2023 BWF World Senior Championships – 35+

2023 BWF World Senior Championships – 35+

Tournament details
Dates	11 September 2023 (2023-09-11) – 17 September 2023 (2023-09-17)
Edition	11
Level	International
Competitors	188 from 27 nations
Venue	Hwasan Indoor Stadium Jeonju Indoor Badminton Hall
Location	Jeonju, South Korea
Champions
Men's singles	Makoto Aoyama
Women's singles	Mana Yatabe
Men's doubles	Alvent Yulianto Fran Kurniawan
Women's doubles	Molthila Kijanon Vacharaporn Munkit
Mixed doubles	Nawut Thanathiratham Vacharaporn Munkit
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These are the results of 2023 BWF World Senior Championships' 35+ 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	Japan	2	2	3	7
2	Thailand	2	1	4	7
3	Indonesia	1	0	0	1
4	New Zealand	0	1	0	1
5	Canada	0	0.5	1	1.5
6	United States	0	0.5	0	0.5
7	India	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		5	5	10	20

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Makoto Aoyama	Joe Wu	Tawan Huansuriya
			Derrick Ng
Women's singles	Mana Yatabe	Benjaporn Thienrajkij	Azusa Soga
			Nadeesha Gayanthi
Men's doubles	Alvent Yulianto Fran Kurniawan	Yuki Homma Masakazu Mouri	Santiphap Kaweenanthawong Rungsan Thipsotikul
			Takahito Honbu Futoshi Ide
Women's doubles	Molthila Kijanon Vacharaporn Munkit	Kanako Jigami Yuki Taruno	Wasamon Chokuthaikul Suttapa Ekworrathien
			Sakie Sakai Azusa Soga
Mixed doubles	Nawut Thanathiratham Vacharaporn Munkit	Derrick Ng Pai Hsiao-ma	Chanyut Suntiparaphop Benjaporn Thienrajkij
			Mohamed Rehan Raju Anees Kowsar Jamaludeen

Men's singles

Seeds

1. Chao Chun-ken (quarter-finals)
2. Mayank Behal (second round)
3. Lars Rüsz Kaysen (second round)
4. Pranav Shashank Khot (second round)
5. Tawan Huansuriya (semi-finals; bronze medalist)
6. Masakazu Mouri (quarter-finals)
7. Derrick Ng (semi-finals; bronze medalist)
8. Aaron Tan (second round)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	5/8	Tawan Huansuriya	17	24	13
		Makoto Aoyama	21	22	21
									Makoto Aoyama	22	21
									Joe Wu	20	10
		Joe Wu	21	21
	5/8	Derrick Ng	18	14

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
								1	Chao C-k	21	21
									T Ahlgren	11	9
		T Ahlgren	21	21
		A Clark	14	9
															1	Chao C-k	21	21
																K Waldenberger	13	9
									O Enkhbat
									K Waldenberger	w	/	o
		K Waldenberger	21	21
		Kim Y-g	6	16
																						1	Chao C-k	15	20
																						5/8	T Huansuriya	21	22
								5/8	T Huansuriya	21	21
									T-l Ko	5	10
		T-l Ko	21	21
		S López	11	17
															5/8	T Huansuriya	21	21
																A Khadgi	9	6
		A Khadgi	21	21
		N de Silva	6	1
									A Khadgi	21	18	21
									Y Yamanaka	16	21	18
		T Iacomi	7	3
		Y Yamanaka	21	21

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
								3/4	L R Kaysen	10	15
									M Aoyama	21	21
		M Aoyama	21	21
		Chiang S-f	4	12
																M Aoyama	21	21
																P Saravuth	8	5
									P Saravuth	21	21
									Z Zimny	13	17
		Cha H-d
		Z Zimny	w	/	o
																							M Aoyama	21	21
																							K Pal	17	14
								5/8	A Tan	19	24	20
									K Pal	21	22	22
		K Pal	21	21
		M Bouton	10	14
																K Pal	21	21
																N Kolomnin	10	11
		N Kolomnin	21	21
		U Sanjaa	1	0
									N Kolomnin	21	13	21
									Y Clerc	19	21	11
		A K Perera	9	16
		Y Clerc	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
		M Erdenekhuu	2	2
		L Chong	21	21
									L Chong	21	22
									Leong K F	18	20
		K Mayer	13	8
		Leong K F	21	21
																L Chong	11	9
															5/8	M Mouri	21	21
		R Thommaya	21	21
		M Law	12	17
									R Thommaya	8	12
								5/8	M Mouri	21	21
																						5/8	M Mouri	22	14	17
																							J Wu	20	21	21
		M Wigardt	21	21
		P Aggarwal	7	11
									M Wigardt	21	21
									Cho M-h	6	8
																M Wigardt	20	21	19
																J Wu	22	18	21
		J Wu	25	21
		J Watthanayothin	23	18
									J Wu	21	21
								3/4	P S Khot	16	8

