2019 Sudirman Cup

{{short description|2019 world mixed team badminton championships}}

{{infobox badminton event

| name = 2019 Sudirman Cup

| image = 2019 Sudirman Cup Logo.png

| size = 120px

| dates = 19–26 May

| number_edition = 16th

| competitors = 377

| nations = 31

| level = 1

| venue = Guangxi Sports Center

| location = Nanning, China

| previous = 2017 Gold Coast

| next = 2021 Vantaa

}}

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.{{cite web |title=Sudirman Cup |url=https://corporate.bwfbadminton.com/events/sudirman-cup/ |website=Badminton World Federation |access-date=8 February 2019}} Korea is the defending champion.

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

Host city selection

Nanning was the only bidder for this event.{{cite web |last1=Sachetat |first1=Raphael |title=China bags major badminton events for Nanjing and Nanning |url=http://www.badzine.net/2017/03/china-bags-major-badminton-events-for-nanjing-and-nanning/ |website=Badzine |access-date=8 February 2019}} The bid was approved by Badminton World Federation on 18 March 2017 during a meeting in Kuala Lumpur.{{cite web |title=BWF to name major events' hosts |url=https://www.sportcal.com/News/PressReleases/109777?&f= |website=Sportcal |access-date=8 February 2019 |archive-date=13 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913013451/https://www.sportcal.com/News/PressReleases/109777?&f= |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web |title=南京申办2018羽毛球世锦赛 南宁申办2019年苏杯 |url=http://www.sohu.com/a/124542245_492722 |website=Sohu |access-date=8 February 2019}}

Seedings

The seedings for 32 teams competing in the tournament were announced on 12 March 2019.{{cite web |title=Japan Get Top Billing – Sudirman Cup |url=https://bwfsudirmancup.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2019/03/11/japan-get-top-billing-sudirman-cup/ |website=Badminton World Federation |access-date=12 March 2019}} 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.{{cite web |title=Early Test For Hosts China : Sudirman Cup Draw |url=https://bwfsudirmancup.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2019/03/19/early-test-for-hosts-china-sudirman-cup-draw/|website=Badminton World Federation |access-date=19 March 2019}}

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{| class="wikitable"

Rank

!Team

!Points

!Group

!Notes

1

|{{bd|JPN}}

|align=right|450447

|align=center rowspan=12|1

|

2

|{{bd|CHN}}

|align=right|442562

|

3

|{{bd|INA}}

|align=right|353008

|

4

|{{bd|TPE}}

|align=right|331368

|

5

|{{bd|KOR}}

|align=right|301475

|

6

|{{bd|DEN}}

|align=right|293816

|

7

|{{bd|THA}}

|align=right|293118

|

8

|{{bd|IND}}

|align=right|262590

|

9

|{{bd|MAS}}

|align=right|261018

|

10

|{{bd|ENG}}

|align=right|213529

|

11

|{{bd|HKG}}

|align=right|205146

|

12

|{{bd|RUS}}

|align=right|182260

|

|

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Team

!Points

!Group

!Notes

13

|{{bd|NED}}

|align=right|180954

|align=center rowspan=8|2

|

14

|{{bd|GER}}

|align=right|161960

|

15

|{{bd|CAN}}

|align=right|159971

|

16

|{{bd|FRA}}

|align=right|159030

|

17

|{{bd|USA}}

|align=right|137024

|

18

|{{bd|SGP}}

|align=right|116740

|

19

|{{bd|VIE}}

|align=right|99780

|

20

|{{bd|ISR}}

|align=right|79711

|

21

|{{bd|IRL}}

|align=right|78929

|align=center rowspan=4|3

|

22

|{{bd|SUI}}

|align=right|68279

|

23

|{{bd|AUS}}

|align=right|60533

|

24

|{{bd|SRI}}

|align=right|45860

|

|

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Team

!Points

!Group

!Notes

25

|{{bd|SVK}}

|align=right|45254

|align=center rowspan=4|3

|

26

|{{bd|NZL}}

|align=right|35709

|

27

|{{bd|NEP}}

|align=right|27130

|

28

|{{bd|LIT}}

|align=right|25348

|

29

|{{bd|MAC}}

|align=right|23200

|align=center rowspan=4|4

|

30

|{{bd|KAZ}}

|align=right|20820

|

31

|{{bd|KEN}}

|align=right|4770

|{{small|Withdrawn}}

32

|{{bd|GRL}}

|align=right|2500

|

|}

=Group composition=

class="wikitable" width=1050
colspan=4|Group 1
width=25%|Group 1A

!width=25%|Group 1B

!width=25%|Group 1C

!width=25%|Group 1D

{{bd|JPN}}

{{bd|THA}}

{{bd|RUS}}

|

{{bd|INA}}

{{bd|DEN}}

{{bd|ENG}}

|

{{bd|TPE}}

{{bd|KOR}}

{{bd|HKG}}

|

{{bd|CHN}}

{{bd|IND}}

{{bd|MAS}}

class="wikitable" width=1050
colspan=2|Group 2colspan=2|Group 3rowspan=2|Group 4
width=20%|Group 2A

