2003 IBF World Championships

The 2003 IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) were held in the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom, between 28 July and 3 August 2003. The championships had originally been planned to take place from 12 May-18 May, but were rescheduled following the international outbreak of SARS.[1]

2003 IBF World Championships
Tournament details
Dates28 July – 3 August
Edition13th
LevelInternational
VenueNational Indoor Arena
LocationBirmingham, United Kingdom
2001 Seville 2005 Anaheim

This edition also rewarded the points for the players to collected for the qualification to 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Host city selection

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International Badminton Federation decided to split the IBF World Championships and the Sudirman Cup as separate tournaments starting from 2003. Canada, China, England, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands were the countries interested in hosting the tournaments.[2] England later announced as host for the first standalone world championships.[3]

Medalists

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (England)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China33511
2  Denmark1023
3  South Korea1012
4  Indonesia0101
  Malaysia0101
6  Japan0011
  Netherlands0011
Totals (7 entries)551020

Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles   Xia Xuanze   Wong Choong Hann   Shon Seung-mo
  Bao Chunlai
Women's singles   Zhang Ning   Gong Ruina   Zhou Mi
  Mia Audina
Men's doubles   Lars Paaske
  Jonas Rasmussen
  Candra Wijaya
  Sigit Budiarto
  Sang Yang
  Zheng Bo
  Fu Haifeng
  Cai Yun
Women's doubles   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
  Wei Yili
  Zhao Tingting
  Shizuka Yamamoto
  Seiko Yamada
  Rikke Olsen
  Ann-Lou Jørgensen
Mixed doubles   Kim Dong-moon
  Ra Kyung-min
  Zhang Jun
  Gao Ling
  Jonas Rasmussen
  Rikke Olsen
  Chen Qiqiu
  Zhao Tingting

References

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  1. ^ "Badminton worlds postponed". BBC. 30 April 2003. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  2. ^ "England to host badminton worlds". Berlingske. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  3. ^ "Korn Dabbaransi new IBF President". BBC. 13 December 2000. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
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