2023 BWF World Senior Championships – 55+

2023 BWF World Senior Championships – 55+

Tournament details
Dates	11 September 2023 (2023-09-11) – 17 September 2023 (2023-09-17)
Edition	11
Level	International
Competitors	169 from 27 nations
Venue	Hwasan Indoor Stadium Jeonju Indoor Badminton Hall
Location	Jeonju, South Korea
Champions
Men's singles	Rajeev Sharma
Women's singles	Chan Oi Ni
Men's doubles	Jon Austin Rajeev Bagga
Women's doubles	Chung Gil-soon Chung So-young
Mixed doubles	Jan-Eric Antonsson Hanne Bertelsen
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These are the results of 2023 BWF World Senior Championships' 55+ events.

Competition schedule

Match was played as scheduled below.

#R

Preliminary rounds

QF

Quarter-finals

SF

Semi-finals

F

Finals

H

Hwasan Indoor Stadium

J

Jeonju Indoor Badminton Hall

Date	11 Sep		12 Sep		13 Sep		14 Sep		15 Sep	16 Sep	17 Sep
Venue	H	J	H	J	H	J	H	J	H	H	H
Men's singles	1R			2R			3R		QF	SF	F
Women's singles	1R						2R		QF	SF	F
Men's doubles	1R					2R	3R		QF	SF	F
Women's doubles						1R	2R		QF	SF	F
Mixed doubles	1R			2R			3R		QF	SF	F

Medal summary

Medal standings

  *   Host nation (South Korea)

2023 BWF World Senior Championships medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	1	0	3.5	4.5
2	India	1	0	1	2
3	Hong Kong	1	0	0	1
	South Korea*	1	0	0	1
5	Sweden	0.5	0	1	1.5
6	Denmark	0.5	0	0.5	1
7	Chinese Taipei	0	3	1	4
8	Japan	0	1	0	1
9	Germany	0	0.5	0	0.5
	Netherlands	0	0.5	0	0.5
11	Indonesia	0	0	1	1
	Scotland	0	0	1	1
	Thailand	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		5	5	10	20

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Rajeev Sharma	Liu En-hung	Stefan Grahn
			Joko Suprianto
Women's singles	Chan Oi Ni	Kumiko Kushiyama	Sangeeta Rajgopalan
			Feng Mei-ying
Men's doubles	Jon Austin Rajeev Bagga	Liu En-hung Tu Tung-sheng	Karoon Kasayapanan Surachai Makkasasithorn
			Henrik Lykke Alan McMillan
Women's doubles	Chung Gil-soon Chung So-young	Tanja Eberl Elke Nijsse-Drews	Julie Bradbury Debora Miller
			Betty Blair Aileen Travers
Mixed doubles	Jan-Eric Antonsson Hanne Bertelsen	Chou Tsai-shen Wang Ching-hui	Jon Austin Debora Miller
			Rajeev Bagga Elizabeth Austin

Men's singles

Seeds

1. Karoon Kasayapanan (quarter-finals)
2. Chou Tsai-shen (second round)
3. Stefan Grahn (semi-finals; bronze medalist)
4. Tarmo Martikainen (quarter-finals)
5. B. V. S. K. Lingeswara Rao (quarter-finals)
6. Joko Suprianto (semi-finals; bronze medalist)
7. Magnus Gustafsson (second round)
8. Liu En-hung (final; silver medalist)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	5/8	Liu En-hung	21	21
	3/4	Stefan Grahn	14	9
								5/8	Liu En-hung	21	20	13
									Rajeev Sharma	15	22	21
		Rajeev Sharma	11	21	24
	5/8	Joko Suprianto	21	12	22

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
								1	K Kasayapanan	18	21	21
									B Chandra	21	19	16
		B Chandra	21	21
		G A Joyner	10	8
															1	K Kasayapanan	21	21	21
																T Masaoka	23	12	7
									T Masaoka	27	21
									P Baeza	25	7
		P Baeza	21	17
		S Schrader	11	11r
																						1	K Kasayapanan	9	13
																						5/8	Liu E-h	21	21
								5/8	Liu E-h	21	21
									J Dewangan	17	9
		S Arbey	6	8
		J Dewangan	21	21
															5/8	Liu E-h	21	21
																H Väisänen	17	11
		U Meier	16	9
		H Väisänen	21	21
									H Väisänen	21	21
									Kim G-h	10	13
		Kim G-h	21	21
		D Grewal	3	5

