2003 IBF World Championships

The 2003 IBF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) were held in the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom, between 28 July and 3 August 2003. The championships had originally been planned to take place from 12 May-18 May, but were rescheduled following the international outbreak of SARS.

This edition also rewarded the points for the players to collected for the qualification to 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Host city selection

International Badminton Federation decided to split the IBF World Championships and the Sudirman Cup as separate tournaments starting from 2003. Canada, China, England, Hong Kong, and the Netherlands were the countries interested in hosting the tournaments. England later announced as host for the first standalone world championships.

Medalists

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Template:Flagicon Xia Xuanze	Template:Flagicon Wong Choong Hann	Template:Flagicon Shon Seung-mo
			Template:Flagicon Bao Chunlai
Women's singles	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	Template:Flagicon Gong Ruina	Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi
			Template:Flagicon Mia Audina
Men's doubles	Template:Flagicon Lars Paaske Template:Flagicon Jonas Rasmussen	Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya Template:Flagicon Sigit Budiarto	Template:Flagicon Sang Yang Template:Flagicon Zheng Bo
			Template:Flagicon Fu Haifeng Template:Flagicon Cai Yun
Women's doubles	Template:Flagicon Gao Ling Template:Flagicon Huang Sui	Template:Flagicon Wei Yili Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting	Template:Flagicon Shizuka Yamamoto Template:Flagicon Seiko Yamada
			Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen Template:Flagicon Ann-Lou Jørgensen
Mixed doubles	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon Template:Flagicon Ra Kyung-min	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jun Template:Flagicon Gao Ling	Template:Flagicon Jonas Rasmussen Template:Flagicon Rikke Olsen
			Template:Flagicon Chen Qiqiu Template:Flagicon Zhao Tingting

External links

• tournamentsoftware.com