2019 Sudirman Cup

The 2019 Sudirman Cup (officially known as the 2019 Total BWF Sudirman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 16th 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 Nanning, China, between 19 and 26 May 2019.^[1] Korea is the defending champion.

2019 Sudirman Cup

Tournament details
Dates	19–26 May
Edition	16th
Level	International
Competitors	377 from 31 nations
Venue	Guangxi Sports Center
Location	Nanning, China
← 2017 Gold Coast 2021 Vantaa →

China defeated Japan 3–0 in the final to win the tournament.

Host city selection

Nanning was the only bidder for this event.^[2] The bid was approved by Badminton World Federation on 18 March 2017 during a meeting in Kuala Lumpur.^[3] The city itself won the internal bidding phase by the Chinese Badminton Association, being the preferred city over Nanjing (later chosen to host 2018 BWF World Championships), Qingdao, and Wuhan.^[4]

Seedings

The seedings for 32 teams competing in the tournament were announced on 12 March 2019.^[5] It was based on aggregated points from the best players in the world ranking as of 5 March 2019. The tournament was divided into four groups, with twelve teams in the elite group competing for the title. Eight teams were seeded into second and third groups and four remaining teams were seeded into fourth group.

On the day of the draw, it was announced that the original list of 32 teams was pared down to 31, with Kenya withdrawing from the tournament. The 31 participating teams were divided into four groups, with Group 1 consisting of the 12 teams that will compete for the title. Group 2 and Group 3 (eight teams each) along with Group 4 (three teams) will fight for overall placings. The draw was held on 19 March 2019.^[6]

Rank Team Points Group Notes 1   Japan 450447 1 2   China 442562 3   Indonesia 353008 4   Chinese Taipei 331368 5   South Korea 301475 6   Denmark 293816 7   Thailand 293118 8   India 262590 9   Malaysia 261018 10   England 213529 11   Hong Kong 205146 12   Russia 182260

Rank Team Points Group Notes 13   Netherlands 180954 2 14   Germany 161960 15   Canada 159971 16   France 159030 17   United States 137024 18   Singapore 116740 19   Vietnam 99780 20   Israel 79711 21   Ireland 78929 3 22   Switzerland 68279 23   Australia 60533 24   Sri Lanka 45860

Rank Team Points Group Notes 25   Slovakia 45254 3 26   New Zealand 35709 27     Nepal 27130 28   Lithuania 25348 29   Macau 23200 4 30   Kazakhstan 20820 31   Kenya 4770 Withdrawn 32   Greenland 2500

Group composition

Group 1
Group 1A	Group 1B	Group 1C	Group 1D
Japan   Thailand   Russia	Indonesia   Denmark   England	Chinese Taipei   South Korea   Hong Kong	China   India   Malaysia

Group 2		Group 3		Group 4
Group 2A	Group 2B	Group 3A	Group 3B
Netherlands   France   United States   Vietnam	Germany   Canada   Singapore   Israel	Ireland   Australia   New Zealand     Nepal	Switzerland   Sri Lanka   Slovakia   Lithuania	Macau   Kazakhstan   Greenland

Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Chapter 5 Section 5.1. Article 16.3):^[7]

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.

Squads

Further information: 2019 Sudirman Cup squads

Group stage

Main article: 2019 Sudirman Cup group stage

Group 1A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	7	3	+4	15	6	+9	419	319	+100	2	Advance to Quarterfinals		—	4–1	3–2
2	Thailand	2	1	1	4	6	−2	9	13	−4	368	403	−35	1				—	3–2
3	Russia	2	0	2	4	6	−2	8	13	−5	332	397	−65	0					—

Source: TS
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 1B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	2	1	1	6	4	+2	12	8	+4	373	338	+35	1	Advance to Quarterfinals		—	2–3	4–1
2	Denmark	2	1	1	5	5	0	13	12	+1	467	440	+27	1				—	2–3
3	England	2	1	1	4	6	−2	10	15	−5	417	479	−62	1					—

Source: TS
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 1C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	2	2	0	7	3	+4	15	7	+8	422	349	+73	2	Advance to Quarterfinals		—	3–2	4–1
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	5	5	0	12	11	+1	415	407	+8	1				—	3–2
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	3	7	−4	7	16	−9	364	445	−81	0					—

Source: TS
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 1D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	10	0	+10	20	3	+17	481	354	+127	2	Advance to Quarterfinals		—	5–0	5–0
2	Malaysia	2	1	1	3	7	−4	9	14	−5	399	452	−53	1				—	3–2
3	India	2	0	2	2	8	−6	5	17	−12	362	436	−74	0					—

Source: TS
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 2A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	11	4	+7	23	12	+11	677	621	+56	3	Classification round		—	3–2	4–1	4–1
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	10	5	+5	22	13	+9	679	607	+72	2				—	3–2	5–0
3	Vietnam	3	1	2	6	9	−3	15	19	−4	606	625	−19	1					—	3–2
4	United States	3	0	3	3	12	−9	8	24	−16	491	600	−109	0						—

