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.
Host city selection China was awarded the right to host the tournament by the BWF in November 2018. In December 2023, it was announced that the Chinese Badminton Association had chosen Xiamen as the host city over Shenzhen and Zhengzhou. The BWF officially announced Xiamen as the host city in June 2024.
Competition format Qualification Sixteen teams 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 Host country June 2024 1 2023 Sudirman Cup Suzhou 2025 Oceania Mixed Team Badminton Championships 10–12 February 2025 Auckland 1 2025 All Africa Team Championships 10–13 February 2025 Douala 1 2025 Asia Mixed Team Championships 11–16 February 2025 Qingdao 3 12–16 February 2025 Baku 4 2025 Pan American Cup 13–16 February 2025 Aguascalientes 1 World Team Rankings (Asia) 18 February 2025 rowspan="6" 1 World Team Rankings 4 World Team Rankings (Europe) 10 March 2025 1 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.
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+21+39+432Champions 6515+10+19+206Runners-up 5414+12+22+210Eliminated in semi-finals 5414+11+19+162 5 4222+5+8+105Eliminated in quarter-finals 6 4222+4+9+105 7 4222+3+5+27 8 4222+2+7–1 9 3121−3−6−59Eliminated in group stage 10 3121−5−7−46 11 3121−5−9−91 12 3121−7−14−122 13 3030−11−20−132 14 3030−11−21−217 15 3030−11−22−190 16 3030−15−30−365
References
External links Official website