The men's team final of the 2023 National Badminton Team Championship between the Army and Ho Chi Minh City teams recreated the encounter in the group stage but the results were reversed. If in the group stage, Nguyen Hai Dang and his Ho Chi Minh City men's teammates won 3-2, then in the final, the victory with the same score belonged to Le Duc Phat and the Army team.
Le Duc Phat won both singles and doubles against Ho Chi Minh City to help the Army team win the national men's team championship after 20 years.
The first men's singles match took place between the two top Vietnamese singles players, Le Duc Phat (Army) and Nguyen Hai Dang (HCMC). Hai Dang won the first set 21/17, but Le Duc Phat rose up strongly with 2 consecutive wins 21/15, 21/17 to put the Army ahead 1-0.
In the second singles match, Nguyen Thien Loc (HCMC) easily won 21/15, 21/10 against Tran Trung Tin (Army), equalizing the score 1-1 for HCMC.
Nguyen Hai Dang had a match day below expectations when he lost both singles and doubles matches.
In the third match of men's doubles, Phuc/Tung (HCMC) lost to Lam/Thai (Army) 15/21, 10/21, 13/21. However, in the fourth match of singles, Phan Phuc Thinh easily defeated Nguyen Quoc Huy (Army) 21/5, 21/12 to tie the score 2-2, bringing the final match into the deciding men's doubles match.
Army men's badminton team wins national championship after 20 years
In this match that decided the championship, Nguyen Hai Dang returned to stand with Thien Loc while Le Duc Phat also returned to stand with Hoang Hai. The match was exciting and dramatic. Duc Phat/Hoang Hai won the first game 21/17 but Hai Dang Thien Loc won the second game 21/14, tying the score 1-1. In the decisive game, Duc Phat/Hoang Hai (Army) brought into play their battle experience, winning 21/14 in the joy of their teammates.
Ho Chi Minh City won the women's team championship.
After 20 years, the Army men's badminton team won the national championship again. Meanwhile, the Ho Chi Minh City men's badminton team started to lose steam without the presence of "monument" Nguyen Tien Minh.
In the women's team, the Ho Chi Minh City team with two key players Vu Thi Trang and Nguyen Thi Anh Thu defeated host Thai Binh to win the championship.
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