South Korea's women's badminton team, led by world No. 1 An Se-young of Samsung Life Insurance, advanced comfortably to the quarterfinals of the 2026 BWF World Women's Team Championships (Uber Cup).
The team defeated Thailand 5-0 in their third Group D match at the tournament held in Horsens, Denmark, on Tuesday local time.
Having previously secured perfect victories in their first group match (5-0 over Spain) and second match (5-0 over Bulgaria), the team advanced to the knockout stage after a flawless performance, not dropping a single game out of the 15 played across their three group stage matches.
Held every two years alongside the World Men's Team Championships (Thomas Cup), the tournament is considered the most prestigious team competition in badminton.
Matches consist of three singles and two doubles matches, with the first country to win three ties declared the winner.
A total of 16 countries are divided into four groups for the group stage, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the quarterfinal knockout round to determine the champion.
Korea has claimed the title twice, in 2010 and 2022. The team is aiming for its third-ever championship at this tournament.
The Korean squad features An Se-young, the world No. 1 in women's singles who has won all three of her opening singles matches in the group stage, along with world No. 3 doubles pair Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na (both Incheon International Airport), singles players Kim Ga-eun (Samsung Life Insurance) and Sim Yu-jin (Incheon International Airport), and the doubles pair of Jeong Na-eun (Hwasun County Office) and Lee Yeon-woo (Samsung Life Insurance).
The quarterfinal matchups will be determined by a subsequent draw.
