2020 Thomas & Uber Cup

The 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup (officially known as the TOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2020) is the 31st edition of the Thomas Cup and the 28th 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 will host by Aarhus, Denmark.[1]

2020 Thomas & Uber Cup
Tournament details
DatesOctober 3, 2020 (2020-10-03) – October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11)
Edition31st (Thomas Cup)
28th (Uber Cup)
LevelInternational
Nations16 (Thomas Cup)
16 (Uber Cup)
VenueCeres Arena
LocationAarhus, Denmark
Official websitebwfthomasubercups.com
← 2018 2022 →

The matches will be played at Ceres Arena. It is the first time that Denmark hosted the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup tournament and the first time this event was held in Europe since 1982 in England.

China were the defending men's champions, and Japan were the defending women's champions.

Host selection

Aarhus was named as the host in November 2018 during BWF Council meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,[2] where BWF also decided 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 in 2019 through 2025.

Qualification

Thomas Cup
Main article: 2020 Thomas Cup qualification
Means of qualification Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Country 29 November 2018 Kuala Lumpur 1  Denmark
2018 Thomas Cup 20–27 May 2018 Bangkok 1  China
2020 All Africa Team Championships 10–13 February 2020 Cairo 1  Algeria
2020 Asia Team Championships 11–16 February 2020 Manila 4  India
 Indonesia
 Japan
 Malaysia
2020 European Team Championships 11–16 February 2020 Liévin 3-1  France
 Netherlands
 RussiaB
2020 Oceania Championships 13–15 February 2020 Ballarat 1  Australia
2020 Pan Am Championships 13–16 February 2020 Salvador 1  Canada
World Team Rankings 18 February 2020 Kuala Lumpur 3  Chinese Taipei
 South Korea
 Thailand
World Team Rankings for Europe 1+1  England A
 Germany B
Total16
Note
  • ^A Denmark qualified both as host and continental semifinalists, therefore that quota is added to the world team rankings for Europe.
  • ^B Russia withdrew, and replaced by Germany as the next highest ranked team from Europe.[3]

Uber Cup
Main article: 2020 Uber Cup qualification
Means of qualification Date Venue Vacancies Qualified
Host Country 29 November 2018 Kuala Lumpur 1  Denmark
2018 Uber Cup 20–27 May 2018 Bangkok 1  Japan
2020 All Africa Team Championships 10–13 February 2020 Cairo 1  Egypt
2020 Asia Team Championships 11–16 February 2020 Manila 3  Malaysia
 South Korea
 Thailand
2020 European Team Championships 11–16 February 2020 Liévin 3  France
 Germany
 Scotland
2020 Oceania Championships 13–15 February 2020 Ballarat 1  Australia
2020 Pan Am Championships 13–16 February 2020 Salvador 1  Canada
World Team Rankings 18 February 2020 Kuala Lumpur 3  Indonesia
 Chinese Taipei
 India
World Team Rankings for Asia1  China 1
World Team Rankings for Europe 1  Russia2 3
 Spain 3
Total16
Note
  • ^1 Japan qualified both as defending champions and continental semifinalists, therefore that quota is added to the best world team rankings for Asia.
  • ^2 Denmark qualified both as host and continental semifinalists, therefore that quota is added to the best world team rankings for Europe.
  • ^3 Russia withdrew, Turkey which is next in line declined invitation, thus replaced by Spain as the next highest ranked team from Europe.[3]

Draw

The draw for the tournament will be conducted on 18 March 2020, at 14:00 CET, at Aarhus City Hall in Aarhus. The 16 men and 16 women teams will be drawn into four groups of four.

For the Thomas Cup draw, the teams were allocated to three pots based on the World Team Rankings of 3 March 2020.[4][5] 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, China and Denmark. Pot 2 contained the next best four teams, and Pot 3 was for the ninth to sixteenth seeds.

A similar procedure will be applied for Uber Cup draw, where top seed Japan (which were assigned to position A1), the second seed China (which were assigned to position D1), Korea and Thailand were in Pot 1.

Thomas Cup
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

 Indonesia
 Japan
 China
 Denmark

 Chinese Taipei
 India
 Malaysia
 South Korea
Uber Cup
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

 Japan
 China
 South Korea
 Thailand

 Indonesia
 Chinese Taipei
 India
 Denmark

See also

References
  1. Harmundal, Cecilie (15 May 2019). "Denmark will host the greatest badminton events". Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  2. Green, Lloyd (29 November 2018). "BWF MAJOR EVENT HOSTS 2019-2025 AWARDED". Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  3. "Russia's TUC Withdrawal Opens Door for Germany, Spain". bwfthomasubercups.bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  4. "Indonesia, Japan Top-Seeded for TUC". bwfthomasubercups.bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  5. Seeding List
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