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
								3/4	S Grahn	24	21
									J Austin	22	12
		J Austin	21	21
		S Chowdhury	9	5
															3/4	S Grahn	21	21
																A Tērauds	7	10
									Jeong B-y	16	21	16
									A Tērauds	21	19	21
		A Tērauds	21	19	21
		T Saito	15	21	14
																						3/4	S Grahn	21	21
																						5/8	B. V. S. K. Lingeswara Rao	13	18
								5/8	B. V. S. K. Lingeswara Rao	21	21
									M Emran	9	14
		M Emran	w	/	o
		Wong S Y
															5/8	B. V. S. K. Lingeswara Rao	21	21
																P Srinakorn	9	11
		Lee T-c	21	14	23
		P Srinakorn	17	21	25
									P Srinakorn	14	22	22
									J Schmitz-Foster	21	20	20
		J Schmitz-Foster	21	21
		S H Wahono	12	10

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
		B Raj	21	21
		Choi K-w	16	18
									B Raj	17	18
									Chiu H-h	21	21
		Chiu H-h	23	21
		A Grzechnik	21	11
																Chiu H-h	9	17
																R Sharma	21	21
		J García	11	16
		R Sharma	21	21
									R Sharma	21	21
								5/8	M Gustafsson	13	11
																							R Sharma	21	21
																						3/4	T Martikainen	10	19
		B Denison	12	7
		M Ueji	21	21
									M Ueji	21	21
									A Dodampa	9	6
																M Ueji	12	10
															3/4	T Martikainen	21	21
		P Ponnengattil	14	22	11
		P Prompuch	21	20	21
									P Prompuch	18	8
								3/4	T Martikainen	21	21

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
		D Marble	w	/	o
		K Singh
									D Marble	8	14
									C Aroonprasertkul	21	21
		J Rafols	13	20
		C Aroonprasertkul	21	22
																C Aroonprasertkul	13	9
															5/8	J Suprianto	21	21
		M Schalch	19	21	19
		T Rogers	21	14	21
									T Rogers	9	13
								5/8	J Suprianto	21	21
																						5/8	J Suprianto	21	21
																							E Ferenius	11	14
		M Kleibel	13	24	14
		Loh S C	21	22	21
									Loh S C	21	21
									Ko D-g	4	12
																Loh S C	21	8
																E Ferenius	23	21
		K Akiyama	10	3
		E Ferenius	21	21
									E Ferenius	17	21	21
								2	Chou T-s	21	8	17

Women's singles

Seeds

1. Betty Blair (second round)
2. Tanja Eberl (quarter-finals)
3. Dorota Grzejdak (quarter-finals)
4. Kumiko Kushiyama (final; silver medalist)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
		Sangeeta Rajgopalan	11	10
	3/4	Kumiko Kushiyama	21	21
								3/4	Kumiko Kushiyama	15	8
									Chan Oi Ni	21	21
		Feng Mei-ying	11	17
		Chan Oi Ni	21	21

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
								1	B Blair	14	21	22
									S Rajgopalan	21	18	24
		A Travers	17	9r
		S Rajgopalan	21	15
																S Rajgopalan	21	21
																S Kroon	18	17
		M Tusche	11	13
		S Kroon	21	21
									S Kroon	21	21
									Chung G-s	19	15
		Chung G-s	21	21
		Hsiung Y-p	12	15

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	3/4	K Kushiyama	21	21
		H Rovers	5	14
								3/4	K Kushiyama	21	21
									S Widanalge	11	7
		A Jhaveri	19	10
		S Widanalge	21	21
															3/4	K Kushiyama	21	21
																G Kakiay	15	9
		S Huang	15	14
		J Thongpanangpan	21	21
									J Thongpanangpan	14	13
									G Kakiay	21	21
		M Dew	17	2
		G Kakiay	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
		T Dove	6	4
		Feng M-y	21	21
									Feng M-y	21	21
									J Somaiah	5	8
		V P Manghnani	21	13	19
		J Somaiah	15	21	21
																Feng M-y	21	22
															3/4	D Grzejdak	16	20
		E Segarra	12	10
		B Thyness	21	21
									B Thyness	20	11
								3/4	D Grzejdak	22	21
		R Sato	19	19
	3/4	D Grzejdak	21	21

