BWF World Championships 2022: Fixtures, Results & more
The tournament will begin on the 22nd of August.
The 27th edition of the BWF World Championships begins on the 22nd of August. The tournament is hosted by Tokyo, Japan at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium. Japan is hosting the event for the first time in the 45 years of history of the Championships. A total of 364 shuttlers from 46 different nations will battle for the ultimate glory in five different categories.
A total of 26 shuttlers will represent India across all five categories. The Indian contingent will be without their ace player, PV Sindhu as she had to pull out from the tournament due to a foot injury. Although, the former World No. 1 Saina Nehwal who missed out on the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham will be leading the squad. The Indian shuttlers made an impressive performance at the Commonwealth Games as they clinched a total of six medals including three golds, a silver and two bronze medals.
Kidambi Srikanth lost the finals in the last edition against Singapore's Loh Kean Yew settling for a silver medal. Lakshya Sen was the other medallist for India claiming a bronze losing against his fellow Srikanth in the men's singles semifinals as India finished joint fifth with South Korea with just two medals.
Stadium
All the matches will be played in the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo.
Indian contingent
Kidambi Srikanth - Men's Singles
Lakshya Sen - Men's Singles
B. Sai Praneeth - Men's Singles
Prannoy H.S. - Men's Singles
Malvika Bansod - Women's Singles
Saina Nehwal - Women's Singles
Manu Attri - Men's Doubles
Sumeeth B. Reddy - Men's Doubles
Arjun M.R - Men's Doubles
Dhruv Kapila - Men's Doubles
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy - Men's Doubles
Chirag Shetty - Men's Doubles
Krishna Parag Garaga - Men's Doubles
Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala - Men's Doubles
Ashwini Ponappa - Women's Doubles
Sikki N. Reddy - Women's Doubles
Pooja Dandu - Women's Doubles
Santosh Sanjana - Women's Doubles
Treesa Jolly - Women's Doubles
Gayatri Gopichand Pullela - Women's Doubles
Ashwini Bhat K. - Women's Doubles
Shikha Gautam - Women's Doubles
Ishan Bhatnagar - Mixed Doubles
Tanisha Crasto - Mixed Doubles
Venkat Gaurav Prasad - Mixed Doubles
Juhi Dewangan - Mixed Doubles
Fixtures & Results
All matches are to begin at 7:30 am
August 22 - Round 1
L Wraber (AUT) vs HS Prannoy - Men's Singles
N. Nguyen (IRL) vs Srikanth Kidambi - Men's Singles
T. C. Chou (TPE) 21-15, 15-21, 21-15 B. Sai Praneeth - Men's Singles
H. K Vittinghus (DEN) vs Lakshya Sen - Men's Singles
Malvika Bansod vs L Christophersen (DEN) - Women's Singles
Saina Nehwal vs N.Y. Cheung (HNK) - Women's Singles
Dhruv Kapila/Arjun M.R vs K. Kedren/S. Jomkoh (THA) - Men's Doubles
F. Delrue/W. Villeger (FRA) vs Krishna Parag Garaga/Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala - Men's Doubles
H. Okamura/M. Onodera (JPA) vs Manu Attri/Sumeeth B. Reddy - Men's Doubles
F. Abdul Razzaq/A. N. Abdul Razzaq (MV) 7-21, 9-21 Ashwini Ponappa/Sikki N. Reddy - Women's Doubles
I. Castillo/P. L. T. Regal (AUT) vs Pooja Dandu/Santosh Sanjana - Women's Doubles
Low Yeen Yuan/V. Siow (MYS) vs Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand Pullela - Women's Doubles
M. Corsini/J. Mair (ITA) vs Ashwini Bhat K./Shikha Gautam - Women's Doubles
F. Volkmann/P. Scheiel (GER) 12-21, 13-21 Ishan Bhatnagar/Tanisha Crasto - Mixed Doubles
Venkat Gaurav Prasad/Juhi Dewangan vs J. Moore/G. Mairs (ENG) - Mixed Doubles
Telecast & Streaming
The live-action of BWF World Championships on Sports 18 and on the OTT platform Voot.