2025 Sudirman Cup
World mixed team badminton championships
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The 2025 Sudirman Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2025 for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th edition of the Sudirman Cup, the biennial international badminton championship contested by the mixed national teams of the member associations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since its inception in 1989. The tournament has been held in Xiamen, China, between 27 April and 4 May 2025.[2]
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| Dates | 27 April – 4 May 2025 | ||
| Edition | 19th | ||
| Level | International | ||
| Nations | 16 | ||
| Venue | Fenghuang Gymnasium[1] | ||
| Location | Xiamen, China | ||
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Host city selection
Competition format
Qualification
Sixteen teams was participated in the final tournament in Xiamen, with the host and the defending champion qualified automatically. Continental qualifying tournaments were held to determine the winners of allocated continental slots (4 from Asia and Europe, and 1 each from Africa, Oceania and Pan America). The remaining slots were determined via team rankings. Since China was both the host team and the defending champion, an additional slot was opened from the world rankings.
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Slot | Qualified teams |
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| Host country | June 2024 | N/a | 1 |  China |
| 2023 Sudirman Cup | 14 – 21 May 2023 | Suzhou | ||
| 2025 Oceania Mixed Team Badminton Championships | 10–12 February 2025 | Auckland | 1 |  Australia |
| 2025 All Africa Team Championships | 10–13 February 2025 | Douala | 1 |  Algeria |
| 2025 Asia Mixed Team Championships | 11–16 February 2025 | Qingdao | 3 |  Indonesia |
 Japan | ||||
 Thailand | ||||
| 2025 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships | 12–16 February 2025 | Baku | 4 |  Denmark |
 England | ||||
 France | ||||
 Germany | ||||
| 2025 Pan American Cup | 13–16 February 2025 | Aguascalientes | 1 |  Canada |
| World Team Rankings (Asia) | 18 February 2025 | N/a | 1 |  South Korea1 |
| World Team Rankings | 4 |  Malaysia | ||
 Chinese Taipei | ||||
 India | ||||
 Hong Kong | ||||
| World Team Rankings (Europe) | 10 March 2025 | 1 |  Czech Republic2 | |
| Total | 16 | |||
Draw
The draw for the tournament took place on 13 March 2025, at 15:00 CST, in Xiamen, China. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four.
Teams were divided into four pots based on the World Team Rankings as of 18 February 2025. Pot 1 contained top-seeded China (assigned to position A1), second-seeded Indonesia (assigned to position D1) and the next two best teams, South Korea and Japan. Pot 2 contained the next four best teams, Pot 3 included the ninth through twelfth seeds, and Pot 4 comprised the thirteenth through sixteenth seeds.
Squads
Tiebreakers
The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Chapter 5 Section 5.1. Article 16.3):[5]
- Points
- Results between tied teams
- Match difference
- Game difference
- 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 | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | China (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 4 | +25 | 688 | 399 | +289 | 3 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 2 | Thailand |
3 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 638 | 516 | +122 | 2 | |
| 3 | Hong Kong |
3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 523 | 569 | −46 | 1 | |
| 4 | Algeria |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 265 | 630 | −365 | 0 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea |
3 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 649 | 487 | +162 | 3 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei |
3 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 600 | 571 | +29 | 2 | |
| 3 | Canada |
3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 587 | 646 | −59 | 1 | |
| 4 | Czech Republic |
3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 26 | −20 | 506 | 638 | −132 | 0 |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan |
3 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 7 | +20 | 685 | 508 | +177 | 3 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 2 | Malaysia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 659 | 497 | +162 | 2 | |
| 3 | France |
3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 539 | 661 | −122 | 1 | |
| 4 | Australia |
3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 27 | −21 | 461 | 678 | −217 | 0 |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 7 | +21 | 713 | 519 | +194 | 3 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 2 | Denmark |
3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 606 | 519 | +87 | 2 | |
| 3 | India |
3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 582 | 673 | −91 | 1 | |
| 4 | England |
3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 28 | −22 | 494 | 684 | −190 | 0 |
Knockout stage
Bracket
The draw was held on 1 May 2025, 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 | |||||||||
| Malaysia | 0 | |||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 1 | |||||||||
| Denmark | 1 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 3 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 3 | |||||||||
| Indonesia | 2 | |||||||||
| Thailand | 1 | |||||||||
| Indonesia | 3 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
| 2025 Sudirman Cup champions |
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 China 14th title |
Final ranking
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