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
		L Renon	6	5
		Chan O N	21	21
									Chan O N	21	21
									E Austin	12	8
		J Tessy	16	21
		E Austin	21	23
																Chan O N	21	21
															2	T Eberl	11	16
		B Lin	22	21
		E Nijsse-Drews	20	10
									B Lin	14	19
								2	T Eberl	21	21
		V Trairatnopas	10	8
	2	T Eberl	21	21

Men's doubles

Seeds

1. Karoon Kasayapanan / Surachai Makkasasithorn (semi-finals; bronze medalists)
2. Klaus Buschbeck / Jürgen Schmitz-Foster (second round)
3. Wattana Ampunsuwan / Narong Vanichitsarakul (quarter-finals)
4. Chaiwat Chaloempusitarak / Mongkol Gumlaitong (quarter-finals)
5. Peter Baeza / Stefan Grahn (third round)
6. Hendry Saputra Ho / Joko Suprianto (withdrew)
7. Liu En-hung / Tu Tung-sheng (final; silver medalists)
8. Henrik Lykke / Alan McMillan (semi-finals; bronze medalists)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	1	Karoon Kasayapanan Surachai Makkasasithorn	10	21	18
		Jon Austin Rajeev Bagga	21	12	21
									Jon Austin Rajeev Bagga	21	19	21
								5/8	Liu En-hung Tu Tung-sheng	16	21	17
	5/8	Henrik Lykke Alan McMillan	16	20
	5/8	Liu En-hung Tu Tung-sheng	21	22

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
								1	K Kasayapanan S Makkasasithorn	21	21
									Au C-w Lee T-c	12	12
															1	K Kasayapanan S Makkasasithorn	21	21
																Kim H-s Shin C	11	17
									Kim H-s Shin C	21	21
									D Britto B Raj	13	8
																						1	K Kasayapanan S Makkasasithorn	22	21
																							V Akula B. V. S. K. Lingeswara Rao	20	17
								5/8	H S Ho J Suprianto
									U Meier M Schalch	w	/	o
																U Meier M Schalch	10	8
																V Akula B. V. S. K. Lingeswara Rao	21	21
									M Emran P Salmi	5	14
									V Akula B. V. S. K. Lingeswara Rao	21	21
		V Akula B. V. S. K. Lingeswara Rao	21	21
		F Naumann D Steger	7	6

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
								3/4	C Chaloempusitarak M Gumlaitong	21	21
									Kim H-s Oh K-s	12	13
															3/4	C Chaloempusitarak M Gumlaitong	21	21
																T Masaoka T Saito	10	17
									A Buragohain T S Yumnam	13	16
									T Masaoka T Saito	21	21
																						3/4	C Chaloempusitarak M Gumlaitong	21	8	19
																							J Austin R Bagga	14	21	21
								5/8	P Baeza S Grahn	w	/	o
									M Kleibel S Schrader
																P Baeza S Grahn	21	15	18
																J Austin R Bagga	15	21	21
									J García A Tērauds	10	9
									J Austin R Bagga	21	21
		J Austin R Bagga	21	18	21
		Chiu H-h Chou T-s	17	21	16

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
		E Ferenius F Ingemansson	21	19	21
		K Akiyama T Kusaka	15	21	15
									E Ferenius F Ingemansson	21	21
									V Colondam S H Wahono	15	8
																E Ferenius F Ingemansson	11	18
															5/8	H Lykke A McMillan	21	21
									A Mayan P Ponnengattil	12	9
								5/8	H Lykke A McMillan	21	21
																						5/8	H Lykke A McMillan	21	21
																							W Ampunsuwan N Vanichitsarakul	9	11
									B Denison T Rogers	21	19	13
									Choi Y-j Ryu J-y	18	21	21
																Choi Y-j Ryu J-y	5	8
															3/4	W Ampunsuwan N Vanichitsarakul	21	21
								SUB	G Jeswal B Palapudi	15	13
								3/4	W Ampunsuwan N Vanichitsarakul	21	21

