2020 Thomas Cup qualification

The 2020 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 2020 Thomas Cup, with Denmark qualifying automatically as hosts, and China qualifying automatically as trophy holder.[1]

2020 Thomas Cup qualification
Tournament details
DatesFebruary 10, 2020 (2020-02-10) – February 16, 2020 (2020-02-16)
VenueBA: Rizal Memorial Coliseum
BCA: Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex
BE: Stade Couvert Régional
BO: Ken Kay Badminton Stadium
BPA: Centro Pan-Americano de Judô
LocationBA: Manila, Philippines
BCA: Cairo, Egypt
BE: Liévin, France
BO: Ballarat, Australia
BPA: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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Qualified teams
Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on World Team Rankings Final appearance
 Denmark Badminton Europe Host country 29 November 2018 4th 31st
 China Badminton Asia 2018 Thomas Cup winners 27 May 2018 3rd 20th
 Algeria Badminton Africa 2020 All Africa Team Championships winners 13 February 2020 36th 2nd
 India Badminton Asia 2020 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 14 February 2020 6th 12th
 Indonesia Badminton Asia 2020 Asia Team Championships winners 14 February 2020 1st 28th
 Japan Badminton Asia 2020 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 14 February 2020 2nd 16th
 Malaysia Badminton Asia 2020 Asia Team Championships runners up 14 February 2020 7th 28th
 France Badminton Europe 2020 European Team Championships semifinalists 14 February 2020 14th 4th
 Netherlands Badminton Europe 2020 European Team Championships runners up 14 February 2020 16th 2nd
 Tahiti Badminton Oceania 2020 Oceania Team Championships semifinalists3 18 February 2020 107th Debut
 Canada Badminton Pan Am 2020 Pan Am Team Championships winners 16 February 2020 12th 6th
 England Badminton Europe Best ranking (Europe)1 18 February 2020 11th 15th
 Germany Badminton Europe Best ranking (Europe)2 18 February 2020 13th 10th
 Chinese Taipei Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 18 February 2020 5th 4th
 South Korea Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 18 February 2020 8th 19th
 Thailand Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 18 February 2020 9th 14th
Withdrew
 Russia Badminton Europe 2020 European Team Championships semifinalists 14 February 2020 15th —
 Australia Badminton Oceania 2020 Oceania Team Championships winners 15 February 2020 32nd —
  • ^1 Since Denmark, one of the semifinalists for European qualification tournament had already qualified as the host, hence the spot is given to the best European team from World Team Ranking.
  • ^2 Russia withdrew and replaced by Germany as the next highest ranked team for Europe
  • ^3 Australia as winner of the BO 2020 championships withdrew and replaced by Tahiti as semifinalists of the BO 2020 championships because New Zealand as runners up of the BO 2020 championships declined the offer

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.

Confederation qualification

Badminton Confederation of Africa
Main article: 2020 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships

The qualification for the African teams was held from 10 to 13 February 2020, at the Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex in Cairo, Egypt. The winners of the African qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.

Teams in contention
Teams qualified for the Group stage

First round (group stage)
  Advance to Knockout stage
Group A Group B
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Algeria 3 3
2  Mauritius 3 2
3  Uganda 3 1
4  Tunisia 3 0
Source: TS
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Egypt 4 4
2  South Africa 4 3
3  Morocco 4 2
4  Cameroon 4 1
5  Sierra Leone 0 0
Source: TS

Second round (knockout stage)
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 February
 
 
 Algeria3
 
13 February
 
 South Africa0
 
 Algeria3
 
12 February
 
 Mauritius2
 
 Mauritius3
 
 
 Egypt0
 

Badminton Asia
Main article: 2020 Badminton Asia Men's Team Championships

The qualification for the Asian teams will held from 11 to 16 February 2020, at the Srizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila, Philippines. The semifinalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. China qualified automatically as trophy holder.

