The 1978 WBF World Invitational Badminton Championships sanctioned by former governing body World Badminton Federation (WBF) took place in the month of February in Hong Kong.^[1] This invitational tournament was held prior to the first official WBF World Championships which was held in Bangkok later in that year. The individual competitions were conducted.^[2] At the end of day, China won all the disciplines except Mixed doubles which was won by host Hong Kong.^[3][4]

Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Chen Tianlong	Yu Yaodong	Yan Yujiang
			Zhao Xinhua
Women's singles	Liang Qiuxia	Xu Jung	Li Fang
			Xie Loping
Men's doubles	Lin Shiquan Tang Xianhu	Hou Jiachang Yu Yaodong	Hassan Shaheed Tariq Wadood
			Kok Peng Hon Tan Eng Han
Women's doubles	Li Fang Liang Qiuxia	Han Aiping Xu Jung	Kao Huilan Xie Loping
			Li Kumwah Lo Waitun
Mixed doubles	Fu Hon Ping Amy Chan	Chen Tianlong Kao Huilan	J. Tikersa Christine Nyahoda
			Tan Eng Han Leong Kaye Sine

Discipline	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Men's singles	Yu Yaodong	Zhao Xinhua	15–13, 15–3
	Chen Tianlong	Yan Yujiang	15–11 retired
Women's singles	Liang Qiuxia	Li Fang	11–6, 11–6
	Xu Jung	Xie Loping	11–2, 11–2
Men's doubles	Hou Jiachang Yu Yaodong	Hassan Shaheed Tariq Wadood	15–6, 15–4
	Lin Shiquan Tang Xianhu	Kok Peng Hon Tan Eng Han	15–6, 15–7
Women's doubles	Li Fang Liang Qiuxia	Lo Waitun Li Kumwah	15–3, 15–5
	Han Aiping Xu Jung	Kao Huilan Xie Loping	17–14, 15–6
Mixed doubles	Chen Tianlong Kao Huilan	J. Tikersa Christine Nyahoda	Walkover
	Fu Hon Ping Amy Chan	Tan Eng Han Leong Kaye Sine	15–10, 15–12

Discipline	Winner	Finalist	Score
Men's singles	Chen Tianlong	Yu Yaodong	18–13, 15–8
Women's singles	Liang Qiuxia	Xu Jung	10–12, 11–8, 11–2
Men's doubles	Lin Shiquan Tang Xianhu	Hou Jiachang Yu Yaodong	15–7, 15–1
Women's doubles	Li Fang Liang Qiuxia	Han Aiping Xu Jung	15–5, 15–7
Mixed doubles	Fu Hon Ping Amy Chan	Chen Tianlong Kao Huilan	18–15, 15–11