2018 Thomas & Uber Cup

2018 Thomas & Uber Cup
โทมัสและอูเบอร์คัพ 2018

Tournament details
Dates	20–27 May 2018
Edition	30th (Thomas Cup) 27th (Uber Cup)
Level	International
Nations	16 (Thomas Cup) 16 (Uber Cup)
Venue	IMPACT Arena
Location	Bangkok, Thailand
Official website	bwfthomasubercups.com
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The 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup (officially known as the 2018 BWF Thomas & Uber Cup) was the 30th edition of the Thomas Cup and the 27th edition of the Uber Cup, the biennial international badminton championship contested by the men and women's national teams of the member associations of Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament was hosted by Bangkok, Thailand 20–27 May 2018.^[1]

The matches were played at IMPACT Arena. It was the second time that Thailand hosted the Thomas Cup and the first time hosted the Uber Cup tournament and the first time this event was held in Southeast Asia since 2010 in Malaysia.

Denmark were the defending men's champions, and China were the defending women's champions.

Host selection

Bangkok and New Delhi submitted bids for this championships.^[2] Bangkok was named as the host in March 2017 during BWF Council meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,^[1] where BWF also decided the host for 2018 BWF World Championships, 2019 Sudirman Cup and 2019 BWF World Championships.

Qualification

Thomas Cup

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	18 March 2017	Kuala Lumpur	1	Thailand
2016 Thomas Cup	22 May 2016	Kunshan	1	Denmark
2018 Oceania Championships	6–11 February 2018	Hamilton	1	Australia
2018 Asia Team Championships	6–11 February 2018	Alor Setar	4	Indonesia
				China
				South Korea
				Malaysia
2018 All Africa Team Championships	12–15 February 2018	Algiers	1	Algeria
2018 European Team Championships	13–18 February 2018	Kazan	4–1	England2
				Germany
				France
				Russia1
2018 Pan Am Championships	15–18 February 2018	Tacarigua	1	Canada
Best world team rankings	18 February 2018	Kuala Lumpur	3+1	Chinese Taipei
				Japan
				India
				Hong Kong2
Total			16

Note

^1 Best ranked team from Europe
^2 England withdrew, and replaced by Hong Kong as the next highest ranked team

Uber Cup

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	18 March 2017	Kuala Lumpur	1	Thailand
2016 Uber Cup	22 May 2016	Kunshan	1	China
2018 Oceania Championships	6–11 February 2018	Hamilton	1	Australia
2018 Asia Team Championships	6–11 February 2018	Alor Setar	4	Japan
				South Korea
				Indonesia
				Chinese Taipei3
2018 All Africa Team Championships	12–15 February 2018	Algiers	1	Mauritius
2018 European Team Championships	13–18 February 2018	Kazan	4–1	Denmark
				Germany
				Russia
				Spain4
2018 Pan Am Championships	15–18 February 2018	Tacarigua	1	Canada
Best world team rankings	18 February 2018	Kuala Lumpur	3+1	India
				Malaysia
				Hong Kong
				France4
Total			16

Note

^3 Best ranked team from Asia
^4 Spain withdrew and replaced by France as the next highest ranked team

Draw

The draw for the tournament was conducted on 22 March 2018, at 18:00 ICT, at Arnoma Grand Hotel in Bangkok.^[3] The 16 men and 16 women teams were drawn into four groups of four.

For the Thomas Cup draw, the teams were allocated to three pots based on the World Team Rankings of 22 February 2018. Pot 1 contained the top seed China (which were assigned to position A1), the second seed Denmark (which were assigned to position D1) and the next two best teams, Indonesia and Chinese Taipei. Pot 2 contained the next best four teams, and Pot 3 was for the ninth to sixteenth seeds.

A similar procedure was applied for Uber Cup draw, where top seed Japan (which were assigned to position A1), the second seed China (which were assigned to position D1), Korea and Thailand were in Pot 1.

Thomas Cup

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
China  Denmark  Indonesia  Chinese Taipei	Japan  India  Malaysia  South Korea	Thailand  Hong Kong  Russia  Germany  France  Canada  Australia  Algeria

Uber Cup

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Japan  China  South Korea  Thailand	Chinese Taipei  India  Indonesia  Denmark	Malaysia  Hong Kong  Russia  Germany  Canada  France  Australia  Mauritius

Squads

Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Chapter 5 Section 5.2.1. Article 12):^[4]

1. Points
2. Results between tied teams
3. Match difference
4. Game difference
5. Point difference

Teams that won 3 match first win the tie: 1 point for the winner, 0 match points for the loser.

