The 2025 BWF World Junior Championships will be held in Guwahati, the largest city in Northeast India.
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The tournament, organized by the Badminton Association of India (BAI), will feature both team and individual competitions at the newly completed National Centre of Excellence, equipped with 14 courts, an international standard stadium, an
India last hosted the World Junior Championships in 2008. Following that event, India also hosted the 2009 BWF World Championships (Hyderabad) and the 2014 BWF Thomas & Uber Cup
BWF President Poul-Erik Høyer expressed his delight at bringing major BWF tournaments back to India, noting India’s rich talent pool in badminton. Guwahati, situated on the southern bank of the Brahmaputra River, is known as the “City of Temples” due to its many ancient Hindu temples. It is also the hometown of Chirag Shetty, who won the team gold at the 2
