In the quarterfinals of the 2025 Sudirman Cup, South Korea will face Denmark, and if you want to win the championship, only An Seying may not be enough

The Korean badminton team, commanded by coach Park Joo-bong, will face Denmark in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Sudirman Cup World Badminton Mixed Team Championships. The Korean Badminton Association said on the 2nd that the opponent of the South Korean team was Denmark in a Sudirman Cup round of 8 match held at the Xiamen Olympic Sports Center in China on the afternoon of the 2nd.

On April 24, at the second terminal of Incheon International Airport, the South Korean team participating in the 2025 Su Cup took a group photo before going abroad.

The South Korean team, which competed with the Czech Republic, Canada and Chinese Taipei in the group stage of this year's Soviet Cup, won the first place in Group B with three wins and entered the top 8 knockout rounds. If Denmark is defeated in the round of 8, South Korea will face the winner between Thailand and Indonesia in the semifinals. If they reach the final, they are likely to meet the defending champions, the favourites to win the tournament, China.

Each Sudirman Cup will be played in five badminton events, including men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles, and the first side to win three sets will win. South Korean media believe that for the national team, ace player Ahn Se Ying got rid of injury and returned to competitive form is a good factor.

The 2025 Su Cup is the debut stage of Park Joo-bong, who was selected as the head coach of the Korean national team last month

As of the All England Open Badminton Championships in March this year, An Xiying has achieved the great feat of women's singles in international competitions for 4 consecutive times this season, and due to the impact of a muscle injury in the inner thigh, An Xiying missed the previous 2025 Asian Championships individual event, concentrated on recovering her body, and returned to the field through this competition.

An Se Ying, who missed the group stage match against the Czech Republic in the first round, played the women's singles against Canada and Chinese Taipei, and both won 2-0, showing an overwhelming competitive form. The tournament is Ahn Se-young's comeback stage and the debut stage for Park Joo-bong, who was selected as the head coach of the Korean national team last month.

An Se Young may not be enough to save the South Korean team

The South Korean team lost to China in the final of the last Soviet Cup held in 2023 and finished as runners-up. The last time South Korea lifted the trophy was in 2017, when they defeated China 3-2 in the final. Although the South Korean team has the world's first sister An Seying to press the lineup, there is a big shortcoming in the team - there is really no player in the team who can do it in the men's singles, and the three group games of this year's Su Cup, the Korean men's singles have no victory.