2005 IBF World Championships

2005 IBF World Championships

Tournament details
Dates	15 August – 21 August
Edition	14th
Level	International
Venue	Arrowhead Pond
Location	Anaheim, United States
← 2003 Birmingham 2006 Madrid →

The 2005 IBF World Championships (14th tournament) was held in Anaheim, southern California, United States, from August 15 to August 21, 2005.

2004 Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia won the men's singles over China's Lin Dan, while Peter Gade of Denmark and Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia received bronze medals.

In the women's singles category, Xie Xingfang won the gold medal beating compatriot 2004 Olympic gold medalist Zhang Ning. Germany's Xu Huaiwen and Chinese Taipei's Cheng Shao-chieh won bronze medals. Cheng Shao-chieh also created some surprise results in the tournament.

Women's doubles was almost an all-China show. 2004 Olympic gold medalists Zhang Jiewen/Yang Wei repeated their 2004 Olympic performance with victory over silver medalists Gao Ling/Huang Sui.

In the mixed doubles, number 1 seeds Nathan Robertson/Gail Emms of England backed out before commencement of the tournament due to an injury to Robertson. This paved the way for several pairs to contest the medals. Indonesia's Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir secured the gold over China's up and coming Xie Zhongbo/Zhang Yawen. Zhang Yawen also become the only double medalist in this games winning the silver in mixed doubles and bronze in the women's doubles.

The biggest surprise in the tournament came in men's doubles. Though former Indonesian star Tony Gunawan had long been recognized as one the premier men's doubles players in the game, he and his American partner Howard Bach were only the 13th seeded team in the competition. However, from the round of 16 through the semifinal they routinely defeated higher seeded pairs to reach the final. There, before a surprisingly large "hometown crowd", they overcame the second seeded Indonesian team of Sigit Budiarto and Candra Wijaya in three close games to become the first American winners of any event since the IBF first held an official World Championships in 1977.

Venue

• Arrowhead Pond

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Taufik Hidayat	Lin Dan	Peter Gade
			Lee Chong Wei
Women's Singles	Xie Xingfang	Zhang Ning	Xu Huaiwen
			Cheng Shao-chieh
Men's Doubles	Tony Gunawan Howard Bach	Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto	Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto
			Chan Chong Ming Koo Kien Keat
Women's Doubles	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Zhang Dan Zhang Yawen
			Lee Kyung-won Lee Hyo-jung
Mixed Doubles	Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen	Daniel A Shirley Sara Runesten-Petersen
			Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam

Participating nations

A total of 50 nations entered players at the 2005 IBF World Championships. The number of competitors is indicated in parentheses.

Austria [3]  Belgium [3]  Bulgaria [3]  Canada [14]  China [21]  Chinese Taipei [4]  Czech Republic [4]  Denmark [16]  England [18]  Estonia [3]  Finland [3]  France [10]  Germany [8]  Guatemala [2]  Hong Kong [8]  Iceland [2]  India [4]

Indonesia [10]  Iran [3]  Ireland [4]  Israel [1]  Italy [2]  Japan [20]  Lithuania [1]  Malaysia [21]  Netherlands [7]  New Zealand [11]  Nigeria [2]  Norway [1]  Pakistan [4]  Peru [5]  Philippines [2]  Poland [5]  Russia [4]

Scotland [9]  Singapore [10]  Slovenia [8]  South Africa [3]  South Korea [11]  Spain [6]  Sri Lanka [1]  Suriname [2]  Sweden [7]   Switzerland [4]  Thailand [10]  Trinidad and Tobago [2]  Ukraine [3]  United States [15]  Vietnam [1]  Wales [2]

Results of the final rounds

Men's singles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Lin Dan	5	15	15
	9/16	Lee Hyun-il	15	7	8
									Lin Dan	15	13	15
									Peter Gade	9	15	11
	3/4	Peter Gade	15	15
	5/8	Chen Hong	13	4
																Lin Dan	3	7
																Taufik Hidayat	15	15
	5/8	Lee Chong Wei	15	15
	3/4	Bao Chunlai	5	7
									Lee Chong Wei	3	12
									Taufik Hidayat	15	15
	5/8	Taufik Hidayat	3	15	15
	2	Kenneth Jonassen	15	10	7

