2005 IBF World Championships

Anaheim (United States) and Aarhus (Denmark) were the candidates for the host of the championships. Singapore withdrew its bid before the council meeting which later awarded the event to Anaheim. ==Venue==

The championships were held at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim, now known as Honda Center. ==Medalists==

China had an excellent tournament, winning seven medals in total, including the gold medals in the women's singles and women's doubles, as well as four of the five silvers. Indonesia won both the men's singles and mixed doubles. The men's doubles tournament was won by the 13th seeds, Tony Gunawan and Howard Bach, winning the United States's first ever gold at the World Championships. Medal table Events ==Participating nations==

A total of 50 nations entered players at the 2005 IBF World Championships. The number of competitors is indicated in parentheses. • [3] • [3] • [3] • [14] • [21] • [4] • [4] • [16] • [18] • [3] • [3] • [10] • [8] • [2] • [8] • [2] • [4] • [10] • [3] • [4] • [1] • [2] • [20] • [1] • [21] • [7] • [11] • [2] • [1] • [4] • [5] • [2] • [5] • [4] • [9] • [10] • [8] • [3] • [11] • [6] • [1] • [2] • [7] • [4] • [10] • [2] • [3] • [15] • [1] • [2] ==References==