Time for a massive change

Although Dick Sudirman, founder of the Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI), has died for years, he still could not rest in peace as our shuttlers once again failed to win back the Sudirman Cup, a trophy under his name for the winner of the world mixed team badminton championship.
In the latest Sudirman Cup in Glasgow, we bowed out 0-3 to China in the final, which means that we have been in the finals seven times since the tournament began in 1989 but just won it once in 1989.
This defeat adds misery to our badminton record as our men’s team has not won Thomas Cup since 2004, while the women’s team won the Uber Cup for the last time nine years ago. Only few individual shuttlers could strongly compete at the world’s level.