2013 BWF World Championships: Draw, Dates, Full Schedule and Teams
The time has come to crown the world champions.
The BWF World Championships are set to commence on Monday from Guangzhou, China, where the best badminton players in the world will begin their run through the stacked bracket with hopes of winning the title.
Five tournaments are set for the coming days: men’s singles and doubles, women’s singles and doubles, and mixed doubles. It’s going to be difficult to go undefeated throughout each bracket, as most of the anticipated matches could go either way.
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The BWF World Championships were first held in 1977 and were usually every other year. But in 2003, it was decided that the championships would be held each year, with the exception of years when the Olympics would be held. That being said, this year’s championships are the first since 2011.
Which competitors will rise to the occasion and earn the right to be called world champions? Here’s a look at everything you need to know for the 2013 BWF World Championships, including the schedules, draws and the player you can’t afford to miss compete once everything gets under way from China.
Dates: Monday, August 5 through Sunday, August 11
Schedule (For full the complete schedule, head to TournamentSoftware.com)
Draws
Men's Singles Draw (via TournamentSoftware.com)
| Lee Chong Wei (1) |
| Scott Evans |
| Misha Zilberman |
| Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka |
| Wang Zhengming (14) |
| Yuhan Tan |
| Michael Lahnsteiner |
| Vladimir Ivanov |
| Tommy Sugiarto (8) |
| Hans-Kristian Vittinghus |
| Simon Santoso |
| Hsu Jen Hao |
| Marc Zwiebler (11) |
| Valeriy Atrashchenkov |
| Howard Shu |
| Toby Penty |
| Du Pengyu (3) |
| Son Wan Ho |
| Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk |
| Brice Leverdez |
| Takuma Ueda (16) |
| Yong Zhao Ashton Chen |
| Ville Lang |
| Viktor Axelsen |
| Hu Yun (6) |
| Niluka Karunaratne |
| Jarolim Vicen |
| Edwin Ekiring |
| Parupalli Kashyap (13) |
| Raul Must |
| Petr Koukal |
| Erik Meijs |
| Pablo Abian |
| Osleni Guerrero |
| Ajay Jayaram |
| Wong Wing Ki (12) |
| Dieter Domke |
| Jan Frohlich |
| Joe Wu |
| Tien Minh Nguyen (7) |
| Iztok Utrosa |
| Chou Tien Chen |
| Lee Dong Keun |
| Jan O Jorgensen (9) |
| Henri Hurskainen |
| Marius Myhre |
| Matthieu Lo Ying Ping |
| Boonsak Ponsana (4) |
| Dmytro Zavadsky |
| Eetu Heino |
| Rajiv Ouseph |
| Wei Feng Chong (15) |
| Lin Dan |
| Sattawat Pongnairat |
| Eric Pang |
| Kenichi Tago (5) |
| Vladimir Malkov |
| Daren Liew |
| Zi Liang Derek Wong |
| Sony Dwi Kuncoro (10) |
| Alistair Casey |
| Sho Sasaki |
| Luka Wraber |
| Chen Long (2) |
Women's Singles Draw (via TournamentSoftware.com)
| Li Xuerui (1) |
| Bye |
| Jiang Yanjiao |
| Marija Ulitina |
| Lindaweni Fanetri (9) |
| Bye |
| Beatriz Corrales |
| Kristina Gavnholt |
| Tai Tzu Ying (6) |
| Bye |
| Nicole Schaller |
| Kirsty Gilmour |
