The 2022 Thomas & Uber Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2022 for sponsorship reasons) was the 32nd edition of the Thomas Cup and the 29th 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 at Bangkok, Thailand in the Impact Arena from 8 to 15 May 2022. This marks the third time Thailand has hosted the Thomas Cup, and second time for the Uber Cup. The tournament returns to its usual two-year cycle after the previous tournament was delayed for a year to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Indonesia were the defending champions for the men's team, and China for the women's team.
The tournament was contested by 16 nations each in the men's and women's discipline, with a format of group stage from which top two teams qualify for the knockout stage. Denmark, India, Indonesia and Japan reached the semi-finals of the Thomas Cup while China, Japan, South Korea and Thailand were qualified to play the semi-finals of the Uber Cup.
The men's event finals was between Indonesia and India. India won 3–0 for their first title. The women's event finals was between China and South Korea in which the South Korean team won 3–2 for their second title.
Host selection Bangkok was named as the host in November 2018 during BWF Council meeting at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where the BWF also announced the host for 18 major events, including Thomas and Uber Cup, Sudirman Cup, BWF World Championships, BWF World Junior Championships, and BWF World Senior Championships from 2019 to 2025.
Qualification Thailand qualified automatically as hosts, while Indonesia qualified as the trophy holder.
Thomas Cup
Means of qualification Date Venue Slot Qualified teams Host country 29 November 2018 Bangkok 1 2020 Thomas Cup 9–17 October 2021 Aarhus 1 2022 All Africa Team Championships 14–17 February 2022 Kampala 1 2022 Asia Team Championships 15–20 February 2022 Shah Alam 3 2022 Pan Am Male & Female Cup 17–20 February 2022 Acapulco 1 World Team Rankings for Europe 22 February 2022 - 4 World Team Rankings for Oceania 1 World Team Rankings for Asia 1 World Team Rankings 3 Total 16
Uber Cup
Means of qualification Date Venue Slot Qualified teams Host country 29 November 2018 Kuala Lumpur 1 2020 Uber Cup 9–17 October 2021 Aarhus 1 2022 All Africa Team Championships 14–17 February 2022 Kampala 1 2022 Asia Team Championships 15–20 February 2022 Shah Alam 4 2022 Pan Am Male & Female Cup 17–20 February 2022 Acapulco 1 World Team Rankings for Europe 22 February 2022 Kuala Lumpur 4 World Team Rankings for Oceania 1 World Team Rankings 3 Total 16 Note Russia and Belarus suspended from any BWF events until further notice
Draw The draw for the tournament was conducted on 1 April 2022, at 15:00 ICT, at Arnoma Grand Bangkok in Bangkok, Thailand. The 16 men and 16 women teams were drawn into four groups of four.
For the Thomas Cup draw, the teams were allocated to four pots based on the World Team Rankings of 22 February 2022. Pot 1 contained the top seed Indonesia (which were assigned to position A1), the second seed Japan (which were assigned to position D1) and the next two best teams, Denmark and Chinese Taipei. Pot 2 contained the next best four teams, Pot 3 contained the ninth to twelfth seeds, and Pot 4 for the thirteenth to sixteenth seeds.
A similar procedure was applied for the Uber Cup draw, where top seed Japan (were assigned to position A1), the second seed, South Korea (were assigned to position D1), China and Thailand were in Pot 1.
Thomas Cup Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Uber Cup Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Squads
Tiebreakers The rankings of teams in each group were determined per BWF Statutes Section 5.1, Article 16.3: Number of matches won; Match result between the teams in question; Match difference in all group matches; Game difference in all group matches; Point difference in all group matches.
