2021 Sudirman Cup

The 2021 Sudirman Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th 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 Vantaa, Finland, between 26 September and 3 October 2021.^[1] China were the defending champions. They successfully defended their title, lifting the trophy for a record-extending 12th time.

2021 Sudirman Cup

Tournament details
Dates	26 September – 3 October 2021
Edition	17th
Level	International
Competitors	222 from 16 nations
Venue	Energia Areena
Location	Vantaa, Finland
← 2019 Nanning 2023 Suzhou →

Host city selection

Originally the Badminton World Federation awarded Suzhou, China to host the tournament back in November 2018,^[2] but due to the strict restrictions from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it was too hard to conduct tournaments in China in 2021. Thus, on 29 June 2021 BWF announced that Vantaa, Finland would be the new host to stage this tournament. ^[3]

Competition format

Unlike previous format of Sudirman Cup, only 16 teams will compete in the competition. Teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams. The competition still starts with a group stage followed by a knockout stage.^[4]

Qualifying

Originally, the qualifying process to qualify was through each continental (Asia, Europe, Pan America, Africa, and Oceania) mixed team championships which were planned to take place around February 2021. However, only the European Mixed Team Championships was able to take place due to travel and border restrictions arising from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic affecting the other planned continental team championships. Therefore, teams from Asia, Pan America, Oceania, and Africa qualified based on the World Rankings.^[4]

With the move of host city from Suzhou to Vantaa, it was decided to retain the same qualifying teams as originally qualified in February for the Suzhou hosted tournament which means the quota place for the hosts is temporarily waived. However, if a team withdrew from the competition, the host (Finland) will be invited to participate first.

France and Australia, later on, withdrew from the competition, thus Finland was awarded a quota place as the host. New Zealand was originally to take the place but also declined, in the end, Tahiti was awarded the quota place for Oceania due to their performance at the 2019 Pacific Games. ^[5]

Seeding

Teams	Seeds	Notes
China	1	Assigned to position A1
Japan	2	Assigned to position D1
Indonesia	3/4
Chinese Taipei	3/4
South Korea	5/8
Thailand	5/8
Denmark	5/8
Malaysia	5/8
India	9/16
England	9/16
Canada	9/16
Germany	9/16
NBFR	9/16
Finland	9/16	Host
Egypt	9/16
Tahiti	9/16

Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group were determined per BWF Statutes Section 5.1, Article 16.3:^[6]

1. Number of ties won;
2. Tie result between the teams in question;
3. Match difference in all group ties;
4. Game difference in all group ties;
5. Point difference in all group ties.

Squads

Further information: 2021 Sudirman Cup squads

Group stage

Main article: 2021 Sudirman Cup group stage

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+3)

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	27	4	+23	621	380	+241	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Thailand	3	2	1	22	9	+13	571	461	+110	2
3	India	3	1	2	10	21	−11	492	580	−88	1
4	Finland (H)	3	0	3	3	28	−25	380	643	−263	0

Source: TournamentSoftware.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

China	5–0	Finland
Report

China  v  Finland

26 September 2021 (2021-09-26) 10:00

Energia Areena Court 1, Vantaa

Thailand	4–1	India
Report

Thailand  v  India

26 September 2021 (2021-09-26) 10:00

Energia Areena Court 2, Vantaa

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China	5–0	India
Report

China  v  India

27 September 2021 (2021-09-27) 10:00

Energia Areena Court 1, Vantaa

Thailand	5–0	Finland
Report

Thailand  v  Finland

27 September 2021 (2021-09-27) 16:00

Energia Areena Court 1, Vantaa

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India	4–1	Finland
Report

India  v  Finland

29 September 2021 (2021-09-29) 16:00

Energia Areena Court 1, Vantaa

China	3–2	Thailand
Report

China  v  Thailand

29 September 2021 (2021-09-29) 16:00

Energia Areena Court 2, Vantaa

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	28	5	+23	672	422	+250	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	22	13	+9	666	502	+164	2
3	Germany	3	1	2	16	18	−2	612	565	+47	1
4	Tahiti	3	0	3	0	30	−30	169	630	−461	0

Source: TournamentSoftware.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Chinese Taipei	5–0	Tahiti
Report

Chinese Taipei  v  Tahiti

26 September 2021 (2021-09-26) 10:00

Energia Areena Court 3, Vantaa

South Korea	4–1	Germany
Report

South Korea  v  Germany

26 September 2021 (2021-09-26) 16:00

Energia Areena Court 1, Vantaa

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Chinese Taipei	5–0	Germany
Report

Chinese Taipei  v  Germany

28 September 2021 (2021-09-28) 10:00

Energia Areena Court 1, Vantaa

South Korea	5–0	Tahiti
Report

South Korea  v  Tahiti

28 September 2021 (2021-09-28) 10:00

Energia Areena Court 2, Vantaa

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Chinese Taipei	0–5	South Korea
Report

Chinese Taipei  v  South Korea

30 September 2021 (2021-09-30) 10:00

Energia Areena Court 1, Vantaa

Germany	5–0	Tahiti
Report

Germany  v  Tahiti

30 September 2021 (2021-09-30) 10:00

Energia Areena Court 2, Vantaa

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	3	3	0	25	8	+17	647	523	+124	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Denmark	3	2	1	23	10	+13	625	533	+92	2
3	NBFR	3	1	2	13	20	−7	574	611	−37	1
4	Canada	3	0	3	5	28	−23	491	670	−179	0

