The 2018 Uber 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 2018 Uber Cup, with Thailand qualifying automatically as hosts, and China qualifying automatically as trophy holder.
Qualified teams Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on World Team Rankings Final appearance Badminton Asia Host country 18 March 2017 Badminton Asia 2016 Uber Cup winner 22 May 2016 Badminton Oceania 2018 Oceania Team Championships winner 7 February 2018 Badminton Asia 2018 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 9 February 2018 Badminton Asia 2018 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 9 February 2018 Badminton Asia 2018 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 9 February 2018 Badminton Africa 2018 All Africa Team Championships winner 15 February 2018 Badminton Europe 2018 European Team Championships semifinalists 16 February 2018 Badminton Europe 2018 European Team Championships semifinalists 16 February 2018 Badminton Europe 2018 European Team Championships semifinalists 16 February 2018 Badminton Europe 2018 European Team Championships semifinalists 16 February 2018 Badminton Pan Am 2018 Pan Am Team Championships winner 18 February 2018 Badminton Asia Best ranking (Asia) 22 February 2018 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 18 February 2018 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 18 February 2018 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 18 February 2018
Qualification process The number of teams participating in the final tournament are 16. Even though the qualification process began in February 2018, the allocation of slots for each confederation was similar to the allocation in 2016 tournament.
Summary of qualification
ConfederationTeams startedTeams that have qualifiedTeams that can still qualifyTeams that have been eliminatedRemaining places Total places Badminton AfricaAfrica TS710601Badminton AsiaAsia TS11+24+20704+2Badminton Europe24402004Pan America TS602411Oceania TS410301Various303Total52+213+2240114+2
Note Badminton Asia total includes +1 for Thailand as hosts, and China as trophy holders. Various is the top three of the ranking qualification.
Confederation qualification Badminton Confederation of Africa
The qualification for the African teams was held from 12 to 15 February 2018, at the Hacène Harcha Arena in Algiers, Algeria. The winners of the African qualification will qualified for the Uber Cup.
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
First round (group stage)
Group AGroup B
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Asia
The qualification for the Asian teams was held from 6 to 11 February 2018, at the Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim in Alor Setar, Malaysia. The semi-finalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Uber Cup. Thailand qualifying automatically as hosts, and China qualifying automatically as trophy holder. Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
(qualified)
(qualified)
First round (group stage)
Group WGroup XGroup YGroup Z
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Europe
The qualification for the European teams was held from 13 to 18 February 2018, at the Kazan Gymnastics Centre in Kazan, Russia. The semi-finalist of the European qualification will qualified for the Uber Cup. Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
First round (group stage)
Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4Group 5Group 6
Ranking of runners-up
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Pan Am
The qualification for the Pan American teams will held from 15 to 18 February 2018, at the National Racket Centre in Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago. The winner of the Pan American qualification will qualified for the Uber Cup.
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
First round (group stage)
Group AGroup B
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Oceania
The qualification for the Oceanian teams was held from 6 to 7 February 2018, at the Eastlink Badminton Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand. The winner of the Oceania qualification will qualified for the Uber Cup.
Teams in contention
Round-robin
World team rankings Below is the chart of the BWF World Team Ranking calculated by adding World Ranking of top three Women's Singles players and top two Women's Doubles pairs on 22 February 2018. Rank Nation Points Continentalresults Qualificationstatus 1 BA 360,977 Winner Qualified as BA semifinalists 2 BA 308,790 Runner-up Qualified as trophy holder 3 BA 275,957 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists 4 BA 266,524 Quarterfinals Qualified as host country 5 BA 238,492 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (Asia) 6 BA 214,139 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (overall) 7 BE 212,284 Winner Qualified as BE semifinalists 8 BA 205,240 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists 9 BA 182,004 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (overall) 10 BE 133,539 Semifinals Qualified as BE semifinalists 11 BA 133,018 Group stage Qualified by ranking (overall) 12 BE 130,662 Semifinals Qualified as BE semifinalists 13 BE 128,462 Runner-up Qualified as BE semifinalists 14 BPA 117,395 Winner Qualified as the winner of BPA 15 BPA 111,359 Runner-up 16 BE 110,754 Quarterfinals 17 BE 108,006 Quarterfinals 18 BE 95,214 Quarterfinals 19 BO 90,725 Winner Qualified as the winner of BO 20 BE 83,660 Quarterfinals 21 BPA 79,736 3rd place 22 BE 72,917 23 BE 72,460 24 BE 71,211 Group stage 25 BA 71,163 Group stage 26 BA 69,328 Group stage 27 BE 59,920 28 BE 57,260 Group stage 29 BE 56,173 Group stage 30 BE 47,900 Group stage 31 BE 47,851 Group stage 32 BCA 45,058 Semifinals 33 BE 44,140 34 BPA 41,593 4th place 35 BE 40,194 Group stage 36 BCA 39,539 Winner Qualified as the winner of BCA 37 BCA 38,964 Runner-up 38 BPA 37,200 39 BCA 34,061 Group stage 40 BCA 31,294 Semifinals 41 BO 31,207 Runner-up 42 BPA 31,200 43 BE 29,700 44 BE 29,150 45 BCA 29,009 46 BE 28,443 Group stage 47 BPA 27,560 48 BE 26,109 Group stage 49 BE 25,163 Group stage 50 BE 24,187 Group stage 50+ participants 52 BE 22,051 Group stage 54 BE 21,571 Group stage 55 BE 20,543 Group stage 57 BE 19,272 Group stage 61 BCA 14,270 Group stage 62 BA 13,590 Group stage 65 BE 12,960 Group stage 66 BO 10,920 3rd place 71 BA 9,337 Group stage 76 BO 7,850 4th place 85 BPA 5,590 5th place 96 BCA 2,820 Group stage 108 BE 750 Group stage
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