WThe 2018 BWF World Junior Championships was the twentieth edition of the BWF World Junior Championships. It was held in Markham, Canada at Markham Pan Am Centre from 5 to 18 November 2018. This was the second time Canada had hosted the Badminton World Junior Championships.
WThe badminton competition at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Barranquilla, Colombia from 28 July to 2 August at the Coliseo Universidad del Norte.
WBadminton events at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia took place between Thursday 5 April and Sunday 15 April at the Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre.
WThe 2018 European Badminton Championships were the 27th tournament of the European Badminton Championships. They were held in Huelva, Spain, from 24–29 April 2018.
WThe 2018 edition of the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships was held in Kazan, Russia, from 13 to 18 February 2018. This tournament also served as European qualification for the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup.
WThe badminton tournaments at the 2018 Mediterranean Games took place between 23 and 26 June at the El Morell Pavilion in El Morell, Tarragona. This was the second time that badminton events held at the Mediterranean Games.
WThere were six badminton events at the 2018 South American Games. The events were held from 26 May to 31 May at the Evo Morales Coliseum in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
WThe 2018 BWF World Championships was a badminton tournament which was held from 30 July to 5 August at Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Sports Park Arena in Nanjing, China.
WThe 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 30th edition of the Thomas Cup and the 27th edition of the Uber Cup, the biennial international badminton championship contested by the men and women's national teams of the member associations of Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament was hosted by Bangkok, Thailand.