The 2021 Sudirman Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th 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 Vantaa, Finland, between 26 September and 3 October 2021.[1]China were the defending champions. They successfully defended their title, lifting the trophy for a record-extending 12th time.
Originally the Badminton World Federation awarded Suzhou, China to host the tournament back in November 2018,[2] but due to the strict restrictions from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it was too hard to conduct tournaments in China in 2021. Thus, on 29 June 2021 BWF announced that Vantaa, Finland would be the new host to stage this tournament. [3]
Competition formatedit
Unlike previous format of Sudirman Cup, only 16 teams will compete in the competition. Teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams. The competition still starts with a group stage followed by a knockout stage.[4]
Qualifyingedit
Originally, the qualifying process to qualify was through each continental (Asia, Europe, Pan America, Africa, and Oceania) mixed team championships which were planned to take place around February 2021. However, only the European Mixed Team Championships was able to take place due to travel and border restrictions arising from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic affecting the other planned continental team championships. Therefore, teams from Asia, Pan America, Oceania, and Africa qualified based on the World Rankings.[4]
With the move of host city from Suzhou to Vantaa, it was decided to retain the same qualifying teams as originally qualified in February for the Suzhou hosted tournament which means the quota place for the hosts is temporarily waived. However, if a team withdrew from the competition, the host (Finland) will be invited to participate first.
France and Australia, later on, withdrew from the competition, thus Finland was awarded a quota place as the host. New Zealand was originally to take the place but also declined, in the end, Tahiti was awarded the quota place for Oceania due to their performance at the 2019 Pacific Games. [5]
The draw was held on 30 September 2021, after the Japan against Malaysia tie. The group runners-up were drawn against the group winners. Teams from the same group cannot be drawn against each other.
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The 2021 Sudirman Cup officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2021 for sponsorship reasons was the 17th 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 Vantaa Finland between 26 September and 3 October 2021 1 China were the defending champions They successfully defended their title lifting the trophy for a record extending 12th time 2021 Sudirman CupTournament detailsDates26 September 3 October 2021Edition17thLevelInternationalCompetitors222 from 16 nationsVenueEnergia AreenaLocationVantaa Finland 2019 Nanning 2023 Suzhou Contents 1 Host city selection 2 Competition format 2 1 Qualifying 2 2 Seeding 3 Tiebreakers 4 Squads 5 Group stage 5 1 Group A 5 2 Group B 5 3 Group C 5 4 Group D 6 Knockout stage 6 1 Bracket 6 2 Quarter finals 6 3 Semi finals 6 4 Final 7 Final ranking 8 ReferencesHost city selection editOriginally the Badminton World Federation awarded Suzhou China to host the tournament back in November 2018 2 but due to the strict restrictions from the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic it was too hard to conduct tournaments in China in 2021 Thus on 29 June 2021 BWF announced that Vantaa Finland would be the new host to stage this tournament 3 Competition format editUnlike previous format of Sudirman Cup only 16 teams will compete in the competition Teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams The competition still starts with a group stage followed by a knockout stage 4 Qualifying edit Originally the qualifying process to qualify was through each continental Asia Europe Pan America Africa and Oceania mixed team championships which were planned to take place around February 2021 However only the European Mixed Team Championships was able to take place due to travel and border restrictions arising from the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic affecting the other planned continental team championships Therefore teams from Asia Pan America Oceania and Africa qualified based on the World Rankings 4 With the move of host city from