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, the biennial international

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championship contested by the mixed national teams of the member associations of

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(BWF), since its inception in 1989. The tournament was played in

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, China, between 14 and 21 May 2023.

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were the defending champions. They successfully defended their title, lifting the trophy for a record-extending 13th time.

Host city selection

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was awarded the hosting of the championship back in November 2018. In July 2021, it was announced that

, the original host for the 2021 edition, will host this edition instead and India accepted the offer to host 2026 BWF World Championships in exchange.

Competition format

Qualification

Sixteen teams will participate in the final tournament in Suzhou, 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.

Seeding

Draw

The draw for the tournament was conducted on 25 March 2023, at 15:00 CST, at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Suzhou, China. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four. The teams were allocated to four pots based on the World Team Rankings of 21 February 2023. Pot 1 contained the top seed China (which were assigned to position A1), the second seed Japan (which were assigned to position D1) and the next two best teams, Indonesia and Malaysia. Pot 2 contained the next best four teams, Pot 3 contained the ninth to twelfth seeds, Pot 4 contained the thirteenth to sixteenth seeds.

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

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Final ranking

References

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2023 in Suzhou