The BWF World Senior Championships is a badminton tournament for players aged 35 and older sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The winners will be crowned as the "World Senior Champions" and awarded gold medals. However, it does not offer any prize money. The tournament started in 2003 and being held biennially.
Location of the World Senior Championships The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the World Senior Championships. The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.
The 2025 championships was awarded to Auckland (New Zealand) but they have withdrawn. A new bidding process was initiated by BWF in June 2024. The competition was awarded to Pattaya (Thailand) and was held 7–14 September 2025.
Year No. Date Host city 2003 I 9 – 15 June Sofia, Bulgaria (1) 2004 II 29 November – 5 December Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1) 2007 III 24 – 29 April Taipei, Taiwan (1) 2009 IV 27 September – 3 October Huelva, Spain (1) 2011 V 21 – 27 August Vancouver, Canada (1) 2013 VI 9 – 14 August Ankara, Turkey (1) 2015 VII 20 – 26 September Helsingborg, Sweden (1) 2017 VIII 11 – 17 September Kochi, India (1) 2019 IX 4 – 11 August Katowice, Poland (1) 2021 X 28 November – 4 December Huelva, Spain (2) 2023 XI 11 – 17 September Jeonju, South Korea (1) 2025 XII 7 – 14 September Pattaya, Thailand (1) 2027 XIII 28 November – 5 December 2027 Geelong, Australia (1)
Medal table
Medal distribution
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
See also BWF World Championships European Senior Badminton Championships World Veteran Badminton Championships (Since 1996) No BWF
References
External links Official website