China won the first BWF World Junior Championships badminton team title in 2000.
The world junior championships were created to identify and develop leading under-19 players. The inaugural edition took place in Nanjing, China, in 2000, and the host nation won the mixed team competition.
The team event is known as the Suhandinata Cup, named after Indonesian badminton administrator Dick Sudirman’s birth name, Suhandinata. It brings together boys’ singles, girls’ singles, boys’ doubles, girls’ doubles, and mixed doubles matches in a country-versus-country format.
The championships also include individual events, but the team and individual tournaments are distinct competitions. China’s success in the inaugural team event reflected its established junior-development system and foreshadowed the country’s sustained strength at senior world and Olympic level.