# 2025 Sudirman Cup

The 2025 Sudirman Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2025 for sponsorship reasons) was the nineteenth edition of the Sudirman Cup, the biennial international badminton championship contested by the mixed national teams of the member associations of Badminton World Federation (BWF), since its inception in 1989. The tournament will be played in Xiamen, China, between 27 April and 4 May 2025.

## Host city selection

China was awarded the right to host the tournament by BWF in November 2018. In December 2023, it was revealed that Chinese Badminton Association chose Xiamen as the host city over Shenzhen and Zhengzhou. BWF officially announced Xiamen as the host city in June 2024.

## Competition format
### Qualification

Sixteen teams will participate in the final tournament in Xiamen, with the host and the defending champion will qualify automatically. Continental qualifying tournaments were held to determine the winner of allocated continental slots (4 from Asia and Europe, and 1 each from Africa, Oceania and Pan Am). The remaining slots were determined via team rankings. As China is both the host team and the defending champion, an extra slot from world ranking is opened.
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Slot | Qualified teams |
| Host country | June 2024 | — | 1 | China |
| 2023 Sudirman Cup | 14 – 21 May 2023 | Suzhou | 1 | China |
| 2025 Oceania Mixed Team Badminton Championships | 10–12 February 2025 | Auckland | 1 | Australia |
| 2025 All Africa Team Championships | 10–13 February 2025 | Douala | 1 | Algeria |
| 2025 Asia Mixed Team Championships | 11–16 February 2025 | Qingdao | 3 | Indonesia |
| 2025 Asia Mixed Team Championships | 11–16 February 2025 | Qingdao | 3 | Japan |
| 2025 Asia Mixed Team Championships | 11–16 February 2025 | Qingdao | 3 | Thailand |
| 2025 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships | 12–16 February 2025 | Baku | 4 | Denmark |
| 2025 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships | 12–16 February 2025 | Baku | 4 | England |
| 2025 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships | 12–16 February 2025 | Baku | 4 | France |
| 2025 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships | 12–16 February 2025 | Baku | 4 | Germany |
| 2025 Pan American Cup | 13–16 February 2025 | Aguascalientes | 1 | Canada |
| World Team Rankings (Asia) | 18 February 2025 | — | 1 | South Korea |
| World Team Rankings | 18 February 2025 | — | 4 | Malaysia |
| World Team Rankings | 18 February 2025 | — | 4 | Chinese Taipei |
| World Team Rankings | 18 February 2025 | — | 4 | India |
| World Team Rankings | 18 February 2025 | — | 4 | Hong Kong |
| World Team Rankings (Europe) | 10 March 2025 | — | 1 | Czech Republic |
| Total | Total | Total | 16 | |
* ^1 Since China had already qualified as host, the spot was given to South Korea as the highest-ranked Asian team based on World Team Rankings.
* ^2 Germany, who had withdrawn before draw, is replaced by Czech Republic as the next available team from Europe.

### Seeding

    As of 10 March 2025
| Teams | Seeds | Notes |
| China | 1 | Assigned to position A1 |
| Indonesia | 2 | Assigned to position D1 |
| South Korea | 3/4 | |
| Japan | 3/4 | |
| Malaysia | 5/8 | |
| Denmark | 5/8 | |
| Chinese Taipei | 5/8 | |
| Thailand | 5/8 | |
| India | 9/12 | |
| France | 9/12 | |
| Hong Kong | 9/12 | |
| Canada | 9/12 | |
| England | 13/16 | |
| Australia | 13/16 | |
| Czech Republic | 13/16 | |
| Algeria | 13/16 | |

## Draw

The draw for the tournament will be conducted on 13 March 2025, at 15:00 CST, in Xiamen, China. The 16 teams will be drawn into four groups of four.
The teams were allocated to four pots based on the World Team Rankings of 4 March 2025. Pot 1 contained the top seed China (which were assigned to position A1).
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| China  Thailand  Hong Kong  Algeria | South Korea  Chinese Taipei  Canada  Czech Republic | Japan  Malaysia  France  Australia | Indonesia  Denmark  India  England |

### Squads
## Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Chapter 5 Section 5.1. Article 16.3):
* Points
* Results between tied teams
* Match difference
* Game difference
* Point difference
Teams that won 3 match first win the tie: 1 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser.

## Group stage
### Group A

2025 Sudirman Cup group stage
* 27 April 2025 (2025-4-27)
| [[ national badminton team|]] | v | [[ national badminton team|]] |
* Fenghuang Gymnasium, Xiamen
* 27 April 2025 (2025-4-27)
| [[ national badminton team|]] | v | [[ national badminton team|]] |
* Fenghuang Gymnasium, Xiamen