The 2019 BWF World Junior Championships was the twenty-first edition of the

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. It was held in

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at the Kazan Gymnastics Center from 30 September to 13 October 2019.

Host city selection

The original winner of the bid was

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, which was awarded the event in November 2017 during

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meeting at Jamaica, with Tipsport Arena as the proposed venue. Prague later withdrew and the Badminton World Federation later re-awarded the event to Kazan in November 2018 during the announcement of 18 major badminton event hosts from 2019 to 2025.

Medalists

Medal table

References

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