Teams in contention
Teams qualified for the Group stage

First round (group stage)
  Advance to Knockout stage
Group A Group B
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Indonesia 1 1
2  South Korea 1 0
Source: TS
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Malaysia 2 2
2  India 2 1
3  Kazakhstan 2 0
Source: TS
Group C Group D
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Chinese Taipei 2 2
2  Philippines (H) 2 1
3  Singapore 2 0
Source: TS
(H) Host
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Thailand 1 1
2  Japan 1 0
Source: TS

Second round (knockout stage)
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 February 16:10
 
 
 Indonesia3
 
15 February 16:00
 
 Philippines0
 
 Indonesia3
 
14 February 16:10
 
 India2
 
 Thailand2
 
16 February 16:00
 
 India3
 
 Indonesia3
 
14 February 16:00
 
 Malaysia1
 
 South Korea0
 
15 February 16:00
 
 Malaysia3
 
 Malaysia3
 
14 February 16:10
 
 Japan0
 
 Japan3
 
 
 Chinese Taipei1
 

Badminton Europe
Main article: 2020 European Men's Team Badminton Championships

The qualification for the European teams will held from 11 to 16 February 2020, at the Stade Couvert Régional in Liévin, France. The semi-finalist of the European qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. Denmark qualified automatically as hosts.

Teams in contention
Teams qualified for the Group stage

First round (group stage)
  Advance to Knockout stage
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Denmark 3 3
2   Switzerland 3 2
3  Wales 3 1
4  Latvia 3 0
Source: TS
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  England 3 3
2  Sweden 3 2
3  Estonia 3 1
4  Greenland 3 0
Source: TS
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  France (H) 3 3
2  Belgium 3 2
3  Turkey 3 1
4  Hungary 3 0
Source: TS
(H) Host
Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Russia 3 3
2  Austria 3 2
3  Ireland 3 1
4  Poland 3 0
Source: TS
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Germany 3 3
2  Czech Republic 3 2
3  Iceland 3 1
4  Azerbaijan 3 0
Source: TS
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Netherlands 3 3
2  Slovakia 3 2
3  Lithuania 3 1
4  Luxembourg 3 0
Source: TS
Group 7 Group 8
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Ukraine 4 4
2  Finland 4 3
3  Norway 4 2
4  Slovenia 4 1
5  Portugal 4 0
Source: TS
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Bulgaria 4 3
2  Spain 4 3
3  Italy 4 2
4  Croatia 4 2
5  Israel 4 0
Source: TS

Second round (knockout stage)
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 February 2020
 
 
 Denmark3
 
15 February 2020
 
 Germany0
 
 Denmark3
 
14 February 2020
 
 Russia0
 
 Russia3
 
16 February 2020
 
 Bulgaria1
 
 Denmark3
 
14 February 2020
 
 Netherlands0
 
 Ukraine0
 
15 February 2020
 
 France3
 
 France2
 
14 February 2020
 
 Netherlands3
 
 Netherlands3
 
 
 England2
 

Badminton Oceania
Main article: 2020 Oceania Badminton Championships

The qualification for the Oceanian teams will hold from 13 to 15 February 2020, at the Ken Kay Badminton Stadium in Ballarat, Australia. The winner of the Oceania qualification qualified for the Thomas Cup.

Teams in contention

Round-robin
Pos Team Pld W L MF MA MD GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 4 4 0 18 2 +16 36 5 +31 844 468 +376 4 Thomas Cup
2  New Zealand 4 3 1 17 3 +14 35 6 +29 845 499 +346 3
3  Tahiti 4 2 2 10 10 0 20 22 −2 643 716 −73 2
4  New Caledonia 4 1 3 4 16 −12 10 34 −24 609 862 −253 1
5  Fiji 4 0 4 1 19 −18 4 38 −34 474 870 −396 0
Source: TS

Badminton Pan Am
Main article: 2020 Pan Am Men's Team Badminton Championships

The qualification for the Pan Am teams will hold from 13 to 16 February 2020, at the Centro Pan-Americano de Judô in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The winner of the Pan Am qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.

