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{{infobox badminton event
|name           = 2005 IBF World Championships
|image          =
|size           = 150px
|caption        =
|dates          = 15–21 August
|number_edition = 14th
|level          = 1
|prize_money    =
|other          =
|competitors    =
|nations        =
|venue          = [[Arrowhead Pond]]
|location       = [[Anaheim]], [[United States]]
|previous       = [[2003 IBF World Championships|2003 Birmingham]]
|next           = [[2006 IBF World Championships|2006 Madrid]]
}}
{{2005IBFWorldChampionships}}

The '''2005 [[IBF World Championships]]''' (14th [[World Badminton Championships]]) was held in [[Anaheim]], southern [[California]], [[United States]], from August 15 to August 21, 2005.

[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympic]] champion [[Taufik Hidayat]] of [[Indonesia]] won the men's singles over [[People's Republic of China|China]]'s [[Lin Dan]], while [[Peter Gade]] of Denmark and [[Lee Chong Wei]] of Malaysia received bronze medals.

In the women's singles category, [[Xie Xingfang]] won the gold medal beating compatriot 2004 Olympic gold medalist [[Zhang Ning]]. Germany's [[Xu Huaiwen]] and Chinese Taipei's [[Cheng Shao-chieh]] won bronze medals. [[Cheng Shao-chieh]] also created some surprise results in the tournament.

Women's doubles was almost an all-China show. 2004 Olympic gold medalists [[Yang Wei (badminton)|Yang Wei]]/[[Zhang Jiewen]] repeated their 2004 Olympic performance with victory over silver medalists [[Gao Ling]]/[[Huang Sui]].

In the mixed doubles, number 1 seeds [[Nathan Robertson]]/[[Gail Emms]] of England backed out before commencement of the tournament due to an injury to Robertson.  This paved the way for several pairs to contest the medals.  Indonesia's [[Nova Widianto]] and [[Liliyana Natsir]] secured the gold over China's up and coming [[Xie Zhongbo]]/[[Zhang Yawen]]. [[Zhang Yawen]] also become the only double medalist in this games winning the silver in mixed doubles and bronze in the women's doubles.

The biggest surprise in the tournament came in men's doubles. Though former Indonesian star [[Tony Gunawan]] had long been recognized as one of the premier men's doubles players in the game, he and his American partner [[Howard Bach]] were only the 13th seeded team in the competition. However, from the round of 16 through the semifinal they routinely defeated higher seeded pairs to reach the final. There, before a surprisingly large "hometown crowd",  they overcame the second seeded Indonesian team of [[Sigit Budiarto]] and [[Candra Wijaya]] in three close games to become the first American winners of any event since the IBF first held an official World Championships in 1977.

==Host city selection==
[[Anaheim]] (United States) and [[Aarhus]]<ref>{{cite web|title=DBF satser på Århus til VM i 2005|url=http://www.fyens.dk/modules/mobile/article?articleid=214390|website=fyens.dk|accessdate=1 April 2017}}</ref> (Denmark) were the candidates for the host of the championships. [[Singapore]] withdrew its bid before the council meeting which later awarded the event to Anaheim.<ref>{{cite web|title=Arrowhead Pond Awarded 2005 Badminton World Championships|url=http://www.lasports.org/aboutus/pdfs/badminton.pdf|website=lasports.org|accessdate=1 April 2017}}</ref>

==Venue==
The championships were held at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, now known as [[Honda Center]].

==Medalists==
[[China]] had an excellent tournament, winning seven medals in total, including the gold medals in the women's singles and women's doubles, as well as four of the five silvers. Indonesia won both the men's singles and mixed doubles. The men's doubles tournament was won by the 13th seeds, [[Tony Gunawan]] and [[Howard Bach]], winning the [[United States]]'s first ever gold at the World Championships.

