Fos badminton players Christo and Toma Junior Popov in China for the Sudirman Cup – Fos sur Mer – LIVE

The Sudirman Cup on the road to Paris 2024. After having brilliantly validated its ticket with a silver medal during the European campaign in Aire-sur-la-Lys last February, the French team has an appointment on 14 May 21 in Suzhou, China for the world final phase, more commonly known as the Sudirman Cup. They will be 11 to represent France during this World Championship by mixed teams with in particular the Fosséens Christo and Toma Junior Popov

The French inherited tough opponents from the pools with Japan, Korea and England. This competition also marks the start of the race for Olympic qualification and all the selected tricolors are involved in the “Race To Paris”.

single men
• Toma Junior POPOV : Badminton Club Fos
• Christo POPOV : Badminton Club Fos
• Alex LANIER: ASPTT Strasbourg

Simple dames
• Xuefei QI : Bad’ Club Rostrenen
• Léonice HUET : BC Chambly Oise

men’s doubles
• Ronan LABAR: Aix University BC
• Lucas CORVÉE: Issy-les-Moulineaux BC
• Toma Junior POPOV : Badminton Club Fos
• Christo POPOV : Badminton Club Fos

Double dames
• Anne TRAN: Racing Club de France
• Margot LAMBERT : Red Star Mulhouse

Double mixte
• Thom GICQUEL: Red Star Mulhouse
• Delphine DELRUE : BC Chambly Oise

The draw placed the French in group D with Japan – vice-world champion in 2021 -, Korea – which has already won the title 4 times – and our neighbors across the Channel: England . A beefy hen where the Blues will have no room for error.

The top two from each pool qualify for the quarter-finals.
The competition format is as follows: 5 matches per encounter with 1 men’s singles, 1 women’s singles, 1 men’s doubles, 1 women’s doubles and 1 mixed doubles.

THE BLUES PROGRAM
05/14/2023 – 10 a.m. (4 a.m.*): France VS Korea
05/15/2023 – 5:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m.*): France VS Japan
05/17/2023 – 5:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m.*): France VS England
*French time