Championships – Men's doubles

The men's doubles tournament of the 2018 BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) took place from 30 July to 5 August.

## Seeds

The seeding list is based on the World Rankings from 12 July 2018.
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

## Draw
### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 5 | Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| 14 | Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin | 17 | 10 | | | | |
| 14 | Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin | 17 | 10 | 5 | Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda | 12 | 19 |
| | | | | 4 | Li Junhui Liu Yuchen | 21 | 21 |
| 4 | Li Junhui Liu Yuchen | 21 | 21 | 4 | Li Junhui Liu Yuchen | 21 | 21 |
| 2 | Liu Cheng Zhang Nan | 15 | 13 | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | 1 | M F Gideon K S Sukamuljo | 18 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| Han CK Zhou HD | 21 | 21 | | Han CK Zhou HD | 21 | 14 | 18 | | | | | | | | |
| M Bochat A Cwalina | 19 | 11 | | | | | | 1 | M F Gideon K S Sukamuljo | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 10 | V Ivanov I Sozonov | 19 | 12 | | | | |
| | | | 10 | V Ivanov I Sozonov | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| Bảo M Dương B D | 22 | 21 | | Bảo M Dương B D | 13 | 14 | | | | | | | | | |
| P Boichino I Panev | 20 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | M F Gideon K S Sukamuljo | 19 | 18 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | T Kamura K Sonoda | 21 | 21 |
| | | | 5 | T Kamura K Sonoda | 21 | 18 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| T Isriyanet K Namdash | 21 | 21 | | T Isriyanet K Namdash | 12 | 21 | 16 | | | | | | | | |
| E Dremin D Grachev | 15 | 12 | | | | | | 5 | T Kamura K Sonoda | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 9 | F Alfian M R Ardianto | 17 | 16 | | | | |
| | | | 9 | F Alfian M R Ardianto | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| B A Alshannik M N M Nayef | 10 | 6 | | J Arends R Jille | 15 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| J Arends R Jille | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | 3 | M Boe C Mogensen | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| J Maas R Tabeling | 21 | 19 | 21 | | J Maas R Tabeling | 11 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| P Chew R Chew | 13 | 21 | 15 | | | | | | 3 | M Boe C Mogensen | 19 | 10 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 14 | Chen H-l Wang C-l | 21 | 21 | | | | | | |
| | | | | 14 | Chen H-l Wang C-l | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| J Ho-shue N Yakura | 16 | 8 | | | M Lamsfuß M E Seidel | 11 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| M Lamsfuß M E Seidel | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | 14 | Chen H-l Wang C-l | 21 | 17 | 21 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | T Inoue Y Kaneko | 11 | 21 | 13 |
| | | | | 7 | T Inoue Y Kaneko | 22 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| D Nikolov I Rusev | 13 | 18 | | | M Attri B. R Reddy | 24 | 13 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| M Attri B. R Reddy | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 7 | T Inoue Y Kaneko | 21 | 20 | 21 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 15 | B Angriawan Hardianto | 11 | 22 | 16 | | | | | |
| | | | | 15 | B Angriawan Hardianto | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| K Kedren D Puavaranukroh | 15 | 21 | 15 | | W Nayaka A Yusuf | 18 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| W Nayaka A Yusuf | 21 | 17 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Chung E-s Kim D-y | 15 | 18 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| A Chia Soh W Y | 21 | 21 | | | A Chia Soh W Y | 16 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 12 | Lee J-h Lee Y | 21 | 18 | 19 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | A Chia Soh W Y | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| S Rankireddy C Shetty | 21 | 12 | 21 | | | | | | 8 | K Astrup A S Rasmussen | 18 | 16 | | | | | |
| M Ellis C Langridge | 19 | 21 | 19 | | S Rankireddy C Shetty | 18 | 21 | 16 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 8 | K Astrup A S Rasmussen | 21 | 15 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A Chia Soh W Y | 14 | 22 |
| Ong Y S Teo E Y | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Li JH Liu YC | 21 | 24 |
| Arjun M.R. R Shlok | 14 | 15 | | | Ong Y S Teo E Y | 16 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 13 | Goh V S Tan W K | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 13 | Goh V S Tan W K | 21 | 15 | 20 | | | | |
| A Abdelhakim A Salah | 7 | 15 | | | | | | | 4 | Li JH Liu YC | 16 | 21 | 22 | | | | |
| T Hoki Y Kobayashi | 21 | 21 | | | T Hoki Y Kobayashi | 16 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 4 | Li JH Liu YC | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| A Dunn A Hall | 12 | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lu C-y Yang P-h | 21 | 17 | 19 | | A Dunn A Hall | 13 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 11 | Liao M-c Su C-h | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 11 | Liao M-c Su C-h | 17 | 9 | | | | | |
| He JT Tan Q | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | 6 | M Conrad-Petersen M P Kolding | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| Đỗ T D Phạm H N | 10 | 14 | | | He JT Tan Q | 20 | 16 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 6 | M Conrad-Petersen M P Kolding | 22 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | M Conrad-Petersen M P Kolding | 13 | 21 | 18 |
| J R Jansen J Zurwonne | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Liu C Zhang N | 21 | 14 | 21 |
| K Abramov A Zinchenko | 15 | 17 | | | J R Jansen J Zurwonne | 13 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 16 | H Endo Y Watanabe | 21 | 21 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 16 | H Endo Y Watanabe | 15 | 14 | | | | | |
| Or C C Tang C M | 22 | 18 | 21 | | | | | | 2 | Liu C Zhang N | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| T Kona S Sharma | 20 | 21 | 17 | | Or C C Tang C M | 12 | 21 | 12 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | 2 | Liu C Zhang N | 21 | 15 | 21 | | | | | | | | | |