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
		A Gefke	21	14	21
		A Załęski	13	21	18
									A Gefke	21	21
									R Miyamoto	6	19
		T Scheibling	11	17
		R Miyamoto	21	21
																A Gefke	14	11
															5/8	D Ng	21	21
		Park Y-b	w	/	o
		S Mukhtar
									Park Y-b
								5/8	D Ng	w	/	o
																						5/8	D Ng	21	22
																							F Ide	11	20
		W Yingkiatinon	21	21
		Chen H-c	9	10
									W Yingkiatinon	21	16	21
									S Lenik	18	21	13
																W Yingkiatinon	7	10
																F Ide	21	21
		F Ide	21	21
		A L Silva	16	10
									F Ide	21	20	21
								2	M Behal	10	22	13

Women's singles

Seeds

1. Maya Dobreva (third round)
2. Molthila Kijanon (third round)
3. Fung Ying (quarter-finals)
4. Parul Rawat (quarter-finals)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
		Azusa Soga	19	21	21
		Benjaporn Thienrajkij	21	13	23
									Benjaporn Thienrajkij	18	11
									Mana Yatabe	21	21
		Nadeesha Gayanthi	10	14
		Mana Yatabe	21	21

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
								1	M Dobreva	21	19	10
									A Soga	12	21	21
		A Soga	21	21
		T Khaliun	3	6
																A Soga	w	/	o
																Hsieh C-m
		I Bless	2	3
		Hsieh C-m	21	21
									Hsieh C-m	21	21
									M Sinha	13	15
		C Andersson	9	6
		M Sinha	21	21

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	3/4	Fung Y	21	19	21
		A Kato	19	21	16
								3/4	Fung Y	21	22
									B Hogrefe	19	20
		C Dubuisson	6	11
		B Hogrefe	21	21
															3/4	Fung Y	12	10
																B Thienrajkij	21	21
		T Forsberg	6	5
		B Thienrajkij	21	21
									B Thienrajkij	21	20	21
									A Rode	8	22	9
		F Schnyder	16	14
		A Rode	21	21

Bottom hlaf

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
		T Luthy	18	21	14
		D Wolf	21	19	21
									D Wolf	16	18
									N Gayanthi	21	21
		N Gayanthi	21	21
		S Sakai	17	9
																N Gayanthi	21	21
															3/4	P Rawat	19	16
		V Scharpmann	18	21	23
		L Saarela	21	16	21
									V Scharpmann	12	10
								3/4	P Rawat	21	21
		M Hermeline	13	15
	3/4	P Rawat	21	21

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
		S Bannenberg	19	21	21
		Song J-w	21	10	16
									S Bannenberg	7	11
									Li A-t	21	21
		Li A-t	w	/	o
		D Tuvshinjargal
																Li A-t	15	21
																M Yatabe	21	23
		M Yatabe	21	21
		R Scheibling	5	5
									M Yatabe	13	21	21
								2	M Kijanon	21	15	15
		B Bansal	1	2
	2	M Kijanon	21	21

Men's doubles

Seeds

1. Padmanabha Raghavan / Varun Sharma (third round)
2. Nikita Kolomnin / Mark Law (third round)
3. Alvent Yulianto / Fran Kurniawan (champion; gold medalists)
4. Chao Chun-ken / Leong Kin Fai (quarter-finals)
5. Mayank Behal / Kaushik Pal (quarter-finals)
6. Hugh Leung / Derrick Ng (quarter-finals)
7. Li Cho-chun / Wu En-jin (second round)
8. José Júnior / Yoo Yeon-seong (third round)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
		Santiphap Kaweenanthawong Rungsan Thipsotikul	19	18
		Yuki Homma Masakazu Mouri	21	21
									Yuki Homma Masakazu Mouri	17	12
								3/4	Alvent Yulianto Fran Kurniawan	21	21
	3/4	Alvent Yulianto Fran Kurniawan	21	21
		Takahito Honbu Futoshi Ide	15	10

