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.[2]
China was awarded the right to host the tournament by the BWF in November 2018.[3] In December 2023, it was announced that the Chinese Badminton Association had chosen Xiamen as the host city over Shenzhen and Zhengzhou.[4] The BWF officially announced Xiamen as the host city in June 2024.[2]
Competition format
Qualification
Sixteen teams was 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.
^1Since China had already qualified as the host nation, South Korea was awarded a spot as the highest-ranked Asian team in the World Team Rankings.
^2Germany withdrew before the draw and was replaced by the Czech Republic, the next available team from Europe.
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.
The draw was held on 1 May 2025, after the last group tie. The group runners-up were drawn against the group winners. Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.
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