"Ahn Seyoung finished it in 36 minutes again."' Women's Badminton advances to semifinals of Asian Team Championships

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• Securing qualification for the World Team Championships in AprilIndonesia will clash with semi-finalists for the final

The South Korean women's badminton team has advanced to the semi-finals of the 2026 Asian Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championship. Ahn Se-young, who took the lead, took the lead in 30 minutes following the previous day.

The women's badminton team defeated Malaysia 3-0 in the women's quarterfinals of the tournament held at Konson Gymnasium in Qingdao, China on the 6th (Korea time) and reached the semifinals. With this, South Korea has qualified for the 2026 World Team Championships, which will be given to the semifinals of the tournament. The World Championships will be held in Denmark from April 24 to May 3.

Ahn Se-young, world No. 1 in women's singles, played in her first singles match and defeated Let's Hana Karupateban 2-0 (21-11, 21-11). Ahn Se-young also played in a one-game singles match against Taiwan in the second Group Z match of the tournament held the previous day, defeating Chiu Finchian 2-0 in 39 minutes.

South Korea, which lightly broke the balance with Ahn Se-young, defeated the Ong Shin-i-Coming Group 2-0 (21-13, 21-9) in its first doubles match, and Park Ga-eun, who played in the second singles match, defeated the one-ringing group 2-0 (21-16, 21-12).

South Korea will compete with Indonesia, which beat Thailand 3-2 in the quarterfinals, to advance to the finals of the tournament. The semifinal match on the other side was made up of a showdown between China and Taiwan. Japan was eliminated after losing to Taiwan in the quarterfinals.

South Korea finished second in the tournament in 2020 and 2022, but has never reached the top. In particular, they met Indonesia in the final of the 2022 tournament, but failed to win. The semifinal showdown included competition to advance to the finals and a fight for revenge.

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