Published By: Ritayan Basu
Last Updated: March 26, 2023, 19:36 IST
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India had certified for the Sudirman Cup after successful the bronze medal on the Badminton Asia Mixed group championships
Indian shuttlers had been on Sunday handed a difficult draw in the Sudirman Cup Finals as they had been positioned alongside with Malaysia and Chinese Taipei in Group C in the worldwide blended group competitors to be held in Suzhou, China from May 14 to 21.
Australia is the fourth group in group C.
India registered its greatest performances on the 2011 and 2017 editions of the Sudirman Cup. In the final two editions, India couldn’t attain the quarterfinals.
India had certified for the Sudirman Cup after successful the bronze medal on the Badminton Asia Mixed group championships in February.
The prestigious competitors will see 16 groups, together with continental champions China, Denmark, Indonesia, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, battling it out.
China, the 12 time champions, will struggle in opposition to Denmark, Singapore and Egypt in group A, whereas Indonesia, who received the title in 1989, faces Thailand, Germany and Canada in group B.
In group D, Japan, four-time winners Korea, France and England will compete for a spot in the knockout.
Each tie of the competitors will see 5 matches — males’s singles, girls’s singles, males’s doubles, girls’s doubles and blended doubles.
The Sudirman Cup is the BWF World Mixed Team Championships which takes place each two years.
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