PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen will lead Indian challenge at the Sudirman Cup 2025 in China.
HOSTS China, The Most Dominant Side in the History of the Tournament With 13 Titles, are the Defending Champions. Given the strength of their team, they are also the home favorite.
The tournament has been dominated by just three nations since its incenation in 1989. While indolationsia won the inaugural edition in 1989, South Korea Have Lifted The Title Four Times, Including and Thirds Editions. China sweept the remain 13 editions.
From an Indian StandPoint, The Best Performance in the Sudirman Cup Has Been A Quarterfinal Finish – Achieved Twice, In 2011 and 2017. In the last Edition Held in Suzhou, China, India, India, India Ware Eliminal Station.
In this 19th Edition of the Tournament, China, Along With Indonesia, Last Edition’s Runners-up South Korea, and Japan are the top four seeds. These teams are bolsred by world-class players. While china has shi yuqi and wang zhiyi, south korea boast the most consistent women’s singles player of the time, an se youth. INDONESIA ARE LED by Jonatan Christie and Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, What Japan’s Squad Features Kodai Naraoka and Akane Yamaguchi.
Among the notable absentees are satwiksairaj rankireddy and chiragheghety of India, and malaysia’s olympic bronze medallist lee zii jia.
India will open their campaign against denmark on April 27. Denmark are still bolsred by world no. 3 Anders Antonsen in Men’s singles and the world no. 1 Men’s Doubles Duo of Kim Astrup and Anders Rasmussen.
Groups
Sudirman Cup 2025 Groups
Group a: China, Thailand, Hong Kong China, Algeria
Group B: Republic of Korea, Chinese Taipei, Canada, Czechia
Group C: Japan, Malaysia, France, Australia
Group D: Indonesia, Denmark, India, England
India Schedule
Sunday 27 April 2025
Group D – Denmark vs India
Tuesday 29 April 2025
Group D – Indonesia vs India
Thursday 1 May 2025
Men’s singles: lakshya sen, hs prannoy
Women’s singles: PV Sindhu, Anupama Upadhyaya
Men’s Doubles: Hariharan Amsakarunan-Ruban Kumar Retinasabapathi
Women’s Doubles: Tanisha Crasto-Priya Konjengbam
Mixed Doubles: Dhruv Kapila-Shruti Mishra, Sathish Kumar-Aadya Variyath
When and where to watch Sudirman cup 2025 matches live in India?
As per the latest update, the matches of the Sudirman cup 2025 will be streamed live on the Olympic Channel through Olympics.com and the official olympics mobile app (Avilability May Varying by region).
The matches will also be available on the bwf tv youtube channel.
