2015 Sudirman Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2015 Sudirman Cup was the final phase of the competition, following the group stage. It began on 14 May with the quarterfinals and concluded on 17 May with the final match of the tournament, which was held at the Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center in Dongguan, China.^[1]

The top two teams from each group (eight in total) advanced to the knockout stage, competing in a single-elimination tournament. Meanwhile, the teams from Groups 2, 3 and 4 (twenty three in total) advanced to the classification stage, where they also competed in a single-elimination tournament.^[2]^[3]

Qualified teams

Group 1

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	China	Germany
B	Japan	Chinese Taipei
C	Indonesia	Denmark
D	Malaysia	South Korea

Group 2

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A	Netherlands	Singapore	Spain	Canada
B	Hong Kong	France	United States	Brazil

Group 3

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A	Czech Republic	Austria	Turkey	South Africa
B	Vietnam	Australia	Switzerland	Italy

Group 4

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A	Philippines	Iceland	Nigeria
B	Sri Lanka	Israel	Kazakhstan	Seychelles

Bracket

Group 1

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

14 May

China	3
		16 May
Germany	0
		China	3
15 May
		Indonesia	1
Indonesia	3
				17 May
Chinese Taipei	1
				China	3
14 May
				Japan	0
South Korea	3
		16 May
Malaysia	1
		South Korea	2
15 May
		Japan	3
Denmark	2

Japan	3

Group 2

	Thirteenth place match

	Netherlands		1

	Hong Kong		3

	Fifteenth place match

	Singapore		2

	France		3

	Seventeenth place match

	Spain		3

	United States		1

	Nineteenth place match

	Canada		3

	Brazil		1

Group 3

	Twenty-first place match

	Czech Republic		0

	Vietnam		3

	Twenty-third place match

	Austria		2

	Australia		3

	Twenty-fifth place match

	Turkey		3

	Switzerland		1

	Twenty-seventh place match

	South Africa		3

	Italy		1

Group 4

	Twenty-ninth place match

	Philippines		3

	Sri Lanka		0

	Thirty-first place match

	Austria		3

	Israel		1

	Thirty-third place match

	Nigeria		3

	Kazakhstan		2

Classification round

Thirty-third place match: Nigeria vs Kazakhstan

Nigeria
3

Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 4
15 May 2015, 13:00 UTC+8

Kazakhstan
2

		1	2	3
1	Victor Makanju / Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Arman Murzabekov / Ilyana Filipchuk	21 15	20 22	23 21
2	Enejoh Abah Artur Niyazov	21 19	21 19
3	Grace Gabriel Veronika Sorokina	21 12	3 21	12 21
4	Enejoh Abah / Victor Makanju Khaitmurat Kulmatov / Artur Niyazov	9 21	21 15	17 21
5	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan / Grace Gabriel Ilyana Filipchuk / Veronika Sorokina	21 19	21 14

Thirty-first place match: Iceland vs Israel

Iceland
3

Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 5
15 May 2015, 13:00 UTC+8

Israel
1

		1	2
1	Daniel Thomsen / Rakel Jóhannesdóttir Ariel Shainski / Alina Pugach	21 18	22 20
2	Kári Gunnarsson Misha Zilberman	8 21	12 21
3	Margrét Jóhannsdóttir Dana Kugel	21 16	21 11
4	Kári Gunnarsson / Atli Jóhannesson Ariel Shainski / Misha Zilberman	21 11	21 19
5	Rakel Jóhannesdóttir / Margrét Jóhannsdóttir Dana Kugel / Alina Pugach

Twenty-ninth place match: Philippines vs Sri Lanka

Philippines
3

Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 5
15 May 2015, 19:00 UTC+8

Sri Lanka
0

		1	2	3
1	Frell Keeyann Gabuelo Nimmika Thisara	15 21	21 8	21 6
2	Nicole Albo Achini Ratnasiri	21 14	21 12
3	Peter Gabriel Magnaye / Paul Jefferson Vivas Dakshika Gunatilleke / Nimmika Thisara	21 9	21 9
4	Alyssa Leonardo / Thea Pomar Achini Ratnasiri / Lekha Shehani				not played
5	Paul Jefferson Vivas / Eleanor Inlayo Dakshika Gunatilleke / Thilini Jayasinghe				not played

Twenty-seventh place match: South Africa vs Italy

South Africa
3

Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 3
15 May 2015, 19:00 UTC+8

Italy
1

		1	2	3
1	Andries Malan / Jennifer Fry Matteo Bellucci / Karin Maran	21 15	21 12
2	Prakash Vijayanath Rosario Maddaloni	14 21	6 21
3	Elme de Villiers Lisa Iversen	21 10	21 16
4	Andries Malan / Willem Viljoen Giovanni Greco / Rosario Maddaloni	23 21	18 21	21 8
5	Michelle Butler-Emmett / Elme de Villiers Jeanine Cicognini / Karin Maran				not played