Suzhou to Vantaa it was decided to retain the same qualifying teams as originally qualified in February for the Suzhou hosted tournament which means the quota place for the hosts is temporarily waived However if a team withdrew from the competition the host Finland will be invited to participate first France and Australia later on withdrew from the competition thus Finland was awarded a quota place as the host New Zealand was originally to take the place but also declined in the end Tahiti was awarded the quota place for Oceania due to their performance at the 2019 Pacific Games 5 Seeding edit Teams Seeds Notes nbsp China 1 Assigned to position A1 nbsp Japan 2 Assigned to position D1 nbsp Indonesia 3 4 nbsp Chinese Taipei 3 4 nbsp South Korea 5 8 nbsp Thailand 5 8 nbsp Denmark 5 8 nbsp Malaysia 5 8 nbsp India 9 16 nbsp England 9 16 nbsp Canada 9 16 nbsp Germany 9 16 nbsp NBFR 9 16 nbsp Finland 9 16 Host nbsp Egypt 9 16 nbsp Tahiti 9 16Tiebreakers editThe rankings of teams in each group were determined per BWF Statutes Section 5 1 Article 16 3 6 Number of ties won Tie result between the teams in question Match difference in all group ties Game difference in all group ties Point difference in all group ties Squads editFurther information 2021 Sudirman Cup squadsGroup stage editMain article 2021 Sudirman Cup group stage All times are Eastern European Summer Time UTC 3 Group A edit Pos Teamvte Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp China 3 3 0 27 4 23 621 380 241 3 Advance to quarter finals 2 nbsp Thailand 3 2 1 22 9 13 571 461 110 2 3 nbsp India 3 1 2 10 21 11 492 580 88 1 4 nbsp Finland H 3 0 3 3 28 25 380 643 263 0Source TournamentSoftware comRules for classification Tiebreakers H Host China nbsp v nbsp Finland 26 September 2021 2021 09 26 10 00 China nbsp 5 0 nbsp Finland Report Energia Areena Court 1 Vantaa Thailand nbsp v nbsp India 26 September 2021 2021 09 26 10 00 Thailand nbsp 4 1 nbsp India Report Energia Areena Court 2 Vantaa China nbsp v nbsp India 27 September 2021 2021 09 27 10 00 China nbsp 5 0 nbsp India Report Energia Areena Court 1 Vantaa Thailand nbsp v nbsp Finland 27 September 2021 2021 09 27 16 00 Thailand nbsp 5 0 nbsp Finland Report Energia Areena Court 1 Vantaa India nbsp v nbsp Finland 29 September 2021 2021 09 29 16 00 India nbsp 4 1 nbsp Finland Report Energia Areena Court 1 Vantaa China nbsp v nbsp Thailand 29 September 2021 2021 09 29 16 00 China nbsp 3 2 nbsp Thailand Report Energia Areena Court 2 Vantaa Group B edit Pos Teamvte Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp South Korea 3 3 0 28 5 23 672 422 250 3 Advance to quarter finals 2 nbsp Chinese Taipei 3 2 1 22 13 9 666 502 164 2 3 nbsp Germany 3 1 2 16 18 2 612 565 47 1 4 nbsp Tahiti 3 0 3 0 30 30 169 630 461 0Source TournamentSoftware comRules for classification Tiebreakers Chinese Taipei nbsp v nbsp Tahiti 26 September 2021 2021 09 26 10 00 Chinese Taipei nbsp 5 0 nbsp Tahiti Report Energia Areena Court 3 Vantaa South Korea nbsp v nbsp Germany 26 September 2021 2021 09 26 16 00 South Korea nbsp 4 1 nbsp Germany Report Energia Areena Court 1 Vantaa Chinese Taipei nbsp v nbsp Germany 28 September 2021 2021 09 28 10 00 Chinese Taipei nbsp 5 0 nbsp Germany Report Energia Areena Court 1 Vantaa South Korea nbsp v nbsp Tahiti 28 September 2021 2021 09 28 10 00 South Korea nbsp 5 0 nbsp Tahiti Report Energia Areena Court 2 Vantaa Chinese Taipei nbsp v nbsp South Korea 30 September 2021 2021 09 30 10 00 Chinese Taipei nbsp 0 5 nbsp South Korea Report Energia Areena Court 1 Vantaa Germany nbsp v nbsp Tahiti 30 September 2021 2021 09 30 10 00 Germany nbsp 5 0 nbsp Tahiti Report Energia Areena Court 2 Vantaa Group C edit Pos Teamvte Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp Indonesia 3 3 0 25 8 17 647 523 124 3 Advance to quarter finals 2 nbsp Denmark 3 2 1 23 10 13 625 533 92 2 3 nbsp NBFR 3 1 2 13 20 7 574 611 37 1 4 nbsp Canada 3 0 3 5 28 23 491 670 179 0Source TournamentSoftware comRules for classification Tiebreakers Indonesia nbsp v nbsp NBFR 26 September 2021 2021 09 26 16 00 Indonesia nbsp 5 0 nbsp NBFR Report Energia Areena Court 2 Vantaa Denmark nbsp v nbsp Canada 26 September 2021 2021 09 26 16 00 Denmark nbsp 5 0 nbsp Canada Report Energia Areena Court 3 Vantaa Denmark nbsp v nbsp NBFR 27 September 2021 2021 09 27 16 00 Denmark nbsp 4 1 nbsp NBFR Report Energia Areena Court 2 Vantaa Indonesia nbsp v nbsp Canada 27 September 2021 