The Premier event will take place in Gold coast,Australia.
- Sudirman Cup will commence from 21st May and will conclude on 28th May
- 27 countries will take part
- Its the 15th edition of Sudirman cup
Good news for badminton fans around the globe as the badminton action continues in Sudirman Cup which will be held in Australia.This is only the first time when this prestigious tournament will be held outside Asia or Europe.
The 27 participating teams were divided into four groups, with Group 1 consisting of the 11 teams that will compete for the title. Group 2 and Group 3 (eight teams each) will fight for overall placings. The draw was held on March 17, 2017.
Do you know : There were 32 teams originally competing in the Sudirman cup .Spain,Netherlands,Sweden,Mexico and England withdrew and thus left with 27 teams .
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Here is the list of team seadings.
China
Denmark
Korea
Japan
Malaysia
Indonesia
Thailand
Chinese Taipei
India
Hong Kong
Russia
Germany
Singapore
Australia
Vietnam
United States
Scotland
Canada
Austria
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
Slovakia
New Caledonia
Macau
Tahiti
Fiji
Guam
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India to face strong Indonesia (6 Seed) and Mighty Denmark (2 seed) in the group stage.
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Mens Singles
India = Ajay Jayram (World rank 13),Kidambi Srikanth(World rank 26) and HS Prannoy (World rank 30)
Indonesia = Jonatan Christie (World rank 28) , Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (World rank 23)
Denmark = Viktor Axelsen (World rank 3), Jan O Jorgensen (World rank 4), Anders Antonsen (World rank 17)
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Mens Doubles
India = SatwikSairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty (World rank 46) , B. Sumeeth Reddy & Manu Attri (World rank 25)
Indonesia = Angga Pratama & Ricky Karanda Suwardi (World rank 8) , Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo & Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (World rank 1)
Denmark = Carsten Mogensen & Matthias Boe (World rank 2) , Mads Conrad Peterson & Mads Pieler Kolding (World rank 7) , Kim Astrup & Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (World rank 9)
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Womens singles
India = PV Sindhu (World rank 4) , Saina Nehwal (World rank 9) ,Rituparna Das (World rank 49)
Indonesia = Dinar Dyah Ayustine (World rank 33) , Fitriani ( World rank 23) ,Gregoria Mariska (World rank 80)
Denmark = Natalia Koch Rohde (World rank 41 ) ,Mia Blichfeldt (World rank 45) ,Line Kjaersfeldt (World rank 26)
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Mixed Doubles
India = Ashwini Ponappa & B. Sumeeth Reddy (World rank 66) ,Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & K. Maneesha (World rank 66) , Pranav Jerry Chopra & N. Sikki Reddy (World rank 16)
Indonesia = Debby Susanto & Praveen Jordan (World rank 8) ,Tontowi Ahmad (World rank 7) , Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja( World rank 73)
Denmark = Sara Thygesen & Mathias Christiansen ( World rank 18) , Christinna Pedersen & Jaochim Fischer Nielsen (World rank 5) , Kim Astrup & Line Kjaersfeldt (World rank 37)
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Womens doubles
India = N. Sikki Reddy & Ashwini Ponappa (World rank 28)
Indonesia = Rosyita Eka Putri Sari & Della Destiara Haris (World rank 15) , Greysia Polii(World rank 30) , Anggia Shitta Awanda (World rank 16)
Denmark = Sara Thygesen & Maiken Freurgaard (World rank 19) , Kamilla Rytter Juhl & Christinna Pederson (World rank 2) .
India looks strong in just Womens singles and lack in all the other 4 categories.Its pretty tough for this Indian team to cross the group stage ,but considering a good day,Indian shuttlers can well create an upset to defeat any of those top teams.
The main focus will again be on PV Sindhu to set an example for other Indian shuttlers . In Mens Single, lot is expected from Srikanth who recentely finished as runner up in Singapore open loosing to his countermen Sai Praneeth. The womens double specialist , Ponappa & Sikki would be looking to give some impressive performance,considering the vast experience they have.The mixed doubles pair of Pranav Chopra & Sikki Reddy would love to repeat their golden performance of Syed Modi Grand Prix(Lucknow,2016) where they won the title.In mens doubles,Sumeeth and Attri should play fearlessly as they have nothing to loose considering the higher rank opponents they will face.Indian team could well try an experiment of playing Satwik and Chirag in the mens doubles,these young turks are arguably the future of Indian badminton and are ready to take up the challenge at the International arena.
