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The BWF World Junior Championships (also known as the World Junior Badminton Championships) is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to crown the best junior badminton

Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

players (under-19) in the world.

Host cities in the Championships

Year	City	Nation
1992	Jakarta Jakarta Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...
1994	Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
1996 1996 IBF World Junior Championships The 1996 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Silkeborg, Denmark.-Medalists:-Medal account:-External links:* at Badminton.de...	Silkeborg Silkeborg Silkeborg is a city in central Denmark. Located in Silkeborg municipality in Jutland, the city has a population of 42,724 . The development of Silkeborg as a modern city may be traced to the foundation of the paper mill by Michael Drewsen on the Gudenaa in 1844...
1998 1998 IBF World Junior Championships The 1998 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Melbourne, Australia.-Medalists:-Medal account:-External links:*...	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
2000 2000 IBF World Junior Championships The 2000 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Guangzhou, China.-Team competition:A total of 24 countries competed at the first team competition in BWF World Junior Championships.-Medalists:-Medal account:...	Guangzhou Guangzhou Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
2002 2002 IBF World Junior Championships The 2002 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Pretoria, South Africa.-Medalists:-Medal account:-External links:* at Badminton.de...	Pretoria Pretoria Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
2004 2004 IBF World Junior Championships The 2004 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Vancouver, Canada.-Medalists:-Medal account:-Boys Singles:-Girls Singles:-Boys Doubles:-External links:* at Badminton.de...	Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
2006	Incheon Incheon The Incheon Metropolitan City is located in northwestern South Korea. The city was home to just 4,700 people when Jemulpo port was built in 1883. Today 2.76 million people live in the city, making it Korea’s third most populous city after Seoul and Busan Metropolitan City...	South Korea
2007 2007 BWF World Junior Championships The 2007 BWF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Waitakere City, New Zealand.The team competition was held from 25 October to 28 October, and the individual events were from 30 October to 4 November 2007....	Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
2008 2008 BWF World Junior Championships -Team competition:A total of 21 countries competed at the team competition in 2008 BWF World Junior Championships.-Final positions:#####################-Final Round:-Medalists:-Boys Singles:-Girls singles:-Boys doubles:...	Pune Pune Pune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
2009	Alor Setar
2010	Guadalajara Guadalajara Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in MexicoGuadalajara Metropolitan AreaUniversity of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...
2011 2011 BWF World Junior Championships The 2011 BWF World Junior Championships were held in Taoyuan City and Taipei, Chinese Taipei from October 28 to November 6, 2011.-Medalists:-Team competition:A total of 22 countries competed at the team competition in 2011 BWF World Junior Championships....	Taipei Taipei Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...

