Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi hit the finals, and 6 women competed for the last place in singles and doubles
With the end of the year, 30 places have been decided at the 2023 BWF World Finals, with a total of 7 Chinese badminton finalists, and 6 women will compete for the last spot in the women's singles and women's doubles. Men's Doubles duo Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi will also make their final push for the finals.
Seven places have been allocated in the men's singles finals, two of which have been won by Li Shifeng and Shi Yuqi, and the remaining five are world champion Kunlavut, No. 1 Jonatan in the standings, world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen, Indonesia's Ginting and Japan's Kodai Naraoka. The final spot will be between Danish Antonsen, Malaysian teenager Wong Che Yong, Japan's Kenta Nishimoto and Lee Zi Jia.
Seven places have been awarded in the women's singles finals, including world champion An Seying, Japanese star Akane Yamaguchi, Chinese sister Chen Yufei, Spanish veteran Marin, American player Zhang Beiwen, Indonesian good players Mariska and Tai Tzu Ying. The last seat will be produced between Han Yue and He Bingjiao, Han Yue's points are 82,710 points, and He Bingjiao's points are 79,550 points. If Yamaguchi withdraws from the finals, then Getong and Kim Ga-eun will compete for the bench spot.
In Men's Doubles, six spots have been confirmed, namely world champions Seo Seung-jae/Kang Min-hyuk of Korea, Indonesia's Alfran/Arianto, world No.1s Leung Wai Hang/Wang Chang, Japan's Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi, Malaysia's Chia Ting Feng/So Wei Yi and Denmark's Astrup/Anders Rasmussen. The last two spots will be determined from seven pairs, with Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi attacking these two spots.
At present, Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi are temporarily eighth with 78,410 points, which belongs to the line, and the other six pairs competing together are Fikri/Maulana, Fernando/Martin, Ahsan/Hendra, Wang Yaoxin/Zhang Yuyu, Li Yang/Wang Qilin and Rankireddy/Shetty. Liu Yuchen/Ou Xuanyi is more than 2,000 points ahead of Ahsan/Hendra, and whether they can finally enter the finals depends on the follow-up games.
Women's Doubles is the most competitive, with only four pairs in advance: Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara, Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee and Kim So-young/Kong Hee Yong. Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning, Nami Matsuyama/Chiyo Shida, Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota, Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu, Rahayu/Ramadanti, Zong Gongpan/Rawinda and Emsad sisters are vying for the remaining four places.
According to the rules of the BWF, each association can only have two pairs, so the competition in women's doubles is basically a team competition. For example, Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning need to consider not letting Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu overtake, and there is also such a relationship between Nami Matsuyama/Chiyo Shida and Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota. Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning ranked fourth with 87,340 points, and Zhang Shuxian/Zheng Yu ranked eighth with 83,030 points.
The Mixed Doubles national team has already secured two places in advance, namely Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping and Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong, although Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin are sixth in the standings, but they can only miss the finals due to the quota limit, the other places are Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino, South Korea's Seo Seung Jae/Choi Yoo Hyeong, Kim Won-ho/Jung Na Eun and Thailand's Dechapol/Sasiree. Chen Tangjie/Du Yiwei, Ye Hongwei/Li Jiaxin, Tang Chun Man/Xie Yingxue, Midorikawa Daiki/Saito Natsu, Christiansen/Bol and Gicquel/Del Rue are vying for the remaining two spots.