| Sapsiree Taerattanachai (12) |
| Bye |
| Linda Zetchiri |
| Li Michelle |
| Saina Nehwal (3) |
| Bye |
| Olga Golovanova |
| Alesia Zaitsava |
| Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (15) |
| Bye |
| Aiying Xing |
| Jamie Subandhi |
| Minatsu Mitani (8) |
| Bye |
| Sayaka Takahashi |
| Jing Yi Tee |
| Bae Yeon Ju (13) |
| Bye |
| Chan Tsz Ka |
| Line Kjaersfeldt |
| Adrianti Firdasari |
| Carolina Marin |
| Bye |
| Busanan Ongbumrungpan (14) |
| Sarah Walker |
| Kate Foo Kune |
| Bye |
| Sung Ji Hyun (5) |
| Sabrina Jaquet |
| Olga Konon |
| Bye |
| Yip Pui Yin (16) |
| Akvile Stapusaityte |
| Juan Gu |
| Bye |
| Ratchanok Intanon (4) |
| Natalia Perminova |
| Petya Nedelcheva |
| Bye |
| Eriko Hirose (11) |
| Chloe Magee |
| Pai Hsiao Ma |
| Bye |
| Wang Shixian (7) |
| Kaori Imabeppu |
| Aprilla Yuswandari |
| Bye |
| P. V. Sindhu (10) |
| Belaetrix Manuputi |
| Sandra-Maria Jensen |
| Bye |
| Wang Yihan (2) |
Men's Doubles Draw (via TournamentSoftware.com)
| Ko Sung Hyun (1) |
| Lee Yong Dae (1) |
| Bye |
| Rasmus Bonde |
| Mads Conrad-Petersen |
| Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki |
| Hendra Aprida Gunawan |
| Lee Sheng Mu (13) |
| Tsai Chia Hsin (13) |
| Bye |
| Kevin Dennerly-Minturn |
| Oliver Leydon-Davis |
| Ingo Kindervater |
| Johannes Schoettler |
| Mohammad Ahsan (6) |
| Hendra Setiawan (6) |
| Bye |
| Ronel Estanislao |
| Paul Jefferson Vivas |
| Gennadiy Natarov |
| Gennadiy Natarov |
| Alvent Yulianto Chandra (15) |
| Markis Kido (15) |
| Bye |
| Kona Tarun |
| Arun Vishnu |
| Adam Cwalina |
| Przemyslaw Wacha |
| Hiroyuki Endo (4) |
| Kenichi Hayakawa (4) |
| Bye |
| Chris Langridge |
| Peter Mills |
| Chan Tsz Kit |
| Lo Lok Kei |
| Vladimir Ivanov (14) |
| Ivan Sozonov (14) |
| Bye |
| Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif |
| Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari |
| Phillip Chew |
| Sattawat Pongnairat |
| Cai Yun (8) |
| Fu Haifeng (8) |
| Bye |
| Mattijs Dierickx |
| Freek Golinski |
| Songphon Anugritayawon |
| Sudket Prapakamol |
| Thien How Hoon (11) |
| Wee Kiong Tan (11) |
| Bye |
| V Shem Goh |
| Khim Wah Lim |
| Martin Campbell |
| Patrick Machugh |
| Jonas Christensen |
| Marius Myhre |
| Marcus Ellis |
| Paul Van Rietvelde |
| Bye |
| Angga Pratama (10) |
| Ryan Agung Saputra (10) |
| Hirokatsu Hashimoto |
| Noriyasu Hirata |
| Lopez Andres |
| Lino Munoz |
| Bye |
| Liu Xiaolong (7) |
| Qiu Zihan (7) |
| Chris Adcock |
| Andrew Ellis |
| Ruud Bosch |
| Koen Ridder |
| Bye |
| Chai Biao (9) |
| Zhang Nan (9) |
| Lukasz Moren |
| Wojciech Szkudlarczyk |
| Philip Joper Escueta |
| Magnaye Peter Gabriel |
| Bye |
| Mathias Boe (3) |
| Carsten Mogensen (3) |
| Evgenij Dremin |
| Sergey Lunev |
| Daniel Font |
| Oliver Gwilt |
| Bye |
| Shin Baek Choel (12) |
| Yoo Yeon Seong (12) |
| Hong Wei |
| Shen Ye |
| Chen Hung Ling |
| Lu Chia Pin |
| Bye |
| Kim Ki Jung (5) |
| Kim Sa Rang (5) |
| Lee Chun Hei |
| Ng Ka Long |
| Adrian Liu |
