BWF World Senior Championships
The BWF World Senior Championships is a badminton tournament for players aged 35 and older sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The winners will be crowned as the "World Senior Champions" and awarded gold medals. However, it does not offer any prize money. The tournament started in 2003 and being held biennially.
Location of the World Senior Championships
The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the World Senior Championships. The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.The 2025 championships was awarded to Auckland but they have withdrawn. A new bidding process was initiated by BWF in June 2024.
The competition was awarded to Pattaya and was held 7–14 September 2025.
| Year | No. | Date | Host city |
| 2003 | I | 9 – 15 June | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 2004 | II | 29 November – 5 December | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 2007 | III | 24 – 29 April | Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2009 | IV | 27 September – 3 October | Huelva, Spain |
| 2011 | V | 21 – 27 August | Vancouver, Canada |
| 2013 | VI | 9 – 14 August | Ankara, Turkey |
| 2015 | VII | 20 – 26 September | Helsingborg, Sweden |
| 2017 | VIII | 11 – 17 September | Kochi, India |
| 2019 | IX | 4 – 11 August | Katowice, Poland |
| 2021 | X | 28 November – 4 December | Huelva, Spain |
| 2023 | XI | 11 – 17 September | Jeonju, South Korea |
| 2025 | XII | 7 - 14 September | Pattaya, Thailand |