Sudirman Cup 2021 Final: China defeats Japan 3-1, win their 12th Title
China defended their World Mixed Team Championships Title as they defeated Japan in the Sudirman Cup 2021 Final.
The Most Successful Team in the History of the Sudirman Cup – China proved their dominance once again, as they defeated Japan 3-1 on Sunday, 3rd October at the Energia Areena in Vantaa, Finland. Sudirman Cup 2021 Final saw the Top 2 Seeds battle it out.
Meanwhile, the next BWF Tournament will be the Thomas and Uber Cup played in Denmark from 9th – 17th October.
Both China and Japan topped their respective groups by winning all 3 Group Matches. In the Quarter-finals, China won 3-2 against Denmark. Whereas, Japan defeated Chinese Taipei 3-1.
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In Semi-finals, China won against South Korea by a score of 3-0. Meanwhile, Japan won 3-1 against Malaysia.
Sudirman Cup 2021 Final – China vs Japan Line-up
Line Up and Order Of Play#SudirmanCup2021 FINAL
CHINA VS JAPAN
Starts 17:00 WIBBoth finalists from the previous edition will face each other again… Which team will win this time? pic.twitter.com/qfK54AWKgR
— Badminton Talk (@BadmintonTalk) October 3, 2021
The Sudirman Cup 2021 Final was a repeat of the previous edition, as Finalists of the 2019 Sudirman Cup battled it out again for the Championship Title.
First-Up was Men’s Doubles, where China’s He Jiting/Zhou Haodong defeated Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi of Japan 21-17, 14-21, 21-16. The match lasted for about 1 hour & 16 minutes as it went to a decider. The Chinese Pair gave a 1-0 lead to their Team.
However, in Women’s Singles, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Champion Chen Yufei of China was defeated in two straight games 19-21, 16-21 by Japan’s World No. 5 Akane Yamaguchi. Akane Yamaguchi leveled it up 1-1 for Japan, the match lasted for 49 minutes.
It was Men’s Singles, which got interesting as China’s Shi Yuqi ranked 10th in the world won against the World No. 1 Kento Momota of Japan by a score of 21-13, 8-21, 21-12. China leads 2-1.
Meanwhile, Women’s Doubles was the encounter that crowned China as the Champions of the 2021 Sudirman Cup. The Chinese Duo of Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan won in straight games 21-17, 21-16 against Mayu Matsumoto/Misaki Matsutomo to let China lift Sudirman Cup Trophy for the 12th Time.
As a result, China won 3-1 Japan in the Final of the 2021 Sudirman Cup.
Official: #SudirmanCup2021 medal winners
🥇🇨🇳 China
🥈🇯🇵 Japan
🥉🇲🇾 Malaysia and 🇰🇷 Korea— Badminton Talk (@BadmintonTalk) October 3, 2021
Japan 🇯🇵 and reigning champions China 🇨🇳 clash for the glory of the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2021 🏆.#SudirmanCup #Vantaa2021 #RaiseARacket 🏸 pic.twitter.com/lYDIJWQrGA
— BWF (@bwfmedia) October 3, 2021