2021 09 27 16 00 Indonesia nbsp 3 2 nbsp Canada Report Energia Areena Court 3 Vantaa Indonesia nbsp v nbsp Denmark 29 September 2021 2021 09 29 10 00 Indonesia nbsp 3 2 nbsp Denmark Report Energia Areena Court 1 Vantaa Canada nbsp v nbsp NBFR 29 September 2021 2021 09 29 10 00 Canada nbsp 0 5 nbsp NBFR Report Energia Areena Court 2 Vantaa Group D edit Pos Teamvte Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification 1 nbsp Japan 3 3 0 29 3 26 665 383 282 3 Advance to quarter finals 2 nbsp Malaysia 3 2 1 19 13 6 593 482 111 2 3 nbsp England 3 1 2 15 17 2 570 527 43 1 4 nbsp Egypt 3 0 3 0 30 30 194 630 436 0Source TournamentSoftware comRules for classification Tiebreakers Malaysia nbsp v nbsp England 27 September 2021 2021 09 27 10 00 Malaysia nbsp 3 2 nbsp England Report Energia Areena Court 2 Vantaa Japan nbsp v nbsp Egypt 27 September 2021 2021 09 27 10 00 Japan nbsp 5 0 nbsp Egypt Report Energia Areena Court 3 Vantaa Japan nbsp v nbsp England 28 September 2021 2021 09 28 16 00 Japan nbsp 5 0 nbsp England Report Energia Areena Court 1 Vantaa Malaysia nbsp v nbsp Egypt 28 September 2021 2021 09 28 16 00 Malaysia nbsp 5 0 nbsp Egypt Report Energia Areena Court 2 Vantaa Japan nbsp v nbsp Malaysia 30 September 2021 2021 09 30 16 00 Japan nbsp 4 1 nbsp Malaysia Report Energia Areena Court 1 Vantaa England nbsp v nbsp Egypt 30 September 2021 2021 09 30 16 00 England nbsp 5 0 nbsp Egypt Report Energia Areena Court 2 VantaaKnockout stage editMain article 2021 Sudirman Cup knockout stage Bracket edit The draw was held on 30 September 2021 after the Japan against Malaysia tie The group runners up were drawn against the group winners Teams from the same group cannot be drawn against each other Quarter finalsSemi finalsFinal nbsp China3 nbsp Denmark2 nbsp China3 nbsp South Korea0 nbsp South Korea3 nbsp Thailand2 nbsp China3 nbsp Japan1 nbsp Malaysia3 nbsp Indonesia2 nbsp Malaysia1 nbsp Japan3 nbsp Chinese Taipei1 nbsp Japan3 Quarter finals edit China nbsp v nbsp Denmark 1 October 2021 2021 10 01 10 00 China nbsp 3 2 nbsp Denmark Report Energia Areena Court 1 Vantaa South Korea nbsp v nbsp Thailand 1 October 2021 2021 10 01 10 00 South Korea nbsp 3 2 nbsp Thailand Report Energia Areena Court 2 Vantaa Malaysia nbsp v nbsp Indonesia 1 October 2021 2021 10 01 16 00 Malaysia nbsp 3 2 nbsp Indonesia Report Energia Areena Court 2 Vantaa Chinese Taipei nbsp v nbsp Japan 1 October 2021 2021 10 01 16 00 Chinese Taipei nbsp 1 3 nbsp Japan Report Energia Areena Court 1 Vantaa Semi finals edit China nbsp v nbsp South Korea 2 October 2021 2021 10 02 10 00 China nbsp 3 0 nbsp South Korea Report Energia Areena Court 1 Vantaa Malaysia nbsp v nbsp Japan 2 October 2021 2021 10 02 16 00 Malaysia nbsp 1 3 nbsp Japan Report Energia Areena Court 1 Vantaa Final edit China nbsp v nbsp Japan 3 October 2021 2021 10 03 13 00 China nbsp 3 1 nbsp Japan Report Energia Areena Court 1 VantaaFinal ranking editPos Team Pld W L Pts MD GD PD Final result nbsp nbsp China 6 6 0 6 17 31 316 Champions nbsp nbsp Japan 6 5 1 5 15 31 351 Runners up nbsp nbsp South Korea 5 4 1 4 11 19 215 Eliminated in semi finals nbsp Malaysia 5 3 2 3 2 5 89 5 nbsp Indonesia 4 3 1 3 6 14 101 Eliminated in quarter finals 6 nbsp Thailand 4 2 2 2 6 13 109 7 nbsp Denmark 4 2 2 2 6 11 61 8 nbsp Chinese Taipei 4 2 2 2 3 6 132 9 nbsp England 3 1 2 1 1 2 43 Eliminated in group stage 10 nbsp Germany 3 1 2 1 3 2 47 11 nbsp NBFR 3 1 2 1 3 7 37 12 nbsp India 3 1 2 1 5 11 88 13 nbsp Canada 3 0 3 0 11 23 179 14 nbsp Finland H 3 0 3 0 13 25 263 15 nbsp Egypt 3 0 3 0 15 30 436 16 nbsp Tahiti 3 0 3 0 15 30 461References edit Sudirman Cup Badminton World Federation Retrieved 28 June 2021 BWF Major Event Hosts 2019 2025 Awarded Badminton World Federation 29 November 2018 Retrieved 9 September 2019 Sudirman Cup Finals to be held in Finland as BWF announces calendar changes Inside the Games Retrieved 29 June 2021 a b TotalEngergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals PDF Badminton World Federation Retrieved 29 June 2021 Tahiti to compete in TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Thomas Cup and Uber Cup Finals 2021 Badminton Oceania Retrieved 14 August 2021 BWF Statutes Section 5 1 General Competition Regulations PDF Badminton World Federation Retrieved 20 March 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2021 Sudirman Cup amp oldid 1188544381, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
