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2018 Thomas & Uber Cup
โธมัส-อูเบอร์ คัพ 2018

Tournament details
Dates	20–27 May 2018
Edition	30th (Thomas Cup) 27th (Uber Cup)
Level	International
Nations	16 (Thomas Cup) 16 (Uber Cup)
Venue	IMPACT Arena
Location	Bangkok, Thailand
Official website	bwfthomasubercups.com
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The 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup (officially known as the 2018 BWF Thomas & Uber Cup) was the 30th edition of the Thomas Cup and the 27th 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 was hosted by Bangkok, Thailand 20–27 May 2018.

The matches were played at IMPACT Arena. It was the second time that Thailand hosted the Thomas Cup and the first time hosted the Uber Cup tournament and the first time this event was held in Southeast Asia since 2010 in Malaysia.

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

Host selection

Bangkok and New Delhi submitted bids for this championships. Bangkok was named as the host in March 2017 during BWF Council meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where BWF also decided the host for 2018 BWF World Championships, 2019 Sudirman Cup and 2019 BWF World Championships.

Qualification

Thomas Cup

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	18 March 2017	Kuala Lumpur	1	Thailand
2016 Thomas Cup	22 May 2016	Kunshan	1	Denmark
2018 Oceania Championships	6–11 February 2018	Hamilton	1	Australia
2018 Asia Team Championships	6–11 February 2018	Alor Setar	4	Indonesia
				China
				South Korea
				Malaysia
2018 All Africa Team Championships	12–15 February 2018	Algiers	1	Algeria
2018 European Team Championships	13–18 February 2018	Kazan	4–1	England
				Germany
				France
				Russia
2018 Pan Am Championships	15–18 February 2018	Tacarigua	1	Canada
Best world team rankings	18 February 2018	Kuala Lumpur	3+1	Chinese Taipei
				Japan
				India
				Hong Kong
Total			16

Note

^1 Best ranked team from Europe
^2 England withdrew, and replaced by Hong Kong as the next highest ranked team

Uber Cup

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Country	18 March 2017	Kuala Lumpur	1	Thailand
2016 Uber Cup	22 May 2016	Kunshan	1	China
2018 Oceania Championships	6–11 February 2018	Hamilton	1	Australia
2018 Asia Team Championships	6–11 February 2018	Alor Setar	4	Japan
				South Korea
				Indonesia
				Chinese Taipei
2018 All Africa Team Championships	12–15 February 2018	Algiers	1	Mauritius
2018 European Team Championships	13–18 February 2018	Kazan	4–1	Denmark
				Germany
				Russia
				Spain
2018 Pan Am Championships	15–18 February 2018	Tacarigua	1	Canada
Best world team rankings	18 February 2018	Kuala Lumpur	3+1	India
				Malaysia
				Hong Kong
				France
Total			16

Note

^3 Best ranked team from Asia
^4 Spain withdrew and replaced by France as the next highest ranked team

Draw

The draw for the tournament was conducted on 22 March 2018, at 18:00 ICT, at Arnoma Grand Hotel in Bangkok. The 16 men and 16 women teams were 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 22 February 2018. Pot 1 contained the top seed China (which were assigned to position A1), the second seed Denmark (which were assigned to position D1) and the next two best teams, Indonesia and Chinese Taipei. Pot 2 contained the next best four teams, and Pot 3 was for the ninth to sixteenth seeds.

A similar procedure was 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

Uber Cup

Squads

Tiebreakers

The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Chapter 5 Section 5.2.1. Article 12):

1. Points
2. Results between tied teams
3. Match difference
4. Game difference
5. Point difference

Teams that won 3 match first win the tie: 1 point for the winner, 0 match points for the loser.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thomas Cup	China Chen Long Shi Yuqi Lin Dan Qiao Bin Liu Cheng Zhang Nan Li Junhui Liu Yuchen Wang Yilü Zheng Siwei	Japan Kento Momota Kenta Nishimoto Kazumasa Sakai Kanta Tsuneyama Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda Takuto Inoue Yuki Kaneko Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	Denmark Viktor Axelsen Anders Antonsen Hans-Kristian Vittinghus Jan Ø. Jørgensen Mathias Boe Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
	Indonesia Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Jonatan Christie Ihsan Maulana Mustofa Firman Abdul Kholik Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan
Uber Cup	Japan Akane Yamaguchi Nozomi Okuhara Sayaka Sato Sayaka Takahashi Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	Thailand Ratchanok Intanon Nitchaon Jindapol Busanan Ongbamrungphan Pornpawee Chochuwong Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai Phataimas Muenwong Chayanit Chaladchalam Puttita Supajirakul Sapsiree Taerattanachai	South Korea Sung Ji-hyun Lee Jang-mi Lee Se-yeon An Se-young Shin Seung-chan Kim So-yeong Kim Hye-rin Kong Hee-yong Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-lim
	China Chen Yufei He Bingjiao Gao Fangjie Li Xuerui Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan Huang Yaqiong Huang Dongping Tang Jinhua Zheng Yu

