# Sudirman Cup

The Sudirman Cup is an international badminton mixed team competition contested by member countries of the Badminton World Federation, the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1989. It used to be held at the same venue for the World Championships in the same year until the International Badminton Federation, now the BWF, decided to split the two tournaments starting from 2003. There are five matches in every Sudirman Cup tie which consists of men and women's singles, men and women's doubles and mixed doubles. The cup is named after Sudirman, a former Indonesian badminton player. The current champion is China, which won its 13th title at the 2023 tournament in China.
There is no prize money in Sudirman Cup; players play for their respective countries and to earn BWF World Ranking points and national prestige.

## Trophy

The Sudirman Cup stands 80 cm high. It is made of 22 carat (92%) gold-plated solid silver and stands on an octagonal base made of jati wood (Java teak wood). The body of the Cup is in the form of a shuttlecock and is surmounted by a replica of the Borobudur Temple. The handles are in the shape of stamens, symbolising the seeds of badminton.
The Cup was made by Masterix Bandung Company at the price of US$15,000.

## Format

Until the 2021 edition, Sudirman Cup was an international competition that does not stage a qualification round. The competing teams are divided into 7 groups based on their performances. Only teams in Group 1 will have a chance to lift the trophy as the teams in other groups fight for promotion. Only six teams compete in Group 1, before it is increased to 8 in 2005 and further increased to 12 teams in 2011. Originally, the teams who finish last in the group were relegated to the lower group for the next edition, except for the last place finishing team in the lowest group. The promotion-relegation system was last used in 2009, and teams competing are now grouped by world rankings.
Starting from 2021 a new 16 team competition format is used, consisting of teams qualified from continental mixed team championships and mixed team ranking. However, due to travel and border restrictions arising from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic affecting the other planned continental team championships, the new format was only able to be fully implemented in 2023 edition.

## Result

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Semi-finalists | Semi-finalists |
| Year | Host | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Semi-finalists | Semi-finalists |
| 1989 Details | Jakarta, Indonesia | Indonesia | 3–2 | South Korea | China | Denmark |
| 1991 Details | Copenhagen, Denmark | South Korea | 3–2 | Indonesia | China | Denmark |
| 1993 Details | Birmingham, England | South Korea | 3–2 | Indonesia | China | Denmark |
| 1995 Details | Lausanne, Switzerland | China | 3–1 | Indonesia | Denmark | South Korea |
| 1997 Details | Glasgow, Scotland | China | 5–0 | South Korea | Denmark | Indonesia |
| 1999 Details | Copenhagen, Denmark | China | 3–1 | Denmark | Indonesia | South Korea |
| 2001 Details | Seville, Spain | China | 3–1 | Indonesia | Denmark | South Korea |
| 2003 Details | Eindhoven, Netherlands | South Korea | 3–1 | China | Denmark | Indonesia |
| 2005 Details | Beijing, China | China | 3–0 | Indonesia | Denmark | South Korea |
| 2007 Details | Glasgow, Scotland | China | 3–0 | Indonesia | England | South Korea |
| 2009 Details | Guangzhou, China | China | 3–0 | South Korea | Indonesia | Malaysia |
| 2011 Details | Qingdao, China | China | 3–0 | Denmark | Indonesia | South Korea |
| 2013 Details | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | China | 3–0 | South Korea | Denmark | Thailand |
| 2015 Details | Dongguan, China | China | 3–0 | Japan | Indonesia | South Korea |
| 2017 Details | Gold Coast, Australia | South Korea | 3–2 | China | Japan | Thailand |
| 2019 Details | Nanning, China | China | 3–0 | Japan | Indonesia | Thailand |
| 2021 Details | Vantaa, Finland | China | 3–1 | Japan | South Korea | Malaysia |
| 2023 Details | Suzhou, China | China | 3–0 | South Korea | Malaysia | Japan |
| 2025 Details | Xiamen, China | | | | | |

## Successful national teams

Indonesia initially won the tournament in 1989. Throughout the history of the tournament, eight countries have reached through to the semifinal round in all tournaments of Sudirman Cup: China, Denmark, England, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand and Japan.
China is the most successful national team in the Sudirman Cup (13 victories), followed by Korea (4 victories) and Indonesia (1 victory). The tournament has never been won by a non-Asian country, Denmark is the only European country that came close to winning it, in 1999 and 2011.
Bold text denotes team was host country.
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Semi-finalists | Top 4 total |
| China | 13 (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2023) | 2 (2003, 2017) | 3 (1989, 1991, 1993) | 18 |
| South Korea | 4 (1991, 1993, 2003, 2017) | 5 (1989, 1997, 2009, 2013, 2023) | 8 (1995, 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2021) | 17 |
| Indonesia | 1 (1989) | 6 (1991, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2005, 2007) | 7 (1997, 1999, 2003, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019) | 14 |
| Japan | — | 3 (2015, 2019, 2021) | 2 (2017, 2023) | 5 |
| Denmark | — | 2 (1999, 2011) | 9 (1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2013) | 11 |
| Thailand | — | — | 3 (2013, 2017, 2019) | 3 |
| Malaysia | — | — | 3 (2009, 2021, 2023) | 3 |
| England | — | — | 1 (2007) | 1 |