| Derrick Ng |
| Bye |
| Maneepong Jongjit (16) |
| Nipitphon Puangpuapech (16) |
| Peter Kaesbauer |
| Josche Zurwonne |
| Pranaav Jerry Chopra |
| Akshay Dewalkar |
| Bye |
| Kien Keat Koo (2) |
| Boon Heong Tan (2) |
Women's Doubles Draw (via TournamentSoftware.com)
| Wang Xiaoli (1) |
| Yu Yang (F) |
| Bye |
| Cheng Wen Hsing |
| Hsieh Pei Chen |
| Bye |
| Lee So Hee (13) |
| Shin Seung Chan (13) |
| Bye |
| Hui Ern Ng |
| Hui Lin Ng |
| Amanda Brown |
| Kritteka Gregory |
| Miyuki Maeda (6) |
| Satoko Suetsuna (6) |
| Bye |
| Chan Hung Yung |
| Chau Hoi Wah |
| Johanna Goliszewski |
| Birgit Michels |
| Jung Kyung Eun (11) |
| Kim Ha Na (11) |
| Bye |
| Liu Ying Goh |
| Yin Loo Lim |
| Irina Khlebko |
| Ksenia Polikarpova |
| Christinna Pedersen (4) |
| Kamilla Rytter Juhl (4) |
| Bye |
| Yuliya Kazarinova |
| Anna Kobceva |
| Eva Lee |
| Paula Lynn Obanana |
| Duanganong Aroonkesorn (10) |
| Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (10) |
| Bye |
| Steffi Annys |
| Severine Corvilain |
| Chen Hsiao Huan |
| Lai Chia Wen |
| Bao Yixin (7) |
| Zhong Qianxin (7) |
| Bye |
| Aparna Balan |
| N. Siki Reddy |
| Lauren Smith |
| Gabrielle White |
| Gebby Ristiyani Imawan (15) |
| Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah (15) |
| Bye |
| Chien Yu Chin |
| Wu Ti Jung |
| Rie Eto |
| Yu Wakita |
| Yuriko Miki |
| Koharu Yonemoto |
| Anna Rankin |
| Madeleine Stapleton |
| Bye |
| Vivian Kah Mun Hoo (14) |
| Khe Wei Woon (14) |
| Isabel Herttrich |
| Carla Nelte |
| Gabriela Stoeva |
| Stefani Stoeva |
| Bye |
| Eom Hye Won (8) |
| Jang Ye Na (8) |
| Audrey Fontaine |
| Emilie Lefel |
| Amelia Alicia Anscelly |
| Fie Cho Soong |
| Bye |
| Pia Zebadiah Bernadeth (9) |
| Rizki Amelia Pradipta (9) |
| Imogen Bankier |
| Petya Nedelcheva |
| Narissapat Lam |
| Saralee Thoungthongkam |
| Bye |
| Misaki Matsutomo (3) |
| Ayaka Takahashi (3) |
| Chiang Kai Hsin |
| Tsai Pei-Ling |
| Heather Olver |
| Kate Robertshaw |
| Bye |
| Ko A Ra (16) |
| Yoo Hae Won (16) |
| Line Damkjaer Kruse |
| Marie Roepke |
| Pradnya Gadre |
| Ashwini Ponnappa |
| Bye |
| Tian Qing (5) |
| Zhao Yunlei (5) |
| Rulan Yeh |
| Rulien Yeh |
| Tatjana Bibik |
| Anastasia Chervaykova |
| Bye |
| Poon Lok Yan (12) |
| Tse Ying Suet (12) |
| Bye |
| Jacqueline Guan |
| Gronya Somerville |
| Bye |
| Ma Jin (2) |
| Tang Jinhua (2) |
Mixed Doubles Draw (via TournamentSoftware.com)
| Xu Chen (1) |
| Ma Jin (1) |
| Bye |
| Chan Yun Lung |
| Tse Ying Suet |
| Mads Pieler Kolding |
| Kamilla Rytter Juhl |
| Qiu Zihan (15) |
| Bao Yixin (15) |
| Bye |
| Aik Quan Tan |
| Pei Jing Lai |
| Jiaming Tao |
| Tang Jinhua |
| Robert Mateusiak (8) |
| Nadiezda Zieba (8) |
| Bye |
| Sam Magee |
| Chloe Magee |
| Jorrit De Ruiter |
| Samantha Barning |
| Michael Fuchs (12) |
| Birgit Michels (12) |
| Bye |
| Vitalij Durkin |
| Nina Vislova |
| Freek Golinski |
| Severine Corvilain |
| Joachim Fischer Nielsen (4) |
| Christinna Pedersen (4) |
| Bye |
