2007 BWF World Championships

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

Venue

• Putra Indoor Stadium, 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 (1)
• Australia (4)
• Austria (3)
• Belgium (3)
• Belarus (1)
• Brazil (4)
• Bulgaria (10)
• Canada (12)
• China (24)
• Czech Republic (4)
• Denmark (15)
• Egypt (2)
• England (18)
• Spain (4)
• Estonia (2)
• Finland (3)
• France (9)
• Germany (13)
• Guatemala (2)

• Hong Kong (10)
• Indonesia (21)
• India (8)
• Ireland (3)
• Iran (1)
• Iceland (1)
• Italy (4)
• Japan (15)
• Kenya (2)
• South Korea (13)
• Lithuania (1)
• Malaysia (26)
• Mongolia (2)
• Mauritius (1)
• Netherlands (10)
• New Zealand (6)
• Peru (3)
• Philippines (6)
• Poland (5)

• Portugal (3)
• Romania (3)
• South Africa (4)
• Russia (9)
• Scotland (5)
• Seychelles (2)
• Singapore (10)
• Slovenia (5)
• Sri Lanka (4)
• Switzerland (5)
• Slovakia (1)
• Sweden (3)
• Chinese Taipei (5)
• Ukraine (4)
• United States (11)
• Vietnam (1)
• Wales (1)

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Lin Dan	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Bao Chunlai
			Chen Yu
Women's singles	Zhu Lin	Wang Chen	Lu Lan
			Zhang Ning
Men's doubles	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah
			Shuichi Sakamoto Shintaro Ikeda
Women's doubles	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Zhang Yawen Wei Yili
			Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota
Mixed doubles	Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir	Zheng Bo Gao Ling	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen
			Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa

Men's singles

Seeds

1. Lin Dan
2. Lee Chong Wei
3. Chen Jin
4. Bao Chunlai
5. Peter Gade
6. Chen Yu
7. Kenneth Jonassen
8. Taufik Hidayat
9. Sony Dwi Kuncoro
10. Shoji Sato
11. Ronald Susilo
12. Przemysław Wacha
13. Muhammad Hafiz Hashim
14. Park Sung-hwan
15. Dicky Palyama
16. Simon Santoso

Results

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Lin Dan	22	21
		Anup Sridhar	20	9
								1	Lin Dan	21	22
								4	Bao Chunlai	12	20
	4	Bao Chunlai	21	21
	7	Kenneth Jonassen	18	15
															1	Lin Dan	21	22
															9	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	11	20
	6	Chen Yu	21	21
	11	Ronald Susilo	14	16
								6	Chen Yu	21	13	15
								9	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	18	21	21
	5	Peter Gade	20	18
	9	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	22	21

Women's singles

Seeds

1. Zhang Ning
2. Xie Xingfang
3. Xu Huaiwen
4. Pi Hongyan
5. Zhu Lin
6. Wang Chen
7. Lu Lan
8. Yao Jie
9. Petya Nedelcheva
10. Wong Mew Choo
11. Yip Pui Yin
12. Tine Rasmussen
13. Juliane Schenk
14. Kaori Mori
15. Maria Kristin Yulianti
16. Tracey Hallam

Results

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Zhang Ning	21	21
	16	Tracey Hallam	11	9
								1	Zhang Ning	11	15
								6	Wang Chen	21	21
	4	Pi Hongyan	15	8
	6	Wang Chen	21	21
															6	Wang Chen	8	12
															5	Zhu Lin	21	21
	7	Lu Lan	21	12	21
	3	Xu Huaiwen	9	21	16
								7	Lu Lan	10	13
								5	Zhu Lin	21	21
	5	Zhu Lin	21	13	21
	10	Wong Mew Choo	17	21	16

Men's doubles

Seeds

1. Fu Haifeng / Cai Yun
2. Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong
3. Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan
4. Jens Eriksen / Martin Lundgaard Hansen
5. Candra Wijaya / Tony Gunawan
6. Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah
7. Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif / Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari
8. Luluk Hadiyanto / Alvent Yulianto
9. Anthony Clark / Robert Blair
10. Lee Jae-jin / Hwang Ji-man
11. Lars Paaske / Jonas Rasmussen
12. Albertus Susanto Njoto / Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama
13. Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae
14. Mathias Boe / Joachim Fischer Nielsen
15. Hendra Gunawan / Joko Riyadi
16. Tan Bin Shen / Ong Soon Hock
17. Shuichi Sakamoto / Shintaro Ikeda

