Which badminton tournament is named after Indonesian founder Dick Sudirman?

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The Sudirman Cup is the international badminton tournament named after Indonesian founder Dick Sudirman.

It is a biennial world mixed team championship organized by the Badminton World Federation. Each tie between competing nations contains men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles, so the trophy tests a country's overall strength rather than one discipline.

Dick Sudirman was an Indonesian badminton administrator and a founding figure in the International Badminton Federation. He served as the federation's president from 1975 until 1981. The tournament was created in his honor and first held in 1989 in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The Sudirman Cup is distinct from the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup. The Thomas Cup is the men's team championship, while the Uber Cup is the women's team championship. The Sudirman Cup combines both men's and women's events in one mixed team competition.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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