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| Dates | 15–22 May | ||
| Edition | 29th (Thomas Cup) 26th (Uber Cup) | ||
| Level | International | ||
| Venue | Kunshan Sports Centre | ||
| Location | Kunshan, Jiangsu, China | ||
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The 2016 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 29th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 26th tournament of the Uber Cup, the premier badminton team championships for men and women respectively. It was held at the Kunshan Sports Centre in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China. [1]
Jakarta and Kunshan submitted bids for this championships, the same situation as the bid for 2015 BWF World Championships. [1] Kunshan was named as the host in May 2014 during BWF Council meeting in New Delhi, India.
| Confederation | Qualifiers | |
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| Thomas Cup | Uber Cup | |
| Defending Champions |  Japan |  China |
| Host Nation | China | |
| Africa |  South Africa |  Mauritius |
| Asia |  India  Indonesia  South Korea  Malaysia | India Japan South Korea  Thailand |
| Europe |  Denmark  Germany  England  France | Denmark Germany  Spain  Bulgaria |
| Oceania |  New Zealand |  Australia |
| Pan America |  Mexico |  United States |
| By Ranking |  Chinese Taipei  Hong Kong Thailand | Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Indonesia Malaysia |
The seeding list was based on 3 March 2016 World Rankings.
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | China* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
All times are UTC+08:00
Group A
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Group C
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| South Korea | 3 | |||||||||
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| Indonesia | 3 | |||||||||
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| Denmark | 3 | |||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | |||||||||
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| Malaysia | 3 | |||||||||
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| Denmark | 3 | |||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||
| Denmark | 3 | |||||||||
 Chinese Taipei 1 | Kunshan Sports Centre, Court 2 19 May 2016 13:00 |  Malaysia 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Indonesia 3 | Kunshan Sports Centre, Court 3 19 May 2016 13:00 |  Hong Kong 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 China 1 | Kunshan Sports Centre, Court 1 19 May 2016 19:00 |  South Korea 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Japan 2 | Kunshan Sports Centre, Court 4 19 May 2016 19:00 |  Denmark 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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South Korea 1 | Kunshan Sports Centre, Court 2 20 May 2016 13:00 | Indonesia 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Malaysia 2 | Kunshan Sports Centre, Court 1 20 May 2016 19:00 | Denmark 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indonesia 2 | Kunshan Sports Centre, Court 1 22 May 2016 13:00 | Denmark 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2016 Thomas Cup champion |
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Denmark First title |
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| China | 3 | |||||||||
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| Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||
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| India | 0 | |||||||||
| Thailand | 1 | |||||||||
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| China | 3 | |||||||||
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| Japan | 1 | |||||||||
| Denmark | 0 | |||||||||
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 Thailand 1 | Kunshan Sports Centre, Court 1 19 May 2016 13:00 |  India 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2016 Uber Cup champion |
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China Fourteenth title |
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