2024 Thomas Cup qualification

2024 Thomas Cup qualification

Tournament details
Dates	12 – 18 February 2024
Venue	BA: Setia City Convention Centre BCA: Cairo Stadium Hall 4 BE: Sport Arena in Łódź BO: Badminton Geelong BPA: Centro Paralímpico Brasilero
Location	BA: Selangor, Malaysia BCA: Cairo, Egypt BE: Łódź, Poland BO: Geelong, Australia BPA: São Paulo, Brazil
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The 2024 Thomas Cup qualification process is a series of tournaments organised by the five BWF confederations to decide 14 of the 16 teams which will play in the 2024 Thomas Cup, with China qualifying automatically as hosts, India qualifying automatically as trophy holder.

Qualification process

The number of teams participating in the final tournament is 16. The allocation of slots for each confederation is the same allocation from 2016 tournament; 4 from each Asia and Europe, and 1 from each Africa, Oceania and Pan Am. Two automatic qualifiers are the host and defending champion. The remaining quota will be filled by world team ranking.

Qualified teams

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	World Team Rankings	Final appearance
China	Badminton Asia	Host country	28 November 2021	1	22nd
India	Badminton Asia	2022 Thomas Cup winners	15 May 2022	6	14th
Algeria	Badminton Africa	2024 All Africa Championships winners	15 February 2024	32	4th
Malaysia	Badminton Asia	2024 Asia Championships runner-up	18 February 2024	5	30th
Japan	Badminton Asia	2024 Asia Championships semifinalists	17 February 2024	4	17th
South Korea	Badminton Asia	2024 Asia Championships semifinalists	17 February 2024	8	21st
Canada	Badminton Pan Am	2024 Pan Am Cup winners	18 February 2024	11	9th
Denmark	Badminton Europe	2024 European Championships winner	18 February 2024	2	33rd
France	Badminton Europe	2024 European Championships runner-up	18 February 2024	9	6th
England	Badminton Europe	2024 European Championships semifinalists	17 February 2024	15	16th
Germany	Badminton Europe	2024 European Championships semifinalists	17 February 2024	14	12th
Australia	Badminton Oceania	2024 Oceania Championships winner	22 February 2022	33	5th
Indonesia	Badminton Asia	Best ranking (Asia) 1	18 February 2024	3	29th
Thailand	Badminton Asia	Best ranking (overall)	18 February 2024	10	16th
Chinese Taipei	Badminton Asia	Best ranking (overall)	18 February 2024	7	6th
Hong Kong	Badminton Asia	Best ranking (overall)	18 February 2024	12	6th

• ^1 Since China, winner for Asian qualification tournament had already qualified as title holder, hence the spot is given to the best Asian team from World Team Ranking.

Confederation qualification

Badminton Confederation of Africa

Main article: 2024 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships

The qualification for the African teams was held from 12 to 15 February 2024, at the Cairo Stadium Hall 4, in Cairo, Egypt. The winners of the African qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage

• Algeria
• Cameroon
• Egypt
• Mauritius
• Nigeria
• South Africa
• Uganda
• Zambia

First round (group stage)

  Advance to Knockout stage

Group A	Group B
Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Algeria 3 3 2 Egypt (H) 3 2 3 Zambia 3 1 4 Uganda 3 0 Source: TS (H) Host	Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Nigeria 3 3 2 Mauritius 3 2 3 South Africa 3 1 4 Cameroon 3 0 Source: TS

Second round (knockout stage)

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 February 18:00
	Algeria	3
					15 February 15:00
	Mauritius	1
					Algeria	3
	14 February 18:00
					Nigeria	2
	Egypt	2
	Nigeria	3

Badminton Asia

Main article: 2022 Badminton Asia Men's Team Championships

The qualification for the Asian teams was held from 15 to 20 February 2022, at the Setia City Convention Centre in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The semifinalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. India qualified automatically as trophy holder .

