On August 28, Beijing time, the 2022 Badminton World Championships ended the women's doubles final in Tokyo, Japan, and Chen Qingchen/ Jia Yifan successfully defended the title. In the final against the South Korean duo Kim Joo Young/Kong Hee-yong, the FanChen duo won 2–0, the third time they won the Women's Doubles title at the World Championships.
At this World Championship, the Chinese team won four places in the women's doubles competition, and the four pairs were the defending champions Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, Du Yue/Li Wenmei, Zheng Yu/Zhang Shuxian and Liu Xuanxuan/Xia Yuting. In addition to Liu Xuanxuan/Xia Yuting, the other three pairs are all seeded players.
Before the World Championships, Kuniwa has been staying in Chiang Mai, Thailand, training camp, after a month of systematic preparation, Kuniyu is looking forward to a better performance at the World Championships, and the goal of the women's doubles team is to impact the gold medal. Chen Qingchen /Jia Yifan, as the top seed and the defending champion of the women's doubles, they are naturally regarded as strong contenders for the championship.
This year, the Fanchen combination has played more steadily on the BWF World Tour, and has won the Indonesian Masters and the Malaysian Masters two super 500 events, in addition to winning the German Open and asian championships. However, the biggest regret of the Fanchen group is that the two super 1000 events that have ended have a mediocre record, which also gives them more motivation to impact the world championships.
In the process of advancing to the final, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan eliminated India's Ponnapa/Reddy, Denmark's Flurgaard/Tigerson, Thailand's Kitti Halakur/Prajonga and Japan's Matsumoto Mayu/Nagahara and Kona. Mayu Matsumoto/Nagahara and Kona are two-time World Championship winners, but in the semi-finals the Japanese duo were completely suppressed by Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan. South Korea's Kim Joo-young/Kong Hee-yong staged a reversal in the semi-finals, with they coming in the decider to win later. This is the first time that the South Korean duo has reached the final of the World Championships, and the Fanchen group will hit the third World Championship title.
The two pairs have previously played each other 10 times in the World Badminton League, with Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan winning 7 and losing 3. The two sides have met twice at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, with Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan both winning.
Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan entered the state quickly after the start of the game, and they took 4 points to lead the way. The South Korean duo immediately returned fire, chasing four consecutive points to equalize. After Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan pulled away several times, the Korean combination was very tenacious and tried to bite the score several times to equalize. After 11 draws, the fanchen combination's active mistakes increased, and the Korean combination took the opportunity to score 3 points in a row to take the lead. The mortal dust combination that was behind the score was not impatient, and they patiently looked for opportunities to use a wave of climax to chase 15 draws. After the two pairs were tied consecutively, the South Korean combination took the lead after 19 draws. Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan maintained offensive pressure, they not only defused the crisis to level the draw, but also scored 2 points to take 22-20 ahead of the city.
The second set of Fan Chen's combination opened 3-0, with Kim Joo-young/Kong Hee-yung fighting back by 4 points. After that, the two sides alternately led the way, there were many equal points on the field, and after 7 draws, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan launched an offensive attack, and they won 4 consecutive points to lead into an interval. Back on the court, the South Korean combination chased 3 points in a row, and Chen Qingchen/ Jia Yifan returned 2 points to stabilize the situation. The South Korean duo chased another 1 point, Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan was full of momentum, and they took another 4 points to lead 18-12.
Kim Joo-young/Kong Hee-yung played very tenaciously, they chased 2 points in a row, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan quickly returned the attack with 2 points to get the match point 20-14. The first match point was grasped by the Fanchen combination, and the Hawkeye challenge of the Korean team was not successful, 21-14, and they won the next city 2-0.
In the men's doubles final, Malaysia's Xie Dingfeng / Su Weiyi won the championship with 2-0 (21-19, 21-14) Limp Indonesia veteran Setiawan / Ah Shan.