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Dates | February 10, 2020 – February 16, 2020 | ||
Venue | BA: Rizal Memorial Coliseum BCA: Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex BE: Stade Couvert Régional BO: Ken Kay Badminton Stadium BPA: Centro Pan-Americano de Judô | ||
Location | BA: Manila, Philippines BCA: Cairo, Egypt BE: Liévin, France BO: Ballarat, Australia BPA: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil | ||
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The 2020 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 2020 Thomas Cup, with Denmark qualifying automatically as hosts, and China qualifying automatically as trophy holder. [1]
Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | World Team Rankings | Final appearance |
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![]() | Badminton Europe | Host country | 29 November 2018 | 4th | 31st |
![]() | Badminton Asia | 2018 Thomas Cup winners | 27 May 2018 | 3rd | 20th |
![]() | Badminton Africa | 2020 All Africa Team Championships winners | 13 February 2020 | 36th | 2nd |
![]() | Badminton Asia | 2020 Asia Team Championships semifinalists | 14 February 2020 | 6th | 12th |
![]() | Badminton Asia | 2020 Asia Team Championships winners | 14 February 2020 | 1st | 28th |
![]() | Badminton Asia | 2020 Asia Team Championships semifinalists | 14 February 2020 | 2nd | 16th |
![]() | Badminton Asia | 2020 Asia Team Championships runners up | 14 February 2020 | 7th | 28th |
![]() | Badminton Europe | 2020 European Team Championships semifinalists | 14 February 2020 | 14th | 4th |
![]() | Badminton Europe | 2020 European Team Championships runners up | 14 February 2020 | 16th | 2nd |
![]() | Badminton Oceania | 2020 Oceania Team Championships semifinalists 3 | 18 February 2020 | 107th | Debut |
![]() | Badminton Pan Am | 2020 Pan Am Team Championships winners | 16 February 2020 | 12th | 6th |
![]() | Badminton Europe | Best ranking (Europe) 1 | 18 February 2020 | 11th | 15th |
![]() | Badminton Europe | Best ranking (Europe) 2 | 18 February 2020 | 13th | 10th |
![]() | Badminton Asia | Best ranking (overall) | 18 February 2020 | 5th | 4th |
![]() | Badminton Asia | Best ranking (overall) | 18 February 2020 | 8th | 19th |
![]() | Badminton Asia | Best ranking (overall) | 18 February 2020 | 9th | 14th |
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![]() | Badminton Europe | 2020 European Team Championships semifinalists | 14 February 2020 | 15th | — |
![]() | Badminton Oceania | 2020 Oceania Team Championships winners | 15 February 2020 | 32nd | — |
The number of teams participating in the final tournament is 16. The allocation of slots for each confederation is the same allocation from 2016 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. The remaining quota will be filled by World Team Ranking.
The qualification for the African teams was held from 10 to 13 February 2020, at the Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex in Cairo, Egypt. The winners of the African qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.
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Source: TS |
Source: TS |
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The qualification for the Asian teams will held from 11 to 16 February 2020, at the Srizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila, Philippines. The semifinalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. China qualified automatically as trophy holder.
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Source: TS |
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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The qualification for the European teams will held from 11 to 16 February 2020, at the Stade Couvert Régional in Liévin, France. The semi-finalist of the European qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. Denmark qualified automatically as hosts.
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Source: TS |
Source: TS |
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Source: TS |
Source: TS |
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Group 7 | Group 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: TS |
Source: TS |
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The qualification for the Oceanian teams will hold from 13 to 15 February 2020, at the Ken Kay Badminton Stadium in Ballarat, Australia. The winner of the Oceania qualification qualified for the Thomas Cup.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 36 | 5 | +31 | 844 | 468 | +376 | 4 | Thomas Cup |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 35 | 6 | +29 | 845 | 499 | +346 | 3 | |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 643 | 716 | −73 | 2 | |
4 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 10 | 34 | −24 | 609 | 862 | −253 | 1 | |
5 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 4 | 38 | −34 | 474 | 870 | −396 | 0 |
The qualification for the Pan Am teams will hold from 13 to 16 February 2020, at the Centro Pan-Americano de Judô in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The winner of the Pan Am qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.