Teams in contention
Teams qualified for the Group stage

First round (group stage)
  Advance to Knockout stage
Group A Group B
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Canada 2 2
2  Mexico 2 1
3  Brazil 2 0
Source: TS
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  United States 2 2
2  Guatemala 2 1
3  Peru 2 0
Source: TS

Second round (knockout stage)
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 February
 
 
 Canada3
 
16 February
 
 Guatemala1
 
 Canada3
 
15 February
 
 Mexico1
 
 Mexico3
 
 
 United States1
 
Third place
 
 
15 February
 
 
 Guatemala0
 
 
 United States3

World team rankings

Summary of qualification

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 18 February 2020.[2][3]

Rank Conf. Nation Points Continental
results		 Qualification
status
1 BA  Indonesia 406,902 Winner Qualified as the winner of BA
2 BA  Japan 377,562 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists
3 BA  China 329,458 Trophy Holder Qualified as trophy holder
4 BE  Denmark 304,472 Winner Qualified as host country
5 BA  Chinese Taipei 276,250 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (overall)
6 BA  India 250,525 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists
7 BA  Malaysia 231,964 Runner-up Qualified as BA runners up
8 BA  South Korea 197,987 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (overall)
9 BA  Thailand 184,221 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (overall)
10 BA  Hong Kong 182,876
11 BE  England 141,712 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (Europe)
12 BPA  Canada 133,060 Winner Qualified as the winner of BPA
13 BE  Germany 129,507 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (Europe)
14 BE  France 123,440 Semifinals Qualified as BE semifinalists
15 BE  Russia 116,127 Semifinals Qualified as BE semifinalists, Withdrew
16 BE  Netherlands 112,980 Runner-up Qualified as BE runners up
17 BPA  United States 83,420 3rd place
18 BA  Singapore 72,422 Group stage
19 BPA  Mexico 70,239 Runner-up
20 BPA  Brazil 69,458 5th place
21 BE  Finland 68,376 Group stage
22 BPA  Guatemala 65,289 4th place
23 BCA  Nigeria 64,606
24 BE  Spain 64,028 Group stage
25 BA  Vietnam 60,757
26 BE  Ukraine 58,397 Quarterfinals
27 BE  Ireland 57,907 Group stage
28 BCA  Egypt 56,912 Semifinals
29 BE  Czech Republic 54,401 Group stage
30 BE  Austria 54,084 Group stage
31 BE  Sweden 53,299 Group stage
32 BO  Australia 51,535 Winner Qualified as the winner of BO, Withdrew
33 BE  Scotland 50,210
34 BE  Poland 49,978 Group stage
35 BCA  Mauritius 49,502 Runner-up
36 BCA  Algeria 48,331 Winner Qualified as the winner of BCA
37 BO  New Zealand 47,471 Runner-up Qualified as the runners up of BO, declined the offer
38 BE  Bulgaria 45,423 Quarterfinals
39 BPA  Cuba 45,350
40 BE  Israel 43,456 Group stage
41 BE  Azerbaijan 42,519 Group stage
42 BE  Italy 38,687 Group stage
43 BPA  Peru 38,392 6th place
44 BE   Switzerland 38,375 Group stage
45 BE  Belgium 38,066 Group stage
46 BA  Sri Lanka 34,821
47 BE  Turkey 34,017 Group stage
48 BE  Estonia 31,386 Group stage
49 BE  Norway 27,340 Group stage
50 BPA  Jamaica 26,240
50+ participants
51 BE  Portugal 24,624 Group stage
52 BCA  South Africa 24,225 Semifinals
54 BE  Hungary 23,079 Group stage
56 BA  Philippines 22,026 Quarterfinals
57 BE  Iceland 21,312 Group stage
59 BE  Slovenia 20,405 Group stage
60 BE  Croatia 19,820 Group stage
61 BA  Kazakhstan 18,770 Group stage
64 BE  Slovakia 16,080 Group stage
67 BCA  Uganda 15,326 Group stage
73 BE  Luxembourg 11,714 Group stage
80 BCA  Cameroon 7,970 Group stage
81 BCA  Morocco 7,681 Group stage
84 BE  Wales 7,010 Group stage
92 BCA  Tunisia 6,280 Group stage
96 BO  New Caledonia 5,145 4th place
106 BE  Greenland 3,290 Group stage
107 BO  Tahiti 3,129 3rd place Qualified as BO semifinalists
110 BO  Fiji 3,020 5th place
112 BE  Lithuania 2,975 Group stage
124 BE  Latvia 1,148 Group stage

References
  1. "Information: Thomas and Uber Cup finals" (PDF). BWF Corporate (.pdf). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. "Rankings | MS 18 FEB 2020". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  3. "Rankings | MD 18 FEB 2020". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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