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Thailand)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	1	1	0	2
2	China	1	0	1	2
3	Thailand*	0	1	0	1
4	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		2	2	4	8

Thomas Cup

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	15	0	+15	30	3	+27	681	416	+265	3	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	5–0	5–0	5–0
2	France	3	2	1	9	6	+3	18	14	+4	566	532	+34	2				—	4–1	5–0
3	India	3	1	2	6	9	−3	17	19	−2	618	632	−14	1					—	5–0
4	Australia	3	0	3	0	15	−15	1	30	−29	365	650	−285	0						—

India	1–4	France
Result

China	5–0	Australia
Result

China	5–0	France
Result

India	5–0	Australia
Result

China	5–0	India
Result

France	5–0	Australia
Result

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	3	3	0	12	3	+9	25	10	+15	700	532	+168	3	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	3–2	4–1	5–0
2	South Korea	3	2	1	9	6	+3	22	15	+7	685	644	+41	2				—	3–2	4–1
3	Thailand (H)	3	1	2	8	7	+1	20	15	+5	645	641	+4	1					—	5–0
4	Canada	3	0	3	1	14	−13	2	29	−27	414	627	−213	0						—

Indonesia	5–0	Canada
Result

South Korea	3–2	Thailand
Result

South Korea	4–1	Canada
Result

Indonesia	4–1	Thailand
Result

Indonesia	3–2	South Korea
Result

Thailand	5–0	Canada
Result

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	13	2	+11	27	10	+17	730	621	+109	3	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	5–0	4–1	4–1
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	9	6	+3	20	13	+7	642	611	+31	2				—	4–1	5–0
3	Hong Kong	3	1	2	5	10	−5	13	22	−9	629	655	−26	1					—	3–2
4	Germany	3	0	3	3	12	−9	11	26	−15	623	737	−114	0						—

Japan	4–1	Hong Kong
Result

Chinese Taipei	5–0	Germany
Result

Japan	4–1	Germany
Result

Chinese Taipei	4–1	Hong Kong
Result

Chinese Taipei	0–5	Japan
Result

Hong Kong	3–2	Germany
Result

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	13	2	+11	26	7	+19	667	416	+251	3	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	3–2	5–0	5–0
2	Malaysia	3	2	1	12	3	+9	27	6	+21	659	478	+181	2				—	5–0	5–0
3	Russia	3	1	2	5	10	−5	10	20	−10	446	505	−59	1					—	5–0
4	Algeria	3	0	3	0	15	−15	0	30	−30	257	630	−373	0						—

Malaysia	5–0	Russia
Result

Denmark	5–0	Algeria
Result

Denmark	5–0	Russia
Result

Malaysia	5–0	Algeria
Result

Denmark	3–2	Malaysia
Result

Russia	5–0	Algeria
Result

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	China	3
	Chinese Taipei	0
					China	3
					Indonesia	1
	Indonesia	3
	Malaysia	1
									China	3
									Japan	1
	France	1
	Japan	3
					Japan	3
					Denmark	2
	South Korea	0
	Denmark	3

Quarter-finals

China	3–0	Chinese Taipei
Result

Indonesia	3–1	Malaysia
Result

France	1–3	Japan
Result

South Korea	0–3	Denmark
Result

Semi-finals

China	3–1	Indonesia
Result

Japan	3–2	Denmark
Result

Final

China	3–1	Japan
Result

2018 Thomas Cup champion
China Tenth title

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W L Pts MD GD PD Final result  China 6 6 0 6 +22 +38 +315 Champions  Japan 6 5 1 5 +12 +21 +158 Runners-up  Denmark 5 4 1 4 +13 +20 +252 Eliminated in semi-finals  Indonesia 5 4 1 4 +9 +13 +149 5  Malaysia 4 2 2 2 +7 +20 +172 Eliminated in quarter-finals 6  France 4 2 2 2 +1 0 −3 7  South Korea 4 2 2 2 0 +3 +16 8  Chinese Taipei 4 2 2 2 0 +2 +21 9  Thailand 3 1 2 1 +1 +5 +4 Eliminated in group stage 10  India 3 1 2 1 −3 −2 −14 11  Hong Kong 3 1 2 1 −5 −9 −26 12  Russia 3 1 2 1 −5 −10 −59 13  Germany 3 0 3 0 −9 −15 −114 14  Canada 3 0 3 0 −13 −27 −213 15  Australia 3 0 3 0 −15 −29 −285 16  Algeria 3 0 3 0 −15 −30 −373