Individual

Year	Boys' Singles	Girls' Singles	Boys' Doubles	Girls' Doubles	Mixed Doubles
2011 2011 BWF World Junior Championships The 2011 BWF World Junior Championships were held in Taoyuan City and Taipei, Chinese Taipei from October 28 to November 6, 2011.-Medalists:-Team competition:A total of 22 countries competed at the team competition in 2011 BWF World Junior Championships....	Zulfadli Zulkiffli	Ratchanok Inthanon Ratchanok Inthanon Ratchanok Inthanon is a Thai female badminton player.-Achievements:In 2009, Ratchanok became the youngest-ever champion at the BWF World Junior Championships at 14 when she triumphed in Malaysia. In 2010, she successfully defended her title at the World Junior Championships in Mexico...	Nelson Heg Wei Keat Teo Ee Yi	Lee So Hee Shin Sheung Chan	Alfian Eko Prasetya Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
2010	Viktor Axelsen Viktor Axelsen Viktor Axelsen is a badminton player from Denmark. He is the reigning World Junior Champion, beating Korea's Kang Ji-wook in the final to become the first ever European player to hold the title.-2010:...	Ratchanok Inthanon Ratchanok Inthanon Ratchanok Inthanon is a Thai female badminton player.-Achievements:In 2009, Ratchanok became the youngest-ever champion at the BWF World Junior Championships at 14 when she triumphed in Malaysia. In 2010, she successfully defended her title at the World Junior Championships in Mexico...	Ow Yao Han Yew Hong Kheng	Bao Yixin Ou Dongni	Liu Cheng Bao Yixin
2009	Tian Houwei	Ratchanok Inthanon Ratchanok Inthanon Ratchanok Inthanon is a Thai female badminton player.-Achievements:In 2009, Ratchanok became the youngest-ever champion at the BWF World Junior Championships at 14 when she triumphed in Malaysia. In 2010, she successfully defended her title at the World Junior Championships in Mexico...	Chooi Kah Ming Ow Yao Han	Tang Jinhua Xia Huan	Maneepong Jongjit Rodjana Chuthabunditkul
2008 2008 BWF World Junior Championships -Team competition:A total of 21 countries competed at the team competition in 2008 BWF World Junior Championships.-Final positions:#####################-Final Round:-Medalists:-Boys Singles:-Girls singles:-Boys doubles:...	Wang Zhengming Wang Zhengming Wang Zhengming is a male badminton player from China.-2010:A World Junior Champion two years earlier, 2010 was Wang Zhengming's breakthrough year on the international badminton scene. His most impressive achievements were finishing runner-up to his idol Lin Dan in the Badminton Asia Championships...	Saina Nehwal Saina Nehwal Saina Nehwal is an Indian Khel Ratna badminton player currently ranked 4 in the world by Badminton World Federation. Saina is the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships...	Mak Hee Chun Teo Kok Siang	Fu Mingtian Fu Mingtian -Career:Mingtian became the first Singaporean to win a Southeast Asian Games Gold medal in 2011 at the 26th SEA Games in Indonesia. She beat second-seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 21-12, 21-18 en-route to the Final match. In the Final, she beat home favourite Adriyanti Firdasari of Indonesia... Yao Lei	Chai Biao Xie Jing
2007 2007 BWF World Junior Championships The 2007 BWF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Waitakere City, New Zealand.The team competition was held from 25 October to 28 October, and the individual events were from 30 October to 4 November 2007....	Chen Long	Wang Lin Wang Lin (badminton) Wang Lin is a badminton player from China. Wang Lin was crowned the world champion after winning the gold medal at the 2010 BWF World Championships held at Paris defeating fellow Chinese Wang Xin 21-19, 19-21, 21-13....	Chung Eui-seok Shin Baek-choel	Xie Jing Zhong Qianxin	Lim Khim Wah Ng Hui Lin
2006	Hong Ji-hoon	Wang Yihan Wang Yihan Wang Yihan is a professional female badminton player from China and the reigning women's singles world champion. Wang started her career with her coach Wang Pengren at only nine years of age. She was selected for the junior team in 2004, and after being promoted to the senior team in 2006 she...	Lee Yong-dae Lee Yong-dae Lee Yong-dae is a male badminton player from South Korea. He is considered by many to be a great talent and already a wonderful doubles player... Cho Gun-woo	Ma Jin Ma Jin Ma Jin is a female badminton player from China.... Wang Xiaoli Wang Xiaoli Wang Xiaoli is an internationally elite badminton player from China.Wang Xiaoli began her international career in 2009 when she paired with Tao Jiaming in Mixed Doubles and with Ma Jin in Women's Doubles...	Lee Yong-dae Lee Yong-dae Lee Yong-dae is a male badminton player from South Korea. He is considered by many to be a great talent and already a wonderful doubles player... Yoo Hyun-young
2004 2004 IBF World Junior Championships The 2004 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Vancouver, Canada.-Medalists:-Medal account:-Boys Singles:-Girls Singles:-Boys Doubles:-External links:* at Badminton.de...	Chen Jin Chen Jin Chen Jin is a male badminton player from China. He is currently rank 6 in world singles men, after defeating Taufik Hidayat in the final of the 2010 BWF World Championships in Paris.-2004–2008:...	Cheng Shao-chieh Cheng Shao-Chieh Cheng Shao-Chieh is a female badminton player from Republic of China.Cheng played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics for the Republic of China as Chinese Taipei. In women's singles, she defeated Ling Wan Ting of Hong Kong and Jun Jae-youn of Korea in the first two rounds. In the...	Hoon Thien How Hoon Thien How - Career :Hoon Thien How and Tan Boon Heong was Junior World 2006 champion. Their partnership was ended as Tan patnered Koo Kien Keat. Hoon paired with Chan Chong Ming and then turned to Ong Soon Hock.... Tan Boon Heong Tan Boon Heong Tan Boon Heong is a professional badminton player representing Malaysia in the men's doubles event. He and his current doubles partner—Koo Kien Keat—are ranked 3rd in men's doubles in the world.-Career:...	Tian Qing Tian Qing Tian Qing is a women's and mixed doubles badminton player from China.-Career:Tian Qing had been Pan Pan's partner in women's doubles. They became the world number 5 in December. However, now Tian's partner is Zhao Yunlei. Tian plays with Tao Jiaming in the mixed doubles.2010In May, Tian Qing... Yu Yang Yu Yang (badminton) Yu Yang is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Yu and her regular partner Du Jing have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doubles teams since 2004. They confirmed this status by winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in...	He Hanbin He Hanbin He Hanbin is a male badminton player from China.- Career :A doubles specialist, He won men's doubles at the Austrian International tourney with Guo Zhendong in 2007. Most of his accomplishments, however, have come in mixed doubles with Yu Yang... Yu Yang Yu Yang (badminton) Yu Yang is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Yu and her regular partner Du Jing have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doubles teams since 2004. They confirmed this status by winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in...
