South Korea’s women’s badminton team have secured a spot in the world championships main draw.
South Korea beat Malaysia 3-0 in the women’s quarterfinals of the 2026 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships on Thursday at Conson Gymnasium in Qingdao, China, advancing to the semifinals.
Held every two years, the tournament is Asia’s top team event and also serves as the Asian qualifier for the world team championships. With many of the sport’s strongest teams based in Asia, the event is often viewed as world-class in level. By reaching the semifinals, South Korea earned qualification on merit for the BWF World Women’s Team Championships (Uber Cup), to be held in Denmark in April.
In the opening match, women’s singles world No. 1 An Se Young beat Letshanaa Karupathevan (No. 37) 2-0. In the second match, women’s doubles world No. 3 Baek Ha Na and Kim Hye Jeong defeated Ong Xin Yee and Carmen Ting (No. 25) 2-0. Park Ga Eun (No. 70) then sealed the tie with a 2-0 win over Weng Ling Ching (No. 41).
South Korea will play the winner of Indonesia vs. Thailand for a place in the final. The team’s best finish at the event is runner-up in 2020 and 2022, and they will try to better that mark led by An.
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