The 2020 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 2020 Uber Cup, with Denmark qualifying automatically as hosts, and Japan qualifying automatically as trophy holder.
Qualified teams Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on World Team Rankings Final appearance Badminton Europe Host country 29 November 2018 Badminton Asia 2018 Uber Cup winners 27 May 2018 Badminton Africa 2020 All Africa Team Championships winner 12 February 2020 Badminton Asia 2020 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 14 February 2020 Badminton Asia 2020 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 14 February 2020 Badminton Asia 2020 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 14 February 2020 Badminton Europe 2020 European Team Championships semifinalists 14 February 2020 Badminton Europe 2020 European Team Championships semifinalists 14 February 2020 Badminton Europe 2020 European Team Championships semifinalists 14 February 2020 Badminton Oceania 2020 Oceania Team Championships semifinalists 18 February 2020 Badminton Pan Am 2020 Pan Am Team Championships winner 16 February 2020 Badminton Asia Best ranking (Asia) 18 February 2020 Badminton Europe Best ranking (Europe) 18 February 2020 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 18 February 2020 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 18 February 2020 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 18 February 2020 Withdrew Badminton Europe Best ranking (Europe) 18 February 2020 Badminton Oceania 2020 Oceania Team Championships winners 15 February 2020
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.
Confederation qualification Badminton Confederation of Africa
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 Uber Cup.
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
Round-robin
Badminton Asia
The qualification for the Asian teams will held from 11 to 16 February 2020, at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila, Philippines. The semifinalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Uber Cup. Japan qualified automatically as trophy holder. Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
(qualified)
First round (group stage)
Group W Group X Group Y Group Z
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Europe
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. Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
(qualified)
First round (group stage)
Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4Group 5Group 6Group 7
Ranking of runners-up
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Oceania
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 Uber Cup.
Teams in contention
Round-robin
Badminton Pan Am
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 Uber Cup. Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
First round (group stage)
Group A Group B
Second round (knockout stage)
World team rankings Summary of qualification Below is the chart of the BWF World Team Ranking calculated by adding World Ranking points of top three Women's Singles players and top two Women's Doubles pairs on 18 February 2020. Rank Nation Points Continentalresults Qualificationstatus 1 BA 416,261 Winner Qualified as trophy holder 2 BA 393,284 Qualified by ranking (Asia) 3 BA 328,374 Runner-up Qualified as BA semifinalists 4 BA 280,952 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists 5 BA 230,502 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (overall) 6 BA 227,037 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (overall) 7 BA 207,820 Qualified by ranking (overall) 8 BE 194,994 Winner Qualified as host country 9 BA 165,815 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists 10 BPA 157,851 Winner Qualified as the winner of BPA 11 BA 149,508 12 BE 140,678 Quarterfinals 13 BE 137,316 Semifinals Qualified as BE semifinalists 14 BPA 131,429 Runner-up 15 BE 118,358 Runner-up Qualified as BE semifinalists 16 BE 110,789 Quarterfinals 17 BE 108,222 Group stage Qualified by ranking (Europe) 18 BE 105,505 Group stage 19 BE 105,175 Group stage 20 BE 99,479 Group stage 21 BO 94,012 Winner 22 BA 91,611 Quarterfinals 23 BPA 83,115 3rd place 24 BE 77,742 Quarterfinals 25 BCA 75,698 Winner Qualified as the winner of BCA 26 BPA 72,949 5th place 27 BE 68,397 28 BE 67,456 Group stage 29 BE 67,077 Semifinals Qualified as BE semifinalists 30 BA 66,601 31 BE 65,457 Quarterfinals 32 BE 57,371 Group stage 33 BPA 56,809 6th place 34 BE 51,793 Group stage 35 BCA 50,663 36 BPA 50,537 4th place 37 BE 47,453 Group stage 38 BA 40,470 39 BCA 34,758 3rd place 40 BE 31,062 Group stage 41 BE 31,007 Group stage 42 BCA 30,863 Runner-up 43 BE 29,363 Group stage 44 BE 29,351 Group stage 45 BA 29,110 46 BO 28,493 Runner-up 47 BA 28,100 48 BPA 27,420 49 BCA 26,060 4th place 50 BE 25,675 Group stage 50+ participants 53 BE 23,407 Group stage 54 BE 23,280 Group stage 55 BE 23,207 Group stage 58 BE 21,764 Group stage 61 BE 17,658 Group stage 62 BE 17,024 Group stage 67 BE 14,615 Group stage 74 BA 10,166 Group stage 77 BA 9,093 Quarterfinals 81 BO 6,927 3rd place 89 BE 5,775 Group stage 92 BO 4,863 4th place Qualified as BO semifinalists – BPA – 7th place
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