The badminton competition at the 2023 SEA Games took place at Badminton Hall, Morodok Techo National Sports Complex in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 8 to 16 May 2023.

[1][2] *   Host nation (Cambodia)Throughout the history of badminton events at the SEA Games, this is the first time that there has been a restriction on participation for the mixed team event: the countries affected by this restriction are Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

[3][4][5][6] Bambang Roedyanto, a technical official for the games, claimed that “Cambodia [wanted] the opportunity to win medals from [badminton], so [the mixed team event] was held with countries [with developing badminton teams]”.

[7] Cambodian badminton player Chourng Meng was revealed to be Chinese badminton player Zhou Meng, the runner-up of the girls' singles event at the 2019 BWF World Junior Championship: in a video that has gone viral, Chourng was suddenly pulled off the field by a man presumed to be a Cambodian official while celebrating her victory in the final.

Apart from leaving the field early, Chourng was also absent from the mixed team medal ceremony.