On February 17, the 1/4 finals of the Asian Badminton Team Championship ended, and the top four of the competition were all released. The men's team game played very exciting, playing 5 of the 3 games, the Japanese team eliminated the strongest India, and in the 5th game, Momota Kento staged a super reversal in the final after falling behind 12-19, and won 22-20, helping the Japanese team win 3-2 and advance to the semifinals. In other matches, China 3-2 Indonesia, South Korea 3-2 Chinese Taipei, Malaysia 3-1 Singapore.
In this competition, the men's team competition is very fierce, although the Chinese team is all second-tier lineup, but the overall strength should not be underestimated. The Indian team is all the main players, and there are top players in the men's singles and men's doubles, and they are favored to win the championship. The strongest nanny pair in the men's doubles of the Japanese team did not participate, and all the other main players participated, and their strength was still very strong. South Korea has a big advantage in men's doubles, and a clear disadvantage in men's singles. Malaysia's all-main participation, coupled with the blessing of the home crowd, their strength should not be underestimated.
In the match between China and Indonesia, both teams will participate in the second-tier lineup. China has an advantage in men's singles, men's doubles is completely inferior, and the result of the match is basically the same as expected. China won three Men's Singles matches, Weng Hongyang 2-0 Zico, Lei Lanxi 2-0 Fa Han, Wang Zhengxing 2-0 Marcelino, and in Men's Doubles, Indonesia won all of them, Fekri/Maulana 2-0 He Jiting/Ren Xiangyu, Fernando/Martin 2-0 Chen Boyang/Liu Yi. The Chinese team narrowly won 3-2 to advance to the semifinals.
The match between Japan and India can be said to be the final that was played in advance. The Indian team has three famous players in men's singles: Prannoy, Lakshya and Srikanth, and the men's doubles team has world No. 1 Rangiretti/Shetty, which can be said to be a winning lineup. However, Japan's order of appearance allowed them to surprise in the end, as Prannoy lost 2-0 to Kenta Nishimoto in the opening game, leaving India with a surprise in what could have ended 3-0. After that, Rangiretti/Shetty 2-0 Kenya Mihashi/Yoki Okamura, Lakshya 2-0 Yukiki Watanabe, and the Indian team overtook the score to 2-1. India could have won 3-0 if they had won the first game. Japan exploded in Game 4, with Teru Koga/Kazuki Shibata beating Arjun/Kapila 2-0, and Kento Momota staged a super comeback in an extremely passive situation, and finally won 22-20 after trailing by seven points in the deciding game 12-19, helping Japan advance to the semifinals 3-2.
South Korea and Chinese Taipei also played five matches, and South Korea won two games in men's singles again. In the first men's singles, Lim Junyi defeated Jeon Yi Chen 2-1, in the second men's doubles, Olympic champions Li Yang/Wang Qilin lost 0-2 to world champions Seo Seung-jae/Kang Min-hyuk, and in the third men's singles, Lee Lun-gyu defeated Lee Ka-ho 2-1, making the situation of the match start to favor the Korean team. In the fourth men's doubles, Kim Won-ho/Zhenlong lost 1-2 to Lee Zhehui/Yang Boxuan, and the score of the two sides came to 2-2. In the third men's singles match, Chinese Taipei's Qi Youren, who had the advantage, lost 0-2 to Zheng Minshan, and the South Korean team advanced to the semifinals 3-2 Chinese Taipei.
There was no suspense in the match between Malaysia and Singapore, in the first game, Malaysia's Huang Zhiyong only played 4 points and retired due to injury, Malaysia accidentally lost a point, and Zheng Jiaheng unexpectedly scored 1 point for Singapore. In the next three games, Xie Dingfeng/Su Weiyi narrowly defeated Luo Jianxian/Huang Jiahao 2-1, Liang Junhao 2-0 Xu Jiawei, Wu Shifei/Izudin 2-1 Gao Yongjie/Qi Chunyou, and Malaysia won 3 games in a row to advance to the semifinals. The only regret in this match is that the number one men's singles of both sides, Luo Jian You and Li Zijia, did not appear.
The surprise defeat for the strongest Indian team was a surprise as they did not reach the semi-finals of the Asian tournament with their Thomas Cup winning squad, which was the biggest upset of the tournament. In the semi-finals, China vs South Korea and Japan vs Malaysia. The Chinese team played well in singles and is expected to advance to the final. Japan and Malaysia are estimated to play five more matches.