# 2007 BWF World Championships > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2007_BWF_World_Championships > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/2007_BWF_World_Championships.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_BWF_World_Championships > Source revision: 1310691521 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Badminton championships Badminton tournament 2007 BWF World Championships Tournament details Dates 13–19 August Edition 16th Level International Venue Putra Indoor Stadium Location Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ← 2006 Madrid 2009 Hyderabad → Events at the 2007 BWF World Championships Singles men women Doubles men women mixed v t e The **2007 BWF World Championships** was the 16th tournament of [BWF World Championships](/source/BWF_World_Championships) (World Badminton Championships). It was held in [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur), Malaysia, from 13 to 19 August 2007. ## Host city selection [Aarhus](/source/Aarhus)[1] and [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur) were the candidates for hosting the championships. Kuala Lumpur was later announced as the host during 2005 IBF council meeting in Beijing.[2] [China](/source/China) also expressed interest, but ultimately did not bid.[1] ## Venue - [Putra Indoor Stadium](/source/Putra_Indoor_Stadium), [Bukit Jalil](/source/Bukit_Jalil) ## 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. - [Algeria](/source/Algeria) (1) - [Australia](/source/Australia) (4) - [Austria](/source/Austria) (3) - [Belgium](/source/Belgium) (3) - [Belarus](/source/Belarus) (1) - [Brazil](/source/Brazil) (4) - [Bulgaria](/source/Bulgaria) (10) - [Canada](/source/Canada) (12) - [China](/source/China) (24) - [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic) (4) - [Denmark](/source/Denmark) (15) - [Egypt](/source/Egypt) (2) - [England](/source/England) (18) - [Spain](/source/Spain) (4) - [Estonia](/source/Estonia) (2) - [Finland](/source/Finland) (3) - [France](/source/France) (9) - [Germany](/source/Germany) (13) - [Guatemala](/source/Guatemala) (2) - [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong) (10) - [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) (21) - [India](/source/India) (8) - [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland) (3) - [Iran](/source/Iran) (1) - [Iceland](/source/Iceland) (1) - [Italy](/source/Italy) (4) - [Japan](/source/Japan) (15) - [Kenya](/source/Kenya) (2) - [South Korea](/source/South_Korea) (13) - [Lithuania](/source/Lithuania) (1) - [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia) (26) - [Mongolia](/source/Mongolia) (2) - [Mauritius](/source/Mauritius) (1) - [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) (10) - [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) (6) - [Peru](/source/Peru) (3) - [Philippines](/source/Philippines) (6) - [Poland](/source/Poland) (5) - [Portugal](/source/Portugal) (3) - [Romania](/source/Romania) (3) - [South Africa](/source/South_Africa) (4) - [Russia](/source/Russia) (9) - [Scotland](/source/Scotland) (5) - [Seychelles](/source/Seychelles) (2) - [Singapore](/source/Singapore) (10) - [Slovenia](/source/Slovenia) (5) - [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka) (4) - [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland) (5) - [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia) (1) - [Sweden](/source/Sweden) (3) - [Chinese Taipei](/source/Chinese_Taipei) (5) - [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine) (4) - [United States](/source/United_States) (11) - [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam) (1) - [Wales](/source/Wales) (1) Participating nations. Green: fewer than 5 players; blue: 5–9; orange: 10–14; red: 15 or more. Notable is, [Thailand](/source/Thailand) is the only country announced the withdrawal from the tournament by choosing to attend the [World University Games](/source/Universiade), the event which clash with the Championships, they have several players who qualified for this tournament.[3] ## Medalists ### Medal table * Host nation ([Malaysia](/source/Malaysia)) Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China 3 2 6 11 2 Indonesia 2 1 1 4 3 Hong Kong 0 1 0 1 South Korea 0 1 0 1 5 Japan 0 0 2 2 6 Malaysia* 0 0 1 1 Totals (6 entries) 5 5 10 20 ### Events Event Gold Silver Bronze Men's singles details Lin Dan Sony Dwi Kuncoro Bao Chunlai Chen Yu Women's singles details Zhu Lin Wang Chen Zhang Ning Lu Lan Men's doubles details Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah Shuichi Sakamoto Shintaro Ikeda Women's doubles details Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen Gao Ling Huang Sui Zhang Yawen Wei Yili Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota Mixed doubles details Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir Zheng Bo Gao Ling Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-dk_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-dk_1-1) ["Badminton VM kommer næppe til Århus"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170402081452/http://www.aarhusportalen.dk/vis_artikel.asp?ArticleId=18361). *aarhusportalen.dk*. Archived from [the original](http://www.aarhusportalen.dk/vis_artikel.asp?ArticleId=18361) on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Kuala Lumpur to host 2007 badminton worlds"](http://en.people.cn/200505/08/eng20050508_184062.html). *en.people.cn*. Retrieved 1 April 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-draw_3-0)** ["Thais serve first shock of the championship"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080517082748/http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=%2F2007%2F7%2F27%2Fsports%2F18415655&sec=sports). Archived from [the original](http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2007/7/27/sports/18415655&sec=sports) on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2007. ## External links - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20120730121151/http://www3.protonwbc07.com/) - [Tournamentsoftware.com: 2007 World Championships](http://tournamentsoftware.com/(S(jqdomi555zxfsnz3gdbz0iay))/sport/tournament.aspx?id=16313) v t e Badminton World Championships Tournaments Malmö 1977 Bangkok 1978 (WBF) Hangzhou 1979 (WBF) Jakarta 1980 Copenhagen 1983 Calgary 1985 Beijing 1987 Jakarta 1989 Copenhagen 1991 Birmingham 1993 Lausanne 1995 Glasgow 1997 Copenhagen 1999 Seville 2001 Birmingham 2003 Anaheim 2005 Madrid 2006 Kuala Lumpur 2007 Hyderabad 2009 Paris 2010 London 2011 Guangzhou 2013 Copenhagen 2014 Jakarta 2015 Glasgow 2017 Nanjing 2018 Basel 2019 Huelva 2021 Tokyo 2022 Copenhagen 2023 Paris 2025 New Delhi 2026 Qualification 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026 Gold medalists Medalists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [2007 BWF World Championships](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_BWF_World_Championships) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_BWF_World_Championships?action=history)). 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