Peru hosted the BWF World Junior championship 2016 in Lima from 4-15 November 2016.This badminton tournament is considered the world’s most important event for youth under 19 years old.Thailand hosted this event in 2013. The Badminton Association of Thailand, under the Royal Patronage, sent a group of 26 sportsmen and coaches to participate in this tournament in Peru. For the first time in Thailand badminton’s history, Mr. DulrachNamkul won the third place in the men’s single.