Uber Cup

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	15	0	+15	30	1	+29	643	363	+280	3	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	5–0	5–0	5–0
2	Canada	3	2	1	8	7	+1	16	16	0	566	556	+10	2				—	4–1	4–1
3	India	3	1	2	5	10	−5	12	20	−8	521	585	−64	1					—	4–1
4	Australia	3	0	3	2	13	−11	5	26	−21	410	636	−226	0						—

Japan	5–0	Australia
Result

India	1–4	Canada
Result

Japan	5–0	Canada
Result

India	4–1	Australia
Result

Japan	5–0	India
Result

Canada	4–1	Australia
Result

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand (H)	3	3	0	13	2	+11	27	6	+21	650	481	+169	3	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	3–2	5–0	5–0
2	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	11	4	+7	24	12	+12	695	604	+91	2				—	4–1	5–0
3	Hong Kong	3	1	2	5	10	−5	12	23	−11	580	667	−87	1					—	4–1
4	Germany	3	0	3	1	14	−13	6	28	−22	512	685	−173	0						—

Chinese Taipei	4–1	Hong Kong
Result

Thailand	5–0	Germany
Result

Thailand	5–0	Hong Kong
Result

Chinese Taipei	5–0	Germany
Result

Thailand	3–2	Chinese Taipei
Result

Hong Kong	4–1	Germany
Result

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	13	2	+11	26	5	+21	635	374	+261	3	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	3–2	5–0	5–0
2	Denmark	3	2	1	11	4	+7	23	11	+12	650	486	+164	2				—	4–1	5–0
3	Russia	3	1	2	6	9	−3	16	19	−3	593	613	−20	1					—	5–0
4	Mauritius	3	0	3	0	15	−15	0	30	−30	225	630	−405	0						—

South Korea	5–0	Mauritius
Result

Denmark	4–1	Russia
Result

Denmark	5–0	Mauritius
Result

South Korea	5–0	Russia
Result

South Korea	3–2	Denmark
Result

Russia	5–0	Mauritius
Result

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	12	3	+9	26	7	+19	661	507	+154	3	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	3–2	4–1	5–0
2	Indonesia	3	2	1	10	5	+5	22	13	+9	675	619	+56	2				—	3–2	5–0
3	Malaysia	3	1	2	8	7	+1	18	20	−2	700	679	+21	1					—	5–0
4	France	3	0	3	0	15	−15	4	30	−26	469	700	−231	0						—

China	5–0	France
Result

Indonesia	3–2	Malaysia
Result

China	4–1	Malaysia
Result

Indonesia	5–0	France
Result

China	3–2	Indonesia
Result

Malaysia	5–0	France
Result

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Japan	3
	Chinese Taipei	1
					Japan	3
					South Korea	1
	South Korea	3
	Canada	1
									Japan	3
									Thailand	0
	Indonesia	2
	Thailand	3
					Thailand	3
					China	2
	Denmark	1
	China	3

Quarter-finals

Japan	3–1	Chinese Taipei
Result

South Korea	3–1	Canada
Result

Indonesia	2–3	Thailand
Result

Denmark	1–3	China
Result

Semi-finals

Japan	3–1	South Korea
Result

Thailand	3–2	China
Result

Final

Japan	3–0	Thailand
Result

2018 Uber Cup champion
Japan Sixth title

Final ranking

Pos Team Pld W L Pts MD GD PD Final result  Japan 6 6 0 6 +22 +42 +408 Champions  Thailand 6 5 1 5 +10 +18 +192 Runners-up  South Korea 5 4 1 4 +11 +20 +259 Eliminated in semi-finals  China 5 4 1 4 +10 +23 +182 5  Chinese Taipei 4 2 2 2 +5 +8 +46 Eliminated in quarter-finals 6  Denmark 4 2 2 2 +5 +7 +103 7  Indonesia 4 2 2 2 +4 +7 +25 8  Canada 4 2 2 2 −1 −2 −30 9  Malaysia 3 1 2 1 +1 −2 +21 Eliminated in group stage 10  Russia 3 1 2 1 −3 −3 −20 11  India 3 1 2 1 −5 −8 −64 12  Hong Kong 3 1 2 1 −5 −11 −87 13  Australia 3 0 3 0 −11 −21 −226 14  Germany 3 0 3 0 −13 −22 −173 15  France 3 0 3 0 −15 −26 −231 16  Mauritius 3 0 3 0 −15 −30 −405

International Broadcasters

Country/Region	Broadcaster	Ref
Thailand (host)	True Corporation
International (unsold markets only)	YouTube
China	CCTV
Denmark	TV2 Sport
Hong Kong	I-Cable
India	Star Sports
Indonesia	TVRI
	iNews
	K-Vision
	SportsFix
Malaysia	RTM
	Astro
Singapore	StarHub

See also

• 2017 Sudirman Cup
• 2018 BWF World Championships

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