Sudirman Cup Glasgow 2007 Groups Announced

The groups for the 2007 Sudirman Cup have been released and once again it looks like China will be the victors this year. Team China are seeded first with Team Denmark seeded second. Assuming the format of 5 matches (one per event), the only countries which I would say have a real chance are China, Denmark, and Indonesia. None of the other teams in group one have a legitimate chance to win three matches. Denmark has the potential to win men’s singles, men’s doubles, and mixed doubles. Indonesia can win men’s singles, men’s doubles, and maybe mixed doubles (maybe). China can of course win all five events, and potentially with any of their teams (even back ups in most events). If Korea’s Lee Hyun Il was still playing regularly (he retired didn’t he???) they might be able to pull it off, but it’s unlikely.

In the majority of the lower groups it’s quite difficult to predict who will move up, but one thing I noticed was that India is in the third group, and I’d be surprised if they can’t move up. I think they are a really underrated country in terms of badminton results.

Here is a link to a PDF of the Sudirman Cup Groups

UPDATE:

Badminton Scotland has produced this promo video for the Sudirman Cup.