2002 2002 IBF World Junior Championships The 2002 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Pretoria, South Africa.-Medalists:-Medal account:-External links:* at Badminton.de...	Chen Jin Chen Jin Chen Jin is a male badminton player from China. He is currently rank 6 in world singles men, after defeating Taufik Hidayat in the final of the 2010 BWF World Championships in Paris.-2004–2008:...	Jiang Yanjiao Jiang Yanjiao Jiang Yanjiao , is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A winner of both the BWF World Junior Championships and the Asian Junior Championships , Jiang has since emerged as one of the world's leading women's singles players...	Han Sang-hoon Han Sang-hoon Han Sang-hoon is a male badminton player from South Korea.-Career:Han played the 2007 BWF World Championships in mixed doubles with Hwang Yu-mi. They were defeated in quarterfinals by Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir of Indonesia, 19-21, 15-21.... Park Sung-hwan Park Sung-hwan Park Sung-hwan is a male badminton player from South Korea. Park is the top ranked men's singles player in Korea and has also enjoyed success at international level, winning individual medals at both the 2010 World Championships and 2010 Asian Games.-2004-2007:2005 Park won the Indonesia...	Du Jing Du Jing Du Jing is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Du and her regular partner Yu Yang have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doubles teams since 2004. They confirmed this status by winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in... Rong Lu	Guo Zhendong Guo Zhendong Guo Zhendong is a male badminton player from China. , he was ranked within the top 10 male badminton doubles teams in the world.-Career:... Yu Yang Yu Yang (badminton) Yu Yang is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Yu and her regular partner Du Jing have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doubles teams since 2004. They confirmed this status by winning the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in...
2000 2000 IBF World Junior Championships The 2000 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Guangzhou, China.-Team competition:A total of 24 countries competed at the first team competition in BWF World Junior Championships.-Medalists:-Medal account:...	Bao Chunlai Bao Chunlai Bao Chunlai is a male, left-handed badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:The tall, powerful Bao has ranked among the world's leading singles player during the first decade of the 21st century...	Wei Yan	Sang Yang Sang Yang -Career:In 2003 Sang won the Indonesia Open in men's doubles with partner Zheng Bo. In 2004 they defeated Denmark's Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard in the Thomas Cup final to clinch the deciding third point for the Chinese team.... Zheng Bo Zheng Bo Zheng Bo is a male badminton player from Hunan, People's Republic of China.-Career:A doubles specialist, Zheng won men's doubles at the 2003 Indonesia Open with Sang Yang. Zheng and Sang also secured the winning point against Denmark in the final of the 2004 Thomas Cup, to clinch China's first...	Zhang Yawen Zhang Yawen Zhang Yawen is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Zhang has specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events... Wei Yili Wei Yili Wei Yili is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:A women's doubles specialist, since 2001 Wei has competed on the world circuit in partnership with a variety of her fellow countrywomen, but most often with either Zhao Tingting or Zhang Yawen...	Sang Yang Sang Yang -Career:In 2003 Sang won the Indonesia Open in men's doubles with partner Zheng Bo. In 2004 they defeated Denmark's Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard in the Thomas Cup final to clinch the deciding third point for the Chinese team.... Zhang Yawen Zhang Yawen Zhang Yawen is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Zhang has specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events...
1998 1998 IBF World Junior Championships The 1998 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Melbourne, Australia.-Medalists:-Medal account:-External links:*...	Zhang Yang Zhang Yang Zhang Yang is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is the son of Zhang Huaxun, who is also a Chinese film director....	Gong Ruina Gong Ruina Gong Ruina is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Gong Ruina was one of the world's leading women's singles players in the first few years of the 21st century. She won a number of top tier international titles including the 2001 IBF World Championships in Seville,...	Chan Chong Ming Chan Chong Ming Chan Chong Ming is a male badminton doubles player from Malaysia.-Career:Chan Chong Ming competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics with his then partner, Chew Choon Eng... Teo Kok Seng	Zhang Jiewen Zhang Jiewen Zhang Jiewen is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:One of China's most successful women's doubles specialists, Zhang has won some thirty international titles, the vast majority of them in partnership with Yang Wei, during the first decade of the 21st century... Xie Xingfang Xie Xingfang Xie Xingfang is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China who has twice won women's singles at the BWF World Championships....	Chan Chong Ming Chan Chong Ming Chan Chong Ming is a male badminton doubles player from Malaysia.-Career:Chan Chong Ming competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics with his then partner, Chew Choon Eng... Joanne Quay
1996 1996 IBF World Junior Championships The 1996 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Silkeborg, Denmark.-Medalists:-Medal account:-External links:* at Badminton.de...	Zhu Feng	Yu Hua	Gan Wye Teck Chan Chong Ming Chan Chong Ming Chan Chong Ming is a male badminton doubles player from Malaysia.-Career:Chan Chong Ming competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics with his then partner, Chew Choon Eng...	Gao Ling Gao Ling Gao Ling is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is unarguably, to many fans, the most successful doubles specialists in the history of women's badminton. In addition, she earned... Yang Wei Yang Wei (badminton) Yang Wei is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Yang grew up in Guangdong.-Career:A woman's doubles specialist, Yang has won some forty international titles, most of them in the sport's top tier events, since 1998...	Wang Wei Lu Ying
1994	Chen Gang	Wang Chen	Peter Gade Peter Gade Peter Høeg Gade is a Danish professional badminton player. He currently resides in Holte in Copenhagen... Peder Nissen	Yao Jie Liu Lu	Zhang Wei Qian Hong
1992	Sun Jun Sun Jun (badminton) Sun Jun is a former world number 1 singles badminton player from China in the late 1990s whose resume includes the World Championship, World Cup, Asian Championship and All England Men's Singles titles...	Kristin Junita	Santoso Kusno	Gu Jun Gu Jun Gu Jun was a Chinese female badminton player in the 1990s.-Career:Gu and her regular partner Ge Fei were the world's dominant women's doubles team from the mid 1990s to their retirement after the 2000 Olympics. They won over thirty top tier international tournaments together, including two Olympic... Han Jingna	Jim Laugesen Rikke Olsen Rikke Olsen -2004 Summer Olympics:Olsen competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Ann-Lou Jørgensen. They had a bye in the first round and defeated Nicole Grether and Juliane Schenk of Germany in the second...

