2015 Sudirman Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2015 Sudirman Cup was the final phase of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 14 May with the quarterfinals and concluded on 17 May with the final match of the tournament, which was held at the Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center in Dongguan, China. ^[1]

The top two teams from each group (eight in total) advanced to the knockout stage, competing in a single-elimination tournament. Meanwhile, the teams from Groups 2, 3 and 4 (twenty three in total) advanced to the classification stage, where they also competed in a single-elimination tournament. ^{[2] [3]}

Qualified teams

Group 1

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	China	Germany
B	Japan	Chinese Taipei
C	Indonesia	Denmark
D	Malaysia	South Korea

Group 2

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A	Netherlands	Singapore	Spain	Canada
B	Hong Kong	France	United States	Brazil

Group 3

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A	Czech Republic	Austria	Turkey	South Africa
B	Vietnam	Australia	Switzerland	Italy

Group 4

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A	Philippines	Iceland	Nigeria
B	Sri Lanka	Israel	Kazakhstan	Seychelles

Bracket

Group 1

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	14 May
	China	3
					16 May
	Germany	0
					China	3
	15 May
					Indonesia	1
	Indonesia	3
									17 May
	Chinese Taipei	1
									China	3
	14 May
									Japan	0
	South Korea	3
					16 May
	Malaysia	1
					South Korea	2
	15 May
					Japan	3
	Denmark	2
	Japan	3

Group 2

Thirteenth place match         Netherlands 1   Hong Kong 3

Fifteenth place match         Singapore 2   France 3

Seventeenth place match         Spain 3   United States 1

Nineteenth place match         Canada 3   Brazil 1

Group 3

Twenty-first place match         Czech Republic 0   Vietnam 3

Twenty-third place match         Austria 2   Australia 3

Twenty-fifth place match         Turkey 3    Switzerland 1

Twenty-seventh place match         South Africa 3   Italy 1

Group 4

Twenty-ninth place match         Philippines 3   Sri Lanka 0

Twenty-third place match         Austria 3   Israel 1

Twenty-fifth place match         Nigeria 3   Kazakhstan 2

Classification round

Thirty-third place match: Nigeria vs Kazakhstan

Nigeria 3	Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 4 15 May 2015, 13:00  UTC+8		Kazakhstan 2
1 2 3 1 Victor Makanju  /  Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Arman Murzabekov  /  Ilyana Filipchuk 21 15 20 22 23 21   2 Enejoh Abah Artur Niyazov 21 19 21 19     3 Grace Gabriel Veronika Sorokina 21 12 3 21 12 21   4 Enejoh Abah  /  Victor Makanju Khaitmurat Kulmatov  /  Artur Niyazov 9 21 21 15 17 21   5 Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan  /  Grace Gabriel Ilyana Filipchuk  /  Veronika Sorokina 21 19 21 14

Thirty-first place match: Iceland vs Israel

Iceland 3	Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 5 15 May 2015, 13:00  UTC+8		Israel 1
1 2 3 1 Daniel Thomsen  /  Rakel Jóhannesdóttir Ariel Shainski  /  Alina Pugach 21 18 22 20     2 Kári Gunnarsson Misha Zilberman 8 21 12 21     3 Margrét Jóhannsdóttir Dana Kugel 21 16 21 11     4 Kári Gunnarsson  /  Atli Jóhannesson Ariel Shainski  /  Misha Zilberman 21 11 21 19     5 Rakel Jóhannesdóttir  /  Margrét Jóhannsdóttir Dana Kugel  /  Alina Pugach

Twenty-ninth place match: Philippines vs Sri Lanka

Philippines 3	Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 5 15 May 2015, 19:00  UTC+8		Sri Lanka 0
1 2 3 1 Frell Keeyann Gabuelo Nimmika Thisara 15 21 21 8 21 6   2 Nicole Albo Achini Ratnasiri 21 14 21 12     3 Peter Gabriel Magnaye  /  Paul Jefferson Vivas Dakshika Gunatilleke  /  Nimmika Thisara 21 9 21 9     4 Alyssa Leonardo  /  Thea Pomar Achini Ratnasiri  /  Lekha Shehani       not played 5 Paul Jefferson Vivas  /  Eleanor Inlayo Dakshika Gunatilleke  /  Thilini Jayasinghe       not played

Twenty-seventh place match: South Africa vs Italy

South Africa 3	Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 3 15 May 2015, 19:00  UTC+8		Italy 1
1 2 3 1 Andries Malan  /  Jennifer Fry Matteo Bellucci  /  Karin Maran 21 15 21 12     2 Prakash Vijayanath Rosario Maddaloni 14 21 6 21     3 Elme de Villiers Lisa Iversen 21 10 21 16     4 Andries Malan  /  Willem Viljoen Giovanni Greco  /  Rosario Maddaloni 23 21 18 21 21 8   5 Michelle Butler-Emmett  /  Elme de Villiers Jeanine Cicognini  /  Karin Maran       not played