!width=20%|Group 2B

!width=20%|Group 3A

!width=20%|Group 3B

{{bd|NED}}

{{bd|FRA}}

{{bd|USA}}

{{bd|VIE}}

|

{{bd|GER}}

{{bd|CAN}}

{{bd|SGP}}

{{bd|ISR}}

|

{{bd|IRL}}

{{bd|AUS}}

{{bd|NZL}}

{{bd|NEP}}

|

{{bd|SUI}}

{{bd|SRI}}

{{bd|SVK}}

{{bd|LIT}}

|

{{bd|MAC}}

{{bd|KAZ}}

{{bd|GRL}}

Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Chapter 5 Section 5.1. Article 16.3):{{cite web|title=regulations Chapter 5 Section 5.1.|url=https://extranet.bwfbadminton.com/docs/document-system/81/1466/1471/Section%205.1%20-%20General%20Competitions%20Regulations%20-1.pdf|access-date=20 March 2019}}

  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

{{details|2019 Sudirman Cup squads}}

Group stage

{{main|2019 Sudirman Cup group stage}}

===Group 1A===

{{:2019 Sudirman Cup group stage|transcludesection=1A|show_matches=yes}}

===Group 1B===

{{:2019 Sudirman Cup group stage|transcludesection=1B|show_matches=yes}}

===Group 1C===

{{:2019 Sudirman Cup group stage|transcludesection=1C|show_matches=yes}}

===Group 1D===

{{:2019 Sudirman Cup group stage|transcludesection=1D|show_matches=yes}}

===Group 2A===

{{:2019 Sudirman Cup group stage|transcludesection=2A|show_matches=yes}}

===Group 2B===

{{:2019 Sudirman Cup group stage|transcludesection=2B|show_matches=yes}}

===Group 3A===

{{:2019 Sudirman Cup group stage|transcludesection=3A|show_matches=yes}}

===Group 3B===

{{:2019 Sudirman Cup group stage|transcludesection=3B|show_matches=yes}}

===Group 4===

{{:2019 Sudirman Cup group stage|transcludesection=4|show_matches=yes}}

Knockout stage

{{main|2019 Sudirman Cup knockout stage}}

=Classification bracket=

{{col-begin}}

{{col-4}}

{{2TeamBracket

| RD1=Thirteenth place match

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1={{bd|FRA}}

| RD1-score1=1

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{bd|CAN}}

| RD1-score2=3

}}

{{col-4}}

{{2TeamBracket

| RD1=Fifteenth place match

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1={{bd|NED}}

| RD1-score1=3

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{bd|GER}}

| RD1-score2=2

}}

{{col-4}}

{{2TeamBracket

| RD1=Seventeenth place match

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1={{bd|VIE}}

| RD1-score1=0

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{bd|SGP}}

| RD1-score2=3

}}

{{col-4}}

{{2TeamBracket

| RD1=Nineteenth place match

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1={{bd|USA}}

| RD1-score1=3

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{bd|ISR}}

| RD1-score2=1

}}

{{col-end}}

{{col-begin}}

{{col-4}}

{{2TeamBracket

| RD1=Twenty-first place match

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1={{bd|IRL}}

| RD1-score1=2

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{bd|SRI}}

| RD1-score2=3

}}

{{col-4}}

{{2TeamBracket

| RD1=Twenty-third place match

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1={{bd|AUS}}

| RD1-score1=2

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{bd|SUI}}

| RD1-score2=3

}}

{{col-4}}

{{2TeamBracket

| RD1=Twenty-fifth place match

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1={{bd|NZL}}

| RD1-score1=2

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{bd|SVK}}

| RD1-score2=3

}}

{{col-4}}

{{2TeamBracket

| RD1=Twenty-seventh place match

| RD1-seed1=

| RD1-team1={{bd|NEP}}

| RD1-score1=1

| RD1-seed2=

| RD1-team2={{bd|LTU}}

| RD1-score2=3

}}

{{col-end}}

=Classification round=

{{OneLegStart}}

|-

{{OneLegResult|{{bd-rt|FRA}}||1–3|{{bd|CAN}}|}}

|-

{{OneLegResult|{{bd-rt|NED}}||3–2|{{bd|GER}}|}}

|-

{{OneLegResult|{{bd-rt|VIE}}||0–3|{{bd|SGP}}|}}

|-

{{OneLegResult|{{bd-rt|USA}}||3–1|{{bd|ISR}}|}}

|-

{{OneLegResult|{{bd-rt|IRL}}||2–3|{{bd|SRI}}|}}

|-

{{OneLegResult|{{bd-rt|AUS}}||2–3|{{bd|SUI}}|}}

|-

{{OneLegResult|{{bd-rt|NZL}}||2–3|{{bd|SVK}}|}}

|-

{{OneLegResult|{{bd-rt|NEP}}||1–3|{{bd|LTU}}|}}

|}

=Final bracket=

The draw for the quarterfinals was held after the completion of the final matches in the group stage on 22 May 2019.{{cite web |title=Final Eight Draw - Sudirman Cup '19 |url=https://bwfsudirmancup.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2019/05/23/final-eight-draw-sudirman-cup-19/ |publisher=Badminton World Federation |access-date=24 May 2019}}

