2022 Thomas Cup qualification

2022 Thomas Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates	May 8, 2022 – May 15, 2022
Venue	BA: Setia City Convention Centre; BCA: Lugogo Arena; BE: Lahti Energia Arena; BO: Badminton North Harbour Center; BPA: Mundo Imperial
Location	BA: Selangor, Malaysia; BCA: Kampala, Uganda; BE: Lahti, Finland; BO: Auckland, New Zealand; BPA: Acapulco, Mexico
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The 2022 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 2022 Thomas Cup, with Thailand qualifying automatically as hosts, and Indonesia qualifying automatically as trophy holder.^[1]

Qualification process

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.^[2]

Qualified teams

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	World Team Rankings	Final appearance
Thailand	Badminton Asia	Host country	29 November 2018	TBD	15th
Indonesia	Badminton Asia	2020 Thomas Cup winners	17 October 2021	TBD	29th
Algeria	Badminton Africa	2022 All Africa Team Championships winners	17 February 2022	TBD	3rd
Malaysia	Badminton Asia	2022 Asia Team Championships semifinalists	17 February 2022	TBD	29th
Singapore	Badminton Asia	2022 Asia Team Championships semifinalists	18 February 2022	TBD	3rd
South Korea	Badminton Asia	2022 Asia Team Championships semifinalists	18 February 2022	TBD	20th
TBD	Badminton Pan Am	2022 Pan Am Team Championships winners	20 February 2022	TBD	TBD
Denmark	Badminton Europe	Best ranking (Europe)	22 February 2022	TBD	32nd
England	Badminton Europe	Best ranking (Europe)	22 February 2022	TBD	15th
France	Badminton Europe	Best ranking (Europe)	22 February 2022	TBD	5th
Germany	Badminton Europe	Best ranking (Europe)	22 February 2022	TBD	11th
New Zealand	Badminton Oceania	Best ranking (Oceania)	22 February 2022	TBD	8th
Japan	Badminton Asia	Best ranking (Asia)¹	22 February 2022	TBD	16th
China	Badminton Asia	Best ranking (overall)	22 February 2022	TBD	21st
Chinese Taipei	Badminton Asia	Best ranking (overall)	22 February 2022	TBD	5th
India	Badminton Asia	Best ranking (overall)	22 February 2022	TBD	13th

^1 Since Indonesia, one of the semifinalists for Asian qualification tournament had already qualified as title holder, hence the spot is given to the best Asian team from World Team Ranking.

Confederation qualification

Badminton Confederation of Africa

The qualification for the African teams was held from 14 to 17 February 2022, at the Lugogo Arena, in Kampala, Uganda. The winners of the African qualification will qualified 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

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Mauritius	2	2
2	Zambia	2	1
3	Zimbabwe	2	0

Source: TS

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Algeria	3	3
2	Réunion	3	2
3	Uganda (H)	3	1
4	Benin	3	0

Source: TS
(H) Host

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Egypt	2	2
2	South Africa	2	1
3	Cameroon	2	0

Source: TS

Second round (Knockout stage)

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Egypt
		17 February 9:00
Bye
		Egypt	3
16 February 14:00
		South Africa	1
South Africa	3
				17 February 16:30
Zambia	1
				Egypt	0
16 February 14:00
				Algeria	3
Réunion	2
		17 February 9:00
Mauritius	3
		Mauritius	0

		Algeria	3
Algeria

Bye

Badminton Asia

The qualification for the Asian teams was held from 15 to 20 February 2022, at the Setia City Convention Centre in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The semifinalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. Indonesia qualified automatically as trophy holder .

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage

First round (Group stage)

Advance to Knockout stage

Group A

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Indonesia	3	3
2	South Korea	3	2
3	India	3	1
4	Hong Kong	3	0

Source: TS

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Malaysia (H)	3	3
2	Singapore	3	2
3	Japan	3	1
4	Kazakhstan	3	0

Source: TS
(H) Host

Second round (Knockout stage)

Semi-finals		Final

19 February 16:00

Indonesia	3
		20 February 16:00
Singapore	2
		Indonesia	0
19 February 16:00
		Malaysia	3
South Korea	0

Malaysia	3

Badminton Europe

The 2022 European Men’s & Women’s Team Championships were cancelled due to Covid-19. Therefore, the qualification for European teams are through World Ranking. The best four of the European men's team rankings will qualified for the Thomas Cup. ^[3]

Badminton Oceania

The 2022 Oceania Badminton Team Championships were cancelled due to Covid-19. Therefore, the qualification for Oceania teams are through World Ranking. The best one of the Oceania team rankings will qualified for the Thomas Cup.

Badminton Pan Am

The qualification for the Pan Am teams will be held from 17 to 20 February 2022, at the Mundo Imperial in Acapulco, Mexico. The winner of the Pan Am qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.