Fifth seeds Malaysia take on inaugural Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships winners Japan in the final Group 1C tie of 2017 Sudirman Cup in Gold Coast, Australia on Wednesday.
Both teams, having decimated group minnows Germany, will be looking to clinch the group top-spot, which will help the teams when it comes to the knockout stages of the tournament.
Tie: Malaysia v Japan, Group 1C
Date: 24 May, Wednesday
Time: 4pm SGT/1:30pm IST/8am GMT
Also read - Korea v Chinese Taipei, quarter-final: Live streaming information
Venue: Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre, Australia
TV Channel: In Singapore, StarHub Sports will provide live TV coverage.
Live streaming: The tie can be watched online at BWF Youtube Channel (Global), Hotstar, Astro Go (Malaysia)
Live scores can be followed on the tournament's official page.
Unlike Malaysia, who blanked Germany on Tuesday, Japan lost a match to earn a 4-1 win on Sunday. However, it will be the fourth seeds, who will start as favourites on Wednesday.
Malaysia are likely to rest world number one Lee Chong Wei, who needed only 34 minutes to win his rubber over Germany's Fabian Roth, and give fit-again Iskandar Zulkarnain an opportunity. 2016 Singapore Open champion Kenta Nishimoto though will be motivated to make amends for his loss to Marc Zwiebler in his tournament opener.
While Malaysia have had problems with their women's teams in the past, former world junior champion Goh Jin Wei's commanding win over Fabienne Deprez on Tuesday will give the team a lot of confidence. However, the 17-year-old will face a stiff test as she is expected to face world number three Akane Yamaguchi or world number 10 Nozomi Okuhara.
Men's doubles pairing of Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong will be facing their first big test of the tournament against world number six duo of Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda and the result of the rubber is likely to influence the tie.
TV Schedule
Malaysia: Astro Supersport 4
Indonesia: Fox Sports
India: Star Sports
Singapore: StarHub
China: CCTV 5+
Australia: Fox Sports
UK: BBC
Team News
Malaysia
Possible line-up: Iskandar Zulkarnain (MS), Goh Jin Wei (WS), Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong (MD), Vivian Hoo, Woon Khe Wei (WD), Tan Kian Meng/Lai Pei Jing (XD)
Japan
Possible line-up: Kenta Nishimoto (MS), Akane Yamaguchi (WS), Takeshi Kamura/Keigo Sonoda (MD), Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi (WD), Kenta Kazuno/Ayane Kurihara (XD)
