2017 Sudirman Cup

2017 Sudirman Cup
Tournament details
Dates	21–28 May 2017
Edition	15th
Level	International
Venue	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre
Location	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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The 2017 Sudirman Cup (officially known as the 2017 Total BWF Sudirman Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 15th 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 hosted by Gold Coast, Australia, between 21 and 28 May 2017.^[1] It will be the first time this event is hosted outside Asia and Europe since its establishment in 1989.^[1]

The matches was played at Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre. It was the first time that Australia had hosted the tournament and the first time this event is hosted outside Asia and Europe since its establishment in 1989.

China was the defending champion. Korea defeated China 3–2 to win the tournament, which became the first Sudirman Cup title for Korea after 2003.

Host city selection

Glasgow and Gold Coast submitted bids to host 2017 Sudirman Cup. Gold Coast was announced as the host for 2017 Sudirman Cup, while Glasgow later awarded the 2017 BWF World Championships.^[2]

Seedings

The seedings for 32 teams competing in the tournament were released on 2 March 2017.^[3] It was based on aggregated points from the best players in the world ranking. The tournament was divided into four groups, with twelve teams in the elite group competing for the title. Eight teams were seeded into second and third groups and four remaining teams were seeded into fourth group.

On the day of the draw, it was announced that the original list of 32 teams was pared down to 28, with four teams – Mexico, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden were withdrawing from the tournament. The 28 participating teams were divided into four groups, with Group 1 consisting of the 12 teams that will compete for the title. Group 2 and Group 3 (eight teams each) will fight for overall placings. The draw was held on 17 March 2017.^[4] England withdrew from the Sudirman Cup on 4 April 2017.^[5]

Rank	Team	Points	Group	Notes
1	China	359843	1
2	Denmark	334544
3	South Korea	315087
4	Japan	313853
5	Malaysia	296873
6	Indonesia	289727
7	Thailand	266335
8	Chinese Taipei	249965
9	India	226509
10	England	207930		Withdraw
11	Hong Kong	195775
12	Russia	166701

Rank	Team	Points	Group	Notes
13	Germany	156839	2	Grp.1
14	Singapore	140819
15	Netherlands	127822		Withdraw
16	Australia	126915
17	Vietnam	121569
18	Sweden	119234		Withdraw
19	Spain	117931		Withdraw
20	United States	107606
21	Scotland	95524	3	Grp.2
22	Canada	83511		Grp.2
23	Austria	72731		Grp.2
24	Mexico	36107		Withdraw

Rank	Team	Points	Group	Notes
25	New Zealand	156839	3	Grp.2
26	Sri Lanka	32434
27	Slovakia	17929
28	New Caledonia	15400
29	Macau	7410	4	Grp.3
30	Tahiti	6160		Grp.3
31	Fiji	Nil		Grp.3
32	Guam	Nil		Grp.3

Nations participating in the 2017 Sudirman Cup.

Group composition

Group 1				Group 2		Group 3
Group 1A	Group 1B	Group 1C	Group 1D	Group 2A	Group 2B	Group 3A	Group 3B
China Thailand Hong Kong	South Korea Chinese Taipei Russia	Japan Malaysia Germany	Denmark Indonesia India	Vietnam Scotland Canada New Zealand	Singapore Australia United States Austria	New Caledonia Macau Guam	Sri Lanka Slovakia Fiji Tahiti

Squads

Group stage

Group 1A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MW	ML	GW	GL	PW	PL	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	9	1	19	2	440	331	2	Quarter-finals
2	Thailand	2	1	1	3	7	7	15	365	429	1	Quarter-finals
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	3	7	7	16	384	449	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
China	4–1	Hong Kong
Thailand	3–2	Hong Kong
China	5–0	Thailand

Group 1B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MW	ML	GW	GL	PW	PL	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	7	3	15	9	464	415	2	Quarter-finals
2	South Korea	2	1	1	6	4	14	8	425	352	1	Quarter-finals
3	Russia	2	0	2	2	8	5	17	328	450	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
South Korea	4–1	Russia
Chinese Taipei	4–1	Russia
South Korea	2–3	Chinese Taipei

Group 1C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MW	ML	GW	GL	PW	PL	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	7	3	15	8	420	371	2	Quarter-finals
2	Malaysia	2	1	1	7	3	15	7	422	347	1	Quarter-finals
3	Germany	2	0	2	1	9	3	18	293	417	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Japan	4–1	Germany
Malaysia	5–0	Germany
Japan	3–2	Malaysia

Group 1D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MW	ML	GW	GL	PW	PL	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	2	1	1	6	4	14	12	476	480	1	Quarter-finals
2	India	2	1	1	5	5	12	11	415	419	1	Quarter-finals
3	Indonesia	2	1	1	4	6	11	14	468	460	1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Denmark	4–1	India
Indonesia	1–4	India
Denmark	2–3	Indonesia

Group 2A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MW	ML	GW	GL	PW	PL	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam	3	3	0	13	2	28	6	685	500	3	Classification round
2	Canada	3	2	1	8	7	17	19	648	640	2
3	Scotland	3	1	2	7	8	18	19	663	650	1
4	New Zealand	3	0	3	2	13	9	28	525	731	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Vietnam	4–1	New Zealand
Scotland	2–3	Canada
Vietnam	5–0	Canada
Scotland	4–1	New Zealand
Canada	5–0	New Zealand
Vietnam	4–1	Scotland

