2024 Thomas & Uber Cup

Thomas and Uber Cup (2024)

Tournament details
Dates	27 April – 5 May 2024
Edition	33rd (Thomas Cup) 30th (Uber Cup)
Level	International
Nations	16 (Thomas Cup) 16 (Uber Cup)
Venue	Hi-Tech Zone Sports Centre Gymnasium
Location	Chengdu, China
Official website	bwfthomasubercups.com
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The 2024 Thomas & Uber Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2024 for sponsorship reasons) will be the 33rd edition of the Thomas Cup and the 30th 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 will be hosted at Chengdu, China from 27 April to 5 May 2024.^[1]

India are the defending champions for the men's team, and South Korea for the women's team.

Qualification

China qualified automatically as hosts, while India and South Korea qualified as the trophy holders for Thomas Cup and Uber Cup respectively.

Thomas Cup

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Slot	Qualified teams
Host country	28 February 2021	Chengdu	1	China
2022 Thomas Cup Champion	5–15 May 2022	Bangkok	1	India
2024 All Africa Team Championships	12–15 February 2024	Cairo	1	Algeria
2024 Asia Team Championships	13–18 February 2024	Shah Alam	3	Malaysia
				South Korea
				Japan
2024 Pan Am Male & Female Cup	15–18 February 2024	São Paulo	1	Canada
2024 European Team Championships	14–18 February 2024	Łódź	4	Denmark
				France 2
				England
				Germany
				Czech Republic
2024 Oceania Team Championships	16–18 February 2024	Geelong	1	Australia
World Team Rankings	20 February 2024	Kuala Lumpur	4	Indonesia 1
				Chinese Taipei
				Thailand
				Hong Kong
Total			16

• ^1 Since China, winner for Asian qualification tournament had already qualified as host, the spot is given to Indonesia as the best Asian team from World Team Ranking.
• ^2 On the day of the official draw, it is revealed that France declined their spot for the final tournament. Therefore, the quota was given to Czechia as the next team available from Europe.

Uber Cup

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Slot	Qualified teams
Host country	28 February 2021	Chengdu	1	China
2022 Uber Cup Champion	5–15 May 2022	Bangkok	1	South Korea
2024 All Africa Team Championships	12–15 February 2024	Cairo	1	South Africa3
				Uganda3
2024 Asia Team Championships	13–18 February 2024	Shah Alam	4	India
				Indonesia
				Japan
				Thailand
2024 Pan Am Male & Female Cup	15–18 February 2024	São Paulo	1	Canada
2024 European Team Championships	14–18 February 2024	Łódź	4 - 3	Denmark
				France3
				Scotland3
				Spain3
2024 Oceania Team Championships	16–18 February 2024	Geelong	1	Australia
World Team Rankings	20 February 2024	Kuala Lumpur	3 + 3	Chinese Taipei
				United States
				Malaysia
				Hong Kong3
				Singapore3
				Mexico3
Total			16

Note

• ^3 On the day of the official draw, it is revealed that South Africa, France, Scotland and Spain declined their spot for the final tournament. Therefore, the quota was given to Uganda as the next highest ranked team for Africa and filled Hong Kong, Singapore, and Mexico as per world team ranking.

Draw

The draw for the tournament was conducted on 22 March at 15:00 CSTT, at Chengdu, China. The 16 men and 16 women teams were drawn into four groups of four.

For the Thomas Cup draw, the teams were allocated to four pots based on the World Team Rankings of 20 February 2024. 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 Japan. Pot 2 contained the next best four teams, Pot 3 contained the ninth to twelfth seeds, and Pot 4 for the thirteenth to sixteenth seeds.

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

Thomas Cup

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
China  Denmark  Indonesia  Japan	Malaysia  India  Chinese Taipei  South Korea	Thailand  Canada  Hong Kong  Germany	England  Czech Republic  Algeria  Australia

Uber Cup

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
China  South Korea  Japan  Thailand	Indonesia  Chinese Taipei  India  Denmark	United States  Malaysia  Canada  Hong Kong	Singapore  Australia  Mexico  Uganda

Squads

Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group were determined per BWF Statutes Section 5.1, Article 16.3:^[2]

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	China	2	2	0	20	0	+20	420	203	+217	2	Advance to quarter-finals
2	South Korea	2	2	0	20	0	+20	420	220	+200	2
3	Canada	2	0	2	0	20	−20	220	420	−200	0
4	Australia	2	0	2	0	20	−20	203	420	−217	0

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Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	1	1	0	10	1	+9	230	140	+90	1	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	8	5	+3	261	233	+28	1
3	Germany	1	0	1	5	8	−3	233	261	−28	0
4	Czech Republic	1	0	1	1	10	−9	140	230	−90	0

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Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	1	1	0	10	1	+9	226	156	+70	1	Advance to quarter-finals
2	India	1	1	0	8	4	+4	240	192	+48	1
3	Thailand	1	0	1	4	8	−4	192	240	−48	0
4	England	1	0	1	1	10	−9	156	226	−70	0

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Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	2	2	0	20	2	+18	457	256	+201	2	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Malaysia	2	2	0	20	2	+18	456	268	+188	2
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	4	20	−16	381	493	−112	0
4	Algeria	2	0	2	0	20	−20	173	420	−247	0

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Uber Cup

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	20	0	+20	420	206	+214	2	Advance to quarter-finals
2	India	2	2	0	16	4	+12	411	310	+101	2
3	Canada	2	0	2	2	18	−16	274	420	−146	0
4	Singapore	2	0	2	2	18	−16	242	411	−169	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	1	1	0	10	0	+10	210	102	+108	1	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Chinese Taipei	1	1	0	8	3	+5	219	200	+19	1
3	Malaysia	1	0	1	3	8	−5	200	219	−19	0
4	Australia	1	0	1	0	10	−10	102	210	−108	0

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Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	1	1	0	10	0	+10	210	43	+167	1	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Indonesia	1	1	0	10	2	+8	240	189	+51	1
3	Hong Kong	1	0	1	2	10	−8	189	240	−51	0
4	Uganda	1	0	1	0	10	−10	43	210	−167	0

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Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	2	2	0	20	0	+20	420	212	+208	2	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Denmark	2	2	0	20	3	+17	472	280	+192	2
3	United States	2	0	2	3	20	−17	316	472	−156	0
4	Mexico	2	0	2	0	20	−20	176	420	−244	0

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References

External links

• Tournament Link
• Official Website – Thomas & Uber Cup