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
		B Chandra A Tandun	21	21
		Pyo S-h Shin D-g	16	9
									B Chandra A Tandun	15	18
									T Jaruwast P Srinakorn	21	21
																T Jaruwast P Srinakorn	18	9
															5/8	Liu E-h Tu T-s	21	21
									S Chowdhury D Marble	1	5
								5/8	Liu E-h Tu T-s	21	21
																						5/8	Liu E-h Tu T-s	21	21
																							M Bachtiar P Eriksson	12	13
									M K Rao V Swaroop	21	21
									M Ueji M Yoshizaki	13	16
																M K Rao V Swaroop	20	19
																M Bachtiar P Eriksson	22	21
									M Bachtiar P Eriksson	21	22	21
								2	K Buschbeck J Schmitz-Foster	14	24	16

Women's doubles

Seeds

1. Chung Gil-soon / Chung So-young (champion; gold medalists)
2. Tanja Eberl / Elke Nijsse-Drews (final; silver medalists)
3. Sandra Kroon / Jeannette van der Werff (second round)
4. Kumiko Kushiyama / Ritsuko Sato (second round)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	1	Chung Gil-soon Chung So-young	19	21	21
		Julie Bradbury Debora Miller	21	13	16
								1	Chung Gil-soon Chung So-young	21	21
								2	Tanja Eberl Elke Nijsse-Drews	6	11
		Betty Blair Aileen Travers	17	19
	2	Tanja Eberl Elke Nijsse-Drews	21	21

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
								1	Chung G-s Chung S-y	21	21
									G Kakiay B Thyness	10	8
		G Kakiay B Thyness	21	21
		M Sahasrabudhe S Venglet	17	10
															1	Chung G-s Chung S-y	21	21
																M Hatano A Hosoyamada	9	8
									M Hatano A Hosoyamada	21	21
									Feng M-y Sun T-c	15	15
		Feng M-y Sun T-c	21	21
		A Austin T Dove	9	3

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
								3/4	T Dove J van der Werff	13	13
									J Bradbury D Miller	21	21
		P Boonyakiat P Wattanajarupong	14	15
		J Bradbury D Miller	21	21
																J Bradbury D Miller	21	21
																Lee B-i Song S-y	13	12
		D Grzejdak H Rovers	21	21
		Ho Y-s Weng C-y	13	14
									D Grzejdak H Rovers	19	15
									Lee B-i Song S-y	21	21
		R N Bhave K Dixit	2	13
		Lee B-i Song S-y	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
		R Boonprathump N Thienthong	21	21
		Lee E-g Lee S-a	9	6
									R Boonprathump N Thienthong	21	21
									J Tessy J Somaiah	15	16
		A Steger M Tusche	8	21	18
		J Tessy J Somaiah	21	8	21
																R Boonprathump N Thienthong	16	21	16
																B Blair A Travers	21	13	21
		S Huang L Punchihewa	8	9
		B Blair A Travers	21	21
									B Blair A Travers	19	21	21
								3/4	K Kushiyama R Sato	21	19	19

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
		S Rajgopalan S Sawant	18	21	16
		M Joiner L Pearcy	21	17	21
									M Joiner L Pearcy	21	21
									Hsiung Y-p Tu H-h	9	10
																M Joiner L Pearcy	15	17
															2	T Eberl E Nijsse-Drews	21	21
		A Boonmee P Thongmueang	21	21
		Jo K-j Kim S-a	9	6
									A Boonmee P Thongmueang	7	8
								2	T Eberl E Nijsse-Drews	21	21

