#blogsocialdiary: 2022 Chinese Taipei Men Team Badminton Squad

The Taiwan badminton players didn’t join the international tournaments for a long time since the Covid-19 pandemic was coming. Furthermore, the Taiwan government makes a strict policy for entering and leaving the country. There are only some second and third layers of the team who send out to join the European international series tour. It makes some badminton lovers miss seeing Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin and the other players playing on the court again, including me.

In early 2022, The Official Chinese Taipei Badminton Association held a national tournament for their players to compete with each other. It seems they were looking for players for the TUC Squad since in May, BWF would hold the Thomas&Uber Cup 2022. Because some of the players who succeed in the national tournament are on the team. The Men Team of Badminton placed as the 4th seeded. Meanwhile, The Women Team’s placed in the 5th – 8th seeds.

Finally, after Thomas&Uber Cup 2022 has been released, I am very happy to see Taiwan badminton player has been released, as well. And, as I predicted before, Taiwan Badminton Men’s Team send their best squad for Thomas Cup 2022.

Read: Taiwan Badminton Squad For Sudirman Cup 2021

In Men Single disciple, they still have Chou Tien Chen as the MS1 and Wang Tzu Wei as MS2. Liao Jho-Fu who joined the team in Thomas Cup 2020 (New Dates) as the MS4, still join the recent squad. But, Chi Yu Jen who played as the MS3 in Thomas Cup 2020 (New Dates), is now replaced by Lu Chia Hung who hasn’t played in many international tournaments since 2019. However, Lu Chia Hung showed a good result in the national tournament earlier since he defeated Wang Tzu Wei in three games.

In Men Double disciple, of course, their MD1 and also the Gold Olympic Tokyo 2020, Lee Yang/Wang-Chi-Lin joined the squad for Thomas Cup 2022. I had guessed before that Lee Yang/Wang Chi-Lin would be played for the entire matches they through. Taiwan Badminton Men Team squad also has Lu Ching Yao/Yang Po Has as the MD2. It was quite surprising since last a year Lu Ching Yao had surgical treatment for his injury. Could they make it?

Like what I typed on the Chinese Taipei Badminton Squad for Thomas&Uber Cup 2020 (New Dates) before, Su Ching Heng used to not join the squad since his ex-partner, Liao Min Chun decided to have retired from the international tournament in early 2021. For almost a year we didn’t see Su Ching in any international matches. Then, in 2022 he shows himself up again in European international series matches with a new partner on the court! He is Ye Hong Wei. A young boy who was born 23 years ago. Before Ye Hong Wei had paired up with Chiang Chien Wei, they are in the 134th BWF world ranking (ranking update per May 17th, 2022). Chiang Chien Wei/Ye Hong Wei become a winner in Wellish Open 2019 after defeating Zach Russ/Steven Stallwood (England). The first international tournament Su Ching Heng/Ye Hong Wei is Slovak Open 2022. They got into the quarterfinal round and lose to the Hong Kong pair, Chow Hin Long/Lui Chun Wai: 20-22, 20-22. They became a winner in 57 Portugal International Championship 2022 after defeating their compatriot, Wei Chun Wei/Wu Guan Xun in a straight game: 21-13, 21-14. Ye Hong Wei himself even be a winner in Mixed Double disciple with Lee Chia Hsin.

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The Chinese Taipei Men Team joined Group C altogether with a men's team of India, Germany, and Canada. It seems easy for the boys? Not at all. We could say the Group C of Thomas Cup 2022 is super tricky to predict.

Here I show you the journey of the Taiwan badminton men's team in Group C and tell you how they become a group winner.

GS 1 VS CAN: 5-0

GS 2 VS GER: 5-0

GS 3 VS IND: 3-2

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The team won in the last group stage match against India dramatically, 3-2, since Lu Ching Yao/Yang Po Han lead the team to 2-1.

In the quarterfinal, the round Taiwan team met the boys from Japan. Actually, they have a high chance to go to the semifinal round. Unlucky, they slipped it away and finally, let Japan win the game.

Quarterfinal VS Japan: 2-3

That's all the Taiwan men's team journey in the 2022 Thomas Cup where they should give up to be a winner of the Thomas Cup 2022 in the quarterfinal round. However, with this squad, I think they will become stronger in the next Sudirman Cup 2023 with the girls.

These photos streamed I had taken from Facebook of Yang Po Han, Wang Tzu Wei, and the Chinese Taipei Badminton Association.