The Sudirman Cup entered the final round of the group stage, but the battle for the top spot in the group between Japan and South Korea turned one-sided, and South Korea gave Japan a painful loss 5-0 and also managed to take the first place in the group.
In the first two matches, Japan and South Korea won consecutive matches, and this time the battle for the top spot in the group, the first mixed doubles South Korean team gave Japan a dismount, Kim Won-ho/Jung Na-eun lost a game 19-21, 21-15, 21-5 to reverse the combination of Watanabe Yudai/Higashino Yusa. In the second men's singles match, South Korea's Jeon Yi Chen came out on top, defeating Japan's Kenta Nishimoto 21-11, 21-19. In the third women's singles pinnacle matchup, An Zhiying and her old rival Akane Yamaguchi met directly, and as a result, An Zhiying won cleanly 21-11, 21-15, helping the South Korean team seal the victory in advance.
In the following match, the South Korean team did not seem ready to let their opponents go, and in the fourth men's doubles match, the Korean pair Kang Min-hyuk / Seo Seung-jae defeated the Japanese pair Hoki Takuro / Kobayashi Yugo 21-18, 21-12. In the final women's doubles match, the Korean pair Ha Na Baek / Lee Shao Hee won the Japanese pair Yuki Fukushima / Aika Hirota 21-13, 21-18.
A super tragedy was born, and South Korea beat Japan 5-0. Don't forget that Japan has reached the final three times in the past four tournaments, of course, losing to China, which is the fierce rival of the Chinese team to win the championship. South Korea is also the only team to win the championship against the Chinese team in recent years. As far as this match is concerned, the number one opponent of Guoyu's defense title should be the South Korean team.