2009 BWF World Championships

2009 BWF World Championships

Tournament details
Edition	17th
Level	International
Venue	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium
Location	Hyderabad

The 2009 BWF World Championships was the 17th tournament of the BWF World Championships, a global tournament in the sport of badminton. It was held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, from August 10 to August 16, 2009.^[1] It was the first ever World Championships event to take place in India.^[2]

Badminton England withdrew before the first round due to a perceived threat of terror against the team. They were later joined by two Austrian doubles players. Lin Dan won the men's singles event, thus becoming the only player in badminton history to have won three men's singles world championship titles having done so consecutively in 2006, 2007, and 2009.^[3] Lu Lan won the World Championship title in the women's singles event. Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China won the World Championship title in the men's doubles event in a match which was later dubbed a "classic". Zhang Yawen and Zhao Tingting won the World Championship title in the women's doubles event, whilst Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark won the World Championship title in the mixed doubles event.

Venue

The 2009 BWF World Championships were held at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Gachibowli, Hyderabad.

Draw

The draw took place on 22 July 2009, featuring Chief Guest and Indian Sports Minister, Dr. M.S. Gill.^[2]

Participating nations

Austria

Due to security worries Austrian doubles pair Peter Zauner and Jürgen Koch decided against participation in the 2009 BWF World Championships.^[4] The BWF issued a special statement calling the withdrawals "an individual decision on the part of the players". COO BWF Thomas Lund said: “I believe it is a matter of concern that teams haven’t been consulting us before pulling out, because all the necessary information is available with us which will allay fears”.^[4] Lund declined to blame the Indian media for their part in the withdrawals: “I can’t say India as hosts have any reason to be blamed for a false newspaper report with threat perceptions which triggered these reactions.”^[4]

Denmark

Denmark, who had not achieved a BWF World Championship singles win since 1999, and a men’s title since 1997, took part.^[5] The country last won the men's doubles title in 2003.^[5]

England

The English badminton team decided against participation in the 2009 BWF World Championships, citing fears of a "terrorist threat", although, according to Hyderabad's police commission "there's no real threat, only a perception".^[6] Badminton England chief executive Adrian Christy called it "an incredibly tough decision and one we didn't take lightly".^[6] Christy said: "We were not prepared to risk the safety of our players, coaches and staff in what we felt could have been a very volatile environment".^[6]

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Lin Dan	Chen Jin	Taufik Hidayat
			Sony Dwi Kuncoro
Women's singles	Lu Lan	Xie Xingfang	Wang Lin
			Pi Hongyan
Men's doubles	Fu Haifeng Cai Yun	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari
			Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong
Women's doubles	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	Du Jing Yu Yang
			Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli
Mixed doubles	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung
			Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen

Men's singles

Lin Dan of China won the World Championship title in the men's singles event, beating Chen Jin in the final.^[7] The score was 21–16.^[7] The victory, Dan's third consecutive one (4 counting the unofficial World Championship, the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008), set a new record for consecutive victories.^[7] Despite the three consecutive victories, Dan was not ranked number one player in the world at the time of his third victory.^[7]

Seeds

Results

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Lee Chong Wei	16	21	12
	6	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	21	14	21
								6	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	14	21	15
								5	Lin Dan	21	13	21
	3	Peter Gade	20	16
	5	Lin Dan	22	21
															5	Lin Dan	21	21
															2	Chen Jin	18	16
		Jan Ø. Jørgensen	19	19
	4	Taufik Hidayat	21	21
								4	Taufik Hidayat	16	6
								2	Chen Jin	21	21
	13	Simon Santoso	10	13
	2	Chen Jin	21	21

Women's singles

Lu Lan won the World Championship title in the women's singles event, beating Xie Xingfang in the final.^[8] Lu won by a score of 23–21.^[8] Xie had at one point reached game point when the score was at 21–20.^[8] Lu won in two games by scores of 23–21 and 21–12.^[8]

Seeds

Results

	First Round							Second Round							Third Round
	1	Zhou Mi	15	18
	5	Xie Xingfang	21	21
								5	Xie Xingfang	21	21
								8	Pi Hongyan	18	8
	11	Juliane Schenk	21	15	19
	8	Pi Hongyan	15	21	21
															5	Xie Xingfang	21	12
															7	Lu Lan	23	21
	7	Lu Lan	21	21
	3	Tine Rasmussen	15	13
								7	Lu Lan	21	21
								2	Wang Lin	18	19
	6	Saina Nehwal	16	19
	2	Wang Lin	21	21

