2003 IBF World Championships

2003 IBF World Championships 150px 28 July – 3 August 13th 1 National Indoor Arena Birmingham, United Kingdom 2001 Seville 2005 Anaheim 2003IBFWorldChampionships Events at the 2003 IBF World Championships 50px Singles men women Doubles men women mixed 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.Badminton worlds postponed https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/2989881.stm BBC 12 April 2017 30 April 2003 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 to host badminton worlds https://www.b.dk/sport/badminton-vm-2003-til-england-og-holland Berlingske 12 April 2017 England later announced as host for the first standalone world championships.Korn Dabbaransi new IBF President https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/1064392.stm BBC 12 April 2017 13 December 2000 Medalists Medal table ENG flagcountry 3 3 5 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Events Men's singlesChina Xia XuanzeMalaysia Wong Choong HannSouth Korea Shon Seung-moChina Bao ChunlaiWomen's singlesChina Zhang NingChina Gong RuinaChina Zhou Mithe Netherlands Mia AudinaMen's doublesDenmark Lars PaaskeDenmark Jonas RasmussenIndonesia Candra WijayaIndonesia Sigit BudiartoChina Sang YangChina Zheng BoChina Fu HaifengChina Cai YunWomen's doublesChina Gao LingChina Huang SuiChina Wei YiliChina Zhao TingtingJapan Shizuka YamamotoJapan Seiko YamadaDenmark Rikke OlsenDenmark Ann-Lou JørgensenMixed doublesSouth Korea Kim Dong-moonSouth Korea Ra Kyung-minChina Zhang JunChina Gao LingDenmark Jonas RasmussenDenmark Rikke OlsenChina Chen QiqiuChina Zhao Tingting References External links tournamentsoftware.com World Championships Category:2003 in English sport World Championships Category:BWF World Championships Category:International sports competitions in Birmingham, West Midlands