The 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 27th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 24th international badminton tournament of the Uber Cup. It was held from May 20–27, 2012 at the Wuhan Sports Center Stadium in Wuhan, China.
Host city selection Jakarta (Indonesia) and Wuhan (China) submitted bids for the competition. Wuhan was announced as the host by BWF after a meeting in Qingdao during the 2011 Sudirman Cup.
Qualifiers
DateConfederation eventLocationQualifierThomas CupUber CupFebruary 13–19, 2012Asia February 14–19, 2012Europe Amsterdam, Netherlands February 17–19, 2012Pan Am California, United StatesFebruary 18–19, 2012Oceania Ballarat, AustraliaFebruary 22–29, 2012Africa Addis Ababa, EthiopiaDefending ChampionsHost
Seedings All the seeding list based on March 1, 2012 world rankings as the draw was conducted on April 15, 2012. The top four seeding teams is in first pot, follow by next four teams in the second pot and the bottom four teams was put in the third pot.
For the knock out draw, to be held immediately after the group stage is completed, the four teams that had topped their group will be ranked according to their world ranking on the 17 May, and the top two seeds would then be separated each into one half. Seeds 3/4 will be drawn into each half, then followed by the remaining 5/8 seeded teams.
Thomas Cup
Uber Cup
Squads
Medal summary Medalists Thomas Cup Lin Dan Chen LongChen JinDu PengyuCai YunFu HaifengShen YeHong WeiChai BiaoGuo Zhendong Lee Hyun-il Son Wan-hoLee Dong-keunHong Ji-hoonJung Jae-sungLee Yong-daeKo Sung-HyunKim Ki-jungKim Sa-rang Sho Sasaki Kenichi TagoTakuma UedaRiichi TakeshitaNoriyasu HirataHirokatsu HashimotoHiroyuki EndoKenichi HayakawaNaoki KawamaeShoji Sato Peter Gade Jan Ø. JørgensenViktor AxelsenHans-Kristian VittinghusMathias BoeCarsten MogensenJonas RasmussenJoachim Fischer NielsenMads Conrad-PetersenMads Pieler Kolding Uber Cup Wang Yihan Wang XinLi XueruiWang ShixianYu YangWang XiaoliZhao YunleiTian QingPan PanCheng Shu Sung Ji-hyun Bae Youn-jooHwang Hye-younKim Soo-jinHa Jung-eunKim Min-jungJung Kyung-eunKim Ha-naEom Hye-wonJang Ye-na Ratchanok Inthanon Porntip BuranaprasertsukSapsiree TaerattanachaiNichaon JindaponKunchala VoravichitchaikulDuanganong AroonkesornSaralee ThoungthongkamSavitree Amitrapai Sayaka Sato Eriko HiroseMinatsu MitaniAi GotoMizuki FujiiReika KakiiwaMami NaitoShizuka MatsuoMisaki MatsutomoAyaka Takahashi
Medal table
Thomas Cup
Groups
Group A TeamPtsPldWL222012110202
20 May 20125–021 May 20124–122 May 20125–0
Group B TeamPtsPldWL222012110202
20 May 20125–021 May 20125–022 May 20125–0
Group C TeamPtsPldWL222012110202
20 May 20125–021 May 20125–022 May 20123–2
Group D TeamPtsPldWL222012110202
20 May 20125–021 May 20125–022 May 20123–2
Knockout stage
All times are Chinese Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
Uber Cup
Groups
Group A TeamPtsPldWL222012110202
20 May 20125–021 May 20125–022 May 20125–0
Group B TeamPtsPldWL121112111211
20 May 20122–321 May 20125–022 May 20123–2
Group C TeamPtsPldWL222012110202
20 May 20125–021 May 20123–222 May 20125–0
Group D TeamPtsPldWL222012110202
20 May 20125–021 May 20124–122 May 20123–2
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Final
References
External links 2012 Thomas and Uber Cups at Badminton World Federation 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup Finals at tournamentsoftware.com