Men's doubles

Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China won the World Championship title in the men's doubles event, the final of the World Championships, beating Lee Yong-dae and Jung Jae-sung of Korea in the final.^[9] It was their second men's doubles title, having previously won in Madrid in 2006.^[9] Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng won the first game by a score of 21–18. The Koreans then won the second game by a score of 16–21 to draw level.^[9] The third game saw the two pairs exchange the lead several times with a one point difference before exchanging several match points.^[9] 28–26 was the final score, with the Chinese declared winners on their sixth match point.^[9] Retired Chinese badminton player and now coach of his national team, Li Yongbo, watched from the sidelines what was later termed "a classic that will be often recalled as one of the best men’s doubles matches in the recent history of the sport".^[9]

Seeds

Results

	Quarter Finals							Semi Finals							Final
		Cho Gun-woo   Yoo Yeon-seong	21	12	14
	8	Zakry Abdul Latif   Fairuzizuan Tazari	17	21	21
								8	Zakry Abdul Latif   Fairuzizuan Tazari	21	22	15
								5	Cai Yun   Fu Haifeng	18	24	21
		Han Sang-hoon   Shin Baek-cheol	16	18
	5	Cai Yun   Fu Haifeng	21	21
															5	Cai Yun   Fu Haifeng	21	16	28
															4	Jung Jae-sung   Lee Yong-dae	18	21	26
		Xu Chen   Guo Zhendong	17	26
	4	Jung Jae-sung   Lee Yong-dae	21	28
								4	Jung Jae-sung   Lee Yong-dae	16	21	22
								2	Koo Kien Keat   Tan Boon Heong	21	14	20
		Howard Bach   Tony Gunawan	20	21	17
	2	Koo Kien Keat   Tan Boon Heong	22	13	21

Women's doubles

Zhang Yawen and Zhao Tingting won the World Championship title in the women's doubles event, beating Cheng Shu and Zhao Yunlei in the final.^[10] They did so with some difficulty, including three games with scores of 17–21, 21–17 and 21–16, and battled delaying tactics employed by their rivals.^[10] The match also featured several lengthy rallies which consisted of over thirty shots.^[10] On the winners' podium to receive their medals, the winners cried as it was their first ever victory in the women's doubles event.^[10]

Seeds

Results

	Quarter Finals							Semi Finals							Final
	11	Miyuki Maeda   Satoko Suetsuna	17	8
	5	Du Jing   Yu Yang	21	21
								5	Du Jing   Yu Yang	22	21	8
								8	Zhang Yawen   Zhao Tingting	24	18	21
	4	Ha Jung-eun   Kim Min-jung	9	10
	8	Zhang Yawen   Zhao Tingting	21	21
															8	Zhang Yawen   Zhao Tingting	17	21	21
															2	Cheng Shu   Zhao Yunlei	21	17	16
	6	Ma Jin   Wang Xiaoli	21	21
	3	Lee Hyo-jung   Lee Kyung-won	18	13
								6	Ma Jin   Wang Xiaoli	16	12
								2	Cheng Shu   Zhao Yunlei	21	21
	7	Cheng Wen-hsing   Chien Yu-chin	21	11	8
	2	Cheng Shu   Zhao Yunlei	11	21	21

Mixed doubles

Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark won the World Championship title in the mixed doubles event, beating Lilyana Natsir and Nova Widianto of Indonesia (the defending champions) in the final.^[11] It was their first ever world title.^[11] The duo beat Zheng Bo and Ma Jin of China and Korea's Olympic champions on the way to the final.^[11] In the final, the Danish doubles pair won the first game by a score of 21–13 and also eased through the second game at a score of 21–17.^[11]

Seeds

Results

	Quarter Finals							Semi Finals							Final
	1	Lee Yong-dae   Lee Hyo-jung	21	21
	5	Xie Zhongbo   Zhang Yawen	16	16
								1	Lee Yong-dae   Lee Hyo-jung	21	9	18
								7	Thomas Laybourn   Kamilla Rytter Juhl	18	21	21
	3	Zheng Bo   Ma Jin	20	21	20
	7	Thomas Laybourn   Kamilla Rytter Juhl	22	11	22
															7	Thomas Laybourn   Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21	21
															2	Nova Widianto   Lilyana Natsir	13	17
	6	Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Christinna Pedersen	21	21
	4	He Hanbin   Yu Yang	10	17
								6	Joachim Fischer Nielsen   Christinna Pedersen	18	21	18
								2	Nova Widianto   Lilyana Natsir	21	14	21
	8	Valiyaveetil Diju   Jwala Gutta	16	14
	2	Nova Widianto   Lilyana Natsir	21	21

Medal account

Pos	Country				Total
1	China	4	3	3	10
2	Denmark	1	0	1	2
3	Indonesia	0	1	2	3
4	South Korea	0	1	1	2
5	Malaysia	0	0	2	2
6	France	0	0	1	1

See also

• Badminton at the Summer Olympics

References

External links

• Complete results list

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