The 2006 IBF World Championships, the 15th tournament of the

World Badminton Championships The BWF World Championships, formerly known as IBF World Championships, and also known as the World Badminton Championships, is a badminton tournament sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament is one of the most prestigious i ...

, was held in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the Largest cities of the Europ ...

, the capital of

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, from September 18 to 24, 2006.

Host city selection

Aarhus (Denmark) and

(Spain) were the candidates for hosting the championships. During the 2004 IBF council meeting held in Jakarta, it was announced that Madrid will host the championships.

Venue

Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid (English: ''Sports Palace of the Regional Community of Madrid''), officially WiZink Center since November 2016 for sponsorship reasons, is an indoor sporting arena located in Madrid, Spain. The forme ...

Medalists

Medal table

Events

References

External links

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Full results from tournamentsoftware.com
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Sports competitions in Madrid 2006 Badminton tournaments in Spain International sports competitions hosted by Spain 2006 in Madrid