India draws easy Group at BWF Juniors 2025

GUWAHATI, Aug 9: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced the draw for the BWF World Junior Championships 2025 - Suhandinata Cup (Mixed Team Event), to be held at the National Centre of Excellence, Amingaon, Guwahati, from October 6. Second-seeded India will compete in Group H alongside Hong Kong China, Nepal, and Ghana.
This prestigious global junior team event returns to India for the first time since 2008 and will feature 37 teams from across the world. The tournament format will see the winner from each group advance to the quarter-finals.
Top seeds Thailand are drawn in Group A with Denmark, Slovenia, and Cook Islands. Defending champions Indonesia are placed in Group C with Türkiye, Romania, and the Netherlands, while 14-time champions China will face Japan, Singapore, Brazil, and Bhutan in Group E.
This year a new relay format will be tested in the competition. In the new format there will be best of three sets, where a team reaching 45 points in a relay format wins a set. A set will have each of men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles matches with the first match ending after one team reaching nine points and the next match will start. Earlier, the relay format consisted of a single set with a race to 110-points in 10 matches.
For the Indian team, medal winners from the Badminton Asia Junior Championships 2025 will gain direct entry, while the remaining spots will be decided through a selection trial which got under way in Guwahati on Saturday.
Following the Suhandinata Cup, the individual events will also be staged in Guwahati from October 13. at the National Centre of Excellence.
Groups for the BWF World Junior Championships 2025 – Suhandinata Cup:
• Group A: Thailand, Denmark, Slovenia, Cook Islands
• Group B: Chinese Taipei, UAE, Canada, England, Norway
• Group C: Indonesia, Türkiye, Romania, Netherlands
• Group D: Poland, USA, Hungary, Ireland, Philippines
• Group E: China, Japan, Singapore, Brazil, Bhutan
• Group F: Malaysia, Australia, Sri Lanka, Slovakia, Vietnam
• Group G: France, Korea, Portugal, Egypt, Uganda
• Group H: India, Hong Kong China, Nepal, Ghana