The 2013 BWF World Championships was a badminton tournament which was held from 5 to 11 August 2013 at the Tianhe Sports Center in Guangzhou, China.

Host city selection

Copenhagen, Guangzhou, and Macau submitted bids for this edition of championships. On 9 December 2011, Badminton World Federation decided to award the championships to Guangzhou during a meeting in Queenstown, New Zealand.[citation needed]

Draw

The draw was held on 22 July at Guangzhou, China.

Schedule

All five events started on the first day and concluded with the final on the last day.

All times are local (UTC+8).

DateTimeRound
5 August 201310:00Round of 64
6 August 201313:00Round of 64
Round of 32
7 August 201310:00Round of 32
8 August 201313:00Round of 16
9 August 201312:00Quarterfinals
18:00Quarterfinals
10 August 201312:00Semifinals
18:00Semifinals
11 August 201313:00Finals

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles detailsLin Dan ChinaLee Chong Wei MalaysiaDu Pengyu China
Nguyễn Tiến Minh Vietnam
Women's singles detailsRatchanok Intanon ThailandLi Xuerui ChinaBae Yeon-ju South Korea
P. V. Sindhu India
Men's doubles detailsIndonesia Hendra Setiawan Mohammad AhsanDenmark Mathias Boe Carsten MogensenChina Cai Yun Fu Haifeng
South Korea Kim Ki-jung Kim Sa-rang
Women's doubles detailsChina Wang Xiaoli Yu YangSouth Korea Eom Hye-won Chang Ye-naDenmark Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl
China Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei
Mixed doubles detailsIndonesia Tontowi Ahmad Lilyana NatsirChina Xu Chen Ma JinSouth Korea Shin Baek-cheol Eom Hye-won
China Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei

Medal table

* Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1China (CHN)*2248
2Indonesia (INA)2002
3Thailand (THA)1001
4South Korea (KOR)0134
5Denmark (DEN)0112
6Malaysia (MAS)0101
7India (IND)0011
Vietnam (VIE)0011
Totals (8 entries)551020

Participating countries

345 players from 49 countries participated at this year's edition. The number in parentheses indicate the player contributed by each country.

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