2026 BWF World Championships

New Delhi, India • August 17–23, 2026

Podium Results

Category	Gold Medalist	Silver Medalist	Final Score
Men's Singles	Alex Lanier (FRA)	Kodai Naraoka (JPN)	21-11, 21-11
Women's Singles	An Se-young (KOR)	Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)	21-17, 21-14
Men's Doubles	Liang Weikeng / Wang Chang (CHN)	Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (MAS)	21-17, 21-16
Women's Doubles	Baek Ha-na / Lee So-hee (KOR)	Liu Shengshu / Tan Ning (CHN)	21-15, 21-15
Mixed Doubles	Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue (FRA)	Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping (CHN)	22-20, 19-21, 21-15

French Breakthrough: France earned two gold medals (Men's Singles and Mixed Doubles), marking a historic shift in European badminton performance at the World Championships level.
An Se-young's Dominance: South Korea's An Se-young maintained an undefeated run throughout the entire tournament without surrendering a single game.
Host Nation Performance: India hosted the 30th edition of the championships at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, seeing notable upsets in early rounds.

30th BWF World Championships

Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi

14,500 Points

None (BWF Official Event)