JAKARTA - The 2025 BWF World Championships (BWF World Championships 2025) completed the final match on Sunday, August 31, 2025, at the Adidas Arena, Paris, France.
Indonesia, which competed with 12 representatives, went home without a gold medal. Putri Kusuma Wardani won the best Red-White medal in this tournament.
Putri failed to reach the top party after being defeated by Japanese women's singles, Akane Yamaguchi in a three-game battle, 17-21, 21-14, and 6-21, on Saturday, August 30, 2025.
Akane Yamaguchi finally came out as the winner in the final after beating China's singles, Chen Yu Fei, with easy two games, 21-9 and 21-13.
The 2020 Olympic champion was unable to fight Akane due to an ankle injury he experienced in the semifinals against An Se-young.
As a result, the Japanese women's singles won their third world title in 49 minutes, accompanying Carolina Marin as the most successful women's singles champion.
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Previously, Akane won the world champion in the 2021 and 2022 editions. Not only that, the title has dashed the fast for trophies since Akane won the 2024 Kumamoto Masters.
On the other hand, history was created in the 2025 BWF World Championships. Malaysian mixed doubles, Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei, became the first for his country to win the world title.
They managed to stop the Chinese mixed doubles, Jiang Zhen Bang/Wei Ya Xin, which has ambitions to win the fifth title of the 2025 BWF World Championships. Chen/Toh performed brilliantly against Jiang/Wei in just 40 minutes to win 21-15 and 21-14.
Shifting to the men's singles, Shi Yu Qi (Chinna) won his first epic victory at the 2025 BWF World Championships after forcing his tired body and mind to struggle in three games in four days.
After defeating Christo Popov, Weng Hong Yang, and Victor Lai in three games in the previous days, Shi's ability to survive another long game against the tough Kunlavut Vitidsarn was tested.
Before going to the top party, he managed to get past two match points against Victor Lai. Even so, Shi Yu Qi looked too tired physically because he was wide for a long time after the game was over.
Likewise, when defending world champion Vitidsarn won the first game with the perfect net game, Shi's chances did not appear to be too bright.
However, the seed from China showed extraordinary physical and mental resilience as he began to master the game, using his accurate smashes to penetrate the Vitidsarn defense.
Even a series of mistakes at the beginning of the third game were unable to break his spirits. Even though Vitidsarn attacked in the last minute, Shi continued to spur the tempo and won his first world title.
For China, the title from Shi Yu Qi became the second at the 2025 BWF World Championship after Liu Sheng Shu/Tan Ning defeated the Malaysian pair Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan, in three games, 21-14, 20-22, and 21-17.
Finally, the only player who managed to defend the world title was Seo Seung-jae. The South Korean badminton player won two consecutive world champions with different pairs.
Previously in the 2013 edition, Seo Seung-jae paired with Kang Min-hyuk to win the world title in Copenhagen.
Seo paired up with Kim Won-ho in the 2025 edition. The men's doubles is almost unstoppable this season. They destroyed Chen Bo Yang/Liu Yi's pair quickly despite being left behind at the start.
When trailed 13-17, the South Korean men's doubles shot up with eight points in a row to win the first game. They then crushed their opponents in the second game, winning South Korea's sixth men's doubles title with a score of 21-17 and 21-12.
List Of BWF World Championships 2025 Champions
Men's Singles
Gold: Shi Yu Qi (China) Silver: Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand) Bronze: Victor Lai (Canada) and Anders Antonsen (Denmark)
Women's Singles
Gold: Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) Silver: Chen Yufei (China) Bronze: An Se-yeong (South Korea) and Putri Kusuma Wardani (Indonesia)
Women's Doubles
Gold: Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning (China) Silver: Pearly Tan/Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia) Bronze: Rin Iwanaga/Kie Nakanishi (Japan) and Namibia Matsuyama/Chiharu Shida (Japan)
Men's Doubles
Gold: Kim Won-ho/Seo Seung-jae (South Korea) Silver: Chen Boyang/Liu Yi (China) Bronze: Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Denmark) and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (India)
Mixed Doubles
Gold: Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei (Malaysia) Silver: Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin (China) Bronze: Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue (France) and Guo Xinwa/Chen Fanghui (China)
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