2025 Sudirman Cup
The 2025 Sudirman Cup 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 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 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. 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.*
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, second-seeded Indonesia 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 |
Tiebreakers
The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows :- Points
- Results between tied teams
- Match difference
- Game difference
- Point difference
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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