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BWF World Senior Championships

Current season, competition or edition: 2025 BWF World Senior Championships
Sport	Badminton
Founded	2003
Country	BWF member nations

TheBWF World Senior Championships is a badminton tournament for players aged 35 and older sanctioned byBadminton World Federation (BWF). The winners will be crowned as the "World Senior Champions" and awarded gold medals.^[1] However, it does not offer any prize money. The tournament started in2003 and being held biennially.

The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the World Senior Championships. The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.

The 2025 championships was awarded to Auckland (New Zealand) but they have withdrawn. A new bidding process was initiated by BWF in June 2024..^[2]The competition was awarded to Pattaya (Thailand) and was held 7–14 September 2025.

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Host cities of the World Senior Championships

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	76.5	85.5	148.5	310.5
2	Denmark	68	61.5	116.5	246
3	Germany	47	47.5	84	178.5
4	Japan	41	58	117	216
5	Thailand	39	32.5	44.5	116
6	Chinese Taipei	26.5	21.5	32.5	80.5
7	Indonesia	21	8	13.5	42.5
8	Scotland	14.5	16	12.5	43
9	Netherlands	14.5	9.5	14.5	38.5
10	Russia	14	12.5	16	42.5
11	India	11	20	56	87
12	Sweden	9.5	18.5	45	73
13	Canada	9	15	29.5	53.5
14	Malaysia	8	7	23.5	38.5
15	South Africa	7.5	0	1	8.5
16	Iceland	6.5	0	3	9.5
17	Israel	6	1	0	7
18	United States	6	0.5	4.5	11
19	Hong Kong	5	1.5	3	9.5
20	Finland	3.5	2	17	22.5
21	Belarus	3.5	1.5	0.5	5.5
22	Poland	3	10.5	11	24.5
23	Ireland	3	2.5	3.5	9
24	South Korea	3	1	1	5
25	Singapore	3	0	8	11
26	France	2	6	11	19
27	Norway	2	2.5	12.5	17
28	Switzerland	2	1	6.5	9.5
29	Sri Lanka	1.5	6.5	4	12
30	Hungary	1	3.5	2	6.5
31	Austria	1	2.5	4	7.5
32	Bulgaria	1	2	7.5	10.5
33	Ukraine	1	1.5	2	4.5
34	New Zealand	1	1	1	3
35	Portugal	1	0	4	5
36	China	0.5	0	1.5	2
37	Philippines	0.5	0	0	0.5
38	Australia	0	2	4	6
39	Romania	0	1	2	3
40	Belgium	0	0.5	1	1.5
41	Croatia	0	0.5	0	0.5
42	Czech Republic	0	0	4	4
43	Spain	0	0	2	2
44	Luxembourg	0	0	1	1
	Macau	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (46 entries)		464	464	878	1,806

Men's singles [edit] Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Denmark 15 14 23 52 2  Chinese Taipei 12 9 5 26 3  Russia 7 5 9 21 4  Thailand 7 5 7 19 5  Japan 5 10 9 24 6  India 5 5 18 28 7  South Africa 5 0 0 5 8  Scotland 4 2 1 7 9  England 3 6 13 22 10  Germany 3 3 15 21 11  Indonesia 3 2 4 9 12  Malaysia 3 0 9 12 13  Finland 2 1 7 10 14  Norway 2 0 6 8 15  Sweden 1 5 11 17 16  Canada 1 5 8 14 17  Austria 1 1 1 3  New Zealand 1 1 1 3 19  Ukraine 1 1 0 2 20  France 1 0 2 3  Iceland 1 0 2 3 22  Singapore 1 0 1 2 23  Poland 0 5 1 6 24  Australia 0 1 3 4 25  Bulgaria 0 1 2 3 26  Hungary 0 1 1 2 27  Sri Lanka 0 1 0 1 28  Czech Republic 0 0 3 3   Switzerland 0 0 3 3 30  Portugal 0 0 2 2 31  Spain 0 0 1 1 Totals (31 entries) 84 84 168 336

Women's singles [edit] Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Germany 23 16 22 61 2  England 11 14 27 52 3  Denmark 9 6 12 27 4  Japan 7 10 34 51 5  Netherlands 5 3 4 12 6  Hong Kong 4 1 0 5  Israel 4 1 0 5 8  Russia 3 3 1 7 9  Canada 2 3 8 13 10  Poland 2 1 5 8 11  Belarus 2 1 0 3 12  United States 2 0 0 2 13  Scotland 1 6 3 10 14  Sri Lanka 1 3 2 6 15  Thailand 1 3 0 4 16  India 1 2 9 12 17  Sweden 1 2 2 5 18  Hungary 1 2 1 4 19  Chinese Taipei 1 1 3 5 20   Switzerland 1 0 2 3 21  Portugal 1 0 0 1 22  France 0 3 3 6 23  Bulgaria 0 1 2 3 24  Norway 0 1 1 2 25  Finland 0 0 3 3 26  Austria 0 0 1 1  Iceland 0 0 1 1  Indonesia 0 0 1 1  Ireland 0 0 1 1  Luxembourg 0 0 1 1  Ukraine 0 0 1 1  Uzbekistan 0 0 1 1 Totals (32 entries) 83 83 151 317

