2021 Sudirman Cup

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 →

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.

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]

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]

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]

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

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.

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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