Thomas Cup

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	15	0	+15	30	3	+27	681	416	+265	3	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	5–0	5–0	5–0
2	France	3	2	1	9	6	+3	18	14	+4	566	532	+34	2				—	4–1	5–0
3	India	3	1	2	6	9	−3	17	19	−2	618	632	−14	1					—	5–0
4	Australia	3	0	3	0	15	−15	1	30	−29	365	650	−285	0						—

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Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	3	3	0	12	3	+9	25	10	+15	700	532	+168	3	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	3–2	4–1	5–0
2	South Korea	3	2	1	9	6	+3	22	15	+7	685	644	+41	2				—	3–2	4–1
3	Thailand (H)	3	1	2	8	7	+1	20	15	+5	645	641	+4	1					—	5–0
4	Canada	3	0	3	1	14	−13	2	29	−27	414	627	−213	0						—

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Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	13	2	+11	27	10	+17	730	621	+109	3	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	5–0	4–1	4–1
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	9	6	+3	20	13	+7	642	611	+31	2				—	4–1	5–0
3	Hong Kong	3	1	2	5	10	−5	13	22	−9	629	655	−26	1					—	3–2
4	Germany	3	0	3	3	12	−9	11	26	−15	623	737	−114	0						—

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Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	13	2	+11	26	7	+19	667	416	+251	3	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	3–2	5–0	5–0
2	Malaysia	3	2	1	12	3	+9	27	6	+21	659	478	+181	2				—	5–0	5–0
3	Russia	3	1	2	5	10	−5	10	20	−10	446	505	−59	1					—	5–0
4	Algeria	3	0	3	0	15	−15	0	30	−30	257	630	−373	0						—

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Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	China	3
	Chinese Taipei	0
					China	3
					Indonesia	1
	Indonesia	3
	Malaysia	1
									China	3
									Japan	1
	France	1
	Japan	3
					Japan	3
					Denmark	2
	South Korea	0
	Denmark	3

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

2018 Thomas Cup champion
China Tenth title

Final ranking

Uber Cup

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	15	0	+15	30	1	+29	643	363	+280	3	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	5–0	5–0	5–0
2	Canada	3	2	1	8	7	+1	16	16	0	566	556	+10	2				—	4–1	4–1
3	India	3	1	2	5	10	−5	12	20	−8	521	585	−64	1					—	4–1
4	Australia	3	0	3	2	13	−11	5	26	−21	410	636	−226	0						—

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Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand (H)	3	3	0	13	2	+11	27	6	+21	650	481	+169	3	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	3–2	5–0	5–0
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	11	4	+7	24	12	+12	695	604	+91	2				—	4–1	5–0
3	Hong Kong	3	1	2	5	10	−5	12	23	−11	580	667	−87	1					—	4–1
4	Germany	3	0	3	1	14	−13	6	28	−22	512	685	−173	0						—

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Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	13	2	+11	26	5	+21	635	374	+261	3	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	3–2	5–0	5–0
2	Denmark	3	2	1	11	4	+7	23	11	+12	650	486	+164	2				—	4–1	5–0
3	Russia	3	1	2	6	9	−3	16	19	−3	593	613	−20	1					—	5–0
4	Mauritius	3	0	3	0	15	−15	0	30	−30	225	630	−405	0						—

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Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	12	3	+9	26	7	+19	661	507	+154	3	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	3–2	4–1	5–0
2	Indonesia	3	2	1	10	5	+5	22	13	+9	675	619	+56	2				—	3–2	5–0
3	Malaysia	3	1	2	8	7	+1	18	20	−2	700	679	+21	1					—	5–0
4	France	3	0	3	0	15	−15	4	30	−26	469	700	−231	0						—

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Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Japan	3
	Chinese Taipei	1
					Japan	3
					South Korea	1
	South Korea	3
	Canada	1
									Japan	3
									Thailand	0
	Indonesia	2
	Thailand	3
					Thailand	3
					China	2
	Denmark	1
	China	3

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

2018 Uber Cup champion
Japan Sixth title

Final ranking

International Broadcasters

Country/Region	Broadcaster	Ref
Thailand (host)	True Corporation	[5]
International (unsold markets only)	YouTube	[6]
China	CCTV
Denmark	TV2 Sport	[7]
Hong Kong	I-Cable
India	Star Sports	[8]
Indonesia	TVRI	[9]
	iNews	[10]
	K-Vision	[11]
	SportsFix	[12]
Malaysia	RTM	[13]
	Astro	[14]
Singapore	StarHub	[15]

See also

• 2017 Sudirman Cup
• 2018 BWF World Championships

References

External links

• Tournament Link
• Official website