Twenty-fifth place match: Turkey vs Switzerland

Turkey 3	Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 4 15 May 2015, 19:00  UTC+8		Switzerland 1
1 2 3 1 Özge Bayrak Sabrina Jaquet 15 21 23 25     2 Ramazan Öztürk Christian Kirchmayr 12 21 21 18 21 17   3 Özge Bayrak  /  Neslihan Yiğit Céline Burkart  /  Cendrine Hantz 21 12 21 12     4 Emre Vural  /  Sinan Zorlu Christian Kirchmayr  /  Oliver Schaller 21 16 14 21 21 7   5 Ramazan Öztürk  /  Neslihan Yiğit Anthony Dumartheray  /  Sabrina Jaquet       not played

Twenty-third place match: Austria vs Australia

Austria 2	Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 3 15 May 2015, 13:00  UTC+8		Australia 3
1 2 3 1 Luka Wraber Daniel Guda 21 10 21 15     2 Elisabeth Baldauf Joy Lai 21 14 21 19     3 Matthias Almer  /  David Obernosterer Matthew Chau  /  Sawan Serasinghe 10 21 17 21     4 Janine Lais  /  Nathalie Ziesig Leanne Choo  /  Gronya Somerville 7 21     retired   5 Matthias Almer  /  Elisabeth Baldauf Robin Middleton  /  Leanne Choo 12 21 21 15 18 21

Twenty-first place match: Czech Republic vs Vietnam

Czech Republic 0	Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 1 15 May 2015, 19:00  UTC+8		Vietnam 3
1 2 3 1 Jakub Bitman  /  Alžběta Bášová Dương Bảo Đức  /  Thái Thị Hồng Gấm 21 16 19 21 15 21   2 Petr Koukal Nguyễn Tiến Minh 6 21 12 21     3 Zuzana Pavelková Vũ Thị Trang 12 21 12 21     4 Jakub Bitman  /  Milan Ludík Đào Mạnh Thắng  /  Lê Hà Anh       not played 5 Alžběta Bášová  /  Zuzana Pavelková Phạm Như Thảo  /  Vũ Thị Trang       not played

Nineteenth place match: Canada vs Brazil

Canada 3	Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 5 14 May 2015, 19:00  UTC+8		Brazil 1
1 2 3 1 Toby Ng  /  Alex Bruce Alex Yuwan Tjong  /  Lohaynny Vicente 19 21 21 12 20 22   2 Andrew D'Souza Daniel Paiola 22 20 21 13     3 Rachel Honderich Fabiana Silva 21 16 21 15     4 Adrian Liu  /  Derrick Ng Hugo Arthuso  /  Daniel Paiola 21 9 24 22     5 Rachel Honderich  /  Michelle Li Lohaynny Vicente  /  Luana Vicente       not played

Seventeenth place match: Spain vs United States

Spain 3	Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 4 14 May 2015, 19:00  UTC+8		United States 1
1 2 3 1 Ernesto Velázquez  /  Beatriz Corrales Phillip Chew  /  Jamie Subandhi 21 18 14 21 21 18   2 Luís Enrique Peñalver Sattawat Pongnairat 21 16 14 21 21 18   3 Clara Azurmendi Iris Wang 10 21 10 21     4 Pablo Abián  /  Ernesto Velázquez Phillip Chew  /  Sattawat Pongnairat 13 21 21 19 21 15   5 Beatriz Corrales  /  Carolina Marín Eva Lee  /  Paula Lynn Obanana       not played

Fifteenth place match: Singapore vs France

Singapore 2	Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 3 14 May 2015, 19:00  UTC+8		France 3
1 2 3 1 Danny Bawa Chrisnanta  /  Vanessa Neo Ronan Labar  /  Émilie Lefel 12 21 19 21     2 Sean Lee Thomas Rouxel 21 16 22 24 17 21   3 Terry Hee  /  Chayut Triyachart Baptiste Carême  /  Ronan Labar 21 19 21 14     4 Liang Xiaoyu Delphine Lansac 21 11 21 14     5 Elaine Chua  /  Vanessa Neo Émilie Lefel  /  Anne Tran 22 20 16 21 12 21

Thirteenth place match: Netherlands vs Hong Kong China

Netherlands 1	Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 2 15 May 2025, 19:00  UTC+8		Hong Kong 4
1 2 3 1 Jacco Arends  /  Jelle Maas Or Chin Chung  /  Tang Chun Man 21 17 21 17     2 Soraya de Visch Eijbergen Cheung Ngan Yi 14 21 18 21     3 Mark Caljouw Ng Ka Long 21 18 6 21 16 21   4 Eefje Muskens  /  Selena Piek Poon Lok Yan  /  Tse Ying Suet 21 18 20 22 17 21   5 Samantha Barning  /  Jorrit de Ruiter Chau Hoi Wah  /  Lee Chun Hei       not played

