Congratulations to China and Korea, who have been crowned champions of the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup respectively.

Earlier today, Korea secured a 3–1 victory over China in the women’s final of the Uber Cup.

Uber Cup Final – Korea vs China
An Se Young 21–13, 21–10 Wang Zhi Yi
Jeong / Lee 15–21, 12–21 Liu / Tan
Kim Ga Eun 21–19, 21–15 Chen Yu Fei
Baek / Kim 16–21, 21–10, 21–13 Jia / Zhang

In the men’s competition, China faced the European Men’s Team Champions, France, in what turned out to be a very closely contested final between two evenly matched sides.

Thomas Cup Final – China vs France
Shi Yu Qi 21–16, 16–21, 21–17 Christo Popov
Li Shi Feng 10–21, 13–21 Alex Lanier
Weng Hong Yang 22–20, 20–22, 21–19 Toma Popov
He / Ren 21–13, 21–16 Adam / Rossi

Although France came close to producing a major upset, it was a composed and proud Toma Popov who spoke after the match:

“It may be silver, but for us it feels like gold. It is crazy what we have achieved this week. We put up a huge fight again today. Two of the matches we lost went to three sets, and it could definitely have gone our way.”

Popov also reflected on the experience and what it could mean for the future:

“It was incredible for us to be here and to be part of this kind of setup at such major events. We are just very happy and proud, and we are going to enjoy it. Maybe it is good that we did not win it this time—maybe it will make us even more hungry to win that gold medal next time.”

Congratulations to France on a historic result, and also to Denmark, who take home the bronze medals.