Looking at the badminton world pattern from the finals seats, China is still the boss, and South Korea has risen rapidly.
The year 2023 is the first year for the world to return to the clean air, and it is also the year before the Olympic Games. Looking at the world pattern of badminton in this year, you can almost see the podium of the Paris Olympic Games.
On December 13th, the year-end finals of badminton will be held in Hangzhou, China. The team members are:
Men’s singles: Shi Yuqi, Li Shifeng, Ansailong, antonsen, Jonatan, Jin Ting, Nara Okada, Kun Lavoute;
Women’s singles: Chen Yufei, Han Yue, An Xiying, Jin Jiaen, Dai Ziying, Marin, Zhang Beiwen, Mariska;
Men’s doubles: translated by Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang, Liu Yuchen/Ou Weiyi, Alfian/Adianto, Furic/Moulana, Jiang Minhe/Xu Chengzai, Baomu Zhuolang/Kobayashi Youwu, A stroop/Anders, Xie Dingfeng/Su Wei;
Women’s doubles: Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning, Bai Hena/Li Shaoxi, Jin Zhaoying/Kong Xirong, Matsuyama Naiwei/Zhitian Qianyang, Matsumoto Mayou/Nagara and Kona, Lahayu/Ramadanti, Zongkongpan/Ravenda;
Mixed doubles: Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, Xu Chengzai/Cai Wei, Jin Yuanhao/Zheng Nayin, Watanabe Yongda/Dongye Yousha, De Chabo/Sha Xili, Deng Junwen/Tse Ying Suet, Chen Tangjie/Du Yihao.
Remind everyone that the qualification for the finals is not based on the world ranking, but on the ranking of the tour, and each association cannot have more than 2 seats. Therefore, Han Yue was qualified for the competition, and He Bingjiao was not allowed to participate.
The distribution of the list of associations is as follows:
Men’s singles: China 2 seats, Danish 2 seats, Indonesian 2 seats, Thailand and Japan 1 seat each;
Women’s singles: 2 seats in China, 2 seats in South Korea, 1 seat in China, 1 seat in Indonesia, 1 seat in Spain and 1 seat in the United States;
Men’s doubles: China 2 seats, Indonesian 2 seats, Korean, Japanese, Malaysian and Danish 1 seat each;
Women’s doubles: 2 seats in China, 2 seats in Japan, 2 seats in South Korea, 1 seat each in Indonesia and Thailand;
Mixed doubles: 2 seats in China, 2 seats in Korea, 1 seat each in Japan, Hongkong, China, Malaysia and Thailand.
The distribution of seats is 35 seats in Asia, 4 seats in Europe and 1 seat in North America. Among them, China is the only association with 10 seats, including 7 from South Korea, 6 from Indonesia, 5 from Japan, 3 from Denmark and Thailand, 2 from Malaysia, 1 from China, Hongkong, China, the United States and Spain.
It can be seen that in terms of the development of badminton in the world, Asia still occupies a dominant position, among which China is still the number one.
It is worth mentioning that the South Korean team rose rapidly this year. They only got three finals seats last year, and this year they jumped to seven, which is rare in badminton history. Their women’s singles, men’s doubles and mixed doubles won this year’s World Championships. Except for men’s singles, all the other four events have the strength to win the championship.
In terms of sub-items, Arcelor in men’s singles is still the only strength, but he is not invincible. An Xiying in women’s singles has already entered an invincible state, but she was injured in the final of the Asian Games. It remains to be seen whether she can recover to the original height after the injury. China is the first team in the world in the three doubles events, but they are not absolutely sure of winning the championship. Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan in women’s doubles is relatively the most reliable. Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong in mixed doubles was unbeatable last year, but this year she has lost many goals, not only to South Korea’s Xu Chengzai/Cai Wei, but also to her teammates Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping. And Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang of men’s doubles still has psychological weakness.
For the China team, 2023 is a year of bottoming out. We were already very sleepy in the first half of the year, but we bottomed out in the second half.
Li Shifeng, Shi Yuqi and Weng Hongyang in the men’s singles occasionally performed brilliantly, and the records of Chen Yufei and Han Yue also picked up at the end of the year. Newcomers or new combinations emerged in the three doubles, such as Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang, Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning, Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin and He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu, which gave the fans a little idea about next year’s Olympic Games.
As for the gold medals in the Paris Olympic Games, personal prediction shows that there is a high probability of tying two in the Tokyo Olympic Games, but it is very difficult for all five events to enter the finals like the Tokyo Olympic Games.
