The national team is favored to win the 2025 Sudirman Cup, but the South Korean team's threatening ability cannot be ignored

The well-rounded and well-balanced Chinese badminton team has a home advantage and is widely expected to win the 2025 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Badminton Tournament on the 27th of this month, but they cannot ignore the threat of their main opponents, South Korea.

South Korea's number one women's singles An Seying will be the biggest threat to the Chinese Soviet Cup team

This year's Sudirman Cup will be held in Xiamen from April 27 to 54, and China has a chance to win the championship for the 14th time and keep the Sudirman Cup.
Looking at the entry list, China has the strongest team lineup, with three world No. 1 teams, namely Men's Singles Shi Yuqi, Women's Doubles Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning, Mixed Doubles Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin, and World No. 2 Wang Zhiyi.

However, former Malaysian soup cup hero Rassi recently said he believes the South Korean team may bring surprises, with world No. 1 Ahn Se Ying in Women's Singles and Seo Seung Jae and Kim Won Ho (World No. 20) in Men's Doubles in excellent form and expected to score valuable points. In addition, South Korea's Women's Doubles pair of Baek Ha Na and Lee So Hee (world No. 3) and Kim Hye-jung and Kong Hee Yong (world No. 9) can also unsettle China's dominance.
Although Ahn is dealing with a thigh injury, Lassi believes world No. 15 Sim Youjin can step up and keep hope alive for South Korea.

Seo Seung-jae (right) and Kim Won-ho are among South Korea's biggest threats to China's Soviet Cup hegemony

Lassi believes that only Shi Yuqi has a good chance of winning in the Chinese team. "China are still favourites, but South Korea could also be upset," Rassi said. Their men's doubles combination is now almost invincible, and they are also strong in women's doubles and mixed doubles. "Only Shi Yuqi in the Chinese team looks sure of winning in the men's singles, while the fate of the other players is uncertain," he said. To be honest, this is a good thing for the game, if the Chinese team dominates again, the Su Cup will become boring. ”

South Korea has won the trophy four times, including beating China twice in 2003 and 2017. Park Joo-bong, who won the championship as a player in 1991 and 1993, is back as head coach and they have a chance to beat defending champions China.