On the evening of December 11, The draw for the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2023 took place in Hangzhou. The grouping results of five events including men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, were announced. In three events like women's singles, women's doubles, and men's doubles, two players and two duos of Team China were placed in the same group. Overall speaking, this was unexpected for Team China.

Chen Yufei, a Chinese seed in women's singles

Hangzhou's Chen Yufei is one of the most popular stars for many fans. For this home competition, she will compete with Marin of Spain who are the strongest rival, her teammate Han Yue of China, and Zhang Beiwen of Malaysia. Besides, An Se Young winning the champion of Hangzhou Asian Games is included in the same group with Tai Tzu Ying, Ga-eun Kim, and Mariska.

Like the result of women's singles, duos of Team China attending men's and women's doubles are drawn in the same group. They will strive to qualify for semi-finals.

Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong, a duo in mixed doubles 

As the seed teams for mixed doubles, Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong and Feng Yanzhe & Huang Dongping, are in different groups, and their biggest competitors are themselves. If everything goes well, they will all advance to the semi-finals.

In the men's singles event, Shi Yuqi, Kodai Naraoka, Olympic Champion Viktor Axelsen and Indonesian Player Anthony Sinisuka Ginting are arranged in the same group, promising fierce competition.