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
								1	P Raghavan V Sharma	24	21
									J Fröhlich K Waldenberger	22	14
															1	P Raghavan V Sharma	21	17	10
																T Horii K Shimizu	18	21	21
									A Kosz A Załęski	15	17
									T Horii K Shimizu	21	21
		Lin B-l Yu K-c	7	8
		T Horii K Shimizu	21	21
																							T Horii K Shimizu	17	21	12
																							S Kaweenanthawong R Thipsotikul	21	17	21
								5/8	J Júnior Yoo Y-s	21	21
									D Hernansanz S López	17	18
															5/8	J Júnior Yoo Y-s	15	2
																S Kaweenanthawong R Thipsotikul	21	21
									Kim J-m King Y-c	6	2
									S Kaweenanthawong R Thipsotikul	21	21
		P Saravuth M Setha	3	12
		S Kaweenanthawong R Thipsotikul	21	21

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
								3/4	Chao Chun-ken Leong Kin Fai	22	22
									T Huansuriya Nawut Thanathiratham	20	20
															3/4	Chao Chun-ken Leong Kin Fai	15	21	21
																Vivek Chotteyandamada Aaron Tan	21	9	14
									Anushaka Lakshan Silva R Thommaya	21	11	14
									Vivek Chotteyandamada A Tan	18	21	21
		V Chotteyandamada A Tan	21	21
		K Mayer Z Zimny	12	9
																						3/4	Chao C-k Leong K F	15	11
																							Y Homma M Mouri	21	21
								5/8	Li C-c Wu E-j	14	21	8
									Yuki Homma M Mouri	21	18	21
		Y Homma M Mouri	21	21
		M K Gupta P Naithani	10	8
																Y Homma M Mouri	22	21	21
																T Ahlgren M Wigardt	24	10	19
									Tomas Ahlgren M Wigardt	21	21
									Choi Jae-won Kim Gi-deok	8	10
		A Clark T Iacomi	15	17
		Choi Jae-won Kim Gi-deokd	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
		S Sakemi Y Yamanaka	21	21
		Moon Y-h Park S-y	12	17
									S Sakemi Y Yamanaka	21	21
									C Suntiparaphop J Watthanayothin	16	15
																S Sakemi Y Yamanaka	16	19
															5/8	M Behal K Pal	21	21
		L R Kaysen N de Silva	21	22
		Y Clerc J Grape	13	20
									L R Kaysen N de Silva	16	27	11
								5/8	M Behal K Pal	21	25	21
																						5/8	M Behal K Pal	11	8
																						3/4	A Yulianto F Kurniawan	21	21
		M Erdenekhuu U Sanjaa	10	11
		S Kumarasinghe A K Perera	21	21
									S Kumarasinghe A K Perera	8	9
									Chang C-s Wang C-k	21	21
																Chang C-s Wang C-k	15	11
															3/4	A Yulianto F Kurniawan	21	21
									R Miyamoto S Mukhtar
								3/4	A Yulianto F Kurniawan	w	/	o

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
		S Coto S Lenik	14	12
		Chao C-h Chen P-j	21	21
									Chao C-h Chen P-j	16	21	21
									A Gefke J B Marcussen	21	16	14
																Chao C-h Chen P-j	16	15
															5/8	H Leung D Ng	21	21
									T Phetchamas M Wongcharoensuk	18	18
								5/8	H Leung D Ng	21	21
																						5/8	H Leung D Ng	11	21
																							T Honbu F Ide	21	23
		L Chong T-l Ko	21	21
		D Achariya S Senthi	18	15
									L Chong T-l Ko	13	18
									T Honbu F Ide	21	21
																T Honbu F Ide	23	21
															2	N Kolomnin M Law	21	14
									T Bless T Scheibling	17	17
								2	N Kolomnin M Law	21	21

