2020 Thomas & Uber Cup

2020 Thomas & Uber Cup

Tournament details
Dates	9–17 October 2021
Edition	31st (Thomas Cup) 28th (Uber Cup)
Level	International
Nations	16 (Thomas Cup) 16 (Uber Cup)
Venue	Ceres Arena
Location	Aarhus, Denmark
Official website	bwfthomasubercups.com
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The 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was the 31st edition of the Thomas Cup and the 28th 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 were played at Ceres Arena in Aarhus, Denmark.^[1] It is the first time that Denmark hosted the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup tournament and the first time this event was held in Europe since England 1982. It was due to be played on 15–23 August 2020, but on 29 April 2020 it was postponed to the 3–11 October due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] On 15 September 2020 it was again postponed^[3][4] and on 21 December 2020 it was announced that it was postponed to 9–17 October 2021.^[5]

China was the defending men's champion team, and Japan was the defending women's champion team. Both were defeated in the final, by Indonesia and China respectively. Both Indonesia and China extended their record of 14 and 15 titles respectively.

Due to non-compliance with the new Anti-Doping rules by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Indonesia (as Thomas Cup champions) and Thailand (as Uber Cup bronze medal) were not permitted to display their national flag at the Victory Ceremony. Instead, they replaced it with PBSI and BAT flag, respectively.^[6][7]

Host selection

Aarhus was named as the host in November 2018 during BWF Council meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,^[8] where BWF also decided the host for 18 major events, including Thomas and Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup, BWF World Championships, BWF World Junior Championships, and BWF World Senior Championships in 2019 through 2025.

Qualification

Thomas Cup

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Slot	Qualified teams
Host country	29 November 2018	Kuala Lumpur	1	Denmark
2018 Thomas Cup	20–27 May 2018	Bangkok	1	China
2020 All Africa Team Championships	10–13 February 2020	Cairo	1	Algeria
2020 Asia Team Championships	11–16 February 2020	Manila	4	India
				Indonesia
				Japan
				Malaysia
2020 European Team Championships	11–16 February 2020	Liévin	3-1	France
				Netherlands
				RussiaB
2020 Oceania Championships	13–15 February 2020	Ballarat	1	AustraliaC
				Tahiti
2020 Pan Am Championships	13–16 February 2020	Salvador	1	Canada
World Team Rankings	18 February 2020	Kuala Lumpur	3	Chinese Taipei
				South Korea
				Thailand
World Team Rankings for Europe			1+1	EnglandA
				GermanyB
Total			16

Note

• ^A Denmark qualified both as host and continental semi-finalists, therefore that quota was added to the world team rankings for Europe.
• ^B Russia withdrew and were replaced by Germany as the next highest ranked team from Europe.^[9]
• ^C Australia withdrew and were replaced by Tahiti as the next highest-ranked team from Oceania because New Zealand declined the offer.^[10]

Uber Cup

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Slot	Qualified teams
Host country	29 November 2018	Kuala Lumpur	1	Denmark
2018 Uber Cup	20–27 May 2018	Bangkok	1	Japan
2020 All Africa Team Championships	10–13 February 2020	Cairo	1	Egypt
2020 Asia Team Championships	11–16 February 2020	Manila	3	Malaysia
				South Korea
				Thailand
2020 European Team Championships	11–16 February 2020	Liévin	3	France
				Germany
				Scotland
2020 Oceania Championships	13–15 February 2020	Ballarat	1	Australia4
				Tahiti
2020 Pan Am Championships	13–16 February 2020	Salvador	1	Canada
World Team Rankings	18 February 2020	Kuala Lumpur	3	Indonesia
				Chinese Taipei
				India
World Team Rankings for Asia			1	China 1
World Team Rankings for Europe			1	Russia2 3
				Spain 3
Total			16

Note

• ^1 Japan qualified both as defending champions and continental semi-finalists, therefore that quota was added to the best world team rankings for Asia.
• ^2 Denmark qualified both as host and continental semi-finalists, therefore that quota was added to the best world team rankings for Europe.
• ^3 Russia withdrew and were replaced by Spain as the next highest ranked team from Europe because Turkey declined the offer.^[9]
• ^4 Australia withdrew and were replaced by Tahiti as the next highest ranked team from Oceania because New Zealand declined the offer.^[10]