Women's Singles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Zhang Ning	11	11
	9/16	Kaori Mori	4	6
									Zhang Ning	11	11
									Xu Huaiwen	7	9
	3/4	Pi Hongyan	3	2
	5/8	Xu Huaiwen	11	11
																Zhang Ning	8	11	3
																Xie Xingfang	11	9	11
		Cheng Shao-chieh	11	5	11
	3/4	Wang Chen	9	11	6
									Cheng Shao-chieh	11	5	6
									Xie Xingfang	2	11	11
	5/8	Tracey Hallam	3	1
	2	Xie Xingfang	11	11

Men's Doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Jens Eriksen   Martin Lundgaard Hansen	9	10
	9/16	Tony Gunawan   Howard Bach	15	15
									Tony Gunawan   Howard Bach	15	15
									Luluk Hadiyanto   Alvent Yulianto	9	13
	3/4	Luluk Hadiyanto   Alvent Yulianto	15	12	15
	5/8	Jung Jae-sung   Lee Jae-jin	5	15	7
																Tony Gunawan   Howard Bach	15	10	15
																Candra Wijaya   Sigit Budiarto	11	15	11
	9/16	Flandy Limpele   Eng Hian	15	12	10
	9/16	Chan Chong Ming   Koo Kien Keat	6	15	15
									Chan Chong Ming   Koo Kien Keat	9	11
									Candra Wijaya   Sigit Budiarto	15	15
	5/8	Lars Paaske   Jonas Rasmussen	10	15	9
	2	Candra Wijaya   Sigit Budiarto	15	11	15

Women's Doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Yang Wei   Zhang Jiewen	15	15
		Gail Emms   Donna Kellogg	7	10
									Yang Wei   Zhang Jiewen	15	15
									Lee Kyung-Won   Lee Hyo-Jung	4	3
		Lee Kyung-Won   Lee Hyo-Jung	15	15
		Pei Tty Wong   Eei Hui Chin	6	5
																Yang Wei   Zhang Jiewen	17	15
																Gao Ling   Huang Sui	16	7
		Gao Ling   Huang Sui	15	15
		Saralee Thungthongkam   Sathinee Chankrachangwong	3	4
									Gao Ling   Huang Sui	15	15
									Zhang Dan   Zhang Yawen	5	8
		Wei Yili   Zhao Tingting	8	9
		Zhang Dan   Zhang Yawen	15	15

Mixed Doubles

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
		Nova Widianto   Lilyana Natsir	15	15
		Fredrik Bergström   Johanna Persson	6	6
									Nova Widianto   Lilyana Natsir	15	3	15
									Sudket Prapakamol   Saralee Thungthongkam	9	15	10
		Sudket Prapakamol   Saralee Thungthongkam	10	15	15
		Zhang Jun   Gao Ling	15	7	11
																Nova Widianto   Lilyana Natsir	13	15	15
																Xie Zhongbo   Zhang Yawen	15	8	2
		Xie Zhongbo   Zhang Yawen	6	17	15
		Chen Qiqiu   Zhao Tingting	15	14	2
									Xie Zhongbo   Zhang Yawen	15	15
									Daniel Shirley   Sara Runesten-Petersen	8	8
		Daniel Shirley   Sara Runesten-Petersen	15	15
		Lee Jae-jin   Lee Hyo-jung	11	13

Medals table

China had an excellent tournament, winning seven medals in total, including the gold medals in the women's singles and women's doubles, as well as four of the five silvers. Indonesia won both the men's singles and mixed doubles. The men's doubles tournament was won by the 13th seeds, Tony Gunawan and Howard Bach, winning the United States's first ever gold at the World Championships.

Pos	Country				Total
1	People's Republic of China	2	4	1	7
2	Indonesia	2	1	1	4
3	United States	1	-	-	1
4	Malaysia	-	-	2	2
5	Denmark	-	-	1	1
	Germany	-	-	1	1
	South Korea	-	-	1	1
	New Zealand	-	-	1	1
	Thailand	-	-	1	1
	Chinese Taipei	-	-	1	1
Total		5	5	10	20

External links

• "Official website". Archived from the original on 2006-02-08.
• 2005 IBF World Championships Full Results