Women's doubles

Seeds

1. Sangeetha Mari / Sandya Melasheemi (third round)
2. Molthila Kijanon / Vacharaporn Munkit (champions; gold medalists)
3. Stefanie Bannenberg / Britta Hogrefe (first round)
4. Varsha V. Belawadi / Parul Rawat (quarter-finals)
5. Cathrine Andersson / Linda Saarela (quarter-finals)
6. Vera Choy / Fung Ying (quarter-finals)
7. Patricia Sánchez / Vanessa Serrano (first round)
8. Kelly Fairey / Mai Hasle (first round)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
		Kanako Jigami Yuki Taruno	21	12	21
		Wasamon Chokuthaikul Suttapa Ekworrathien	19	21	18
									Kanako Jigami Yuki Taruno	18	18
								2	Molthila Kijanon Vacharaporn Munkit	21	21
		Sakie Sakai Azusa Soga	15	8
	2	Molthila Kijanon Vacharaporn Munkit	21	21

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	1	S Mari S Melasheemi	21	21
		M Kołaczkowska N Gayanthi	12	14
								1	S Mari S Melasheemi	11	11
									K Jigami Y Taruno	21	21
		K Jigami Y Taruno	21	21
		S del Busto S Rueda	8	11
																K Jigami Y Taruno	21	21
															5/8	C Andersson L Saarela	10	10
	5/8	C Andersson L Saarela	21	21
		Seo J-y Yoon C-h	11	12
								5/8	C Andersson L Saarela	21	21
									Chang Y-y Hsu H-m	15	11
		Chang Y-y Hsu H-m	21	21
		A Khumyat J Muanwong	15	19

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
	3/4	S Bannenberg B Hogrefe	18	18
		N Akimoto C Hashio	21	21
									N Akimoto C Hashio	15	17
									Was Chokuthaikul S Ekworrathien	21	21
		Was Chokuthaikul S Ekworrathien	21	21
		Kim E-s Kim H-m	14	17
																Was Chokuthaikul S Ekworrathien	21	21
															5/8	V Choy Fung Y	18	9
	5/8	V Choy Fung Y	21	21
		I Bless R Scheibling	5	6
								5/8	V Choy Fung Y	18	4
									Chen Y-j Kao Y-c	21	0r
		Chen Y-j Kao Y-c	21	21
		A Chauhan M Kohli	7	9

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
		An E-h Park M-j	3	2
		Hsieh C-m Li A-t	21	21
									Hsieh C-m Li A-t
									S Sakai A Soga	w	/	o
		S Sakai A Soga	21	21
	5/8	K Fairey M Hasle	14	8
																S Sakai A Soga	21	17	21
															3/4	V V. Belawadi P Rawat	19	21	16
		C Dubuisson A Pérégrina	12	10
		H Vogt D Wolf	21	21
									H Vogt D Wolf	13	15
								3/4	V V. Belawadi P Rawat	21	21
		V Scharpmann F Schnyder	16	18
	3/4	V V. Belawadi P Rawat	21	21

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Quarter-finals
		A Kato M Otsuka	21	21
		M Dobreva T Luthy	15	8
									A Kato M Otsuka	21	21
									A K Jamaludeen M Sinha	9	12
		A K Jamaludeen M Sinha	21	21
	5/8	P Sánchez V Serrano	5	8
																A Kato M Otsuka	14	8
															2	M Kijanon V Munkit	21	21
		Choi N-i Lee H-j	7	1
		Chen H-h Chen H-e	21	21
									Chen H-h Chen H-e	12	12
								2	M Kijanon V Munkit	21	21
		T Forsberg M Hermeline	9	3
	2	M Kijanon V Munkit	21	21

Mixed doubles

Seeds

1. Abhinand Shetty / Sangeetha Mari (quarter-finals)
2. Atipong Kitjanon / Molthila Kijanon (quarter-finals)
3. Fung Sin Kei / Vera Choy (third round)
4. Ajit Umrani / Maya Dobreva (third round)
5. Mohamed Rehan Raju / Anees Kowsar Jamaludeen (semi-finals; bronze medalsits)
6. Nawut Thanathiratham / Vacharaporn Munkit (champion; gold medalsits)
7. Mark Law / Britta Hogrefe (quarter-finals)
8. Derrick Ng / Pai Hsiao-ma (final; silver medalsits)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	5/8	Nawut Thanathiratham Vacharaporn Munkit	21	21
		Chanyut Suntiparaphop Benjaporn Thienrajkij	18	8
								5/8	Nawut Thanathiratham Vacharaporn Munkit	21	21
								5/8	Derrick Ng Pai Hsiao-ma	18	14
	5/8	Mohamed Rehan Raju Anees Kowsar Jamaludeen	6	13
	5/8	Derrick Ng Pai Hsiao-ma	21	21

