The 2007 BWF World Championships was the 16th tournament of BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships). It was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 13 to 19 August 2007.

Host city selection

Aarhus and Kuala Lumpur were the candidates for hosting the championships. Kuala Lumpur was later announced as the host during 2005 IBF council meeting in Beijing. China also expressed interest, but ultimately did not bid.

Venue

Participating nations

A total of 55 countries qualified to participating in this tournament. Below is the list of countries with the parentheses indicates the number of players eligible.

Participating nations. Green: fewer than 5 players; blue: 5–9; orange: 10–14; red: 15 or more.

Notable is, Thailand is the only country announced the withdrawal from the tournament by choosing to attend the World University Games, the event which clash with the Championships, they have several players who qualified for this tournament.

Medalists

Medal table

* Host nation (Malaysia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1China32611
2Indonesia2114
3Hong Kong0101
South Korea0101
5Japan0022
6Malaysia*0011
Totals (6 entries)551020

Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles detailsChina Lin DanIndonesia Sony Dwi KuncoroChina Bao Chunlai
China Chen Yu
Women's singles detailsChina Zhu LinHong Kong Wang ChenChina Zhang Ning
China Lu Lan
Men's doubles detailsIndonesia Markis Kido Indonesia Hendra SetiawanSouth Korea Jung Jae-sung South Korea Lee Yong-daeMalaysia Choong Tan Fook Malaysia Lee Wan Wah
Japan Shuichi Sakamoto Japan Shintaro Ikeda
Women's doubles detailsChina Yang Wei China Zhang JiewenChina Gao Ling China Huang SuiChina Zhang Yawen China Wei Yili
Japan Kumiko Ogura Japan Reiko Shiota
Mixed doubles detailsIndonesia Nova Widianto Indonesia Liliyana NatsirChina Zheng Bo China Gao LingIndonesia Flandy Limpele Indonesia Vita Marissa
China Xie Zhongbo China Zhang Yawen

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