BWF announce host countries for 2019-2025 major events

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) revealed hosts for upcoming major badminton events from 2019 to 2025 on Thursday.

China lead the way with four events – 2024 Thomas and Uber Cup, 2021 and 2025 Sudirman Cup, and 2021 World Junior Championships.

The announcement on successful bidding countries was announced by BWF president Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen in Kuala Lumpur.

Larsen revealed that the decision to award 18 hosts in one bid process was in line with the BWFss vision to establish long-term targets to broaden its development initiatives and create a strategic position for the sport around new projects and partnerships.

"We were lucky to receive some outstanding bids, all with the same forward-thinking vision as us.

"Following an exhaustive assessment period, we were able to determine the host cities and countries that best represented the interests of the sport," added the 1996 Summer Olympics men's singles gold medalist.

Thomas & Uber Cup 2020 – Aarhus, Denmark 2022 – Bangkok, Thailand 2024 – China

Sudirman Cup 2021 and 2025 – China 2023 – New Delhi, India

World Championships 2021 – Spain 2022 – Tokyo, Japan 2023 – Copenhagen, Denmark 2025 – Paris, France

World Junior Championships 2019 – Kazan, Russia 2020 – Auckland, New Zealand 2021 – China 2022 – Spain 2023 – Honolulu, USA

World Senior Championships 2021 – Spain 2023 – Seoul, South Korea 2025 – Auckland, New Zealand

(Note: There are no World Championships in 2020 and 2024 due to the Summer Olympic Games)