Where were the 2017 BWF World Championships held?

The 2017 BWF World Championships were held in Glasgow, Scotland.

The tournament took place from 21 to 27 August 2017 at the Emirates Arena. It was badminton’s premier individual world championship event, featuring men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles.

Glasgow’s selection was part of a wider period of major international sporting events hosted in Scotland. The city had already staged large multisport competitions, including events connected with the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

A common mix-up is confusing the 2017 championships with the 2017 BWF World Championships venue in Glasgow’s wider region or with the 2017 World Para-Badminton Championships, which were a separate event. The 2017 edition was won in men’s singles by Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, while Nozomi Okuhara of Japan won women’s singles.