2012 Thomas Cup qualification

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2012 Thomas Cup qualification
Tournament details
DatesFebruary 13, 2012 (2012-02-13) – February 29, 2012 (2012-02-29)
VenueBA: Macao Forum
BCA: Arat Kilo Hall
BE: Sporthallen Zuid
BO: Ballarat Badminton Stadium
BPA: Los Angeles Badminton Club
LocationBA: Macau
BCA: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
BE: Amsterdam, Netherlands
BO: Ballarat, Australia
BPA: El Monte, United States
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The 2012 Thomas Cup qualification process is a series of tournaments organised by the five BWF confederations to decide 11 of the 12 teams which will play in the 2012 Thomas Cup, with China qualifying automatically as hosts and trophy holders. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Qualified teams

CountryConfederationQualified asQualified onFinal appearance
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Badminton Asia 2010 Thomas Cup winners, 2012 Thomas Cup hosts3 June 201116th
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Badminton Africa 2012 Thomas Cup Preliminaries for Africa winners29 February 20123rd
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Badminton Asia Fifth place at the 2012 Badminton Asia Thomas Cup Preliminaries 19 February 201215th
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Badminton Asia 2012 Badminton Asia Thomas Cup Preliminaries semifinalists19 February 201224th
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Badminton Asia 2012 Badminton Asia Thomas Cup Preliminaries runners-up19 February 201211th
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Badminton Asia 2012 Badminton Asia Thomas Cup Preliminaries semifinalists19 February 201224th
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Badminton Europe 2012 European Team Championships winners19 February 201227th
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Badminton Europe 2012 European Team Championships runners-up19 February 20126th
Flag of England.svg  England Badminton Europe 2012 European Team Championships semifinalists19 February 201212th
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Badminton Europe 2012 European Team Championships semifinalists19 February 2012Debut
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Badminton Oceania 2012 Thomas Cup Preliminaries for Oceania winners19 February 2012Debut
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Badminton Pan Am 2012 Pan American Thomas Cup Preliminaries winners19 February 20129th

Qualification process

The number of teams participating in the final tournament is 12. The allocation of slots for each confederation is the same allocation from 2004 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.

Confederation qualification

Badminton Confederation of Africa

The qualification for the African teams was held from 22 to 29 February 2012, at the Arat Kilo Hall in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The winners of the African qualification will qualify 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

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 33
2Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 32
3Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia (H)31
4Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 30
Source: BWF
(H) Host

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 22
2Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 21
3Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 20
Source: BWF

Second round (knockout stage)

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 February
 
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3
 
26 February
 
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 0
 
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3
 
25 February
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1
 
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 0
 
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 3
 

Badminton Asia

The qualification for the Asian teams was held from 13 to 19 February 2012, at the Macao Forum in Sé, Macau. The semifinalist of the Asian qualification will qualify for the Thomas Cup. Since China qualified automatically as hosts and defending champions, an extra slot will be awarded to the team that finishes first in the classification round.

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage

First round (group stage)

  Advance to Knockout stage
Group A Group B

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 22
2Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 21
3Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 20
Source: BadmintonCN

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 33
2Flag of India.svg  India 32
3Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 31
4Flag of Macau.svg  Macau (H)30
Source: BadmintonCN
(H) Host
Group C Group D

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 33
2Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 32
3Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 31
4Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 30
Source: BadmintonCN

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 22
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 21
3Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 20
Source: BadmintonCN

Second round (knockout stage)

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
         
A1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3
C2 Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 0
A1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3
B1 Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 0
B1 Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 3
D2 Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2
A1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3
C1 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0
C1 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3
A2 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2
C1 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3Third place
D1 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 0
B2 Flag of India.svg  India 0 B1 Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 3
D1 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 3D1 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2

Classification round (additional quota)

  Qualified for the 2012 Thomas Cup

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 33
2Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 31
3Flag of India.svg  India 31
4Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 31
Source: BadmintonCN

Badminton Europe

The qualification for the European teams will held from 14 to 19 February 2012, at the Sporthallen Zuid in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The semi-finalist of the European qualification will qualify for the Thomas Cup.

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage

First round (group stage)

  Advance to Knockout stage
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 22
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 21
3Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 20
Source: BWF

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 22
2Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 21
3Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 20
Source: BWF

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of England.svg  England 33
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 32
3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 31
4Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 30
Source: BWF
Group 4 Group 5 Group 6

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 33
2Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 32
3Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 31
4Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 30
Source: BWF

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (H)33
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 32
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 31
4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 30
Source: BWF
(H) Host

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 33
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 32
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 31
4Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 30
Source: BWF
Group 7 Group 8

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 33
2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 32
3Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 31
4Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 30
Source: BWF

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 33
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 32
3Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 31
4Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 30
Source: BWF

Second round (knockout stage)

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
17 February 2012
 
 
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3
 
18 February 2012
 
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0
 
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3
 
 
 
Flag of England.svg  England 0
 
Flag of England.svg  England 3
 
19 February 2012
 
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1
 
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 3
 
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0
 
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 1
 
 
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 3
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1
 
 
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3Third place
 
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2
 
19 February 2012
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3
 
Flag of England.svg  England 3
 
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0
 

Badminton Oceania

The qualification for the Oceanian teams was held from 18 to 19 February 2012, at the Ballarat Badminton Stadium in Ballarat, Australia. The winner of the Oceania qualification will qualify for the Thomas Cup.

Teams in contention

Round-robin

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 33
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (H)32
3Flag of FLNKS.svg  New Caledonia 31
4Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 30
Source: BWF
(H) Host

Badminton Pan Am

The qualification for the Pan Am teams will hold from 17 to 19 February 2012, at the Los Angeles Badminton Club in El Monte, California, United States. The winner of the Pan Am qualification will qualify 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

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 33
2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 32
3Flag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 31
4Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados 30
Source: BWF

PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States (H)33
2Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 32
3Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 31
4Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 30
Source: BWF
(H) Host

Second round (knockout stage)

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 February
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0
 
19 February
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3
 
19 February
 
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 1
 
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 3
 
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0
 

References

  1. ↑ "Tournament | Badminton Africa 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup preliminaries". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  2. ↑ "Tournament | Badminton Asia 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup preliminaries". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  3. ↑ "Tournament | European Men's & Women's Team Championships 2012". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
  4. ↑ "Tournament | 2012 TUC Pan Am Preliminary". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2025-09-14.
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