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. 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. 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.
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 2021 Sudirman Cup Vantaa 2023 All Africa Team Championships 13–16 February 2023 Benoni 1 14–18 February 2023 4 2023 Asia Mixed Team Championships 14–19 February 2023 Dubai 3 2023 Oceania Mixed Team Badminton Championships 17–19 February 2023 Auckland 1 2023 Pan American Cup 16–19 February 2023 Guadalajara 1 World Team Rankings for Asia 21 February 2023 1 World Team Rankings 21 February 2023 rowspan="4" 4 Total 16
Seeding TeamsSeedsNotes1Assigned to position A12Assigned to position D13/43/45/85/85/85/89/129/129/129/1213/1613/1613/1613/16 Draw The draw for the tournament was conducted on 25 March 2023, at 15:00 CST, at Crowne Plaza Hotel 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, Pot 3 contained the ninth to twelfth seeds, Pot 4 contained the thirteenth to sixteenth seeds.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Squads
Tiebreakers The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Chapter 5 Section 5.1. Article 16.3): 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
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Final ranking
TeamFinal result 6606 +22 +38 +357Champions 6515 +12 +23 +187Runners-up 5414 +13 +22 +140 Eliminated in semi-finals 5 3 2 3 +3 +5+54 5 4313+6+13+102Eliminated in quarter-finals 6 4222+4+11+96 7 4222+3+6+88 8 4222+1+2+87 9 3121−1−3−55Eliminated in group stage 10 3121−3−4+12 11 3121−5−6−24 12 3121−7−14−108 13 3030−7−15−110 14 3030−13−24−189 15 3030−13−27−228 16 3030−15−30−409
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