Group 2B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MW	ML	GW	GL	PW	PL	Pts	Qualification
1	Singapore	3	3	0	14	1	28	5	674	494	3	Classification round
2	Australia	3	2	1	10	5	20	10	567	466	2
3	United States	3	1	2	4	11	10	22	527	581	1
4	Austria	3	0	3	2	13	6	27	439	666	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Australia	4–1	United States
Singapore	5–0	Austria
Australia	5–0	Austria
Singapore	5–0	United States
United States	3–2	Austria
Singapore	4–1	Australia

Group 3A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MW	ML	GW	GL	PW	PL	Pts	Qualification
1	Macau	2	2	0	10	0	20	2	461	251	2	Classification round
2	New Caledonia	2	1	1	4	6	9	12	346	370	1
3	Guam	2	0	2	1	9	3	18	251	437	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
New Caledonia	4–1	Guam
Macau	5–0	Guam
New Caledonia	0–5	Macau

Group 3B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MW	ML	GW	GL	PW	PL	Pts	Qualification
1	Sri Lanka	3	3	0	15	0	30	0	630	249	3	Classification round
2	Slovakia	3	2	1	10	5	20	10	543	382	2
3	Fiji	3	1	2	4	11	9	24	416	652	1
4	Tahiti	3	0	3	1	14	4	29	376	682	0

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sri Lanka	5–0	Fiji
Slovakia	5–0	Tahiti
Sri Lanka	5–0	Tahiti
Slovakia	5–0	Fiji
Tahiti	1–4	Fiji
Sri Lanka	5–0	Slovakia

Knockout stage

Classification bracket

	Thirteenth place match


	Vietnam		3

	Singapore		1

	Fifteenth place match


	Canada		2

	Australia		3

	Seventeenth place match


	Scotland		3

	United States		0

	Nineteenth place match


	New Zealand		3

	Austria		1

	Twenty-first place match


	Macau		0

	Sri Lanka		3

	Twenty-third place match


	New Caledonia		0

	Slovakia		3

	Twenty-fifth place match


	Guam		1

	Fiji		3

Classification round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Guam	1–3	Fiji
New Caledonia	1–3	Slovakia
Macau	0–3	Sri Lanka
New Zealand	3–1	Austria
Scotland	3–0	United States
Canada	2–3	Australia
Vietnam	3–1	Singapore

Final draw

The draw for the quarterfinals will be held after the completion of the final matches in the group stage on 24 May 2017.

Position	Team 1	Team 2	Position
A1	China	India	D2
C1	Japan	Malaysia	C2
B2	South Korea	Chinese Taipei	B1
A2	Thailand	Denmark	D1

Final bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

26 May – Gold Coast

China	3
		27 May – Gold Coast
India	0
		China	3
26 May – Gold Coast
		Japan	2
Japan	3
				28 May – Gold Coast
Malaysia	1
				China	2
25 May – Gold Coast
				South Korea	3
South Korea	3
		27 May – Gold Coast
Chinese Taipei	1
		South Korea	3
25 May – Gold Coast
		Thailand	1
Thailand	3

Denmark	2

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
China	3–0	India
Japan	3–1	Malaysia
South Korea	3–1	Chinese Taipei
Thailand	3–2	Denmark

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
China	3–2	Japan
South Korea	3–1	Thailand

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
China	2–3	South Korea

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Final result
	South Korea	5	4	1	4	Champions
	China	5	4	1	4	Runners-up

	Japan	4	3	1	3	Eliminated in Semi-finals
	Thailand	4	2	2	2	Eliminated in Semi-finals

5	Denmark	3	1	2	1	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	2
	Malaysia	3	1	2	1
	India	3	1	2	1

9	Indonesia	2	1	1	1	Eliminated in Group stage
	Hong Kong	2	0	2	0
	Russia	2	0	2	0
	Germany	2	0	2	0

13	Vietnam	4	4	0	4	Group 2
14	Singapore	4	3	1	3
15	Australia	4	3	1	3
16	Canada	4	2	2	2
17	Scotland	4	2	2	2
18	United States	4	1	3	1
19	New Zealand	4	1	3	1
20	Austria	4	0	4	0

21	Sri Lanka	4	4	0	4	Group 3
22	Macau	3	2	1	2
23	Slovakia	4	3	1	3
24	New Caledonia	3	1	2	1
25	Fiji	4	2	2	2
26	Guam	3	0	3	0
27	Tahiti	3	0	3	0

2017 Sudirman Cup Champions
South Korea 4th title

References

1 2 "Gold Coast Wins Sudirman Cup 2017". Retrieved 8 January 2017.
↑ Alleyne, Gayle. "Badminton 'Worlds' Going to Glasgow in 2017". BWF. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
↑ "Sudirman Cup 2017 – Seeding Report 2 March Ranking" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
↑ "Sudirman Cup Battle Royal Beckons". Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
↑ "England Withdraws, Germany Promoted". Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.

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[BWF-1] 1 2 "Gold Coast Wins Sudirman Cup 2017". Retrieved 8 January 2017.

[2] Alleyne, Gayle. "Badminton 'Worlds' Going to Glasgow in 2017". BWF. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

[3] "Sudirman Cup 2017 – Seeding Report 2 March Ranking" (PDF). BWF Corporate. Retrieved 3 March 2017.

[4] "Sudirman Cup Battle Royal Beckons". Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

[5] "England Withdraws, Germany Promoted". Archived from the original on 21 May 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.