Mixed team

The mixed team event only in competition since 2000.

2000 2000 IBF World Junior Championships The 2000 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Guangzhou, China.-Team competition:A total of 24 countries competed at the first team competition in BWF World Junior Championships.-Medalists:-Medal account:...
2002 2002 IBF World Junior Championships The 2002 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Pretoria, South Africa.-Medalists:-Medal account:-External links:* at Badminton.de...
2004 2004 IBF World Junior Championships The 2004 IBF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Vancouver, Canada.-Medalists:-Medal account:-Boys Singles:-Girls Singles:-Boys Doubles:-External links:* at Badminton.de...
2006
2007 2007 BWF World Junior Championships The 2007 BWF World Junior Championships was an international badminton tournament held in Waitakere City, New Zealand.The team competition was held from 25 October to 28 October, and the individual events were from 30 October to 4 November 2007....
2008 2008 BWF World Junior Championships -Team competition:A total of 21 countries competed at the team competition in 2008 BWF World Junior Championships.-Final positions:#####################-Final Round:-Medalists:-Boys Singles:-Girls singles:-Boys doubles:...
2009
2010
2011 2011 BWF World Junior Championships The 2011 BWF World Junior Championships were held in Taoyuan City and Taipei, Chinese Taipei from October 28 to November 6, 2011.-Medalists:-Team competition:A total of 22 countries competed at the team competition in 2011 BWF World Junior Championships....

External links

BWF: World Junior Championships

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