KUALA LUMPUR, (D5) - Malaysia have taken a huge fall from grace after losing to Germany 3-2 in the Sudirman Cup, ending the host's campaign prematurely in the group stages.

With everything at stake in the final Group 1C match against the Germans, Malaysia failed to live up to expectations at the Putra Indoor Stadium, losing the mixed doubles, women's singles and women's doubles matches.

It is a embarrassing performance from the national team as they will now end their 2013 Sudirman Cup campaign with two defeats and zero victories.

Since 2009, Malaysia have never finished below the top eight. In the 2007 edition, Malaysia finished sixth.

The match against Germany means everything to Malaysia and its fans, but it could not have started in a worse fashion

Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying are ranked seven places ahead of Michael Fuchs-Birgit Michels, but it counted for nothing as the Germans' relentless pressure cracked the Malaysians' defence time after time.

With mistakes bogging them down in the third set, Peng Soon-Liu Ying had to walk out with a 21-17, 18-21, 21-17 defeat in the opening mixed doubles match.

After 68 minutes of agony for the fans, Lee Chong Wei restored the cheers in half the time after sending Dieter Domke packing 21-18, 21-18.

While it was a routine win for Chong Wei, Domke proved to be a tough nut to crack as he almost forced the World No 1 to dance for three sets. But Chong Wei was having none of that, pulling out all the stops in the second set to wrap up the win for a 1-1 result.

Goh V Shem-Lim Khim Wah are on the men's doubles spotlight against Ingo Kindervater-Johannes Schoettler instead of Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong, and the youngsters certainly did not disappoint.

Despite constant disturbances which include Kindervater taking a little too much time to get ready on the receive and a dubious argument which led to one rally being replayed, V Shem-Khim Wah were able to secure a very important point for Malaysia with a 21-16, 23-21 victory over the World No 16 German pair.

Needing only one more win, Tee Jing Yi squandered Malaysia's advantage after failing to secure a win in the women's singles, going down 21-12, 21-14 to Olga Konon who is ranked 22 places below the Malaysian.

The women's doubles will now shoulder a heavy responsibility - again.

But a poor start from Vivian Hoo Kah Mun and Woon Khe Wei gave Germany the first set advantage.

A scramble ensued as Vivian-Khe Wei regained ground by claiming the second set, but they squandered a 8-5 lead in the decider to allow Birgit Michels and Johanna Golsizewski to level it at 12-all before sending hosts Malaysia crashing out of the tournament 21-16, 16-21, 21-18.

KUALA LUMPUR, (D5) - Japan emerged as Group 1D winners after sinking Denmark 3-2 in the Sudirman Cup at the Putra Indoor Stadium.

The East vs West encounter was arguably the most intense match so far in this tournament despite both teams having already qualified for the quarter-finals.

But there can only be one winner - in this case it is the Land of the Rising Sun who prevailed to the end.

The mixed doubles match started the ball rolling with Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen drawing first blood for the Danes with a comeback from a first-set defeat to beat Hirokatsu Hashimoto-Miyuki Maeda 17-21, 21-15, 21-18.

Jan O Jorgensen and Kenichi Tago treated the fans to a stunning display of a three-setter filled with thrills and suspense for 76 minutes before Kenichi edged the Danish shuttler 13-21, 21-19, 27-25, resulting in Jorgensen burying his face in his hands with disappointment

It was a top four encounter in the men's doubles match with World No 1 Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen accepting a challenge from World No 4 Hiroyuki Endo-Kenichi Hayakawa.

Although it was Boe-Mogensen who eventually won 21-12, 16-21, 21-16, it was by no means an easy feat to help Denmark regain the lead 2-1.

Sayaka Takahashi made it 2-2 soon after with a 21-18, 21-15 win in the women's singles, beating Line Kjaersfeldt while placing the fate of the tie in the women's doubles match.

Misaki Matsutomo-Ayaka Takahashi, who have risen to the World No 2 ranking after six years as partners, stepped up to the plate to produce a stellar performance against World No 3 Christinna Pedersen-Kamilla Rytter Juhl, securing Japan's win with a 22-20, 21-16 victory.

Head coach Park Joo-bong is satisfied with his charges' performance, but is quick to shift his focus to the quarter-finals.

"Now that we have cleared the group stages, we will put all our efforts in the quarter-finals as we have never gone past that point."