BANGKOK: The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) has instructed national coaching directors Kenneth Jonassen (singles) and Rexy Mainaky (doubles) to conduct an immediate post-mortem to identify the cause of the national shuttlers’ failure to bag the men’s team gold medal at the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand yesterday.
Malaysia were thrashed 3-0 by traditional rivals Indonesia in the final at Gymnasium 4 of Thammasat University, Rangsit Campus. Malaysia last won gold for the men’s team in the 2005 edition of the SEA Games in the Philippines.
BAM secretary-general Kenny Goh said an investigation should be conducted as soon as possible, as the team will be competing in the Badminton Asia Team Championships (BATC) 2026 in Qingdao, China, from Feb 3 to Feb 8.