2019 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships

The 2019 BWF Para-Badminton World Championships was held from 20 to 25 August 2019 in Basel, Switzerland.

Host city selection
After Basel was selected to be the host of 2019 BWF World Championships in March 2019, the organizing team proposed to hold the able-bodied badminton world championships together the para-badminton world championships. The proposal was approved by Badminton World Federation thus marking the first time Para-Badminton World Championships is held together with World Badminton Championships in the same venue.

Participating countries
313 players from 49 countries took part.


 * 🇦🇺 Australia (5)
 * 🇦🇹 Austria (1)
 * 🇧🇪 Belgium (1)
 * 🇧🇷 Brazil (13)
 * 🇨🇦 Canada (10)
 * 🇨🇳 China (20)
 * Chinese Taipei (4)
 * 🇨🇴 Colombia (1)
 * Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
 * 🇩🇰 Denmark (1)
 * 🇪🇨 Ecuador (1)
 * 🇪🇬 Egypt (8)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England (12)
 * 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands (1)
 * 🇫🇮 Finland (7)
 * 🇫🇷 France (19)
 * 🇩🇪 Germany (10)
 * 🇬🇷 Greece (1)
 * 🇭🇰 Hong Kong (3)
 * 🇮🇳 India (26)
 * 🇮🇩 Indonesia (9)
 * 🇮🇪 Ireland (3)
 * 🇮🇱 Israel (2)
 * 🇮🇹 Italy (4)
 * 🇯🇵 Japan (25)
 * 🇰🇪 Kenya (8)
 * 🇲🇾 Malaysia (6)
 * 🇳🇱 Netherlands (4)
 * 🇳🇿 New Zealand (1)
 * 🇳🇬 Nigeria (7)
 * 🇳🇴 Norway (1)
 * 🇵🇪 Peru (3)
 * 🇵🇱 Poland (7)
 * 🇵🇹 Portugal (2)
 * 🇷🇺 Russia (16)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland (4)
 * 🇸🇬 Singapore (1)
 * 🇿🇦 South Africa (1)
 * 🇰🇷 South Korea (10)
 * 🇪🇸 Spain (4)
 * 🇸🇪 Sweden (1)
 * 🇨🇭 Switzerland (5) Host country
 * 🇹🇭 Thailand (16)
 * 🇹🇷 Turkey (7)
 * 🇺🇬 Uganda (4)
 * 🇺🇦 Ukraine (5)
 * 🇺🇸 United States (9)
 * Vietnam (4)
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales (1)