The BWF Sudirman Cup is a biennial mixed team competition organised by Badminton World Federation (BWF) – the sport’s global governing body.
Over the years, the Sudirman Cup has established itself as the premier mixed team badminton championship in the world, just like the Thomas Cup is for men and Uber Cup is for women.
Like most team championship events, every tie in the Sudirman Cup consists of five matches – men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles. Whichever team wins three matches clinches the tie.
The idea of a mixed team championship was brought up by the badminton association of Indonesia, who wanted a tournament in honor of its late founder and president Dick Sudirman, who passed away in 1986.
The first BWF Sudirman Cup was held in 1989 in Indonesia and was won by the home team. Indonesia have made six finals since but haven’t been able to clinch a second title.
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The next two editions, in 1991 and 1993, were won by the Republic of Korea but since then, the People’s Republic of China have dominated the tournament, winning all but two editions held from 1995 to 2021. Korea won the Sudirman Cup in 2003 and 2017.
Only three countries have won the cup. China have been the most successful nation with 14 titles. It is followed by South Korea which has four titles while Indonesia won the inaugural edition.
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BWF Sudirman Cup List of Winners
| Edition (hosts) | Winner | Runners up | Semi-finalists |
| 1989 (Jakarta, Indonesia) | Indonesia | South Korea | China and Denmark |
| 1991 (Copenhagen, Denmark) | South Korea | Indonesia | China and Denmark |
| 1993 (Birmingham, England) | South Korea | Indonesia | China and Denmark |
| 1995 (Lausanne, Switzerland) | China | Indonesia | Denmark and South Korea |
| 1997 (Glasgow, Scotland) | China | South Korea | Denmark and Indonesia |
| 1999 (Copenhagen, Denmark) | China | Denmark | Indonesia and South Korea |
| 2001 (Seville, Spain) | China | Indonesia | Denmark and South Korea |
| 2003 (Eindhoven, Netherlands) | South Korea | China | Denmark and Indonesia |
| 2005 (Beijing, China) | China | Indonesia | Denmark and South Korea |
| 2007 (Glasgow, Scotland) | China | Indonesia | England and South Korea |
| 2009 (Guangzhou, China) | China | South Korea | Indonesia and Malaysia |
| 2011 (Qingdao, China) | China | Denmark | Indonesia and South Korea |
| 2013 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) | China | South Korea | Denmark and Thailand |
| 2015 (Dongguan, China) | China | Japan | Indonesia and South Korea |
| 2017 (Gold Coast, Australia) | South Korea | China | Japan and Thailand |
| 2019 (Nanning, China) | China | Japan | Indonesia and Thailand |
| 2021 (Vantaa, Finland) | China | Japan | South Korea and Malaysia |
| 2023 (Suzhou, China) | China | South Korea | Japan and Malaysia |
| 2023 (Xiamen, China) | China | South Korea | Japan and Indonesia |