Medal summary Medalists Thomas Cup Lakshya Sen Srikanth KidambiPrannoy H. S.Priyanshu RajawatSatwiksairaj RankireddyChirag ShettyArjun M. R.Dhruv KapilaKrishna Prasad GaragaVishnuvardhan Goud Panjala Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Jonatan ChristieShesar Hiren RhustavitoTegar SulistioSyabda Perkasa BelawaKevin Sanjaya SukamuljoMohammad AhsanHendra SetiawanFajar AlfianMuhammad Rian ArdiantoBagas MaulanaMuhammad Shohibul Fikri Viktor Axelsen Anders AntonsenRasmus GemkeHans-Kristian VittinghusVictor SvendsenKim AstrupAnders Skaarup RasmussenRasmus KjærLasse MølhedeJeppe BayMathias ChristiansenFrederik Søgaard Kento Momota Kanta TsuneyamaKenta NishimotoKodai NaraokaRiku HatanoTakuro HokiYugo KobayashiYuta WatanabeAkira KogaTaichi SaitoYoshinori TakeuchiKeiichiro Matsui Uber Cup An Se-young Kim Ga-eunSim Yu-jinLee Seo-jinShin Seung-chanKim So-yeongKong Hee-yongBaek Ha-naJeong Na-eunKim Hye-jeongLee Yu-rim Chen Yufei He BingjiaoWang ZhiyiHan YueZhang YimanChen QingchenJia YifanZheng YuLi WenmeiZhang ShuxianDu YueHuang Dongping Akane Yamaguchi Nozomi OkuharaSayaka TakahashiSaena KawakamiRiko GunjiYuki FukushimaSayaka HirotaMayu MatsumotoWakana NagaharaChiharu ShidaNami MatsuyamaMisaki Matsutomo Ratchanok IntanonPornpawee ChochuwongBusanan OngbamrungphanPhittayaporn ChaiwanSupanida KatethongPitchamon OpatniputRawinda PrajongjaiBenyapa AimsaardNuntakarn AimsaardPhataimas MuenwongLaksika Kanlaha
Medal table
Thomas Cup Group stage In the initial stage of the tournament, the teams were placed in groups of four where they contested against each other. Winning a match nets one point for the team. The top two teams from each of the four groups advanced to the knockout stage. The matches were played from 8 to 11 May 2022.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage The knockout stage of the tournament started from 12 May 2022 on which the quarter-finals were held. Semi-finals were held on 13 May 2022 while the finals was held on 15 May 2022. Below is the bracket for the knockout round of the tournament, teams in bold denote match winners.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Final ranking
TeamFinal result 6 5 1 5 +14 +20 +152 Champions 6 5 1 5 +8 +15 +117 Runners-up 5 4 1 4 +11 +22 +193 Eliminated in semi-finals 5 3 2 3 +9 +16 +202 5 4 3 1 3 +10 +19 +136 Eliminated in quarter-finals 6 4 3 1 3 +10 +14 +100 7 4 2 2 2 +6 +12 +124 8 4 2 2 2 0 +1 –14 9 3 1 2 1 –3 –7 –26 Eliminated in group stage 10 3 1 2 1 –5 –8 0 11 3 1 2 1 –7 –9 –89 12 3 1 2 1 −9 −10 −78 13 3 0 3 0 –5 –7 –40 14 3 0 3 0 −11 −21 −180 15 3 0 3 0 –13 –27 –257 16 3 0 3 0 –15 –30 –341
Uber Cup Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage The quarter and semi-finals were held between 12 and 13 May 2022 while the finals was held on 14 May 2022. Below is the bracket for the knockout round of the tournament, teams in bold denote match winners.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Final ranking
TeamFinal result 6 6 0 6 +20 +33 +236 Champions 6 5 1 5 +20 +38 +374 Runners-up 5 4 1 4 +13 +24 +273 Eliminated in semi-finals 5 4 1 4 +13 +22 +269 5 4 2 2 2 +4 +5 +37 Eliminated in quarter-finals 6 4 2 2 2 0 +5 +63 7 4 2 2 2 –2 +4 +82 8 4 2 2 2 –2 –4 –41 9 3 1 2 1 +1 +1 +16 Eliminated in group stage 10 3 1 2 1 –5 –6 –61 11 3 1 2 1 –5 –12 –168 12 3 1 2 1 –9 –17 –149 13 3 0 3 0 –9 –20 –148 14 3 0 3 0 –11 –18 –171 15 3 0 3 0 −13 −25 −232 16 3 0 3 0 −15 −30 −380
References
External links Tournament Link Official Website – Thomas & Uber Cup