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title: "17yo China Player Collapses And Dies During Badminton Match"
url: https://weirdkaya.com/17yo-china-player-collapses-and-dies-during-badminton-match/
date: 2024-07-01
modified: 2024-07-01
lang: en
author: "Sarah Yeoh"
description: "Spectators of a live badminton match were left reeling with shock after one of the players suddenly slumped to the ground and died not too long after. According to NST's..."
categories:
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tags:
  - "Asian Junior Badminton Mixed Team Championships"
  - "Sudden Death"
  - "Zhang Zhijie"
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# 17yo China Player Collapses And Dies During Badminton Match

##### Spectators of a live badminton match were left reeling with shock after one of the players suddenly slumped to the ground and died not too long after.

According to [NST's Timesport](https://www.nst.com.my/sports/badminton/2024/07/1070574/badmintons-rising-star-zhang-zhijie-dies-during-match-asian-juniors), the incident took place during the Asian Junior Badminton Mixed Team Championships in Yogyakarta, Indonesia yesterday (June 30).

![Zhang Zhijie](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/zhang-zhijie.jpg)Photo via [FB/Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM)](https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=993912702742683&set=a.605128221621135)

## 17yo China player collapses and dies during badminton match

As reported by the English daily, the player was China's Zhang Zhijie, a 17-year-old upcoming badminton star who was up against Japan's Kazuma Kawano.

##### During the third match, Zhang suddenly collapsed to the ground and lay there convulsing while the medical team rushed to administer first-aid on him.

Although Zhang was admitted to the hospital and was given intensive care treatment, he unfortunately didn't survive and passed away at 11.20pm (Indonesian time).

![Zhang Zhijie collapses at badminton court](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/zhang-zhijie-collapses-at-badminton-court.jpg)Photo via [NST](https://www.nst.com.my/sports/badminton/2024/07/1070574/badmintons-rising-star-zhang-zhijie-dies-during-match-asian-juniors)

Zhang's untimely death was later confirmed in a statement released by Badminton Asia and the Badminton Association of Indonesia.

In the statement, they wrote that Zhang was playing a group stage match against Japan when he collapsed and was attended to by the tournament doctor and medical team before he died at the hospital.

**"Badminton Asia, PBSI, and the organising committee are immensely saddened and expressed their deepest condolences to Zhang's parents, family and Chinese Badminton Association.**

"The world of badminton has lost a talented player," it wrote.

![Statement on Zhang Zhijie](https://cdn.weirdkaya.com/media/statement-on-zhang-zhijies-death.jpg)Photo via [FB/Badminton Asia](https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1013994844063475&set=pcb.1013994860730140)

The Asian Junior Badminton Mixed Team Championships is currently ongoing and will end on July 7.

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