===Medal table===
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = USA
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_CHN = 2 | silver_CHN = 4 | bronze_CHN = 1
 | gold_INA = 2 | silver_INA = 1 | bronze_INA = 1
 | gold_MAS = 0 | silver_MAS = 0 | bronze_MAS = 2
 | gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 1
 | gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 1
 | gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 1
 | gold_NZL = 0 | silver_NZL = 0 | bronze_NZL = 1
 | gold_TPE = 0 | silver_TPE = 0 | bronze_TPE = 1
 | gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 0 | bronze_USA = 0 |host_USA=yes
 | gold_THA = 0 | silver_THA = 0 | bronze_THA = 1
}}

===Events===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2005 IBF World Championships – Men's singles|Men's singles]]
|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|INA}} [[Taufik Hidayat]]
|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Lin Dan]]
|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Peter Gade]]
|-
|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Lee Chong Wei]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2005 IBF World Championships – Women's singles|Women's Singles]]
|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Xie Xingfang]]
|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Ning]]
|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Xu Huaiwen]]
|-
|{{flagicon|TPE}} [[Cheng Shao-chieh]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2005 IBF World Championships – Men's doubles|Men's Doubles]]
|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Howard Bach]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tony Gunawan]]
|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|INA}} [[Sigit Budiarto]]<br />{{flagicon|INA}} [[Candra Wijaya]]
|{{flagicon|INA}} [[Luluk Hadiyanto]]<br />{{flagicon|INA}} [[Alvent Yulianto]]
|-
|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Chan Chong Ming]]<br />{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Koo Kien Keat]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2005 IBF World Championships – Women's doubles|Women's Doubles]]
|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Yang Wei (badminton)|Yang Wei]]<br />{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Jiewen]]
|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Gao Ling]]<br />{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Huang Sui]]
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Dan (badminton)|Zhang Dan]]<br />{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Yawen]]
|-
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Hyo-jung (badminton)|Lee Hyo-jung]]<br> {{flagicon|KOR}} [[Lee Kyung-won]]
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2005 IBF World Championships – Mixed doubles|Mixed Doubles]]
|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|INA}} [[Nova Widianto]]<br />{{flagicon|INA}} [[Liliyana Natsir]]
|rowspan=2|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Xie Zhongbo]]<br />{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Yawen]]
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Daniel Shirley]]<br />{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Sara Petersen (badminton)|Sara Runesten-Petersen]]
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[Sudket Prapakamol]]<br />{{flagicon|THA}} [[Saralee Thungthongkam]]
|}

==Participating nations==
A total of 50 nations entered players at the 2005 IBF World Championships. The number of competitors is indicated in parentheses.
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{AUT}} [3]
*{{BEL}} [3]
*{{BUL}} [3]
*{{CAN}} [14]
*{{CHN}} [21]
*{{TPE}} [4]
*{{CZE}} [4]
*{{DNK}} [16]
*{{ENG}} [18]
*{{EST}} [3]
*{{FIN}} [3]
*{{FRA}} [10]
*{{GER}} [8]
*{{GUA}} [2]
*{{HKG}} [8]
*{{ISL}} [2]
*{{IND}} [4]
*{{IDN}} [10]
*{{IRN}} [3]
*{{IRL}} [4]
*{{ISR}} [1]
*{{ITA}} [2]
*{{JPN}} [20]
*{{LTU}} [1]
*{{MAS}} [21]
*{{NLD}} [7]
*{{NZL}} [11]
*{{NGA}} [2]
*{{NOR}} [1]
*{{PAK}} [4]
*{{PER}} [5]
*{{PHL}} [2]
*{{POL}} [5]
*{{RUS}} [4]
*{{SCO}} [9]
*{{SIN}} [10]
*{{SVN}} [8]
*{{RSA}} [3]
*{{KOR}} [11]
*{{ESP}} [6]
*{{SRI}} [1]
*{{SUR}} [2]
*{{SWE}} [7]
*{{SUI}} [4]
*{{THA}} [10]
*{{TRI}} [2]
*{{UKR}} [3]
*{{USA}} [15]
*{{VIE}} [1]
*{{WAL}} [2]
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cite web |url=http://www.05worlds.com/ |title=Official website |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208215206/http://www.05worlds.com/ |archivedate=2006-02-08 }}
*[http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draws.aspx?id=8350 2005 IBF World Championships Full Results]

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