2011 BWF World Championships

The 2011 BWF World Championships was the 19th tournament of the BWF World Championships, a global tournament in the sport of badminton. It was held at Wembley Arena in London, England, from August 8 to August 14, 2011.[1]

2011 BWF World Championships
Tournament details
Dates8 August – 14 August
Edition19th
LevelInternational
Competitors347
Nations48
VenueWembley Arena
LocationLondon, England
← 2010 Paris 2013 Guangzhou →
Events at the 2011
BWF World Championships
Singlesmenwomen
Doublesmenwomenmixed

China clean swept all the titles for a record third time and became the first nation to successfully defend all the titles won from the previous edition. Scotland won their first medal from mixed pair and India won their medal in women's doubles and their seconds worlds medal after 28 years.[2]

Draw

The draw was held on 25 July at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3]

Schedule

All five events started on the first day and concluded with the final on the last day.[4]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Date Time Round
8 August 2011 10:00 Round of 64
9 August 2011 11:00 Round of 64
Round of 32
10 August 2011 11:00 Round of 32
11 August 2011 11:00 Round of 16
12 August 2011 11:00 Quarterfinals
17:00 Quarterfinals
13 August 2011 11:00 Semifinals
17:30 Semifinals
14 August 2011 12:00 Finals

Medalists

Medal table

  *   Host nation (England)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China5139
2 South Korea0112
3 Chinese Taipei0101
 Malaysia0101
5 England*00.500.5
 Scotland00.500.5
7 Indonesia0022
8 Denmark0011
 Germany0011
 India0011
 Japan0011
Totals (11 nations)551020

Events
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Lin Dan Lee Chong Wei Chen Jin
Peter Gade
Women's singles Wang Yihan Cheng Shao-chieh Juliane Schenk
Wang Xin
Men's Doubles Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng		 Ko Sung-hyun
Yoo Yeon-seong		 Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae
Mohammad Ahsan
Bona Septano
Women's Doubles Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang		 Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei		 Miyuki Maeda
Satoko Suetsuna
Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa
Mixed Doubles Zhang Nan
Zhao Yunlei		 Chris Adcock
Imogen Bankier		 Xu Chen
Ma Jin
Tontowi Ahmad
Lilyana Natsir

Finals
Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Lin Dan Lee Chong Wei 20–22, 21–14, 23–21
Women's singles Wang Yihan Cheng Shao-chieh 21–15, 21–10
Men's doubles Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng Ko Sung-hyun / Yoo Yeon-seong 24–22, 21–16
Women's doubles Wang Xiaoli / Yu Yang Tian Qing / Zhao Yunlei 22–20, 21–11
Mixed doubles Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei Chris Adcock / Imogen Bankier 21–15, 21–7

Participating countries

347 players from 48 countries participated at this year's edition.[5] The number in parentheses indicate the player contributed by each country.

References
  1. "Yonex named title sponsor for the 2011 BWF World Championships at Wembley". Badminton England. 2010-08-23. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
  2. Eaton, Richard (2011-08-14). "Lin wins thriller in another China badminton cleansweep". AFP. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  3. "World Badminton 2011: Britain's Rajiv Ouseph handed tough draw for Olympics test event". telegraph.co.uk. 2011-07-25. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-25.
  4. "Dates and Schedules". visitlondon.com. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
  5. "Participating Countries". visitlondon.com. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
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