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An Se-영 (24 years old, Samsung Life), who is ranked No. 1 in the world, has strong fighting power even if he rests. The South Korean women’s badminton team is about to become the first national team in history to ascend to the Asian team championship.
On the 7th (Korean time), in the semi-finals of the 2026 Asian Men’s and Women’s Team Badminton Championships held at the Kangson Stadium in Qingdao, China, the Korean women’s badminton team defeated the Indonesian team 3-1.
Since the competition was founded in 2016, the Korean team has won the runner-up twice in 2020 and 2022. The South Korean team, which defeated Indonesia, entered the finals for the third time and challenged for its first championship.
In the match against the Indonesian team that reached the final, An Se-young missed the match due to physical arrangements.
Instead, his teammates perfectly filled the void left by An Se영의. The first singles player, Kim Ga-eun (No. 17 in the Samsung Life World Ranking) defeated Talita Ramadani Veliyavan (No. 67) 2-0 (21-4, 21-5) in just 22 minutes.
Then, in the first doubles match, the combination of Baek Ha Na (Incheon International Airport) and Kim Hye Jung (Samsung Life) defeated the combination of Alesia Roz-Pevi-Setyanen 2-0 (21-14, 21-10), continuing their momentum.
In the second singles match, Park Ga-eun (Gimcheon City Hall, No. 70) lost to Nikadeq Dida Amartya Prativi (No. 67) 0-2 (14-21, 13-21), but in the subsequent doubles match, Lee Seo-jin (Incheon International Airport) and Lee Yeon-woo ( After a fierce battle of 1 hour and 4 minutes, the combination of Samsung Life defeated Amalia Chahaya Prativi-Sitipadia Silva Ramada Pantiviti 2-0 (21-19, 21-19) to advance to the finals. So far, the Korean team has wiped away the humiliation of the Indonesian team, which lost in the final four years ago.
The South Korean team has shown overwhelming strength since the group stage of this World Cup. After consecutive victories over Singapore (5-0) and Taiwan (4-1), and entering the knockout round as the first in the group, they defeated the Malaysian team 3-0 in the quarterfinals on the 6th.
Especially An Shiying’s momentum is very fierce. In the quarter-finals, he played as a pioneer and reversed the situation 2-0 (21-11, 21-11) in 36 minutes, taking the lead. In the group match against the Taiwan team, An Shiying defeated Qiu Fenqian 2-0 in just 39 minutes, showing the strongest appearance in the world and making great achievements for the representative team to advance to the top four.
Recently, An Se영은 has set an amazing record. In the women’s singles final of the 2026 BWF World Tour Super 750 India Open held in New Delhi, India last month, she defeated Chinese player Wang Zhiyi 2-0 and achieved two consecutive championships in the competition. This is the second consecutive week of winning the Malaysian Open championship, and also the sixth consecutive victory including last season. In particular, last year he swept the All England Open and World Tour Finals, achieving 11 wins in the season, tying the BWF single-season record of Kento Momota (Japan) in 2019.
The South Korean team’s final opponent for the first time challenging the championship is the host Chinese team. The Chinese team challenged the championship again after 10 years since the first competition in 2016. With the comeback of An Shi, the Korean women’s team tried to overcome the Chinese barrier and regain the Asian team championship for the first time in history.
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