Qualifying Teams for TUC Confirmed

The 32 teams that will do battle at the TotalEnergies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2024 have been confirmed.

Following the five continental championships recently that served as qualifying events, the 32 qualifiers – 16 each in the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup – fell into place. The Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2024 take place from 27 April to 5 May in Chengdu, China.

While the hosts (China) and the defending champions (India in the Thomas Cup and Korea in the Uber Cup) qualify automatically, the other qualifiers make the grade on their performance in the continental championships and their World Ranking.

The South African women’s team celebrating their triumph in the continental championships.

Each team’s ranking is the sum of the World Ranking points of its top three singles players and top two doubles pairs, as on 20 February 2024.

The four semifinalists from the Asian and European continental championships and the champions of Pan Am, Oceania and Africa qualify, with the rest of the 16 places determined by World Ranking.

If the trophy holder and/or host take part and occupy a qualifying position in their respective continental qualifying tournament, the next one or two highest ranked teams from the World Ranking from the same respective continent would also qualify. Indonesia therefore qualified for the Thomas Cup from Asia despite not making the semifinals of the qualifying event, since China had secured the host qualifying spot.

Thomas Cup Qualifiers

Hosts (also the continental champions) China, defending champions India, European champions Denmark, Pan Am champions Canada, African champions Algeria and Oceania champions Australia qualified. The three semifinalists from Asia and Europe (apart from the champions), to secure their places were Malaysia, Japan and Korea from Asia and France, England and Germany from Europe. Indonesia took up the fourth qualifying spot from Asia as China had qualified as hosts. The remaining three qualifiers based on World Ranking were Chinese Taipei, Thailand and Hong Kong China.

Uber Cup Qualifiers

Hosts China, defending champions Korea, Asian champions India, European champions Denmark, Pan Am champions Canada, Oceania champions Australia and African champions South Africa. The other three semifinalists from Asia (Thailand, Indonesia, Japan) and Europe (Spain, France, Scotland) also secured their places. The three remaining spots based on World Ranking went to Chinese Taipei, USA and Malaysia.