The“Sudirman Cup 2019”was held from May 20 to 26 in Nanning, Guangxi Province. The Macao badminton team sent four male and five female athletes to take part in the Level 4 event. Eventually, they won 5:0 and 3:2 respectively over Greenland and Kazakhstan, winning the champion title historically in the Level 4 event of the Sudirman Cup.
The Macao badminton team sent nine athletes: Pui Pang Fong, Lam Chi Man, Leong Kin Fai, Ng Chi Chong, Ng Weng Chi, Gong Xue Xin, Ao I Kuan, Kuan Chi Leng and Pui Chi Wa to compete in the Level 4 event of the Sudirman Cup. In the first match, Macao won 5:0 against Greenland and got a landslide victory. Macao was qualified to compete in the final.
The match which decided the champion in Level 4 event, where Macao competed against Kazakhstan, took place on the 23rd. The first combination to compete was the mixed team Ng Chi Chong / Kuan Chi Leng, who got Macao's first victories in the two consecutive matches. Subsequently, Pui Pang Fong lost 1:2 in the men's singles. In the third match of the women's singles, Pui Chi Wa, aged 14, won 2:0, helping Macao team to lead 2:1. In the men's doubles, Lam Chi Man, who partnered Leong Kin Fai, tied at 1:1 when they had lost a match. In the third match, regrettably, they lost their edge to Kazakhstan with the total score 1:2.
In the decisive fifth match, the women's doubles team Ng Weng Chi / Kong Hok Ian played a vital role. They won 21:19 in the first match and then won another match with 21:7. Macao team won 21:7 against Kazakhstan. Macao team finally won 3:2 against Kazakhstan overall and won the first champion in Level 4 event in the Sudirman Cup.