BWF World Junior Ranking

The BWF World Junior Ranking is the official ranking of the Badminton World Federation, introduced since January 2011. Players must be under 19 years of age to be eligible in the World Junior Rankings. Players will be removed from the World Junior Ranking once they have reached 19 years of age on 1 January. In doubles, players will be ranked as individuals and not as pairs. ^[1]

Points system

Badminton Asia Confederation may select up to two tournaments to upgrade to European Junior Championships level and up to three tournaments to the upgraded Asian and European Tournaments level as stated in World Junior ranking table below. Badminton Europe can select up to three tournaments to upgrade to the upgraded Asian and European International Tournaments level. Points are awarded according to the following table:

Championships	Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64	65/128	129/256	257/512	513/1024
World Junior	6,000	5,100	4,200	3,300	2,400	1,500	600	300	120	60	30
Asian Junior	4,600	3,900	3,210	2,520	1,800	1,100	440	215
European Junior and Upgraded Asian International Tournaments	3,500	2,975	2,450	1,925	1,375	835	330	160	65	30	15
Upgraded Asian and European Junior International Tournaments	2,500	2,125	1,750	1,375	960	585	230	110	45	20	13
Asian and European International Tournaments	2,000	1,700	1,400	1,100	760	460	180	85	35	15	10
African, Pan American and Oceania Continental Junior	1,250	1,065	875	685	460	275	105	50	20	10	5
African, Pan American and Oceania Junior International Tournaments	850	710	585	460	300	175	65	30	10	5	3

Year-end number one players

Year	Men's Singles	Women's Singles	Men's Doubles	Women's Doubles	Mixed Doubles
2011	Viktor Axelsen	Ratchanok Intanon		Shin Seung-chan	Jim Middelburg Soraya de Visch Eijbergen
2012	Kento Momota	Nozomi Okuhara	Arya Maulana Aldiartama Edi Subaktiar	Shin Seung-chan	Edi Subaktiar Melati Daeva Oktaviani
2013	Wang Tzu-wei	Aya Ohori	Liu Yuchen Li Junhui	Chae Yoo-jung Kim Ji-won	Choi Sol-kyu
2014	Shi Yuqi	Akane Yamaguchi	Huang Kaixiang Zheng Siwei	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Chen Qingchen
2015	Firman Abdul Kholik	He Bingjiao	Zheng Siwei	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Chen Qingchen Zheng Siwei

Number one ranked players

The following is a list of players who have achieved the number one position since 29 December 2011:

Country	Player	Event	Date reached	Total weeks
DEN	Viktor Axelsen	MS	29 December 2011	33
THA	Ratchanok Intanon	WS	29 December 2011	29
KOR	Shin Seung-chan	WD	29 December 2011	52
NED	Jim Middelburg	XD	29 December 2011	18
NED	Soraya de Visch Eijbergen	XD	29 December 2011	18
MAS	Zulfadli Zulkiffli	MS	5 January 2012	11
JPN	Nozomi Okuhara	WS	5 January 2012	52
MAS	Nelson Heg Wei Keat	MD	5 January 2012	9
MAS	Teo Ee Yi	MD	5 January 2012	9
INA	Suci Rizky Andini	WD	5 January 2012	24
TPE	Lin Chia-yu	MD	8 March 2012	17
DEN	Line Kjaersfeldt	XD	8 March 2012	1
INA	Alfian Eko Prasetya	XD	10 May 2012	8
INA	Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah	WD	21 June 2012	2
INA	Ronald Alexander	MD	5 July 2012	1
MAS	Chow Mei Kuan	WD	5 July 2012	1
MAS	Lee Meng Yean	WD	5 July 2012	1
MAS	Chow Mei Kuan	XD	5 July 2012	1
HKG	Lee Chun-hei	MD	12 July 2012	5
KOR	Chae Yoo-jung	XD	12 July 2012	17
INA	Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	MD	16 August 2012	5
INA	Arya Maulana Aldiartama	MD	20 September 2012	43
INA	Edi Subaktiar	MD	20 September 2012	38
THA	Khosit Phetpradab	MS	1 November 2012	1
JPN	Kento Momota	MS	8 November 2012	34
INA	Edi Subaktiar	XD	8 November 2012	34
INA	Melati Daeva Oktaviani	XD	8 November 2012	26
THA	Sitthikorn Thammasin	MS	4 July 2013	11
BUL	Stefani Stoeva	WD	4 July 2013	2
KOR	Choi Sol-kyu	XD	4 July 2013	26
THA	Busanan Ongbumrungpan	WS	18 July 2013	19
CHN	Liu Yuchen	MD	18 July 2013	24
THA	Narissapat Lam	WD	18 July 2013	22
MAS	Soo Teck Zhi	MS	19 September 2013	7
JPN	Aya Ohori	WS	31 October 2013	13
TPE	Wang Tzu-wei	MS	7 November 2013	8
CHN	Li Junhui	MD	7 November 2013	8
KOR	Chae Yoo-jung	WD	21 November 2013	6
KOR	Kim Ji-won	WD	21 November 2013	6
IND	Aditya Joshi	MS	2 January 2014	8
CHN	Huang Kaixiang	MD	2 January 2014	22
CHN	Zheng Siwei	MD	2 January 2014	52
CHN	Chen Qingchen	XD	2 January 2014	104
CHN	Huang Kaixiang	XD	2 January 2014	45
CHN	Jia Yifan	WD	30 January 2014	65
INA	Jonatan Christie	MS	27 February 2014	12
JPN	Akane Yamaguchi	WS	27 February 2014	90
CHN	Chen Qingchen	WD	27 February 2014	48
CHN	Shi Yuqi	MS	17 April 2014	37
KOR	Kim Jung-ho	MD	24 April 2014	30
CHN	Lin Guipu	MS	2 January 2015	10
THA	Puavaranukroh Dechapol	MD	29 January 2015	12
INA	Apriani Rahayu	WD	29 January 2015	9
INA	Firman Abdul Kholik	MS	16 April 2015	35
FRA	Toma Junior Popov	MD	23 April 2015	11
TUR	Kader Inal	WD	23 April 2015	17
CHN	Zheng Siwei	XD	23 April 2015	37
DEN	Anders Antonsen	MS	23 September 2015	3
DEN	Ditte Søby Hansen	WD	1 October 2015	1
CHN	He Bingjiao	WS	26 November 2015	7
IND	Siril Verma	MS	7 January 2016	6
CHN	Chen Yufei	WS	7 January 2016	4
CHN	He Jiting	MD	7 January 2016	10
DEN	Julie Dawall Jakobsen	WD	7 January 2016	3
CHN	Du Yue	XD	7 January 2016	9
MAS	Goh Jin Wei	WS	4 February 2016	6
CHN	Du Yue	WD	4 February 2016	7
INA	Apriani Rahayu	XD	28 January 2016	1
THA	Kantaphon Wangcharoen	MS	18 February 2016	4

Last update: 10 March 2016

References

1. "World Junior ranking". Bwfbadminton.org. Badminton World Federation.