Information Home Page (Last Updated On August 22, 2005) The XIV World Badminton Championships (WBC) is an International Badminton Federation (IBF) Grade 7* Event that took place at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in Anaheim, California on August 15-21, 2005. Winners of the XIV World Badminton Championships: Men's Singles Gold - Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia) Silver - Lin Dan (China) Bronze - Peter Gade (Denmark) Bronze - Chong Wei Lee (Malaysia) Women's Singles Gold - Xie Xingfang (China) Silver - Zhang Ning (China) Bronze - Cheng Shao-Chieh (Chinese Taipei) Bronze - Xu Huaiwen (Germany) Men's Doubles Gold - Howard Bach / Tony Gunawan (USA) Silver - Sigit Budiarto / Candra Wijaya (Indonesia) Bronze - Yulianto Alven / Luluk Hadiyanto (Indonesia) Bronze - Chong Ming Chan / Kien Keat Koo (Malaysia) Women's Doubles Gold - Zhang Jiewen / Yang Wei (China) Silver - Gao Ling / Huang Sui (China) Bronze - Zhang Dan / Zhang Yawen (China) Bronze - Hyo Jung Lee / Kyung Won Lee (South Korea) Mixed Doubles Gold - Nova Widianto / Lilyana Natsir (Indonesia) Silver - Xie Zhongbo / Zhang Yawen (China) Bronze - Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thungthongkam (Thailand) Bronze - Daniel A. Shirley / Sara Runesten-Petersen (New Zealand) With a commitment to grow the sport of badminton in the United States, the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim has developed a fundraising program in partnership with USA Badminton. A portion of specially sold ticket proceeds will be designated to support USA Badminton Olympic player development across the country. To support this initiative, purchase your tickets to the 2005 World Badminton Championships from the official website using the following purchase codes: All-Session Tickets - use promo code: USAB Mini Plan Tickets (Friday through Sunday) - use promo code: USABMINI Individual Session Tickets - use promo code: USABIND The IBF invited eligible badminton athletes to participate in the XIV World Badminton Championships. The following additional information pages are available (please click on the link to open): 1. Arrowhead Pond 2005 IBF World Championships Website (www.05worlds.com) 2. IBF (www.worldbadminton.net) XIV World Championships 2005 Information Page 3. IBF (www.worldbadminton.net) XIV World Championships 2005 Draws Page 4. 2005 IBF World Championships Final Entry List Announcement - July 12, 2005 5. IBF Regulations for Eligibility and Processing of Entries for World Championships 6. 2005 World Badminton Championships US Wild Card Entries Selection Procedure May 27, 2005 Update: The 2005 (7th) World Coaches Conference which was scheduled to be held in conjunction with the World Championships between August 18-20, 2005 has been postponed due to the lack of time to obtain research findings and the unavailability of several keynote speakers. An announcement will be made when a new date has been set for the 7th World Coaches Conference. The XIII World Badminton Championships was held at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England on July 28 to August 3, 2003. Please contact USA Badminton Executive Director Dan Cloppas at dcloppas@aol.com if you have any question regarding the XIV World Badminton Championships. Click Here to close this window.