Mixed doubles

Seeds

1. Prabhu Naik Naidu Kona / Suzanne Venglet (quarter-finals)
2. Rajeev Bagga / Elizabeth Austin (semi-finals; bronze medalists)
3. Jan-Eric Antonsson / Hanne Bertelsen (champion; gold medalists)
4. Erik Ferenius / Sandra Kroon (third round)
5. Liu En-hung / Tu Hsiu-hsia (second round)
6. Alan McMillan / Aileen Travers (quarter-finals)
7. Oh Kyo-sun / Chung So-young (quarter-finals)
8. Alexander Tandun / Rosiana Tendean (third round)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
		Jon Austin Debora Miller	20	17
		Chou Tsai-shen Wang Ching-hui	22	21
									Chou Tsai-shen Wang Ching-hui	17	21
								3/4	Jan-Eric Antonsson Hanne Bertelsen	21	23
	3/4	Jan-Eric Antonsson Hanne Bertelsen	21	21
	2	Rajeev Bagga Elizabeth Austin	18	17

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
								1	P N N Kona S Venglet	21	21
									Au C-w Yu C-c	19	19
															1	P N N Kona S Venglet	21	21
																T Kusaka M Kusaka	12	12
									T Kusaka M Kusaka	21	21
									N Vanichitsarakul J Banjongsilp	13	13
																						1	P N N Kona S Venglet	10	21	14
																							J Austin D Miller	21	19	21
								5/8	A Tandun R Tendean	21	21
									Shin C Jeong G-r	7	7
															5/8	A Tandun R Tendean	19	21	19
																J Austin D Miller	21	16	21
									J Austin D Miller	21	21
									M Schalch G Kakiay	10	8
		D Grewal LX Li	9	13
		M Schalch G Kakiay	21	21

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
								3/4	E Ferenius S Kroon	21	21
									S Michimoto A Hosoyamada	11	19
															3/4	E Ferenius S Kroon	15	17
																Chou T-s Wang C-h	21	21
									Chou T-s Wang C-h	21	18	21
									M Kleibel T Eberl	13	21	13
		M Kleibel T Eberl	21	21
		A Grzechnik D Grzejdak	14	11
																							Chou T-s Wang C-h	21	21
																						5/8	Oh K-s Chung S-y	17	10
								5/8	Oh K-s Chung S-y	21	21
									A Dodampa Tjendrawati	13	7
															5/8	Oh K-s Chung S-y	21	21
																P Prompuch N Thienthong	11	19
									P Prompuch N Thienthong	21	12	21
									T Rogers A Austin	16	21	17
		B Palapudi A Jhaveri	21	15	21
		T Rogers A Austin	19	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
		J Croukamp L Fry	21	16	21
		B Raj J Felber	15	21	23
									B Raj J Felber	17	20
									Kim H-s Chung G-s	21	22
																Kim H-s Chung G-s	13	10
															5/8	A McMillan A Travers	21	21
									M K Rao S Sawant	11	11
								5/8	A McMillan A Travers	21	21
																						5/8	A McMillan A Travers	10	21	14
																						3/4	J-E Antonsson H Bertelsen	21	17	21
		S Chowdhury S Huang	22	19	12
		B Denison T Dove	20	21	21
									B Denison T Dove	12	7
									T Jaruwast R Boonprathump	21	21
																T Jaruwast R Boonprathump	22	14	20
															3/4	J-E Antonsson H Bertelsen	20	21	22
									M Yoshizaki M Hatano	11	11
								3/4	J-E Antonsson H Bertelsen	21	21

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
		Kim H-s You C-h	14	21
		S Makkasasithorn K Makkasasithorn	21	23
									S Makkasasithorn K Makkasasithorn	17	26	19
									V Swaroop S Rajgopalan	21	24	21
																V Swaroop S Rajgopalan	21	15	21
																S Grahn B Thyness	19	21	11
									S Grahn B Thyness	21	21
								5/8	Liu E-h Tu H-h	19	11
																							V Swaroop S Rajgopalan	12	7
																						2	R Bagga E Austin	21	21
		M Ueji R Sato	21	21
		S Arbey L Renon	8	13
									M Ueji R Sato	21	21
									J Schmitz-Foster E Nijsse-Drews	13	14
																M Ueji R Sato	21	16
															2	R Bagga E Austin	23	21'
									F Naumann M Tusche	9	7
								2	R Bagga E Austin	21	21

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