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Badminton · Level 10: Professional · Sub-level 10.2

The World Championships

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 29 October 2026 · markdown

What the World Championships are, when they are held, who can enter, places per country, the draw, recent hosts, ranking points, juniors' worlds, the para worlds and champions who stand out.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1What the World Championships areTake a test

  1. World titles in MS, WS, MD, WD and XD.

    Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall

  2. One per discipline.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  3. Grade 1.

    Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall

  4. World champion.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  5. Prestige.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

  6. Reigning champion.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

  7. Team titles are separate events.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  8. Four, two, none.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  9. Grade 1, then Grade 2 levels.

    Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall

  10. World title.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

Test 2When they are heldTake a test

  1. Annual, skipping Olympic years.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  2. Avoid clashing.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  3. Paris Olympics instead.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  4. Paris 2025.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  5. New Delhi 2026.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  6. Olympic year.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  7. Usually late summer.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  8. Alternating pattern.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  9. 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  10. Olympic year.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

Test 3Who can enterTake a test

  1. Ranking.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  2. Quality field.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  3. Not open.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  4. Members enter players.

    Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall

  5. Ranking seeds.

    Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall

  6. Ranking too low.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

  7. Entry and seeds.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  8. Earn, cut-off, enter, draw.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  9. Ranking decides seeds.

    Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall

  10. Ranking.

    Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · applied

Test 4Places per countryTake a test

  1. Up to four.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  2. Spread places.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  3. Quota.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

  4. Four versus two.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  5. Depth.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  6. Deep squads.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  7. National selection.

    Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall

  8. Four, two, none.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  9. Rank, cap, choose, submit.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  10. Capped.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

Test 5The drawTake a test

  1. Knock-out.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  2. Seeding.

    Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall

  3. Two bronzes, no bronze match.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  4. No play-off at the worlds.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

  5. Two bronzes.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  6. Two bronzes.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

  7. Fill the draw.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 12 · recall

  8. Last rounds.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  9. Gold, silver, bronze, none.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  10. Two bronzes.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

Test 6Recent hostsTake a test

  1. Glasgow.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  2. Basel.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  3. Huelva.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  4. Tokyo.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  5. Nanjing.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  6. Spread the game.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

  7. Copenhagen twice.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  8. 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  9. 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  10. Huelva 2021.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

Test 7Ranking pointsTake a test

  1. Grade 1 winner.

    Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall

  2. Grade 1 runner-up.

    Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall

  3. Places 3-4.

    Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall

  4. Grade 1.

    Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · applied

  5. 52-week window.

    Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall

  6. Places 5-8.

    Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · applied

  7. Both Grade 1.

    Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall

  8. 14,500, 12,500, 10,500, 8,200.

    Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall

  9. 14,500, 14,000, 10,500.

    Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall

  10. Grade 1 winner.

    Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · applied

Test 8The World Junior ChampionshipsTake a test

  1. Juniors.

    Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall

  2. Named after Suharso Suhandinata.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  3. Future stars.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  4. Youth Olympics.

    Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall

  5. Junior events excluded.

    Source: BWF World Ranking System 2026 · recall

  6. Promise.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

  7. Suhandinata.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  8. Junior, senior, masters.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  9. Up the ladder.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  10. Junior mixed teams.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

Test 9The Para Badminton World ChampionshipsTake a test

  1. Para world titles.

    Source: BWF General Competition Regulations 2026 · recall

  2. Six sport classes.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 13 · recall

  3. Paralympic status.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  4. Fully part of the BWF since 2011.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 13 · recall

  5. Badminton's Paralympic debut.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 1 · recall

  6. Wheelchair classes.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 13 · applied

  7. A regular event.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  8. 1995, 2011, 2021.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 13 · recall

  9. WH, SL, SU, SH.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 13 · recall

  10. BWF.

    Source: BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 13 · applied

Test 10Champions who stand outTake a test

  1. 2006-2013.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  2. Three titles.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  3. Copenhagen and New Delhi.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  4. Four titles.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  5. France's Lanier in New Delhi.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  6. Consistency.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  7. Alex Lanier.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  8. 2023, 2025, 2026.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  9. 2023, 2025, 2026.

    Source: General badminton reference · recall

  10. Lanier.

    Source: General badminton reference · applied

Sources

BWF Coaches' Manual Level 1 (2017), BWF regulations and history, Olympedia; original questions authored, nothing reproduced. Numbered rules belong to the Rules category (Badminton - Laws of Badminton).

  • General badminton reference69
  • BWF World Ranking System 202613
  • BWF General Competition Regulations 202610
  • BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 136
  • BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 121
  • BWF Coaches' Manual L1, Module 11