Tournament details | |||
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Dates | 9–17 October 2021 | ||
Edition | 31st (Thomas Cup) 28th (Uber Cup) | ||
Level | International | ||
Nations | 16 (Thomas Cup) 16 (Uber Cup) | ||
Venue | Ceres Arena | ||
Location | Aarhus, Denmark | ||
Official website | bwfthomasubercups | ||
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The 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was 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 were played at Ceres Arena in Aarhus, Denmark. [1] 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 England 1982. It was due to be played on 15–23 August 2020, but on 29 April 2020 it was postponed to the 3–11 October due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] On 15 September 2020 it was again postponed [3] [4] and on 21 December 2020 it was announced that it was postponed to 9–17 October 2021. [5]
China was the defending men's champion team, and Japan was the defending women's champion team. Both were defeated in the final, by Indonesia and China respectively. Both Indonesia and China extended their record of 14 and 15 titles respectively.
Due to non-compliance with the new Anti-Doping rules by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Indonesia (as Thomas Cup champions) and Thailand (as Uber Cup bronze medal) were not permitted to display their national flag at the Victory Ceremony. Instead, they replaced it with PBSI and BAT flag, respectively. [6] [7]
Aarhus was named as the host in November 2018 during BWF Council meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, [8] 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.
Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Slot | Qualified teams |
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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 | ||||
2020 Oceania Championships | 13–15 February 2020 | Ballarat | 1 | |
Tahiti | ||||
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 | ||||
Total | 16 |
Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Slot | Qualified teams |
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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 | |
Tahiti | ||||
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 Asia | 1 | China 1 | ||
World Team Rankings for Europe | 1 | |||
Spain 3 | ||||
Total | 16 |
The original draw for the tournament was conducted on 3 August 2020, at 15:00 MST, at BWF Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. BWF then decided to redraw the tournament after the postponement from 2020 to 2021 this time to be conducted on 18 August 2021, at 15:00 MST also at the BWF headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. 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 18 February 2021. [11] [12] 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 the Uber Cup draw, where top seed Japan (which were assigned to position A1), the second seed China (which were assigned to position D1), South Korea and Thailand were in Pot 1.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | |
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Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | |
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The rankings of teams in each group were determined per BWF Statutes Section 5.1, Article 16.3: [13]
* Host nation (Denmark)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Indonesia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
4 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
5 | Denmark* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Indonesia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 723 | 570 | +153 | 3 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | +10 | 649 | 549 | +100 | 2 | |
3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 676 | 597 | +79 | 1 | |
4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 298 | 630 | −332 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Denmark (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 688 | 514 | +174 | 3 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 587 | 532 | +55 | 2 | |
3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 20 | −7 | 551 | 658 | −107 | 1 | |
4 | France | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 574 | 696 | −122 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 3 | +25 | 638 | 360 | +278 | 3 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 617 | 397 | +220 | 2 | |
3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 429 | 516 | −87 | 1 | |
4 | Tahiti | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 28 | −26 | 216 | 627 | −411 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 443 | 310 | +133 | 2 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | Malaysia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 391 | 352 | +39 | 1 | |
3 | Canada | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 258 | 430 | −172 | 0 | |
4 | England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew [lower-alpha 1] |
The draw was conducted on 14 October 2021 after the last match of the group stage.
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Indonesia | 3 | |||||||||
Malaysia | 0 | |||||||||
Indonesia | 3 | |||||||||
Denmark | 1 | |||||||||
Denmark | 3 | |||||||||
India | 1 | |||||||||
Indonesia | 3 | |||||||||
China | 0 | |||||||||
Thailand | 0 | |||||||||
China | 3 | |||||||||
China | 3 | |||||||||
Japan | 1 | |||||||||
Korea | 2 | |||||||||
Japan | 3 | |||||||||
2020 Thomas Cup champions |
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Indonesia [notes 1] Fourteenth title |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | +30 | 631 | 341 | +290 | 3 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | Indonesia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 571 | 541 | +30 | 2 | |
3 | France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 458 | 613 | −155 | 1 | |
4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 25 | −18 | 471 | 636 | −165 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Thailand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | +29 | 648 | 374 | +274 | 3 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 584 | 546 | +38 | 2 | |
3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 22 | −12 | 457 | 606 | −149 | 1 | |
4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 445 | 608 | −163 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 2 | +27 | 649 | 247 | +402 | 3 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 9 | +13 | 570 | 370 | +200 | 2 | |
3 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 379 | 560 | −181 | 1 | |
4 | Tahiti | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 30 | −29 | 233 | 654 | −421 | 0 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 2 | +28 | 663 | 395 | +268 | 3 | Advance to quarter-finals |
2 | Denmark (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 647 | 596 | +51 | 2 | |
3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 23 | −13 | 477 | 621 | −144 | 1 | |
4 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 27 | −20 | 490 | 665 | −175 | 0 |
The draw was conducted on 13 October 2021, after the last match of the group stage.
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
Japan | 3 | |||||||||
India | 0 | |||||||||
Japan | 3 | |||||||||
Korea | 1 | |||||||||
Korea | 3 | |||||||||
Denmark | 0 | |||||||||
Japan | 1 | |||||||||
China | 3 | |||||||||
Indonesia | 2 | |||||||||
Thailand | 3 | |||||||||
Thailand | 0 | |||||||||
China | 3 | |||||||||
Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||
China | 3 | |||||||||
2020 Uber Cup champions |
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China Fifteenth title |
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