The 2018 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 2018 Thomas Cup, with Thailand qualifying automatically as hosts, and Denmark qualifying automatically as trophy holder.
Qualified teams CountryConfederationQualified asQualified on World Team Rankings Final appearance Badminton Asia Host country 18 March 2017 Badminton Europe 2016 Thomas Cup winners 22 May 2016 Badminton Oceania 2018 Oceania Championships winners 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 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 Pan Am 2018 Pan Am Badminton Championships winner 18 February 2018 Badminton Europe Best ranking (Europe) 22 February 2018 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 22 February 2018 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 22 February 2018 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 22 February 2018
Qualification process The number of teams participating in the final tournament is 16. Even though the qualification process began in February 2018, the allocation of slots for each confederation is same the allocation as 2016 tournament.
Summary of qualification
ConfederationTeams startedTeams that have qualifiedTeams that can still qualifyTeams that have been eliminatedRemaining places Total places Badminton Africa12101101Badminton Asia14+14+101004+1Badminton Europe29+14+102504+1Badminton Pan Am710601Badminton Oceania410301Various303Total66+214+2055014+2
Note Badminton Asia total includes +1 for Thailand as hosts. Badminton Europe total includes +1 for Denmark 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 Thomas Cup.
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
First round (group stage)
Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
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 Thomas Cup. Thailand qualifying automatically as hosts.
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
(qualified)
First round (group stage)
Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Europe
The qualification for the European teams will 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 Thomas Cup. Denmark qualified automatically as trophy holder.
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 Pan Am
The qualification for the Pan American teams was held from 15 to 18 February 2018, at the National Racket Centre in Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago. The winner of the Pan American qualification, Canada was qualified for the Thomas 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 qualified for the Thomas 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 Men's Singles players and top two Men's Doubles pairs on 22 February 2018.
Rank Nation Points Continentalresults Qualificationstatus 1 BA 374,916 Runner-up Qualified as BA semifinalists 2 BE 320,038 Winner Qualified as trophy holder 3 BA 294,377 Winner Qualified as BA semifinalists 4 BA 272,749 Group stage Qualified as ranking (overall) 5 BA 257,271 Quarterfinals Qualified as ranking (overall) 6 BA 250,738 Quarterfinals Qualified as ranking (overall) 7 BA 228,016 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists 8 BA 227,609 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists 9 BA 200,628 Quarterfinals Qualified as host country 10 BA 199,152 Quarterfinals 11 BE 155,314 Runner-up Qualified as BE semifinalists 12 BE 134,954 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (Europe) 13 BE 128,022 Semifinals Qualified as BE semifinalists 14 BE 121,988 Semifinals Qualified as BE semifinalists 15 BE 105,220 16 BPA 91,463 Winner Qualified as the winner of BPA 17 BA 88,831 18 BE 76,251 19 BE 71,420 Quarterfinals 20 BE 70,414 Quarterfinals 21 BA 62,782 Group stage 22 BE 61,206 Group stage 23 BO 60,230 Winner Qualified as the winner of BO 24 BE 59,712 Group stage 25 BE 58,095 Group stage 26 BPA 56,560 27 BPA 56,040 28 BPA 53,476 4th place 29 BPA 53,044 Runner-up 30 BCA 52,890 Semifinals 31 BPA 51,340 32 BE 48,479 Group stage 33 BE 48,055 Group stage 34 BE 47,146 Group stage 35 BO 46,584 Runner-up 36 BCA 46,561 Quarterfinals 37 BE 46,559 Quarterfinals 38 BE 46,166 Group stage 39 BPA 45,420 40 BE 44,319 Group stage 41 BCA 43,121 Runner-up 42 BE 42,340 43 BA 40,502 44 BA 39,650 45 BE 38,916 Group stage 46 BE 35,546 Group stage 47 BE 35,297 Group stage 48 BPA 33,127 3rd place 49 BE 30,989 Group stage 50 BE 30,982 Group stage 50+ participants 51 BE 30,872 Group stage 52 BE 29,957 Group stage 55 BCA 25,581 Winner Qualified as the winner of BCA 56 BPA 23,962 5th place 58 BCA 21,417 Semifinals 59 BE 20,693 Group stage 60 BPA 20,415 7th place 61 BA 17,019 Group stage 62 BCA 15,353 Quarterfinals 63 BA 14,898 Group stage 66 BPA 13,118 6th place 67 BCA 12,635 Group stage 69 BE 12,480 Group stage 71 BO 11,523 3rd place 75 BCA 9,653 Quarterfinals 76 BE 9,617 Group stage 77 BCA 7,762 Quarterfinals 82 BCA 7,100 Group stage 83 BCA 7,035 Group stage 84 BA 7,010 Group stage 92 BO 5,502 4th place 93 BA 5,223 Group stage 94 BE 5,106 Group stage 102 BA 3,605 Group stage 109 BCA 2,000 Group stage 113 BE 1,480 Group stage 114 BE 1,397 Group stage
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