Twenty-fifth place match: Turkey vs Switzerland

Turkey
3

Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 4
15 May 2015, 19:00 UTC+8

Switzerland
1

		1	2	3
1	Özge Bayrak Sabrina Jaquet	15 21	23 25
2	Ramazan Öztürk Christian Kirchmayr	12 21	21 18	21 17
3	Özge Bayrak / Neslihan Yiğit Céline Burkart / Cendrine Hantz	21 12	21 12
4	Emre Vural / Sinan Zorlu Christian Kirchmayr / Oliver Schaller	21 16	14 21	21 7
5	Ramazan Öztürk / Neslihan Yiğit Anthony Dumartheray / Sabrina Jaquet				not played

Twenty-third place match: Austria vs Australia

Austria
2

Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 3
15 May 2015, 13:00 UTC+8

Australia
3

		1	2	3
1	Luka Wraber Daniel Guda	21 10	21 15
2	Elisabeth Baldauf Joy Lai	21 14	21 19
3	Matthias Almer / David Obernosterer Matthew Chau / Sawan Serasinghe	10 21	17 21
4	Janine Lais / Nathalie Ziesig Leanne Choo / Gronya Somerville	7 21			retired
5	Matthias Almer / Elisabeth Baldauf Robin Middleton / Leanne Choo	12 21	21 15	18 21

Twenty-first place match: Czech Republic vs Vietnam

Czech Republic
0

Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 1
15 May 2015, 19:00 UTC+8

Vietnam
3

		1	2	3
1	Jakub Bitman / Alžběta Bášová Dương Bảo Đức / Thái Thị Hồng Gấm	21 16	19 21	15 21
2	Petr Koukal Nguyễn Tiến Minh	6 21	12 21
3	Zuzana Pavelková Vũ Thị Trang	12 21	12 21
4	Jakub Bitman / Milan Ludík Đào Mạnh Thắng / Lê Hà Anh				not played
5	Alžběta Bášová / Zuzana Pavelková Phạm Như Thảo / Vũ Thị Trang				not played

Nineteenth place match: Canada vs Brazil

Canada
3

Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 5
14 May 2015, 19:00 UTC+8

Brazil
1

		1	2	3
1	Toby Ng / Alex Bruce Alex Yuwan Tjong / Lohaynny Vicente	19 21	21 12	20 22
2	Andrew D'Souza Daniel Paiola	22 20	21 13
3	Rachel Honderich Fabiana Silva	21 16	21 15
4	Adrian Liu / Derrick Ng Hugo Arthuso / Daniel Paiola	21 9	24 22
5	Rachel Honderich / Michelle Li Lohaynny Vicente / Luana Vicente				not played

Seventeenth place match: Spain vs United States

Spain
3

Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 4
14 May 2015, 19:00 UTC+8

United States
1

		1	2	3
1	Ernesto Velázquez / Beatriz Corrales Phillip Chew / Jamie Subandhi	21 18	14 21	21 18
2	Luís Enrique Peñalver Sattawat Pongnairat	21 16	14 21	21 18
3	Clara Azurmendi Iris Wang	10 21	10 21
4	Pablo Abián / Ernesto Velázquez Phillip Chew / Sattawat Pongnairat	13 21	21 19	21 15
5	Beatriz Corrales / Carolina Marín Eva Lee / Paula Lynn Obanana				not played

Fifteenth place match: Singapore vs France

Singapore
2

Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 3
14 May 2015, 19:00 UTC+8

France
3

		1	2	3
1	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta / Vanessa Neo Ronan Labar / Émilie Lefel	12 21	19 21
2	Sean Lee Thomas Rouxel	21 16	22 24	17 21
3	Terry Hee / Chayut Triyachart Baptiste Carême / Ronan Labar	21 19	21 14
4	Liang Xiaoyu Delphine Lansac	21 11	21 14
5	Elaine Chua / Vanessa Neo Émilie Lefel / Anne Tran	22 20	16 21	12 21

Thirteenth place match: Netherlands vs Hong Kong China

Netherlands
1

Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 2
15 May 2025, 19:00 UTC+8

Hong Kong
4

		1	2	3
1	Jacco Arends / Jelle Maas Or Chin Chung / Tang Chun Man	21 17	21 17
2	Soraya de Visch Eijbergen Cheung Ngan Yi	14 21	18 21
3	Mark Caljouw Ng Ka Long	21 18	6 21	16 21
4	Eefje Muskens / Selena Piek Poon Lok Yan / Tse Ying Suet	21 18	20 22	17 21
5	Samantha Barning / Jorrit de Ruiter Chau Hoi Wah / Lee Chun Hei				not played

