2022 Thomas & Uber Cup

The 2022 Thomas & Uber Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was the 32nd edition of the Thomas Cup and the 29th 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 at Bangkok, Thailand in the Impact Arena from 8 to 15 May 2022.^[1][2] This marks the third time Thailand has hosted the Thomas Cup, and second time for the Uber Cup.

Indonesia were the defending champions for the men's team, and China for the women's team.

The tournament was contested by 16 nations each in the men's and women's discipline, with a format of group stage from which top two teams qualify for the knockout stage. Denmark, India, Indonesia and Japan reached the semi-finals of the Thomas Cup while China, Japan, South Korea and Thailand were qualified to play the semi-finals of the Uber Cup.

The men's event finals was between Indonesia and India. India won 3–0 for their first title. The women's event finals was between China and South Korea in which the South Korean team won 3–2 for their second title.

Host selection

Bangkok was named as the host in November 2018 during BWF Council meeting at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,^[3] where the BWF also announced 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 from 2019 to 2025.

Qualification

Thailand qualified automatically as hosts, while Indonesia qualified as the trophy holder.

Thomas Cup

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Slot	Qualified teams
Host country	29 November 2018	Bangkok	1	Thailand
2020 Thomas Cup	9–17 October 2021	Aarhus	1	Indonesia
2022 All Africa Team Championships	14–17 February 2022	Kampala	1	Algeria
2022 Asia Team Championships	15–20 February 2022	Shah Alam	3	Malaysia
				South Korea
				Singapore
2022 Pan Am Male & Female Cup	17–20 February 2022	Acapulco	1	Canada
World Team Rankings for Europe	22 February 2022	-	4	Denmark
				France
				England
				Germany
World Team Rankings for Oceania			1	New ZealandB
World Team Rankings for Asia			1	JapanA
World Team Rankings			3	Chinese Taipei
				India
				China
				United StatesB
Total			16

• ^A Since Indonesia, one of the semifinalists for the Asian qualification tournament had already qualified as the defending champion, the spot was given to the best Asian team from World Team Ranking.
• ^B New Zealand withdrew from the tournament due to a significant number of their squad being unable to participate after testing positive for COVID-19. They will be replaced by United States as no other Oceanian member association was able to fulfil the continental quota place. Hong Kong and Spain, the next highest ranking member associations (overall), were also unable to participate. ^[4]

Uber Cup

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Slot	Qualified teams
Host country	29 November 2018	Kuala Lumpur	1	Thailand
2020 Uber Cup	9–17 October 2021	Aarhus	1	China
2022 All Africa Team Championships	14–17 February 2022	Kampala	1	Egypt
2022 Asia Team Championships	15–20 February 2022	Shah Alam	4	Indonesia
				South Korea
				Japan
				Malaysia
2022 Pan Am Male & Female Cup	17–20 February 2022	Acapulco	1	United States
World Team Rankings for Europe	22 February 2022	Kuala Lumpur	4	Denmark
				Spain
				France
				Russia1
				Germany1
World Team Rankings for Oceania			1	Australia
World Team Rankings			3	India
Chinese Taipei
Canada
Total			16

Note

• ^1 Russia suspended from any BWF events until further notice. Therefore, the quota was given to Germany as the next highest ranked team for Europe. ^[5][6]

Draw

The draw for the tournament was conducted on 1 April 2022, at 15:00 ICT, at Arnoma Grand Bangkok in Bangkok, Thailand. 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 22 February 2022. 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, Denmark and Chinese Taipei. 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 Japan (were assigned to position A1), the second seed, South Korea (were assigned to position D1), China and Thailand were in Pot 1.

Thomas Cup

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Indonesia  Japan  Denmark  Chinese Taipei	India  Malaysia  China  South Korea	Thailand  France  England  Germany	Canada  Singapore  Algeria  New Zealand

Uber Cup

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Japan  South Korea  China  Thailand	Indonesia  Denmark  India  Chinese Taipei	Malaysia  Spain  Canada  France	Germany  United States  Australia  Egypt

Squads

Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group were determined per BWF Statutes Section 5.1, Article 16.3:^[7]

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

In the initial stage of the tournament, the teams were placed in groups of four where they contested against each other. Winning a match nets one point for the team. The top two teams from each of the four groups advanced to the knockout stage. The matches were played from 8 to 11 May 2022.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	3	3	0	25	12	+13	717	629	+88	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	19	18	+1	633	655	−22	2
3	Thailand (H)	3	1	2	14	21	−7	624	650	−26	1
4	Singapore	3	0	3	15	22	−7	650	690	−40	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	3	3	0	27	6	+21	659	473	+186	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	China	3	2	1	26	9	+17	698	543	+155	2
3	France	3	1	2	12	20	−8	561	561	0	1
4	Algeria	3	0	3	0	30	−30	289	630	−341	0

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Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	27	11	+16	754	635	+119	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	India	3	2	1	26	11	+15	737	598	+139	2
3	Germany	3	1	2	14	24	−10	641	719	−78	1
4	Canada	3	0	3	7	28	−21	525	705	−180	0

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Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malaysia	3	3	0	27	6	+21	663	503	+160	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Japan	3	2	1	24	9	+15	646	460	+186	2
3	England	3	1	2	13	22	−9	537	626	−89	1
4	United States	3	0	3	2	29	−27	377	634	−257	0

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Knockout stage

The knockout stage of the tournament started from 12 May 2022 on which the quarter-finals were held. Semi-finals were held on 13 May 2022 while the finals was held on 15 May 2022. Below is the bracket for the knockout round of the tournament, teams in bold denote match winners.

The draw was conducted on 11 May 2022, after the last match of the group stage.

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

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

2022 Thomas Cup champions
India First 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	28	3	+25	647	405	+242	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Indonesia	3	2	1	23	13	+10	672	594	+78	2
3	Germany	3	1	2	8	25	−17	474	623	−149	1
4	France	3	0	3	8	26	−18	511	682	−171	0

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Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	30	1	+29	650	357	+293	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	20	12	+8	594	487	+107	2
3	Spain	3	1	2	10	22	−12	441	609	−168	1
4	Australia	3	0	3	3	28	−25	373	605	−232	0

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Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand (H)	3	3	0	29	7	+22	726	461	+265	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Denmark	3	2	1	21	14	+7	627	528	+99	2
3	Malaysia	3	1	2	17	16	+1	565	549	+16	1
4	Egypt	3	0	3	0	30	−30	250	630	−380	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	3	3	0	29	4	+25	677	465	+212	3	Advance to quarter-finals
2	India	3	2	1	17	16	+1	577	580	−3	2
3	Canada	3	1	2	16	22	−6	666	727	−61	1
4	United States	3	0	3	7	27	−20	535	683	−148	0

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Knockout stage

The quarter and semi-finals were held between 12 and 13 May 2022 while the finals was held on 14 May 2022. Below is the bracket for the knockout round of the tournament, teams in bold denote match winners.

The draw was conducted on 11 May 2022, after the last match of the group stage.

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

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

2022 Uber Cup champions
South Korea Second title

Final ranking

References

External links

• Tournament Link
• Official Website – Thomas & Uber Cup