Results

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Fu Haifeng   Cai Yun	21	18	19
	6	Choong Tan Fook   Lee Wan Wah	15	21	21
								6	Choong Tan Fook   Lee Wan Wah	20	26
								3	Markis Kido   Hendra Setiawan	22	28
	3	Markis Kido   Hendra Setiawan	21	21
	5	Candra Wijaya   Tony Gunawan	12	19
															3	Markis Kido   Hendra Setiawan	21	21
															13	Jung Jae-sung   Lee Yong-dae	19	19
		Guo Zhendong   Xie Zhongbo	26	17	7
	13	Jung Jae-sung   Lee Yong-dae	24	21	21
								13	Jung Jae-sung   Lee Yong-dae	21	21
								16	Shuichi Sakamoto   Shintaro Ikeda	16	12
	16	Shuichi Sakamoto   Shintaro Ikeda	21	17	25
	2	Koo Kien Keat   Tan Boon Heong	13	21	23

Women's doubles

Seeds

1. Zhang Yawen / Wei Yili
2. Gao Ling / Huang Sui
3. Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen
4. Gail Emms / Donna Kellogg
5. Du Jing / Yu Yang
6. Kumiko Ogura / Reiko Shiota
7. Jiang Yanmei / Li Yujia
8. Wong Pei Tty / Chin Eei Hui
9. Lee Kyung-won / Lee Hyo-jung
10. Endang Nursugianti / Rani Mundiasti
11. Kamila Augustyn / Nadiezda Kostiuczyk
12. Aki Akao / Tomomi Matsuda
13. Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna
14. Nicole Grether / Juliane Schenk
15. Lena Frier Kristiansen / Kamilla Rytter Juhl
16. Petya Nedelcheva / Diana Dimova

Results

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Zhang Yawen   Wei Yili	21	21
	7	Jiang Yanmei   Li Yujia	13	7
								1	Zhang Yawen   Wei Yili	21	18	16
								3	Yang Wei   Zhang Jiewen	19	21	21
	3	Yang Wei   Zhang Jiewen	22	21
	8	Endang Nursugianti   Rani Mundiasti	20	12
															3	Yang Wei   Zhang Jiewen	21	21
															2	Gao Ling   Huang Sui	16	19
	6	Kumiko Ogura   Reiko Shiota	21	21
		Chou Chia Chi   Ku Pei-Ting	19	15
								6	Kumiko Ogura   Reiko Shiota	16	25	6
								2	Gao Ling   Huang Sui	21	23	21
	5	Donna Kellogg   Gail Emms	15	21	17
	2	Gao Ling   Huang Sui	21	12	21

Mixed doubles

Seeds

1. Zheng Bo / Gao Ling
2. Nova Widianto / Lilyana Natsir
3. Xie Zhongbo / Zhang Yawen
4. Nathan Robertson / Gail Emms
5. Anthony Clark / Donna Kellogg
6. Flandy Limpele / Vita Marissa
7. He Hanbin / Yu Yang
8. Thomas Laybourn / Kamilla Rytter Juhl
9. Han Sang-hoon / Hwang Yu-mi
10. Robert Mateusiak / Nadiezda Kostiuczyk
11. Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Britta Andersen
12. Xu Chen / Zhao Tingting
13. Hendra Kurniawan Saputra / Li Yujia
14. Muhammad Rijal / Greysia Polii
15. Ingo Kindervater / Katrin Piotrowski
16. Kristof Hopp / Birgit Overzier

Results

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Zheng Bo   Gao Ling	21	21
	10	Robert Mateusiak   Nadiezda Kostiuczyk	16	17
								1	Zheng Bo   Gao Ling	17	21	21
								6	Flandy Limpele   Vita Marissa	21	19	19
	4	Nathan Robertson   Gail Emms	13	16
	6	Flandy Limpele   Vita Marissa	21	21
															1	Zheng Bo   Gao Ling	16	14
															2	Nova Widianto   Lilyana Natsir	21	21
	5	Anthony Clark   Donna Kellogg	13	10
	3	Xie Zhongbo   Zhang Yawen	21	21
								3	Xie Zhongbo   Zhang Yawen	15	21	20
								2	Nova Widianto   Lilyana Natsir	21	15	22
	9	Han Sang-hoon   Hwang Yu-mi	19	15
	2	Nova Widianto   Lilyana Natsir	21	21

Medal table

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

External links

• Official website
• Tournamentsoftware.com: 2007 World Championships