Top half

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
								1	A Shetty S Mari	21	21
									Kim Y-s Choi M-s	10	8
															1	A Shetty S Mari	17	21	21
																J B Marcussen M Hasle	21	19	18
									J B Marcussen M Hasle	21	21
									S Lenik C Dubuisson	13	14
		T Bless F Schnyder	17	17
		S Lenik C Dubuisson	21	21
																						1	A Shetty S Mari	12	8
																						5/8	N Thanathiratham V Munkit	21	21
								5/8	N Thanathiratham V Munkit	21	21
									Ng C K Fung Y	8	13
		Ng C K Fung Y	21	21
		A Clark S Bannenberg	13	17
															5/8	N Thanathiratham V Munkit	23	21
																Y Kamegamori M Otsuka	21	18
									Wang C-k Chiang C-h	11	11
									Y Kamegamori M Otsuka	21	21
		Y Kamegamori M Otsuka	21	21
		R Thommaya I Sanderson	10	10

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
								3/4	A Umrani M Dobreva	w	/	o
									Cha H-d Song J-w
															3/4	A Umrani M Dobreva	21	18	15
																C Suntiparaphop B Thienrajkij	18	21	21
									C Suntiparaphop B Thienrajkij	24	21
									M Behal A Rode	22	14
		Z Zimny L Saarela	9	16
		M Behal A Rode	21	21
																							C Suntiparaphop B Thienrajkij	21	21
																						5/8	M Law B Hogrefe	9	19
								5/8	M Law B Hogrefe	18	21	23
									Chang C-s Chen H-e	21	13	21
		Chang C-s Chen H-e	21	21
		N Kolomnin N Gayanthi	18	14
															5/8	M Law B Hogrefe	14	21	23
																K Shimizu K Jigami	21	17	21
									T Ahlgren W Fredriksson
									K Shimizu K Jigami	w	/	o
		L R Kaysen V Scharpmann	12	17
		K Shimizu K Jigami	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
		S López S Rueda	14	12
		L Chong T Luthy	21	21
									L Chong T Luthy	19	22	21
									Lin B-l Chen H-h	21	20	9
																L Chong T Luthy	22	10
															5/8	M R Raju A K Jamaludeen	24	21
		M Aoyama Y Taruno	21	25
		Wat Chokuthaikul Was Chokuthaikul	15	23
									M Aoyama Y Taruno	4	8
								5/8	M R Raju A K Jamaludeen	21	21
																						5/8	M R Raju A K Jamaludeen	21	21
																							A Załęski D Guzik-Płuchowska	13	9
		T Scheibling R Scheibling	13	15
		Kang T-g Jung M	21	21
									Kang T-g Jung M	11	13
									A Załęski D Guzik-Płuchowska	21	21
																A Załęski D Guzik-Płuchowska	24	22
															3/4	Fung S K V Choy	22	20
									N de Silva T Forsberg	15	7
								3/4	Fung S K V Choy	21	21

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarter-finals
		H Okano M Sawada	21	21
		U Sanjaa T Khaliun	7	3
									H Okano M Sawada	21	21
									K Mayer D Wolf	15	13
																H Okano M Sawada	11	15
															5/8	D Ng Pai H-m	21	21
		Wu E-j Kao Y-c	21	21
		Y Clerc I Bless	10	17
									Wu E-j Kao Y-c	17	12
								5/8	D Ng Pai H-m	21	21
																						5/8	D Ng Pai H-m	21	21
																						2	A Kitjanon M Kijanon	9	18
		M Seignez M Hermeline	18	14
	SUB	P Naithani V V. Belawadi	21	21
									P Naithani V V. Belawadi	21	21
									Moon Y-h Kim H-r	17	7
																P Naithani V V. Belawadi	5	15
															2	A Kitjanon M Kijanon	21	21
									M Bachtiar C Andersson	11	12
								2	A Kitjanon M Kijanon	21	21

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