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage

• Brunei
• China
• Chinese Taipei
• Hong Kong
• India
• Indonesia
• Japan
• Kazakhstan
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Saudi Arabia
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Thailand
• United Arab Emirates

First round (group stage)

  Advance to Knockout stage

Group A	Group B
Pos Team Pld Pts 1 China 2 2 2 India 2 1 3 Hong Kong 2 0 Source:	Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Malaysia 3 3 2 Chinese Taipei 3 2 3 Kazakhstan 3 1 4 Brunei 3 0 Source:
Group C	Group D
Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Japan 3 3 2 Singapore 3 2 3 Thailand 3 1 4 Myanmar 3 0 Source:	Pos Team Pld Pts 1 South Korea 3 3 2 Indonesia 3 2 3 United Arab Emirates 3 1 4 Saudi Arabia 3 0 Source:

Second round (knockout stage)

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	16 February 16:00
	China	3
					17 February 16:00
	Indonesia	2
					China	3
	16 February 16:00
					South Korea	2
	South Korea	3
									18 February 16:00
	Chinese Taipei	2
									China	3
	16 February 16:00
									Malaysia	0
	Singapore	1
					17 February 16:00
	Malaysia	3
					Malaysia	3
	16 February 16:00
					Japan	1
	India	2
	Japan	3

Badminton Europe

Main article: 2024 European Men's Team Badminton Championships

The qualification for the European teams was held from 14 to 18 February 2024, at the Sport Arena Łódź in Łódź, Poland. The semifinalist of the European qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage

• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• England
• France
• Germany
• Netherlands
• Poland
• Ukraine

Teams failed to qualify for the Group stage

• Austria
• Azerbaijan
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Estonia
• Finland
• Greenland
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Latvia
• Malta
• Norway
• Portugal
• Scotland
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland

First round (group stage)

  Advance to Knockout stage

Group 1	Group 2
Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Denmark 3 3 2 Germany 3 2 3 Poland (H) 3 1 4 Czech Republic 3 0 Source: TS (H) Host	Pos Team Pld Pts 1 France 3 3 2 England 3 2 3 Netherlands 3 1 4 Ukraine 3 0 Source: TS

Second round (knockout stage)

	Semi-finals				Final
	17 February 15:00
	Denmark	3
					18 February 15:00
	Germany	0
					Denmark	3
	17 February 15:00
					France	0
	England	0
	France	3

Badminton Oceania

Main article: 2024 Oceania Men's Team Badminton Championships

The qualification for the Oceanian teams was held from 16 to 18 February 2024, at the Badminton Geelong in Geelong, Australia. The winner of the Oceania qualification qualified for the Thomas Cup.

Teams in contention

• Australia
• Cook Islands
• Fiji
• New Zealand
• Tahiti

Round-robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	4	4	0	19	1	+18	39	3	+36	878	384	+494	4	Thomas Cup
2	New Zealand	4	3	1	16	4	+12	33	9	+24	831	487	+344	3
3	Tahiti	4	2	2	7	13	−6	16	27	−11	616	766	−150	2
4	Cook Islands	4	1	3	5	15	−10	10	32	−22	438	800	−362	1
5	Fiji	4	0	4	3	17	−14	8	35	−27	527	853	−326	0

Source: TS
(H) Host

Badminton Pan Am

Main article: 2024 Pan Am Male Badminton Cup

The qualification for the Pan Am teams was held from 15 to 18 February 2024, at the Centro Paralimpico Brasílero in São Paulo, Brazil. The winner of the Pan Am qualification qualified for the Uber Cup.

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage

• Brazil
• Canada
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Mexico
• Paraguay
• Peru
• United States

World team rankings

Below is the chart of the BWF World Team Ranking calculated by adding World Ranking points of top three Men's Singles players and top two Men's Doubles pairs on 20 February 2024.

