2022 Thomas & Uber Cup

2022 Thomas & Uber Cup
โธมัส-อูเบอร์ คัพ 2022
Tournament details
Dates	8–15 May 2022
Edition	32nd (Thomas Cup); 29th (Uber Cup)
Level	International
Nations	16 (Thomas Cup); 16 (Uber Cup)
Venue	Impact Arena
Location	Nonthaburi, Thailand
Official website	bwfthomasubercups.com
← 2020 Aarhus	2024 Chengdu →

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 Zealand~~^B
World Team Rankings for Asia			1	Japan^A
World Team Rankings			3	Chinese Taipei
				India
				China
				United States^B
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
				~~Russia~~¹
				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]

Number of matches won;
Match result between the teams in question;
Match difference in all group matches;
Game difference in all group matches;
Point difference in all group matches.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thomas Cup	India Lakshya Sen Srikanth Kidambi Prannoy H. S. Priyanshu Rajawat Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty Arjun M. R. Dhruv Kapila Krishna Prasad Garaga Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala	Indonesia Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Jonatan Christie Shesar Hiren Rhustavito Tegar Sulistio Syabda Perkasa Belawa Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto Bagas Maulana Muhammad Shohibul Fikri	Denmark Viktor Axelsen Anders Antonsen Rasmus Gemke Hans-Kristian Vittinghus Victor Svendsen Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Rasmus Kjær Lasse Mølhede Jeppe Bay Mathias Christiansen Frederik Søgaard
Thomas Cup	Japan Kento Momota Kanta Tsuneyama Kenta Nishimoto Kodai Naraoka Riku Hatano Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi Yuta Watanabe Akira Koga Taichi Saito Yoshinori Takeuchi Keiichiro Matsui
Uber Cup	South Korea An Se-young Kim Ga-eun Sim Yu-jin Lee Seo-jin Shin Seung-chan Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong Baek Ha-na Jeong Na-eun Kim Hye-jeong Lee Yu-rim	China Chen Yufei He Bingjiao Wang Zhiyi Han Yue Zhang Yiman Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan Zheng Yu Li Wenmei Zhang Shuxian Du Yue Huang Dongping	Japan Akane Yamaguchi Nozomi Okuhara Sayaka Takahashi Saena Kawakami Riko Gunji Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara Chiharu Shida Nami Matsuyama Misaki Matsutomo
Uber Cup	Thailand Ratchanok Intanon Pornpawee Chochuwong Busanan Ongbamrungphan Phittayaporn Chaiwan Supanida Katethong Pitchamon Opatniput Rawinda Prajongjai Benyapa Aimsaard Nuntakarn Aimsaard Phataimas Muenwong Laksika Kanlaha

Medal table

* Host nation (Thailand)

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	Advance to quarter-finals
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

Source: Tournament software
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

8 May 2022
14:00 UTC+7

Indonesia	4–1	Singapore
Report

Impact Arena Court 2, Nonthaburi

8 May 2022
19:00 UTC+7

South Korea	3–2	Thailand
Report

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	Advance to quarter-finals
3	France	3	1	2	12	20	−8	561	561	0	1
4	Algeria	3	0	3	0	30	−30	289	630	−341	0

Host selection

Qualification

Thomas Cup

Uber Cup

Draw

Squads

Tiebreakers

Medalists

Medal table

Thomas Cup

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Final ranking

Uber Cup

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Final ranking

References

External links