Quarter-finals

China vs Germany

China
3

Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 1
14 May 2015, 19:00 UTC+8

Germany
0

		1	2
1	Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei Michael Fuchs / Birgit Michels	21 9	21 11
2	Lin Dan Marc Zwiebler	21 12	21 15
3	Fu Haifeng / Zhang Nan Michael Fuchs / Peter Käsbauer	21 15	21 17
4	Li Xuerui Karin Schnaase			not played
5	Tang Yuanting / Yu Yang Isabel Herttrich / Birgit Michels			not played

Indonesia vs Chinese Taipei

Indonesia
3

Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 1
15 May 2015, 13:00 UTC+8

Chinese Taipei
1

		1	2	3
1	Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan Lee Sheng-mu / Tsai Chia-hsin	21 17	21 18
2	Bellaetrix Manuputty Tai Tzu-ying	17 21	17 21
3	Jonatan Christie Hsu Jen-hao	21 12	13 21	21 16
4	Nitya Krishinda Maheswari / Greysia Polii Hsieh Pei-chen / Wu Ti-jung	21 14	21 9
5	Tontowi Ahmad / Liliyana Natsir Wang Chi-lin / Chen Hsiao-huan				not played

South Korea vs Malaysia

South Korea
3

Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 2
14 May 2015, 19:00 UTC+8

Malaysia
1

		1	2	3
1	Lee Yong-dae / Yoo Yeon-seong Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong	21 18	21 16
2	Sung Ji-hyun Tee Jing Yi	21 17	21 12
3	Son Wan-ho Lee Chong Wei	17 21	12 21
4	Chang Ye-na / Jung Kyung-eun Vivian Hoo Kah Mun / Woon Khe Wei	21 23	21 16	21 11
5	Kim Ki-jung / Shin Seung-chan Chan Peng Soon / Goh Liu Ying				not played

Denmark vs Japan

Denmark
2

Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 2
15 May 2015, 13:00 UTC+8

Japan
3

		1	2	3
1	Mads Pieler Kolding / Sara Thygesen Kenta Kazuno / Ayane Kurihara	21 9	16 21	21 13
2	Viktor Axelsen Kento Momota	15 21	21 17	9 21
3	Line Kjaersfeldt Nozomi Okuhara	12 21	8 21
4	Kim Astrup / Mads Pieler Kolding Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa	21 19	21 15
5	Line Kjaersfeldt / Sara Thygesen Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi	21 19	7 21	19 21

Semi-finals

China vs Indonesia

China
3

Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 1
16 May 2015, 13:00 UTC+8

Indonesia
1

		1	2	3
1	Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan	16 21	17 21
2	Li Xuerui Bellaetrix Manuputty	3 5			retired
3	Chen Long Jonatan Christie	21 10	21 15
4	Tang Yuanting / Yu Yang Nitya Krishinda Maheswari / Greysia Polii	17 21	21 17	21 15
5	Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei Tontowi Ahmad / Liliyana Natsir				not played

South Korea vs Japan

South Korea
2

Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 1
16 May 2015, 19:00 UTC+8

Japan
3

		1	2	3
1	Lee Yong-dae / Yoo Yeon-seong Hirokatsu Hashimoto / Noriyasu Hirata	21 18	21 16
2	Sung Ji-hyun Nozomi Okuhara	21 11	17 21	14 21
3	Son Wan-ho Takuma Ueda	21 9	22 20
4	Chang Ye-na / Jung Kyung-eun Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi	17 21	8 21
5	Ko Sung-hyun / Kim Ha-na Kenta Kazuno / Ayane Kurihara	14 21	15 21

Final

China vs Japan

China
3

Dongfeng Nissan Sports Center, Court 1
17 May 2015, 14:00 UTC+8

Japan
0

		1	2	3
1	Fu Haifeng / Zhang Nan Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa	21 17	20 22	21 17
2	Li Xuerui Akane Yamaguchi	23 21	21 14
3	Lin Dan Takuma Ueda	21 15	21 13
4	Ma Jin / Tang Yuanting Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi				not played
5	Zhang Nan / Zhao Yunlei Kenta Kazuno / Ayane Kurihara				not played

References

^ "Tournament | VIVO BWF Sudirman Cup 2015". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
^ Liew, Vincent (2015-05-13). "Malaysia to face Korea again in the 2015 Sudirman Cup quarter-finals". BadmintonPlanet.com. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
^ "Malaysia to Face Korea Again - Vivo BWF Sudirman Cup Quarter-final Draw". bwfsudirmancup.bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2025-06-12.

External links

Official website

[1] "Tournament | VIVO BWF Sudirman Cup 2015". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2025-06-12.

[2] Liew, Vincent (2015-05-13). "Malaysia to face Korea again in the 2015 Sudirman Cup quarter-finals". BadmintonPlanet.com. Retrieved 2025-06-12.

[3] "Malaysia to Face Korea Again - Vivo BWF Sudirman Cup Quarter-final Draw". bwfsudirmancup.bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2025-06-12.

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