Source: TS
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 2B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	11	4	+7	22	9	+13	619	515	+104	3	Classification round		—	3–2	3–2	5–0
2	Germany	3	2	1	8	7	+1	18	14	+4	594	547	+47	2				—	3–2	3–2
3	Singapore	3	1	2	8	7	+1	17	14	+3	592	518	+74	1					—	4–1
4	Israel	3	0	3	3	12	−9	6	26	−20	441	666	−225	0						—

Source: TS
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 3A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	3	3	0	11	4	+7	24	10	+14	656	500	+156	3	Classification round		—	3–2	3–2	5–0
2	Australia	3	2	1	9	6	+3	19	16	+3	633	582	+51	2				—	4–1	3–2
3	New Zealand	3	1	2	7	8	−1	18	19	−1	667	682	−15	1					—	4–1
4	Nepal	3	0	3	3	12	−9	8	24	−16	451	643	−192	0						—

Source: TS
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 3B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sri Lanka	3	3	0	12	3	+9	24	8	+16	634	472	+162	3	Classification round		—	3–2	4–1	5–0
2	Switzerland	3	2	1	11	4	+7	25	9	+16	672	533	+139	2				—	5–0	4–1
3	Slovakia	3	1	2	5	10	−5	12	21	−9	538	633	−95	1					—	4–1
4	Lithuania	3	0	3	2	13	−11	5	28	−23	476	682	−206	0						—

Source: TS
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Macau	2	2	0	8	2	+6	18	5	+13	456	333	+123	2		—	3–2	5–0
2	Kazakhstan	2	1	1	6	4	+2	13	12	+1	444	427	+17	1			—	4–1
3	Greenland	2	0	2	1	9	−8	5	19	−14	340	480	−140	0				—

Source: TS
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Main article: 2019 Sudirman Cup knockout stage

Classification bracket

Thirteenth place match         France 1   Canada 3

Fifteenth place match         Netherlands 3   Germany 2

Seventeenth place match         Vietnam 0   Singapore 3

Nineteenth place match         United States 3   Israel 1

Twenty-first place match         Ireland 2   Sri Lanka 3

Twenty-third place match         Australia 2   Switzerland 3

Twenty-fifth place match         New Zealand 2   Slovakia 3

Twenty-seventh place match           Nepal 1   Lithuania 3

Classification round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
France	1–3	Canada
Netherlands	3–2	Germany
Vietnam	0–3	Singapore
United States	3–1	Israel
Ireland	2–3	Sri Lanka
Australia	2–3	Switzerland
New Zealand	2–3	Slovakia
Nepal	1–3	Lithuania

Final bracket

The draw for the quarterfinals was held after the completion of the final matches in the group stage on 22 May 2019.^[8]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	23 May – Nanning
	China	3
					25 May – Nanning
	Denmark	1
					China	3
	23 May – Nanning
					Thailand	0
	South Korea	1
									26 May – Nanning
	Thailand	3
									China	3
	24 May – Nanning
									Japan	0
	Chinese Taipei	2
					25 May – Nanning
	Indonesia	3
					Indonesia	1
	24 May – Nanning
					Japan	3
	Malaysia	0
	Japan	3

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
China	3–1	Denmark
South Korea	1–3	Thailand
Chinese Taipei	2–3	Indonesia
Malaysia	0–3	Japan

Semifinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
China	3–0	Thailand
Indonesia	1–3	Japan

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
China	3–0	Japan

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W L Pts Final result     China 5 5 0 5 Champions     Japan 5 4 1 4 Runners-up     Indonesia 4 2 2 2 Eliminated in Semifinals   Thailand 4 2 2 2 5   South Korea 3 2 1 2 Eliminated in Quarterfinals 6   Chinese Taipei 3 1 2 1 7   Denmark 3 1 2 1 8   Malaysia 3 1 2 1 9   England 2 1 1 1 Eliminated in Group stage 10   Russia 2 0 2 0 11   Hong Kong 2 0 2 0 12   India 2 0 2 0 13   Canada 4 4 0 4 Group 2 14   France 4 3 1 3 15   Netherlands 4 3 1 3 16   Germany 4 2 2 2 17   Singapore 4 2 2 2 18   Vietnam 4 1 3 1 19   United States 4 1 3 1 20   Israel 4 0 4 0 21   Sri Lanka 4 4 0 4 Group 3 22   Ireland 4 3 1 3 23   Switzerland 4 3 1 3 24   Australia 4 2 2 2 25   Slovakia 4 2 2 2 26   New Zealand 4 1 3 1 27   Lithuania 4 1 3 1 28     Nepal 4 0 4 0 29   Macau 2 2 0 2 Group 4 30   Kazakhstan 2 1 1 1 31   Greenland 2 0 2 0

2019 Sudirman Cup champions    China 11th title

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