Key

• QS – Qualification stage
• GS – Group stage
• SG – Subgroup

Rank	Conf.	Nation	Points	Continental results	Host	Title holder	Continental qualifier	Ranking qualifier
1	BA	China	405,911	Winner	Host		Asia
2	BE	Denmark	370,148	Winner			Europe
3	BA	Indonesia	350,429	Quarter-finalist				Asia WR
4	BA	Japan	345,532	Semi-finalist			Asia
5	BA	Malaysia	323,096	Finalist			Asia
6	BA	India	314,992	Quarter-finalist		Holder
7	BA	Chinese Taipei	290,476	Quarter-finalist				World ranking
8	BA	South Korea	205,764	Semi-finalist			Asia
9	BE	France	200,041	Finalist			Europe
10	BA	Thailand	195,281	3rd in GS				World ranking
11	BPA	Canada	162,527	Winner			Pan America
12	BA	Hong Kong	156,084	3rd in GS				World ranking
13	BA	Singapore	144,194	Quarter-finalist
14	BE	Germany	132,535	Semi-finalist			Europe
15	BE	England	112,671	Semi-finalist			Europe
16	BPA	United States	108,582	5th place
17	BPA	Brazil	106,897	2nd place
18	BPA	Mexico	84,993	3rd place
19	BE	Netherlands	84,677	3rd in GS
20	BE	Czech Republic	79,294	4th in GS
21	BE	Scotland	77,174	2nd in QS SG
22	BPA	Guatemala	76,225	4th place
23	BE	Spain	73,268	2nd in QS GS
24	BE	Italy	72,462	2nd in QS GS
25	BE	Ireland	68,291	2nd in QS SG
26	BE	Finland	64,501	2nd in QS GS
27	BE	Israel	59,605	2nd in QS SG
30	BE	Austria	55,002	2nd in QS SG
31	BE	Belgium	53,453	QS finalist
32	BCA	Algeria	53,437	Winner			Africa
33	BO	Australia	52,980	Winner			Oceania
34	BA	United Arab Emirates	51,328	3rd in GS
35	BE	Switzerland	48,940	3rd in QS GS
36	BE	Azerbaijan	48,012	QS finalist
37	BE	Poland	46,940	3rd in GS
38	BPA	El Salvador	46,466	7th place
39	BE	Norway	42,558	3rd in QS SG
40	BE	Sweden	42,526	2nd in QS GS
41	BPA	Peru	40,134	6th place
42	BCA	Mauritius	40,024	Semi-finalist
43	BCA	Nigeria	35,756	Finalist
45	BE	Bulgaria	33,677	3rd in QS GS
47	BA	Kazakhstan	32,337	3rd in GS
48	BE	Ukraine	31,894	4th in GS
49	BO	New Zealand	31,196	2nd place
51	BCA	South Africa	30,273	3rd in GS
52	BCA	Egypt	27,272	Semi-finalist
53	BE	Hungary	23,790	3rd in QS GS
56	BCA	Uganda	22,243	4th in GS
57	BE	Portugal	22,157	3rd in QS SG
59	BE	Estonia	21,637	3rd in QS GS
61	BPA	Paraguay	18,380	8th place
65	BE	Slovenia	16,518	4th in QS GS
67	BCA	Zambia	15,829	3rd in GS
69	BE	Slovakia	15,088	3rd in QS SG
70	BA	Saudi Arabia	14,226	4th in GS
71	BE	Malta	14,156	4th in QS GS
74	BA	Myanmar	12,378	3rd in GS
77	BE	Iceland	10,978	4th in QS GS
79	BCA	Cameroon	9,326	4th in GS
81	BA	Brunei	8,346	4th in GS
99	BO	Tahiti	3,812	3rd place
101	BO	Cook Islands	3,609	4th place
109	BO	Fiji	1,861	5th place
120	BE	Greenland	428	3rd in QS SG
121	BE	Latvia	364	4th in QS GS