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Source: TS |
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Semi-finals | Final | |||||
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Third place | ||||||
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Below is the chart of the BWF World Team Ranking calculated by adding World Ranking points of top three Men's Singles players and top two Men's Doubles pairs on 18 February 2020. [2] [3]
Rank | Conf. | Nation | Points | Continental results | Qualification status |
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1 | BA | ![]() | 406,902 | Winner | Qualified as the winner of BA |
2 | BA | ![]() | 377,562 | Semifinals | Qualified as BA semifinalists |
3 | BA | ![]() | 329,458 | Trophy Holder | Qualified as trophy holder |
4 | BE | ![]() | 304,472 | Winner | Qualified as host country |
5 | BA | ![]() | 276,250 | Quarterfinals | Qualified by ranking (overall) |
6 | BA | ![]() | 250,525 | Semifinals | Qualified as BA semifinalists |
7 | BA | ![]() | 231,964 | Runner-up | Qualified as BA runners up |
8 | BA | ![]() | 197,987 | Quarterfinals | Qualified by ranking (overall) |
9 | BA | ![]() | 184,221 | Quarterfinals | Qualified by ranking (overall) |
10 | BA | ![]() | 182,876 | ||
11 | BE | ![]() | 141,712 | Quarterfinals | Qualified by ranking (Europe) |
12 | BPA | ![]() | 133,060 | Winner | Qualified as the winner of BPA |
13 | BE | ![]() | 129,507 | Quarterfinals | Qualified by ranking (Europe) |
14 | BE | ![]() | 123,440 | Semifinals | Qualified as BE semifinalists |
15 | BE | ![]() | 116,127 | Semifinals | Qualified as BE semifinalists, Withdrew |
16 | BE | ![]() | 112,980 | Runner-up | Qualified as BE runners up |
17 | BPA | ![]() | 83,420 | 3rd place | |
18 | BA | ![]() | 72,422 | Group stage | |
19 | BPA | ![]() | 70,239 | Runner-up | |
20 | BPA | ![]() | 69,458 | 5th place | |
21 | BE | ![]() | 68,376 | Group stage | |
22 | BPA | ![]() | 65,289 | 4th place | |
23 | BCA | ![]() | 64,606 | ||
24 | BE | ![]() | 64,028 | Group stage | |
25 | BA | ![]() | 60,757 | ||
26 | BE | ![]() | 58,397 | Quarterfinals | |
27 | BE | ![]() | 57,907 | Group stage | |
28 | BCA | ![]() | 56,912 | Semifinals | |
29 | BE | ![]() | 54,401 | Group stage | |
30 | BE | ![]() | 54,084 | Group stage | |
31 | BE | ![]() | 53,299 | Group stage | |
32 | BO | ![]() | 51,535 | Winner | Qualified as the winner of BO, Withdrew |
33 | BE | ![]() | 50,210 | ||
34 | BE | ![]() | 49,978 | Group stage | |
35 | BCA | ![]() | 49,502 | Runner-up | |
36 | BCA | ![]() | 48,331 | Winner | Qualified as the winner of BCA |
37 | BO | ![]() | 47,471 | Runner-up | Qualified as the runners up of BO, declined the offer |
38 | BE | ![]() | 45,423 | Quarterfinals | |
39 | BPA | ![]() | 45,350 | ||
40 | BE | ![]() | 43,456 | Group stage | |
41 | BE | ![]() | 42,519 | Group stage | |
42 | BE | ![]() | 38,687 | Group stage | |
43 | BPA | ![]() | 38,392 | 6th place | |
44 | BE | ![]() | 38,375 | Group stage | |
45 | BE | ![]() | 38,066 | Group stage | |
46 | BA | ![]() | 34,821 | ||
47 | BE | ![]() | 34,017 | Group stage | |
48 | BE | ![]() | 31,386 | Group stage | |
49 | BE | ![]() | 27,340 | Group stage | |
50 | BPA | ![]() | 26,240 | ||
50+ participants | |||||
51 | BE | ![]() | 24,624 | Group stage | |
52 | BCA | ![]() | 24,225 | Semifinals | |
54 | BE | ![]() | 23,079 | Group stage | |
56 | BA | ![]() | 22,026 | Quarterfinals | |
57 | BE | ![]() | 21,312 | Group stage | |
59 | BE | ![]() | 20,405 | Group stage | |
60 | BE | ![]() | 19,820 | Group stage | |
61 | BA | ![]() | 18,770 | Group stage | |
64 | BE | ![]() | 16,080 | Group stage | |
67 | BCA | ![]() | 15,326 | Group stage | |
73 | BE | ![]() | 11,714 | Group stage | |
80 | BCA | ![]() | 7,970 | Group stage | |
81 | BCA | ![]() | 7,681 | Group stage | |
84 | BE | ![]() | 7,010 | Group stage | |
92 | BCA | ![]() | 6,280 | Group stage | |
96 | BO | ![]() | 5,145 | 4th place | |
106 | BE | ![]() | 3,290 | Group stage | |
107 | BO | ![]() | 3,129 | 3rd place | Qualified as BO semifinalists |
110 | BO | ![]() | 3,020 | 5th place | |
112 | BE | ![]() | 2,975 | Group stage | |
124 | BE | ![]() | 1,148 | Group stage |
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