2018 Thomas Cup qualification

2018 Thomas Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates 6 – 18 February 2018
Venue BA: Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim
BCA: Hacène Harcha Arena
BE: Kazan Gymnastics Centre
BO: Eastlink Badminton Stadium
BPA: National Racquet Centre
Location BA: Alor Setar, Malaysia
BCA: Algiers, Algeria
BE: Kazan, Russia
BO: Hamilton, New Zealand
BPA: Tacarigua, Trinidad & Tobago
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The 2018 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 2018 Thomas Cup, with Thailand qualifying automatically as hosts, and Denmark qualifying automatically as trophy holder.[1]

Qualified teams

Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on World Team Rankings[2] Final appearance
 Thailand Badminton Asia Host country 18 March 2017 5th 13th
 Denmark Badminton Europe 2016 Thomas Cup winners 22 May 2016 4th 30th
 Australia Badminton Oceania 2018 Oceania Championships winners 7 February 2018 17th 4th
 Indonesia Badminton Asia 2018 Asia Team Championships winners 9 February 2018 7th 27th
 China Badminton Asia 2018 Asia Team Championships finalist 9 February 2018 1st 19th
 South Korea Badminton Asia 2018 Asia Team Championships semi-finalist 9 February 2018 2nd 18th
 Malaysia Badminton Asia 2018 Asia Team Championships semi-finalist 9 February 2018 9th 27th
 Algeria Badminton Africa 2018 All Africa Team Championships winner 15 February 2018 63rd Debut
 Germany Badminton Europe 2018 European Team Championships semifinalists 16 February 2018 12th 8th
 France Badminton Europe 2018 European Team Championships semifinalists 16 February 2018 20th 3rd
 England Badminton Europe 2018 European Team Championships semifinalists 16 February 2018 14th 15th
 Russia Badminton Europe 2018 European Team Championships best quarterfinalists 16 February 2018 11th 3rd
 Canada Badminton Pan Am 2018 Pan Am Badminton Championships winner 18 February 2018 18th 6th
 Japan Badminton Asia Best ranking 18 February 2018 3rd 15th
 Chinese Taipei Badminton Asia Best ranking 18 February 2018 6th 3rd
 India Badminton Asia Best ranking 18 February 2018 8th 12th

Qualification process

The number of teams participating in the final tournament is 16. Even though the qualification process began in February 2018, the allocation of slots for each confederation is same the allocation as 2016 tournament.

Summary of qualification

Confederation Teams started Teams that have qualified Teams that can still qualify Teams that have been eliminated Remaining places in finals Total places in finals
Badminton Africa 12101101
Badminton Asia 14+14+101004+1
Badminton Europe[3] 29+14+102504+1
Badminton Pan Am 710601
Badminton Oceania 410301
Various N/A3N/AN/A03
Total66+214+2055014+2
Note
  • Badminton Asia total includes +1 for Thailand as hosts.
  • Badminton Europe total includes +1 for Denmark as trophy holders.
  • Various is the top three of the ranking qualification.

Confederation qualification

Badminton Confederation of Africa

The qualification for the African teams was held from 12 to 15 February 2018, at the Hacène Harcha Arena in Algiers, Algeria. The winners of the African qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage
  •  Algeria
  •  Cameroon
  •  Egypt
  •  Ghana
  •  Ivory Coast
  •  Mauritius
  •  Morocco
  •  Nigeria
  •  Seychelles
  •  Uganda
  •  Zambia
  •  Zimbabwe

First round (Group stage)

 Advance to Knockout stage
Group A Group B
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Mauritius 1 1
2  Cameroon 2 1
3  Tunisia 1 0
Source: TS
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Algeria 2 2
2  Zambia 2 1
3  Ivory Coast 2 0
Source: TS
Group C Group D
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Nigeria 2 2
2  Morocco 2 1
3  Seychelles 2 0
Source: TS
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Ghana 2 2
2  Egypt 2 1
3  Zimbabwe 2 0
Source: TS

Second round (Knockout stage)

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 February
 
 
 Mauritius3
 
14 February
 
 Zambia0
 
 Mauritius1
 
14 February
 
 Algeria3
 
 Algeria3
 
15 February
 
 Cameroon0
 
 Algeria3
 
14 February
 
 Nigeria2
 
 Egypt2
 
14 February
 
 Ghana3
 
 Ghana1
 
14 February
 
 Nigeria3
 
 Morocco0
 
 
 Nigeria3
 

Badminton Asia

The qualification for the Asian teams was held from 6 to 11 February 2018, at the Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim in Alor Setar, Malaysia. The semi-finalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. Thailand qualifying automatically as hosts.

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  China 2 2
2  Hong Kong 2 1
3  Singapore 2 0
Source: TS
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  South Korea 3 3
2  Japan 3 2
3  Kazakhstan 3 1
4    Nepal 3 0
Source: TS
Group C Group D
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Malaysia 3 2
2  Thailand 3 2
3  Chinese Taipei 3 2
4  Myanmar 3 0
Source: TS
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Indonesia 3 3
2  India 3 2
3  Philippines 3 1
4  Maldives 3 0
Source: TS

Second round (Knockout stage)

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
9 February 17:00
 
 
 China3
 
10 February 18:00
 
 India1
 
 China3
 
9 February 17:00
 
 Malaysia1
 
 Malaysia3
 
11 February 18:00
 
 Hong Kong0
 
 China1
 
9 February 17:00
 
 Indonesia3
 
 Thailand1
 
10 February 18:00
 
 South Korea3
 
 South Korea2
 
9 February 17:00
 
 Indonesia3
 
 Japan0
 
 
 Indonesia3
 

Badminton Europe

The qualification for the European teams will held from 13 to 18 February 2018, at the Kazan Gymnastics Centre in Kazan, Russia. The semi-finalist of the European qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. Denmark qualified automatically as trophy holder.