Quarter-finals

China vs Germany

China 3	Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 1 14 May 2015, 19:00  UTC+8		Germany 0
1 2 3 1 Zhang Nan  /  Zhao Yunlei Michael Fuchs  /  Birgit Michels 21 9 21 11     2 Lin Dan Marc Zwiebler 21 12 21 15     3 Fu Haifeng  /  Zhang Nan Michael Fuchs  /  Peter Käsbauer 21 15 21 17     4 Li Xuerui Karin Schnaase       not played 5 Tang Yuanting  /  Yu Yang Isabel Herttrich  /  Birgit Michels       not played

Indonesia vs Chinese Taipei

Indonesia 3	Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 1 15 May 2015, 13:00  UTC+8		Chinese Taipei 1
1 2 3 1 Mohammad Ahsan  /  Hendra Setiawan Lee Sheng-mu  /  Tsai Chia-hsin 21 17 21 18     2 Bellaetrix Manuputty Tai Tzu-ying 17 21 17 21     3 Jonatan Christie Hsu Jen-hao 21 12 13 21 21 16   4 Nitya Krishinda Maheswari  /  Greysia Polii Hsieh Pei-chen  /  Wu Ti-jung 21 14 21 9     5 Tontowi Ahmad  /  Liliyana Natsir Wang Chi-lin  /  Chen Hsiao-huan       not played

South Korea vs Malaysia

South Korea 3	Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 2 14 May 2015, 19:00  UTC+8		Malaysia 1
1 2 3 1 Lee Yong-dae  /  Yoo Yeon-seong Goh V Shem  /  Tan Wee Kiong 21 18 21 16     2 Sung Ji-hyun Tee Jing Yi 21 17 21 12     3 Son Wan-ho Lee Chong Wei 17 21 12 21     4 Chang Ye-na  /  Jung Kyung-eun Vivian Hoo Kah Mun  /  Woon Khe Wei 21 23 21 16 21 11   5 Kim Ki-jung  /  Shin Seung-chan Chan Peng Soon  /  Goh Liu Ying       not played

Denmark vs Japan

Denmark 2	Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 2 15 May 2015, 13:00  UTC+8		Japan 3
1 2 3 1 Mads Pieler Kolding  /  Sara Thygesen Kenta Kazuno  /  Ayane Kurihara 21 9 16 21 21 13   2 Viktor Axelsen Kento Momota 15 21 21 17 9 21   3 Line Kjaersfeldt Nozomi Okuhara 12 21 8 21     4 Kim Astrup  /  Mads Pieler Kolding Hiroyuki Endo  /  Kenichi Hayakawa 21 19 21 15     5 Line Kjaersfeldt  /  Sara Thygesen Misaki Matsutomo  /  Ayaka Takahashi 21 19 7 21 19 21

Semi-finals

China vs Indonesia

China 3	Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 1 16 May 2015, 13:00  UTC+8		Indonesia 1
1 2 3 1 Cai Yun  /  Fu Haifeng Mohammad Ahsan  /  Hendra Setiawan 16 21 17 21     2 Li Xuerui Bellaetrix Manuputty 3 5       retired 3 Chen Long Jonatan Christie 21 10 21 15     4 Tang Yuanting  /  Yu Yang Nitya Krishinda Maheswari  /  Greysia Polii 17 21 21 17 21 15   5 Zhang Nan  /  Zhao Yunlei Tontowi Ahmad  /  Liliyana Natsir       not played

South Korea vs Japan

South Korea 2	Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 1 16 May 2015, 19:00  UTC+8		Japan 3
1 2 3 1 Lee Yong-dae  /  Yoo Yeon-seong Hirokatsu Hashimoto  /  Noriyasu Hirata 21 18 21 16     2 Sung Ji-hyun Nozomi Okuhara 21 11 17 21 14 21   3 Son Wan-ho Takuma Ueda 21 9 22 20     4 Chang Ye-na  /  Jung Kyung-eun Misaki Matsutomo  /  Ayaka Takahashi 17 21 8 21     5 Ko Sung-hyun  /  Kim Ha-na Kenta Kazuno  /  Ayane Kurihara 14 21 15 21

Final

China vs Japan

China 3	Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 1 17 May 2015, 14:00  UTC+8		Japan 0
1 2 3 1 Fu Haifeng  /  Zhang Nan Hiroyuki Endo  /  Kenichi Hayakawa 21 17 20 22 21 17   2 Li Xuerui Akane Yamaguchi 23 21 21 14     3 Lin Dan Takuma Ueda 21 15 21 13     4 Ma Jin  /  Tang Yuanting Misaki Matsutomo  /  Ayaka Takahashi       not played 5 Zhang Nan  /  Zhao Yunlei Kenta Kazuno  /  Ayane Kurihara       not played

References

1. "Tournament | VIVO BWF Sudirman Cup 2015". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
2. Liew, Vincent (2015-05-13). "Malaysia to face Korea again in the 2015 Sudirman Cup quarter-finals". BadmintonPlanet.com. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
3. "Malaysia to Face Korea Again - Vivo BWF Sudirman Cup Quarter-final Draw". bwfsudirmancup.bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2025-06-12.

External links

• Official website