Source: TournamentSoftware.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Indonesia	5–0	NBFR
Report

Indonesia  v NBFR

26 September 2021 (2021-09-26) 16:00

Energia Areena Court 2, Vantaa

Denmark	5–0	Canada
Report

Denmark  v  Canada

26 September 2021 (2021-09-26) 16:00

Energia Areena Court 3, Vantaa

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Denmark	4–1	NBFR
Report

Denmark  v NBFR

27 September 2021 (2021-09-27) 16:00

Energia Areena Court 2, Vantaa

Indonesia	3–2	Canada
Report

Indonesia  v  Canada

27 September 2021 (2021-09-27) 16:00

Energia Areena Court 3, Vantaa

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Indonesia	3–2	Denmark
Report

Indonesia  v  Denmark

29 September 2021 (2021-09-29) 10:00

Energia Areena Court 1, Vantaa

Canada	0–5	NBFR
Report

Canada  v NBFR

29 September 2021 (2021-09-29) 10:00

Energia Areena Court 2, Vantaa

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	29	3	+26	665	383	+282	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Malaysia	3	2	1	19	13	+6	593	482	+111	2
3	England	3	1	2	15	17	−2	570	527	+43	1
4	Egypt	3	0	3	0	30	−30	194	630	−436	0

Source: TournamentSoftware.com
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Malaysia	3–2	England
Report

Malaysia  v  England

27 September 2021 (2021-09-27) 10:00

Energia Areena Court 2, Vantaa

Japan	5–0	Egypt
Report

Japan  v  Egypt

27 September 2021 (2021-09-27) 10:00

Energia Areena Court 3, Vantaa

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Japan	5–0	England
Report

Japan  v  England

28 September 2021 (2021-09-28) 16:00

Energia Areena Court 1, Vantaa

Malaysia	5–0	Egypt
Report

Malaysia  v  Egypt

28 September 2021 (2021-09-28) 16:00

Energia Areena Court 2, Vantaa

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Japan	4–1	Malaysia
Report

Japan  v  Malaysia

30 September 2021 (2021-09-30) 16:00

Energia Areena Court 1, Vantaa

England	5–0	Egypt
Report

England  v  Egypt

30 September 2021 (2021-09-30) 16:00

Energia Areena Court 2, Vantaa

Knockout stage

Main article: 2021 Sudirman Cup knockout stage

Bracket

The draw was held on 30 September 2021, after the Japan against Malaysia tie. The group runners-up were drawn against the group winners. Teams from the same group cannot be drawn against each other.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	China	3
	Denmark	2
					China	3
					South Korea	0
	South Korea	3
	Thailand	2
									China	3
									Japan	1
	Malaysia	3
	Indonesia	2
					Malaysia	1
					Japan	3
	Chinese Taipei	1
	Japan	3

Quarter-finals

China	3–2	Denmark
Report

China  v  Denmark

1 October 2021 (2021-10-01) 10:00

Energia Areena Court 1, Vantaa

South Korea	3–2	Thailand
Report

South Korea  v  Thailand

1 October 2021 (2021-10-01) 10:00

Energia Areena Court 2, Vantaa

Malaysia	3–2	Indonesia
Report

Malaysia  v  Indonesia

1 October 2021 (2021-10-01) 16:00

Energia Areena Court 2, Vantaa

Chinese Taipei	1–3	Japan
Report

Chinese Taipei  v  Japan

1 October 2021 (2021-10-01) 16:00

Energia Areena Court 1, Vantaa

Semi-finals

China	3–0	South Korea
Report

China  v  South Korea

2 October 2021 (2021-10-02) 10:00

Energia Areena Court 1, Vantaa

Malaysia	1–3	Japan
Report

Malaysia  v  Japan

2 October 2021 (2021-10-02) 16:00

Energia Areena Court 1, Vantaa

Final

China	3–1	Japan
Report

China  v  Japan

3 October 2021 (2021-10-03) 13:00

Energia Areena Court 1, Vantaa

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W L Pts MD GD PD Final result  China 6 6 0 6 +17 +31 +316 Champions  Japan 6 5 1 5 +15 +31 +351 Runners-up  South Korea 5 4 1 4 +11 +19 +215 Eliminated in semi-finals  Malaysia 5 3 2 3 +2 +5 +89 5  Indonesia 4 3 1 3 +6 +14 +101 Eliminated in quarter-finals 6  Thailand 4 2 2 2 +6 +13 +109 7  Denmark 4 2 2 2 +6 +11 +61 8  Chinese Taipei 4 2 2 2 +3 +6 +132 9  England 3 1 2 1 −1 −2 +43 Eliminated in group stage 10  Germany 3 1 2 1 −3 −2 +47 11 NBFR 3 1 2 1 −3 −7 −37 12  India 3 1 2 1 −5 −11 −88 13  Canada 3 0 3 0 −11 −23 −179 14  Finland (H) 3 0 3 0 −13 −25 −263 15  Egypt 3 0 3 0 −15 −30 −436 16  Tahiti 3 0 3 0 −15 −30 −461

References

1. "Sudirman Cup". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
2. "BWF Major Event Hosts 2019-2025 Awarded". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
3. "Sudirman Cup Finals to be held in Finland as BWF announces calendar changes". Inside the Games. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
4. "TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
5. "Tahiti to compete in TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup, Thomas Cup and Uber Cup Finals 2021". Badminton Oceania. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
6. "BWF Statutes, Section 5.1: General Competition Regulations" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 March 2019.