2023 Sudirman Cup

2023 Sudirman Cup

Tournament details
Dates	14 – 21 May 2023
Edition	18th
Level	International
Nations	16
Venue	Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre
Location	Suzhou, China
← 2021 Vantaa 2025 Xiamen →

The 2023 Sudirman Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th edition of the Sudirman Cup, the biennial international badminton championship contested by the mixed national teams of the member associations of Badminton World Federation (BWF), since its inception in 1989. The tournament was played in Suzhou, China, between 14 and 21 May 2023.^[1] China were the defending champions. They successfully defended their title, lifting the trophy for a record-extending 13th time.

Host city selection

New Delhi was awarded the hosting of the championship back in November 2018.^[2] In July 2021, it was announced that Suzhou, the original host for the 2021 edition, will host this edition instead and India accepted the offer to host 2026 BWF World Championships in exchange.^[3]

Competition format

Qualification

Sixteen teams will participate in the final tournament in Suzhou, with the host and the defending champion will qualify automatically. Continental qualifying tournaments were held to determine the winner of allocated continental slots (4 from Asia and Europe, and 1 each from Africa, Oceania and Pan Am). The remaining slots were determined via team rankings. As China is both the host team and the defending champion, an extra slot from world ranking is opened.

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Slot	Qualified teams
Host country	July 2021	—	1	China
2021 Sudirman Cup	26 September – 3 October 2021	Vantaa
2023 All Africa Team Championships	13–16 February 2023	Benoni	1	Egypt
2023 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships	14–18 February 2023	Aire-sur-la-Lys	4	Denmark
				France
				England
				Germany
2023 Asia Mixed Team Championships	14–19 February 2023	Dubai	3	South Korea
				India
				Thailand
2023 Oceania Mixed Team Badminton Championships	17–19 February 2023	Auckland	1	Australia
2023 Pan American Cup	16–19 February 2023	Guadalajara	1	Canada
World Team Rankings for Asia	21 February 2023	—	1	Japan
World Team Rankings	21 February 2023	—	4	Indonesia
				Malaysia
				Chinese Taipei
				Singapore
Total			16

Seeding

Teams	Seeds	Notes
China	1	Assigned to position A1
Japan	2	Assigned to position D1
Indonesia	3/4
Malaysia	3/4
Thailand	5/8
South Korea	5/8
Denmark	5/8
Chinese Taipei	5/8
India	9/12
Singapore	9/12
Germany	9/12
France	9/12
Canada	13/16
England	13/16
Egypt	13/16
Australia	13/16

Draw

The draw for the tournament was conducted on 25 March 2023, at 15:00 CST, at Suzhou City in Suzhou, China. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.

The teams were allocated to four pots based on the World Team Rankings of 21 February 2023. Pot 1 contained the top seed China (which were assigned to position A1), the second seed Japan (which were assigned to position D1) and the next two best teams, Indonesia and Malaysia. Pot 2 contained the next best four teams and Pot 3 contained the ninth to sixteenth seeds.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
China  Japan  Indonesia  Malaysia	Thailand  South Korea  Denmark  Chinese Taipei	India  Singapore  Germany  France	Canada  England  Egypt  Australia

Squads

Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Chapter 5 Section 5.1. Article 16.3):^[4]

1. Points
2. Results between tied teams
3. Match difference
4. Game difference
5. Point difference

Teams that won 3 match first win the tie: 1 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China (H)	3	3	0	30	3	+27	686	397	+289	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Denmark	3	2	1	20	13	+7	609	501	+108	2
3	Singapore	3	1	2	14	18	−4	548	536	+12	1
4	Egypt	3	0	3	0	30	−30	221	630	−409	0

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Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand	3	3	0	24	11	+13	672	565	+107	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Indonesia	3	2	1	25	9	+16	675	564	+111	2
3	Canada	3	1	2	9	23	−14	534	642	−108	1
4	Germany	3	0	3	9	24	−15	546	656	−110	0

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Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malaysia	3	3	0	28	5	+23	661	514	+147	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	23	13	+10	702	597	+105	2
3	India	3	1	2	15	21	−6	643	667	−24	1
4	Australia	3	0	3	2	29	−27	413	641	−228	0

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Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	27	6	+21	656	483	+173	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Japan	3	2	1	19	13	+6	593	522	+71	2
3	France	3	1	2	15	18	−3	570	625	−55	1
4	England	3	0	3	5	29	−24	486	675	−189	0

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Knockout stage

Bracket

The draw was held on 18 May 2023, after the last group tie. The group runners-up were drawn against the group winners. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	China	3
	Indonesia	0
					China	3
					Japan	2
	Thailand	2
	Japan	3
									China	3
									South Korea	0
	Denmark	1
	Malaysia	3
					Malaysia	1
					South Korea	3
	Chinese Taipei	1
	South Korea	3

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Final ranking

References