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage
  •  Austria
  •  Azerbaijan
  •  Belgium
  •  Bulgaria
  •  Croatia
  •  Czech Republic
  •  Denmark (Qualified)
  •  England
  •  Estonia
  •  Finland
  •  France
  •  Germany
  •  Greenland
  •  Hungary
  •  Iceland
  •  Ireland
  •  Israel
  •  Italy
  •  Latvia
  •  Lithuania
  •  Luxembourg
  •  Norway
  •  Poland
  •  Portugal
  •  Russia
  •  Slovakia
  •  Spain
  •  Turkey
  •  Ukraine

First round (Group stage)

 Advance to Knockout stage
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Denmark 3 3
2  Ireland 3 2
3  Croatia 3 1
4  Israel 3 0
Source: TS
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  England 3 3
2  Hungary 3 2
3  Slovakia 3 1
4  Greenland 3 0
Source: TS
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Germany 3 3
2  Iceland 3 2
3  Luxembourg 3 1
4  Azerbaijan 3 0
Source: TS
Group 4 Group 5 Group 6
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Russia 3 3
2  Bulgaria 3 2
3  Spain 3 1
4  Belgium 3 0
Source: TS
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  France 3 3
2  Ukraine 3 2
3  Austria 3 1
4  Lithuania 3 0
Source: TS
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Poland 3 3
2  Czech Republic 3 2
3  Italy 3 1
4  Portugal 3 0
Source: TS
Group 7
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Finland 4 4
2  Turkey 4 3
3  Estonia 4 2
4  Norway 4 1
5  Latvia 4 0
Source: TS
Ranking of runners-up

Due to group 7 having different number of teams, the results against the fifth-placed teams are not considered for this ranking.

Pos Grp Team Pld W L MF MA MD GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 6  Czech Republic 3 2 1 11 4 +7 23 12 +11 666 604 +62 2 Knockout stage
2 1  Ireland 3 2 1 10 5 +5 19 10 +9 528 478 +50 2
3 5  Ukraine 3 2 1 9 6 +3 19 12 +7 551 490 +61 2
4 7  Turkey 3 2 1 8 7 +1 18 16 +2 604 564 +40 2
5 3  Iceland 3 2 1 8 7 +1 17 15 +2 527 530 −3 2
6 4  Bulgaria 3 2 1 8 7 +1 18 16 +2 577 607 −30 2
7 2  Hungary 3 2 1 8 7 +1 17 17 0 601 585 +16 2
Source:

Second round (Knockout stage)

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
16 February 2018
 
 
 Denmark3
 
17 February 2018
 
 Finland0
 
 Denmark3
 
16 February 2018
 
 Germany1
 
 Germany3
 
18 February 2018
 
 Czech Republic1
 
 Denmark3
 
16 February 2018
 
 England1
 
 France3
 
17 February 2018
 
 Russia2
 
 France1
 
16 February 2018
 
 England3
 
 Poland0
 
 
 England3
 

Badminton Pan Am

The qualification for the Pan American teams was held from 15 to 18 February 2018, at the National Racket Centre in Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago. The winner of the Pan American qualification, Canada was qualified for the Thomas Cup.

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage
  •  Barbados
  •  Canada
  •  Dominican Republic
  •  Jamaica
  •  Peru
  •  Trinidad and Tobago
  •  United States

First round (Group stage)

 Advance to Knockout stage
Group A Group B
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Canada 2 2
2  Peru 2 1
3  Barbados 2 0
Source: TS
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  United States 3 3
2  Jamaica 3 2
3  Dominican Republic 3 1
4  Trinidad and Tobago 3 0
Source: TS

Second round (Knockout stage)

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 February
 
 
 Canada3
 
18 February
 
 Jamaica1
 
 Canada3
 
17 February
 
 United States0
 
 Peru2
 
 
 United States3
 

Badminton Oceania

The qualification for the Oceanian teams was held from 6 to 7 February 2018, at the Eastlink Badminton Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand. 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 3 3 0 12 3 +9 25 7 +18 612 430 +182 3 Thomas Cup
2  New Zealand 3 2 1 11 4 +7 24 9 +15 651 412 +239 2
3  Tahiti 3 1 2 6 9 −3 12 20 −8 491 608 −117 1
4  Fiji 3 0 3 1 14 −13 3 28 −25 346 650 −304 0
Source: TS

World team rankings

References

  1. ↑ "Information: Thomas and Uber Cup finals" (PDF). BWF Corporate (.pdf). Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  2. ↑ World Team Rankings on 4 January 2018
  3. ↑ "EUROPEAN MEN's & WOMEN's TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS". badmintoneurope.com. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
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