2018 BWF World Badminton Championships is going to held in Nanjing, China between 30 July and 5 Aug. Badminton top seeds and rankings are being determined by this world championships and this is combined with the Summer Olympic Games to get the final results in the badminton rankings. Who has the best chances to reach the finals of world championship , Who will be the winner of Badminton championship 2018 ? First let us look at the complete list of top seeds and ranking of Badminton World championship 2018.

BWF World Badminton Championships is a showcase of the very best in the sport and it determines who are the World Champions in each of the five disciplines, men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles and mixed doubles. The winners will be crowned as the “World Champions” and awarded gold medals.

The 2018 BWF World Championship will see some of the best matches featuring players like Lin Dan, Son Wan Ho and Chen Long in the Men’s Singles event. The Women’s Singles event will feature players like Akane Yamaguchi, Tai Tzu Ying and PV Sindhu. Players such as Marcus Fernaldi Gideon, Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, etc. will contest in the Men’s Doubles event and Chen Qingchen, Jia Yifan, etc. will be going for gold in the Women’s Doubles event. In the Mixed Doubles event, Chen Qingchen and Zheng Siwei, who are currently ranked at number one, will aim for the gold medal.

Who are the top seeds for Men and women at BWF World Badminton championships 2018 in China ?

Currently the defending Champions are Viktor Axelsen in Men’s singles and Nozomi Okuhara in Women’s Singles at BWF World Badminton Championship.

In Men’s singles, currently Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen ranked number 1 in the world followed by Lee Chong Wei in the second position. One of tournament favorite India’s Kidambi Srikanth is in the 5th rank for the world championships. Based on current form best chance of winning the Men’s singles at World Badminton championships is Axlesen or Srikanth. But India’s Pranoy also has a decent run in the previous tournaments, who can be the Black horse.

In women’s singles it is more tougher competition and TAI Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei holds the number 1 ranking in the world championship. She will be having tight fight with India’s P V Sindhu who is the 3rd seed at the world championship. Olympic gold medal winner Spain’s Carolina Marin and India’s Saina Nehwal are also tournament favorites to win for Women’s singles. They are currently seeded 8 and 10 in the championship.

Below is the complete list top seeds and ranking of Men and Women at the Badminton World championship 2018 in China.

Men’s Singles world ranking top seeds – Badminton

RANK	COUNTRY	PLAYER	POINTS
1	DEN	Viktor AXELSEN	88,554
2	MAS	LEE Chong Wei	77,383
3	CHN	SHI Yuqi	74,762
4	KOR	SON Wan Ho	72,172
5	IND	KIDAMBI Srikanth	65,235
6	JPN	Kento MOMOTA	64,757
7	TPE	CHOU Tien Chen	63,784
8	CHN	CHEN Long	63,248
9	CHN	LIN Dan	57,113
10	HKG	NG Ka Long Angus	54,898
11	IND	PRANNOY H. S.	54,260
12	INA	Anthony Sinisuka GINTING	52,615
13	INA	Tommy SUGIARTO	52,400
14	JPN	Kenta NISHIMOTO	51,847
15	INA	Jonatan CHRISTIE	49,783
16	DEN	Anders ANTONSEN	47,317
17	TPE	WANG Tzu Wei	45,252
18	THA	Kantaphon WANGCHAROEN	44,603
19	IND	Sameer VERMA	44,251
20	FRA	Brice LEVERDEZ	44,004
21	HKG	WONG Wing Ki Vincent	43,498
22	THA	Khosit PHETPRADAB	43,442
23	DEN	Hans-Kristian Solberg VITTINGHUS	43,099
24	JPN	Kazumasa SAKAI	41,536
25	IND	SAI PRANEETH B.	41,107

Women’s Singles world ranking top seeds – Badminton

RANK	COUNTRY	PLAYER	POINTS
1	TPE	TAI Tzu Ying	96,817
2	JPN	Akane YAMAGUCHI	84,963
3	IND	PUSARLA V. Sindhu	83,414
4	THA	Ratchanok INTANON	77,487
5	CHN	CHEN Yufei	74,889
6	JPN	Nozomi OKUHARA	68,287
7	CHN	HE Bingjiao	67,509
8	ESP	Carolina MARIN	67,266
9	KOR	SUNG Ji Hyun	58,753
10	IND	Saina NEHWAL	56,394
11	USA	Beiwen ZHANG	52,230
12	THA	Nitchaon JINDAPOL	50,182
13	CAN	Michelle LI	48,641
14	JPN	Aya OHORI	46,746
15	JPN	Sayaka SATO	44,146
16	CHN	GAO Fangjie	43,366
17	HKG	CHEUNG Ngan Yi	43,281
18	JPN	Sayaka TAKAHASHI	43,086
19	DEN	Mia BLICHFELDT	43,002
20	THA	Pornpawee CHOCHUWONG	42,402
21	KOR	LEE Jang Mi	41,614
22	INA	Gregoria Mariska TUNJUNG	39,910
23	SCO	Kirsty GILMOUR	38,910
24	THA	Busanan ONGBAMRUNGPHAN	38,459
25	KOR	KIM Hyo Min	37,790

The first time World championships Badminton was started in 1977 and was hosted by Malmo in Sweden. 2018 world championships will be conducted in Nanjing, China and in 2019 it will be at Basel in Switzerland.

More…

Which TV channels broadcasting and live streaming 2018 BWF World Badminton Championships in China – Full tournament Schedule, Live scores and Online Streaming Details

---

Catch all  latest updates and trending news around the world for Badminton World championship 2018 at Royaltrendingnews.com

---