2026 VICTOR BWF World Junior Championships.

29th edition of the World Badminton Championships.

Venue and Host: Cairo International Stadium, Cairo Egypt.

This is the second time the WJC has been held on the continent of Africa, the first being South Africa in 2002.

Information and draw: https://bwfbadminton.com/tournament/5637/victor-bwf-world-junior-team-championships-2026/info

Last Year Winners

Team:

MS : Liu Yang Mingyu

WS : Anyapat Phichitpreechasak

MD : Chen Junting/Liu Junrong

WD: Tan Kexuan/ Wei Yueyue

XD : Lee Hyeong Woo/Cheong Hye-In

Seeding list

1. Malaysia. Seed 1
2. Thailand Seed 2
3. Japan Seed 3
4. Chinese Taipei Seed 4

5. China Seed 5
6. Hong Kong China Seed 6
7. India Seed 7
8. Czechia Seed 8

9. Türkiye Seed 9/16
10. Indonesia Seed 9/16
11. U.S.A. Seed 9/16
12. Estonia Seed 9/16
13. Spain Seed 9/16
14. Bulgaria Seed 9/16
15. Korea Seed 9/16
16. England Seed 9/16

Draw Date: 28 August 2026

Time : 6.00pm

Venue: North Square Mall Al Alamein

The big news is no French team in the team event!

Did someone forget to enter the team?

*edit - France entered a team in 2024 and 2025

Most dangerous 9-16 seeds are Indonesia and USA.

Korea are always dark horses but their current juniors didn’t do particularly well in AJC.