2025 Sudirman Cup: The national team will once again face the final test of South Korea, who are aiming for the 14th crown in the team's history

China, the 13-time champion of the tournament, will face the final test of South Korea again in the final on the 4th in the 2025 Sudirman Cup World Badminton Mixed Team Championships, which will hit the 14th championship in team history and 4 consecutive championships. The two sides will compete for the championship of the Suzhou Cup for the second consecutive edition, and in the 2023 Suzhou Tournament, China, which is also playing at home, defeated South Korea 3-0 to win the championship.

After finally winning five games in the top four to win Indonesia and advance to the final of the 2025 Sudirman Cup, all the South Korean members celebrated excitedly in the stadium

In the final 4 matches on the 3rd, South Korea narrowly defeated Indonesia, the champion of the first tournament, 3-2, and entered the final of the Soviet Cup for the 10th time in team history, and will strive for the fifth crown. The two sides battled fiercely until the final game of the fifth women's doubles, when world No. 3 Lee So Hee and Baek Ha Na defeated Indonesian wonders Amalia and Sidi Fathia 21-10, 18-21, 21-15 to snatch a ticket to the final for South Korea.

Previously, South Korean world champions Seo Seung-jae and Choi Yoo-hyun defeated Indonesia's new pair Dejan and Siti Fathia 21-10, 21-15 in the first mixed doubles match to help "Taiji Tiger" take the lead 1-0. In the second Men's Singles, Indonesia's former world junior champion Alvi Fahan (world No. 33) defeated South Korea's Cho Jian Ye (world No. 141) 16-21, 21-8, 21-8 to give Indonesia a 1-1 victory.

World and Olympic champion Ahn Se Young then defeated Indonesia's Butli (world No. 11) 21-18, 21-12 in the third Women's Singles match, extending her five-match winning streak against the latter and giving South Korea a 2-1 lead. In the fourth men's doubles match to the third game of the extra point match, the Indonesian pair of Suyib and Bagas, who had not been paired for a long time, narrowly defeated South Korea's Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae 21-18, 13-21, 25-23 to help Indonesia equalize the score 2-2 again.

Lee So Hee (right) and Baek Ha Na defeated Amalia and Siti Fathia in the fifth Women's Doubles match to help South Korea win 3-2 against Indonesia

China swept Japan 3-0 and reached the final for 16 consecutive years. The Chinese team swept Japan 3-0 in the semifinals on the 3rd, and the mixed doubles Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping, the men's singles Shi Yuqi and the women's singles Chen Yufei won one after another, so that the last two men's doubles and women's doubles did not need to be played. Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping, known as the "Phoenix Combination", took 45 minutes in the first game to defeat their temporary partners Daiki Midorikawa and Arisa Igarashi 21-11, 21-17, firing the first shot for the Chinese team, which was also the first meeting between the two sides.

In the second game, China sent the world's No. 1 brother Shi Yuqi to face Japan's world No. 8 "Great Mill King" Naraoka Kodai, "Su Cup God of War" Shi Yuqi finally took 44 minutes to win Naraoka Kodai 21-8, 21-16, expanding the record between the two sides to 9-5, and also establishing a 2-0 advantage for China.

Japan was swept in the first three games of the semi-finals, and China advanced to the final of the 16th consecutive Sudirman Cup

Chen Yufei reversed Yamaguchi to win the winning point. Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yufei then faced arch-rival and former world champion Akane Yamaguchi in the third Women's Singles match, and although Chen Yufei was a 12-21 loser in the previous head-to-head record, Chen Yufei won the last two meetings. In the end, after 76 points of fierce battle, Chen Yufei won 17-21, 21-9, 21-16 from behind, helping the Chinese team win 3-0 in advance and take the lead in winning the final.

China has set an astonishing record, the team has reached the finals of 16 consecutive tournaments (30 years) since 1995, in addition to missing the finals in the first three editions.