| Songphon Anugritayawon |
| Kunchala Voravichitchaikul |
| Valeriy Atrashchenkov |
| Anna Kobceva |
| Danny Bawa Chrisnanta (14) |
| Yu Yan Vanessa Neo (14) |
| Bye |
| Shin Baek Choel |
| Eom Hye Won |
| Phillip Chew |
| Jamie Subandhi |
| Muhammad Rijal (6) |
| Debby Susanto (6) |
| Bye |
| Hirokatsu Hashimoto |
| Miyuki Maeda |
| Kona Tarun |
| Ashwini Ponnappa |
| Chris Adcock (16) |
| Gabrielle White (16) |
| Bye |
| Chen Hung Ling |
| Cheng Wen Hsing |
| Lino Munoz |
| Cynthia Gonzalez |
| Jakub Bitman |
| Alzbeta Basova |
| Kenichi Hayakawa |
| Misaki Matsutomo |
| Bye |
| Anders Kristiansen (13) |
| Julie Houmann (13) |
| Kim Ki Jung |
| Jung Kyung Eun |
| Max Schwenger |
| Carla Nelte |
| Bye |
| Peng Soon Chan (5) |
| Liu Ying Goh (5) |
| Lee Chun Hei |
| Chau Hoi Wah |
| Gennadiy Natarov |
| Yuliya Kazarinova |
| Bye |
| Fran Kurniawan (9) |
| Shendy Puspa Irawati (9) |
| Jian Guo Ong |
| Yin Loo Lim |
| Peter Kaesbauer |
| Isabel Herttrich |
| Bye |
| Tontowi Ahmad (3) |
| Liliyana Natsir (3) |
| Nico Ruponen |
| Amanda Hogstrom |
| Chris Langridge |
| Heather Olver |
| Bye |
| Yoo Yeon Seong (11) |
| Jang Ye Na (11) |
| Mahmoud El Sayad |
| Nadine Ashraf |
| Oliver Leydon-Davis |
| Susannah Leydon-Davis |
| Bye |
| Sudket Prapakamol (7) |
| Saralee Thoungthongkam (7) |
| Liao Min Chun |
| Chen Hsiao Huan |
| Arun Vishnu |
| Aparna Balan |
| Bye |
| Riky Widianto (10) |
| Puspita Richi Dili (10) |
| Anthony Dumartheray |
| Sabrina Jaquet |
| Sergey Lunev |
| Evgenia Dimova |
| Bye |
| Zhang Nan (2) |
| Zhao Yunlei (2) |
Player to Watch: Lin Dan, China
Lin Dan didn’t get the best draw for this year’s BWF World Championships, but there’s no question that he could win the tournament. He isn’t one of the seeded competitors in the men’s singles bracket and could end up facing No. 5 Kenichi Tago in the second round if both players win their opening-round matchups.
Lin has a first-round matchup against Sattawat Pongnairat and should come away with a victory. He has owned the BWF World Championships in previous years and enters Monday as the defending champion. He’s won the title at the championships four out of the last five times the tournament has been held.
The only recent year where Lin hasn’t been victorious was in 2010, when he was ousted from the tournament in the quarterfinals against Park Sung-hwan. He bounced back quickly, though, as he was crowned the champion in 2011. He’s also had a good amount of success at the Olympic Games.
Lin has won back-to-back gold medals at the Olympics, taking first place in London and Beijing. The hometown hero will have the backing of the fans, as he attempts to win his fifth career crown at the BWF World Championships. It seems likely that he’ll make a deep run in the coming days.
All statistics and information in this article were obtained via the official website of the 2013 BWF World Championships unless otherwise noted.
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