The finals day of the 2025 BWF World Championships concluded amid an electric atmosphere, with five gold-medal matches deciding the ultimate champions of the season.
Match #1: Mixed Doubles
The first match on the schedule — mixed doubles — concluded with a historic moment for Malaysia. Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei (MAS) clinched the gold medal, overcoming the Chinese pair Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin (CHN), who took silver. Their victory placed Malaysia at the top of the medal table with one gold at that moment, while China added a silver to an already deep tally of bronze medals that had been earned across events earlier in the week.
Match #2: Women’s Singles
Japanese shuttler Akane Yamaguchi firmly cemented her place among the badminton greats by securing her third women’s singles title at the BWF World Championships. With this victory, she became only the second player in history to achieve this remarkable treble, emulating the legendary Carolina Marín of Spain. Yamaguchi’s trio of gold medals, captured in 2021 (Huelva), 2022 (Tokyo), and 2025 (Paris), underscored a period of sustained dominance and exceptional consistency at the sport’s highest level.
Match #3: Women’s Doubles
The successful campaign of Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning culminated in China’s fourth consecutive women’s doubles world championship and its 24th overall, further cementing its status as the category’s preeminent powerhouse. This victory highlighted a remarkable level of sustained excellence, placing China’s total number of titles in a historical context that bordered on monopoly. Since the first World Championships, the women’s doubles title had been claimed by only four countries, with China’s 24 wins far surpassing Japan’s three, and the single titles won by England and South Korea.
Match #4: Men’s Singles
China’s Shi Yuqi was crowned the 2025 BWF World Champion after a thrilling three-game victory over Thailand’s defending champion, Kunlavut Vitidsarn. The final was a tale of shifting momentum: after squandering a significant lead to lose the first game, Shi Yuqi demonstrated tremendous resilience to storm back and dominate the subsequent games. The final scoreline of 19-21, 21-10, 21-18 secured a historic win, ending a decade-long wait for China. With this triumph, Shi Yuqi became the first Chinese men’s singles player to claim the world title since Chen Long’s victory in 2015.
Match #5: Men’s Doubles
In a display of seamless new partnership, Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho clinched the men’s doubles world title. For Seo, it was a successful title defense and a third world championship gold medal, while for Kim, it was a career-first triumph. Their win added a sixth men’s doubles title to South Korea’s haul, ranking the nation third historically behind the dominant pairs of Indonesia (10) and China (8).
2025 BWF World Championships – Medallists
| Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s singles | Shi Yuqi (CHN) | Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA) | Victor Lai (CAN) Anders Antonsen (DEN) |
| Women’s singles | Akane Yamaguchi (JPN) | Chen Yufei (CHN) | An Se-young (KOR) Putri Kusuma Wardani (INA) |
| Men’s doubles | Kim Won-ho / Seo Seung-jae (KOR) | Chen Boyang / Liu Yi (CHN) | Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (DEN) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty (IND) |
| Women’s doubles | Liu Shengshu / Tan Ning (CHN) | Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan (MAS) | Rin Iwanaga / Kie Nakanishi (JPN) Nami Matsuyama / Chiharu Shida (JPN) |
| Mixed doubles | Chen Tang Jie / Toh Ee Wei (MAS) | Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin (CHN) | Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue (FRA) Guo Xinwa / Chen Fanghui (CHN) |
2025 BWF World Championships – Medal Table
China ascended to the top of the medal table, dethroning defending champion Korea with a haul of six medals (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze). The tournament also saw a historic achievement as Canada secured its first-ever World Championships medal.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Thailand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| France* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 | |
*Host nation: France.