# 2021 BWF World Championships

The 2021 BWF World Championships (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place from 12 to 19 December 2021 at Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín in Huelva, Spain.

## Host city selection

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

## Schedule

Five events were held.
All times are local (UTC+1).

## Medal summary
### Medal table

2021 BWF World Championships medal table :
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | China | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Singapore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Thailand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | India | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles details | Loh Kean Yew | Srikanth Kidambi | Lakshya Sen |
| Men's singles details | Loh Kean Yew | Srikanth Kidambi | Anders Antonsen |
| Women's singles details | Akane Yamaguchi | Tai Tzu-ying | He Bingjiao |
| Women's singles details | Akane Yamaguchi | Tai Tzu-ying | Zhang Yiman |
| Men's doubles details | Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi | He Jiting Tan Qiang | Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi |
| Men's doubles details | Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi | He Jiting Tan Qiang | Kim Astrup Anders Rasmussen |
| Women's doubles details | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara |
| Women's doubles details | Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan | Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan | Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong |
| Mixed doubles details | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai | Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino | Kyohei Yamashita Naru Shinoya |
| Mixed doubles details | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai | Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino | Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet |

## Performance by nation

| Nation | First Round | Second Round | Third Round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Winner (s) |
| Japan | 12 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| China | 12 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Thailand | 9 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Singapore | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| India | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |
| South Korea | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Chinese Taipei | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Denmark | 14 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | | |
| Malaysia | 6 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | | |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | | |
| Germany | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | | | |
| NBFR | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Netherlands | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | | | |
| Bulgaria | | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | | |
| Scotland | 5 | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| France | 4 | 4 | 2 | | | | |
| England | 2 | 6 | 1 | | | | |
| Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Norway | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| Spain | 4 | 3 | | | | | |
| Turkey | 4 | 2 | | | | | |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| Austria | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| Belgium | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| United States | 3 | 1 | | | | | |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Finland | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1 | | | | | |
| Peru | | 1 | | | | | |
| Poland | | 1 | | | | | |
| Slovakia | | 1 | | | | | |
| Sri Lanka | | 1 | | | | | |
| Vietnam | 3 | | | | | | |
| Australia | 2 | | | | | | |
| Estonia | 2 | | | | | | |
| Israel | 2 | | | | | | |
| Mexico | 2 | | | | | | |
| Nigeria | 2 | | | | | | |
| Portugal | 2 | | | | | | |
| Sweden | 2 | | | | | | |
| Ukraine | 2 | | | | | | |
| Algeria | 1 | | | | | | |
| Czech Republic | 1 | | | | | | |
| Italy | 1 | | | | | | |
| Myanmar | 1 | | | | | | |
| Total | 166 | 150 | 80 | 40 | 20 | 10 | 5 |
Some players/pairs started in the second round or the third round as a result of receiving a bye in the first round and or second round.

## Note

* ↑ Indonesia originally has 16 qualifiers (26 players), but the Badminton Association of Indonesia decided to withdraw.