Men's doubles [edit] Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Thailand 20 12.5 21.5 54 2  England 14 11 22 47 3  Denmark 10 16 26.5 52.5 4  Indonesia 8 4.5 3.5 16 5  India 5 9 11 25 6  Japan 4 7 10 21 7  Sweden 3.5 1 13 17.5 8  Chinese Taipei 3 5 4 12 9  Malaysia 3 4 9 16 10  United States 2.5 0 2 4.5 11  Russia 2 2 2 6 12  Germany 2 1 17 20 13  Scotland 1.5 1.5 3.5 6.5 14  Canada 1.5 1 1 3.5 15  Netherlands 1 1.5 2 4.5 16  Finland 1 1 2 4 17  South Africa 1 0 1 2 18  Singapore 0.5 0 1 1.5 19  Philippines 0.5 0 0 0.5 20  Poland 0 2 2 4 21  Austria 0 1.5 1.5 3 22  Norway 0 1 1.5 2.5 23  Ireland 0 1 0.5 1.5 24  Croatia 0 0.5 0 0.5 25  Bulgaria 0 0 2 2  France 0 0 2 2  Romania 0 0 2 2 28  Australia 0 0 1 1  Spain 0 0 1 1   Switzerland 0 0 1 1 31  Sri Lanka 0 0 0.5 0.5 Totals (31 entries) 84 84 167 335

Women's doubles [edit] Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  England 18.5 23 29 70.5 2  Japan 17 17 35 69 3  Denmark 12.5 9.5 21.5 43.5 4  Germany 7.5 13 11 31.5 5  Chinese Taipei 4 3.5 3.5 11 6  Netherlands 3.5 2.5 3 9 7  Iceland 2.5 0 0 2.5 8  Canada 2 2 1.5 5.5 9  Thailand 2 1 4 7 10  Ireland 2 1 2 5 11  South Korea 2 1 1 4 12  Scotland 1.5 1.5 2.5 5.5 13  Belarus 1.5 0 0 1.5  Israel 1.5 0 0 1.5 15  Russia 1 2.5 2 5.5 16  France 1 0 2 3 17  Bulgaria 1 0 0 1 18  Sweden 0.5 2 8 10.5 19  Sri Lanka 0.5 0 0.5 1 20  India 0 1 6 7 21  Norway 0 0.5 1.5 2 22  Hong Kong 0 0.5 0.5 1 23  Ukraine 0 0.5 0 0.5 24  Finland 0 0 4 4 25  Poland 0 0 2 2 26  United States 0 0 1.5 1.5 27  China 0 0 1 1 Totals (27 entries) 82 82 143 307

Mixed doubles [edit] Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  England 28 25 45.5 98.5 2  Denmark 13.5 13 29.5 56 3  Germany 10.5 11 18 39.5 4  Chinese Taipei 4.5 1 8 13.5 5  Japan 4 7 16 27 6  Scotland 4 5 1 10 7  Netherlands 3.5 1.5 1.5 6.5 8  Sweden 2.5 6.5 7.5 16.5 9  Indonesia 2.5 0 1.5 4 10  Canada 2 4 4 10 11  Thailand 2 4 3 9 12  Russia 2 0 2 4 13   Switzerland 1 0 0.5 1.5 14  Hong Kong 1 0 0 1  Iceland 1 0 0 1  South Korea 1 0 0 1 17  China 0.5 0 0.5 1 18  Israel 0.5 0 0 0.5 19  India 0 1 6 7 20  Malaysia 0 1 0.5 1.5 21  France 0 1 0 1  Poland 0 1 0 1 23  Hungary 0 0.5 1 1.5 24  Belarus 0 0.5 0.5 1 25  Ireland 0 0.5 0 0.5  United States 0 0.5 0 0.5 27  Portugal 0 0 2 2 28  Bulgaria 0 0 1.5 1.5  Norway 0 0 1.5 1.5 30  Macau 0 0 1 1  Singapore 0 0 1 1  Sri Lanka 0 0 1 1  Ukraine 0 0 1 1 34  Austria 0 0 0.5 0.5 Totals (34 entries) 84 84 156 324

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