[2] The bid was approved by Badminton World Federation on 18 March 2017 during a meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

[3] The city itself won the internal bidding phase by the Chinese Badminton Association, being the preferred city over Nanjing (later chosen to host 2018 BWF World Championships), Qingdao, and Wuhan.

On the day of the draw, it was announced that the original list of 32 teams was pared down to 31, with Kenya withdrawing from the tournament.

[6] Japan Thailand Russia Indonesia Denmark England Chinese Taipei South Korea Hong Kong China India Malaysia Netherlands France United States Vietnam Germany Canada Singapore Israel Ireland Australia New Zealand Nepal Switzerland Sri Lanka Slovakia Lithuania Macau Kazakhstan Greenland The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Chapter 5 Section 5.1.

The draw for the quarterfinals was held after the completion of the final matches in the group stage on 22 May 2019.