{{Round8

| 23 May – Nanning|{{bd|CHN}}|3|{{bd|DEN}}|1

| 23 May – Nanning|{{bd|KOR}}|1|{{bd|THA}}|3

| 24 May – Nanning|{{bd|TPE}}|2|{{bd|INA}}|3

| 24 May – Nanning|{{bd|MAS}}|0|{{bd|JPN}}|3

|25 May – Nanning|{{bd|CHN}}|3|{{bd|THA}}|0

|25 May – Nanning|{{bd|INA}}|1|{{bd|JPN}}|3

|26 May – Nanning|{{bd|CHN}}|3|{{bd|JPN}}|0

|RD1=Quarterfinals|RD2=Semifinals|RD3=Final|consol=Third|3rdplace=no|color=no|

}}

=Quarterfinals=

{{OneLegStart}}

|-

{{OneLegResult|{{bd-rt|CHN}}||3–1|{{bd|DEN}}|}}

|-

{{OneLegResult|{{bd-rt|KOR}}||1–3|{{bd|THA}}|}}

|-

{{OneLegResult|{{bd-rt|TPE}}||2–3|{{bd|INA}}|}}

|-

{{OneLegResult|{{bd-rt|MAS}}||0–3|{{bd|JPN}}|}}

|}

=Semifinals=

{{OneLegStart}}

|-

{{OneLegResult|{{bd-rt|CHN}}||3–0|{{bd|THA}}|}}

|-

{{OneLegResult|{{bd-rt|INA}}||1–3|{{bd|JPN}}|}}

|}

=Final=

{{OneLegStart}}

{{OneLegResult|{{bd-rt|CHN}}||3–0|{{bd|JPN}}|}}

|}

Final ranking

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" width=520
width=5.5% | {{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}

! width=20% | Team

! width=5.5% | {{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}

! width=5.5% | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}

! width=5.5% | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

! width=5.5% | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

! width=14% | Final result

{{gold1}}

| align="left" | {{bd|CHN}}

| 5

505Champions
{{silver2}}

| align="left" | {{bd|JPN}}

| 5

414Runners-up
colspan="7" |
rowspan="2" | {{bronze3}}

| align="left" | {{bd|INA}}

| 4

222rowspan="2" | Eliminated in Semifinals
align="left" | {{bd|THA}}

| 4

222
colspan="7" |
5

| align="left" | {{bd|KOR}}

| 3

212rowspan="4" | Eliminated in Quarterfinals
6

| align="left" | {{bd|TPE}}

| 3

121
7

| align="left" | {{bd|DEN}}

| 3

121
8

| align="left" | {{bd|MAS}}

| 3

121
colspan="7" |
9

| align="left" | {{bd|ENG}}

| 2

111rowspan="4" | Eliminated in Group stage
10

| align="left" | {{bd|RUS}}

| 2

020
11

| align="left" | {{bd|HKG}}

| 2

020
12

| align="left" | {{bd|IND}}

| 2

020
colspan="7" |
13

| align="left" | {{bd|CAN}}

| 4

404rowspan="8" | Group 2
14

| align="left" | {{bd|FRA}}

| 4

313
15

| align="left" | {{bd|NED}}

| 4

313
16

| align="left" | {{bd|GER}}

| 4

222
17

| align="left" | {{bd|SGP}}

| 4

222
18

| align="left" | {{bd|VIE}}

| 4

131
19

| align="left" | {{bd|USA}}

| 4

131
20

| align="left" | {{bd|ISR}}

| 4

040
colspan="7" |
21

| align="left" | {{bd|SRI}}

| 4

404rowspan="8" | Group 3
22

| align="left" | {{bd|IRL}}

| 4

313
23

| align="left" | {{bd|SUI}}

| 4

313
24

| align="left" | {{bd|AUS}}

| 4

222
25

| align="left" | {{bd|SVK}}

| 4

222
26

| align="left" | {{bd|NZL}}

| 4

131
27

| align="left" | {{bd|LTU}}

| 4

131
28

| align="left" | {{bd|NEP}}

| 4

040
colspan="7" |
29

| align="left" | {{bd|MAC}}

| 2

202rowspan="3" | Group 4
30

| align="left" | {{bd|KAZ}}

| 2

111
31

| align="left" | {{bd|GRL}}

| 2

020

{{col-2}}

{{winners|bd|2019 Sudirman Cup champions|CHN|11th}}

{{col-end}}

References