Men’s Team Badminton Wins Gold in the 18th SEA Games, Indonesia Far Outperforms Malaysia

The Indonesian men’s team badminton team won gold in the SEA Games Cambodia 2023, after defeating Malaysia 3-1 in the final, Thursday (11/5/2023). This is the 18th gold for the Indonesian men’s team team, as well as strengthening Indonesia’s dominance in the SEA Games men’s team number.

Noted, Indonesia has won 18 gold medals, ahead of Malaysia which won 6 gold, and Thailand with 3 gold. So far, only these three countries have won the men’s team gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games.

Indonesia’s success in winning gold also cured a bad performance in the previous edition, the 2021 Hanoi SEA Games, when Indonesia only won bronze after being defeated by Thailand in the semifinals.

Previously, Indonesia had won consecutive gold from the 1977 Kuala Lumpur SEA Games to the 1987 Jakarta SEA Games. Malaysia stopped this trend in 1989 and 1991 thanks to the Sidek brothers’ games.

Indonesia again dominated from the 1993 to 1999 edition by winning consecutive gold in the men’s team. In 2001 Malaysia won, while in 2003 it was Indonesia’s turn to win gold.

In 2005 when the SEA Games were held in the Philippines, Malaysia again won gold. While in the period from 2007 to 2019, Indonesia also won gold in succession, except in 2013 when badminton was not contested.

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