The 2021 Sudirman Cup was officially postponed by BWF as a shift in the schedule for the BWF series tournament which became the calculation of Olympic points.
The Sudirman Cup 2021 will actually be held on 23-30 May 2021. This tournament is planned to be held in Suzhou, China. However, in the release of the BWF tournament calendar, the Sudirman Cup was declared postponed. Berita Terkini
The postponement of the Sudirman Cup has begun to be seen from the allocation of the new Malaysia Open schedule. Previously, the Malaysia Open and Singapore Open which were included in the Olympic points calculation experienced a schedule shift. Berita Olahraga
The Malaysia Open will be held on 25-30 May 2021, while the Singapore Open will be held on 1-6 June 2021. The Malaysia Open schedule occupies the schedule slot that was originally used for the Sudirman Cup. Berita Dunia
Previously, last year BWF also postponed the implementation of the 2020 Thomas Cup. BWF had targeted October 2020 as the new Thomas Cup schedule but eventually it was delayed again. The 2020 Thomas Cup is now planned for October 9-17, 2021.
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The last Sudirman Cup was held in Nanning, China in 2019. At that time, the hosts became champions after beating Japan 3-0 in the final round. Politik Eropa dan Prusia
Indonesia itself stopped in the semifinals after losing to Japan with a score of 1-3. At that time Indonesia took the lead through Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo / Marcus Fernaldi Gideon before Japan finally won the next three points through Akane Yamaguchi, Kento Momota, and Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara.