With the Korea Masters badminton 2023 beginning today, check out all the competition details including schedule, venue, defending champions, seeded players, team India, how to watch live
Notably, no Indian shuttler has won the title up until now, and as such, the players will be looking to make history this time around.
Korea Masters badminton 2023 schedule, date, time, draw, prize money, live streaming telecast in India
The Korea Masters is a Super 300 badminton tournament on the BWF World Tour with a total prize money fund of $210,000.
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Back in 2018, the Korea Masters officially became a Super 300 event after starting out as a Grand Prix tournament.
The Korea Masters
The Korea Masters is an annual badminton tournament that was inaugurated in 2007, and this year’s competition marks the 15th edition of the tournament so far. Currently, this year’s host country, South Korea, has dominated with 58 title wins. Unsurprisingly, they are the most successful side in the competition. Behind them is China, who comes in behind at second place with six titles.
Korea Masters defending champions across each category
| Category | Player | Country |
| Men’s Singles | Jeon Hyeok Jin | Korea |
| Women’s Singles | He Bingjiao | China |
| Men’s Doubles | Kim Gi Jung/Kim Ga Rung | Korea |
| Women’s Doubles | Kam So Yeong/Kong Hee Yong | Korea |
| Mixed Doubles | Wang Yilyu/Huang Dongping | China |
Korea Masters 2023 seeded players
Given below is the list of seeded players at the upcoming competition:
Men’s Singles
- Chou Tien Chen
- Lee Zii Jia (Withdraw)
- Ng Tze Yong (Withdraw)
- Lin Chun Yi
- Wang Tzu Wei
- Brian Yang (Withdraw)
- Koki Watanabe
- Su Li Yang
Women’s Singles
- Kim Ga Eun
- Supanida Kathethong
- Hsu Wen-chi
- Pai Yu Po
- Nguyen Thuy Linh
- Putri Kusuma Wardani
- Natsuki Naidara
- Saena Kawakami (Withdraw)
Men’s Doubles
- Kang Min-hyuk / Seo Seung-jae
- Lee Yang / Wang Chi-lin
- Lee Jhe-huei / Yang Po-hsuan
- Lee Fang-chih / Lee Fang-jen
- Goh Sze Fei / Nur Izzuddin
- Chang Ko-chi / Po Li-wei
- Kenya Mitsuhashi / Hiroki Okamura
- Ayato Endo / Yuta Takei
Women’s Doubles
- Baek Ha Na / Lee So Hee
- Kim So Yeong/Kong Hee Yong
- Kim Hye Jeong/Eong Na Eun
- Hsu Ya Ching/Lin Wan Ching
- Shin Seung Chan/Lee Yu Lim
- Rui Hirokami/Yuna Kato
- Catherine Choi/Josephine Wu
- Zhang Chi/Keng Shu Liang
Mixed Doubles
- Seo Seung-jae / Chae Yoo-jung
- Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin
- Kim Won-ho / Jeong Na-eun
- Chen Tang Jie / Toh Ee Wei
- Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai
- Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing
- Cheng Xing / Chen Fanghui
- Chang Ko-chi / Lee Chih-chen
Korea Masters 2023 team India
Given below are the team India members at the upcoming competition:
Men’s Singles
S.Sankar Muthusamy (Q)
Women’s Singles
Malvika Bansod, Ashmita Chahila, and Tanya Hemant
Korea Masters 2023 schedule
Given below is the round-wise schedule for the upcoming tournament:
| Round | Dates |
| First Round | November 7 and November 8 |
| Second round | November 9 |
| Quarter-finals | November 10 |
| Semi-finals | November 11 |
| Final | November 12 |
Korea Masters 2023 venue
The Gwangju Women’s University Stadium in Gwangju, South Korea will serve as the venue for the upcoming badminton event.
Korea Masters 2023 how to watch live in India
Fans in Indi can watch the live streaming of the Korea Masters 2023 on the Badminton World Federation’s official YouTube channel, BWF TV and on Jio Cinema starting from 11th November. Meanwhile, fans can watch the live TV broadcast on Sports 18 starting from 11th November 2023.
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