The 2024 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 2024 Thomas Cup, with China qualifying automatically as hosts, India qualifying automatically as trophy holder.
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.
Qualified teams Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on World Team Rankings Final appearance Badminton Asia Host country 28 November 2021 Badminton Asia 2022 Thomas Cup winners 15 May 2022 Badminton Africa 2024 All Africa Championships winners 15 February 2024 Badminton Asia 2024 Asia Championships runner-up 18 February 2024 Badminton Asia 2024 Asia Championships semifinalists 17 February 2024 Badminton Asia 2024 Asia Championships semifinalists 17 February 2024 Badminton Pan Am 2024 Pan Am Cup winners 18 February 2024 Badminton Europe 2024 European Championships winner 18 February 2024 Badminton Europe 2024 European Championships runner-up 18 February 2024 Badminton Europe 2024 European Championships semifinalists 17 February 2024 Badminton Europe 2024 European Championships semifinalists 17 February 2024 Badminton Oceania 2024 Oceania Championships winner 22 February 2022 Badminton Asia Best ranking (Asia) 18 February 2024 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 18 February 2024 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 18 February 2024 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 18 February 2024
Confederation qualification Badminton Confederation of Africa
The qualification for the African teams was held from 12 to 15 February 2024, at the Cairo Stadium Hall 4, in Cairo, Egypt. 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)
Group A Group B
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Asia
The qualification for the Asian teams was held from 13 to 18 February 2024, at the Setia City Convention Centre in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The semifinalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. India qualified automatically as trophy holder .
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
First round (group stage)
Group A Group B Group C Group D
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Europe
The qualification for the European teams was held from 14 to 18 February 2024, at the Sport Arena Łódź in Łódź, Poland. The semifinalist of the European qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
Teams failed to qualify for the Group stage
First round (group stage)
Group 1 Group 2
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Oceania
The qualification for the Oceanian teams was held from 16 to 18 February 2024, at the Badminton Geelong in Geelong, Australia. The winner of the Oceania qualification qualified for the Thomas Cup.
Teams in contention
Round-robin
Badminton Pan Am
The qualification for the Pan Am teams was held from 15 to 18 February 2024, at the Centro Paralimpico Brasílero in São Paulo, Brazil. The winner of the Pan Am qualification qualified for the Thomas 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 Below is the chart of the BWF World Team Ranking calculated by adding World Ranking points of top three Men's Singles players and top two Men's Doubles pairs on 20 February 2024.
Key QS – Qualification stage GS – Group stage SG – Subgroup Rank Nation Points Continentalresults Host Titleholder Continentalqualifier Rankingqualifier 1 BA 405,911 Winner Host Asia 2 BE 370,148 Winner Europe 3 BA 350,429 Quarter-finalist Asia WR 4 BA 345,532 Semi-finalist Asia 5 BA 323,096 Finalist Asia 6 BA 314,992 Quarter-finalist Holder 7 BA 290,476 Quarter-finalist World ranking 8 BA 205,764 Semi-finalist Asia 9 BE 200,041 Finalist Europe 10 BA 195,281 3rd in GS World ranking 11 BPA 162,527 Winner Pan America 12 BA 156,084 3rd in GS World ranking 13 BA 144,194 Quarter-finalist 14 BE 132,535 Semi-finalist Europe 15 BE 112,671 Semi-finalist Europe 16 BPA 108,582 5th place 17 BPA 106,897 2nd place 18 BPA 84,993 3rd place 19 BE 84,677 3rd in GS 20 BE 79,294 4th in GS 21 BE 77,174 2nd in QS SG 22 BPA 76,225 4th place 23 BE 73,268 2nd in QS GS 24 BE 72,462 2nd in QS GS 25 BE 68,291 2nd in QS SG 26 BE 64,501 2nd in QS GS 27 BE 59,605 2nd in QS SG 30 BE 55,002 2nd in QS SG 31 BE 53,453 QS finalist 32 BCA 53,437 Winner Africa 33 BO 52,980 Winner Oceania 34 BA 51,328 3rd in GS 35 BE 48,940 3rd in QS GS 36 BE 48,012 QS finalist 37 BE 46,940 3rd in GS 38 BPA 46,466 7th place 39 BE 42,558 3rd in QS SG 40 BE 42,526 2nd in QS GS 41 BPA 40,134 6th place 42 BCA 40,024 Semi-finalist 43 BCA 35,756 Finalist 45 BE 33,677 3rd in QS GS 47 BA 32,337 3rd in GS 48 BE 31,894 4th in GS 49 BO 31,196 2nd place 51 BCA 30,273 3rd in GS 52 BCA 27,272 Semi-finalist 53 BE 23,790 3rd in QS GS 56 BCA 22,243 4th in GS 57 BE 22,157 3rd in QS SG 59 BE 21,637 3rd in QS GS 61 BPA 18,380 8th place 65 BE 16,518 4th in QS GS 67 BCA 15,829 3rd in GS 69 BE 15,088 3rd in QS SG 70 BA 14,226 4th in GS 71 BE 14,156 4th in QS GS 74 BA 12,378 3rd in GS 77 BE 10,978 4th in QS GS 79 BCA 9,326 4th in GS 81 BA 8,346 4th in GS 99 BO 3,812 3rd place 101 BO 3,609 4th place 109 BO 1,861 5th place 120 BE 428 3rd in QS SG 121 BE 364 4th in QS GS
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