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, the biennial international

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

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(BWF) since its inception in 1989. The tournament has been held in

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, China, between 27 April and 4 May 2025.

Host city selection

China was awarded the right to host the tournament by the BWF in November 2018. In December 2023, it was announced that the Chinese Badminton Association had chosen Xiamen as the host city over

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and

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. The BWF officially announced Xiamen as the host city in June 2024.

Competition format

Qualification

Sixteen teams was participated in the final tournament in Xiamen, with the host and the defending champion qualified automatically. Continental qualifying tournaments were held to determine the winners of allocated continental slots (4 from Asia and Europe, and 1 each from Africa, Oceania and Pan America). The remaining slots were determined via team rankings. Since China was both the host team and the defending champion, an additional slot was opened from the world rankings. * *

Draw

The draw for the tournament took place on 13 March 2025, at 15:00 CST, in Xiamen, China. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four. Teams were divided into four pots based on the World Team Rankings as of 18 February 2025. Pot 1 contained top-seeded China (assigned to position A1), second-seeded Indonesia (assigned to position D1) and the next two best teams, South Korea and Japan. Pot 2 contained the next four best teams, Pot 3 included the ninth through twelfth seeds, and Pot 4 comprised the thirteenth through 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

External links

Official website
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