On February 19, the 2022 Asian Badminton Team Championship entered the semi-final competition, and in the semi-final of the women's team that took the lead in the morning, the defending champion Japan women's team unexpectedly withdrew from the competition, and the opponent Indonesia women's team won without a fight and directly advanced to the final. In another semi-final, the host Malaysian women's team lost 0-3 to the South Korean women's team and did not qualify for the final on their doorstep. The women's team final will be played between Indonesia and South Korea. With the birth of the top four women's teams in the Asian Team, Japan, Indonesia, South Korea and Malaysia all qualified for the Uber Cup in Bangkok, Thailand in May this year.
This year's Badminton Asian Team Championship, due to the impact of the epidemic, the Chinese team did not register to participate, most of the other participating teams did not send the main force, mainly substitutes and young players, focusing on the training team. After three rounds of group competition, the Host Malaysia women's team of Group Y performed well, advancing to the first place in the two games, the defending champion Japan also advanced to the second place, the Indonesian team in Group Z advanced in three games, and the South Korean women's team advanced in 2 wins and 1 loss. The four teams also secured the qualification for the Uber Cup.
In the semi-final draw, the defending champion Japan women's team met Indonesia, while the host Malaysia team met South Korea. However, shortly before the start of the game, the official website showed that the Japanese team withdrew from the competition, and after the official announcement of the Asian Badminton Federation, it said that some members of the Japanese women's team were unwell, so they announced their withdrawal. In addition, according to the announcement of the Japan Badminton Association, it is said that some people in the team have a high fever, the new crown test is positive, and there is a close connection so it needs to be isolated for observation, so it chose to withdraw from the competition after negotiating with the event side. In fact, as early as before the Japanese women's team went out, someone in the team was diagnosed, but because the other team members had no influence at the time, they continued to participate, but they did not expect that someone was still recruited.
With the retirement of the defending champions, the Indonesian women's team advanced directly to the final without a fight. In another semi-final, the host Malaysian women's team can only beat the South Korean team, but in the game, their strength still has a certain gap, the first singles and the second doubles, are two consecutive losses 0-2 loss, the third game of the two singles showdown, although Sitty tenaciously dragged into the decider, but still regret to lose, and finally the Malaysian women's team lost 0-3, no chance to compete for the championship at home. The women's team championship will be produced between Indonesia and South Korea.