Draw

The original draw for the tournament was conducted on 3 August 2020, at 15:00 MST, at BWF Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. BWF then decided to redraw the tournament after the postponement from 2020 to 2021 this time to be conducted on 18 August 2021, at 15:00 MST also at the BWF headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. The 16 men and 16 women teams will be 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 18 February 2021.^[11][12] Pot 1 contained the top seed Indonesia (which were assigned to position A1), the second seed Japan (which were assigned to position D1) and the next two best teams, China and Denmark. Pot 2 contained the next best four teams, and Pot 3 was for the ninth to sixteenth seeds.

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

Thomas Cup

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Indonesia  Japan  China  Denmark	Chinese Taipei  India  Malaysia  South Korea	Thailand  England  Germany  Canada  France  Netherlands  Tahiti  Algeria

Uber Cup

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Japan  China  South Korea  Thailand	Indonesia  Chinese Taipei  India  Denmark	Malaysia  Canada  France  Germany  Spain  Tahiti  Egypt  Scotland

Squads

Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group were determined per BWF Statutes Section 5.1, Article 16.3:^[13]

1. Number of matches won;
2. Match result between the teams in question;
3. Match difference in all group matches;
4. Game difference in all group matches;
5. Point difference in all group matches.

Thomas Cup

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	3	3	0	25	11	+14	723	570	+153	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Thailand	3	2	1	22	12	+10	649	549	+100	2
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	20	14	+6	676	597	+79	1
4	Algeria	3	0	3	0	30	−30	298	630	−332	0

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Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark (H)	3	3	0	24	9	+15	688	514	+174	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Korea	3	2	1	19	13	+6	587	532	+55	2
3	Germany	3	1	2	13	20	−7	551	658	−107	1
4	France	3	0	3	11	25	−14	574	696	−122	0

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Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	28	3	+25	638	360	+278	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	India	3	2	1	23	8	+15	617	397	+220	2
3	Netherlands	3	1	2	8	22	−14	429	516	−87	1
4	Tahiti	3	0	3	2	28	−26	216	627	−411	0

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Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	17	5	+12	443	310	+133	2	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Malaysia	2	1	1	13	8	+5	391	352	+39	1
3	Canada	2	0	2	2	19	−17	258	430	−172	0
4	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew[a]

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Knockout stage

Bracket

The draw was conducted on 14 October 2021 after the last match of the group stage.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Indonesia	3
	Malaysia	0
					Indonesia	3
					Denmark	1
	Denmark	3
	India	1
									Indonesia	3
									China	0
	Thailand	0
	China	3
					China	3
					Japan	1
	Korea	2
	Japan	3

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

2020 Thomas Cup champions
Indonesia[notes 1] Fourteenth title

Final ranking

Uber Cup

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	30	0	+30	631	341	+290	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Indonesia	3	2	1	18	14	+4	571	541	+30	2
3	France	3	1	2	8	24	−16	458	613	−155	1
4	Germany	3	0	3	7	25	−18	471	636	−165	0

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Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand	3	3	0	30	1	+29	648	374	+274	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	India	3	2	1	16	17	−1	584	546	+38	2
3	Spain	3	1	2	10	22	−12	457	606	−149	1
4	Scotland	3	0	3	8	24	−16	445	608	−163	0

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Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Korea	3	3	0	29	2	+27	649	247	+402	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	22	9	+13	570	370	+200	2
3	Egypt	3	1	2	10	21	−11	379	560	−181	1
4	Tahiti	3	0	3	1	30	−29	233	654	−421	0

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Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	30	2	+28	663	395	+268	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Denmark (H)	3	2	1	20	15	+5	647	596	+51	2
3	Canada	3	1	2	10	23	−13	477	621	−144	1
4	Malaysia	3	0	3	7	27	−20	490	665	−175	0

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Knockout stage

Bracket

The draw was conducted on 13 October 2021, after the last match of the group stage.

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

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

2020 Uber Cup champions
China Fifteenth title

Final ranking

Notes

References

External links

• Tournament Link
• Official Website – Thomas & Uber Cup
• Official Website – 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup