2013 BWF World Championships
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| Tournament details | |||
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| Dates | 5 August – 11 August | ||
| Edition | 20th | ||
| Level | International | ||
| Competitors | 345 from 49 nations | ||
| Venue | Tianhe Sports Center | ||
| Location | Guangzhou, China | ||
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| Events at the 2013 BWF World Championships | |||
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| Singles | men | women | |
| Doubles | men | women | mixed |
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.[1]
Host city selection
[edit]Copenhagen, Guangzhou, and Macau submitted bids for this edition of championships.[2] On 9 December 2011, Badminton World Federation decided to award the championships to Guangzhou during a meeting in Queenstown, New Zealand.[citation needed]
Draw
[edit]The draw was held on 22 July at Guangzhou, China.
Schedule
[edit]All five events started on the first day and concluded with the final on the last day.
All times are local (UTC+8).
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2013 | 10:00 | Round of 64 |
| 6 August 2013 | 13:00 | Round of 64 |
| Round of 32 | ||
| 7 August 2013 | 10:00 | Round of 32 |
| 8 August 2013 | 13:00 | Round of 16 |
| 9 August 2013 | 12:00 | Quarterfinals |
| 18:00 | Quarterfinals | |
| 10 August 2013 | 12:00 | Semifinals |
| 18:00 | Semifinals | |
| 11 August 2013 | 13:00 | Finals |
Medalists
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Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China (CHN)* | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 |  Indonesia (INA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Thailand (THA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 |  India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Vietnam (VIE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |
Participating countries
[edit]345 players from 49 countries participated at this year's edition. The number in parentheses indicate the player contributed by each country.
Australia (2)
Austria (2)
Belarus (1)
Belgium (5)
Bulgaria (4)
Canada (3)
China (26)
Chinese Taipei (17)
Croatia (2)
Cuba (1)
Czech Republic (5)
Denmark (17)
Egypt (2)
England (12)
Estonia (1)
Finland (2)
France (5)
Germany (14)
Hong Kong (13)
India (14)
Indonesia (28)
Ireland (3)
Israel (1)
Japan (19)
South Korea (18)
Lithuania (1)
Malaysia (25)
Mauritius (1)
Mexico (3)
Netherlands (6)
New Zealand (8)
Norway (2)
Philippines (4)
Poland (6)
Russia (14)
Scotland (6)
Singapore (6)
Slovakia (1)
Slovenia (2)
Spain (3)
Sri Lanka (1)
Sweden (3)
Switzerland (3)
Thailand (14)
United States (8)
Uganda (1)
Ukraine (7)
Vietnam (1)
Wales (2)
References
[edit]- ^ "2013 BWF World Championships". BWF. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
- ^ Sachetat, Raphaël. "WORLDS 2013 – Macau, Copenhagen and Guangzhou". Badzine.net. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
