India will host the 2025 Globe Junior Badminton Championships at theNational Centre of Excellence in Guwahati, the sport’s global governing body BWF explained on Tuesday.
The party will return to India right after a gap of 16 several years. The match was held in Pune in 2008 for the 1st time in the country and prodigy Saina Nehwal defeated Sayaka Sato of Japan to win the girl’s title.
“Both of those the crew and unique functions will be held at the Badminton Affiliation of India’s (BAI) Nationwide Centre of Excellence in the northeast area of the state,” the BWF explained in a launch.
“India’s output line of elite badminton expertise is booming, and it is of terrific significance for the BWF to convey our Globe Juniors to India for just the 2nd time,” BWF President Poul-Erik Høyer stated.
“BAI’s brand name new Nationwide Centre of Excellence is a state-of-the-art facility for badminton and will be the great arena for our following-era talent to fight it out for team and personal glory.”
Dates for the 2025 occasion are nonetheless to be verified.
Apart from the Junior Worlds, BWF also declared hosts for the subsequent version of the Thomas and Uber Cup. The match will be hosted by Denmark in Horsens.
It is just the 2nd time that Denmark will stage the BWF world men’s and women’s crew championships adhering to Aarhus in 2021.
“Horsens is renowned for its cultural and amusement occasions, and we are energized to be bringing the prestigious BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2026 to the badminton-loving nearby neighborhood,” reported Høyer.
The hosting rights were being confirmed at the BWF Council conference on April 28.