The 2020 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 2020 Thomas Cup, with Denmark qualifying automatically as hosts, and China 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 Thomas Cup winners 27 May 2018 Badminton Africa 2020 All Africa Team Championships winners 13 February 2020 Badminton Asia 2020 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 14 February 2020 Badminton Asia 2020 Asia Team Championships winners 14 February 2020 Badminton Asia 2020 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 14 February 2020 Badminton Asia 2020 Asia Team Championships runners up 14 February 2020 Badminton Europe 2020 European Team Championships semifinalists 14 February 2020 Badminton Europe 2020 European Team Championships runners up 14 February 2020 Badminton Oceania 2020 Oceania Team Championships semifinalists 18 February 2020 Badminton Pan Am 2020 Pan Am Team Championships winners 16 February 2020 Badminton Europe Best ranking (Europe) 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 2020 European Team Championships semifinalists 14 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 Thomas Cup.
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
First round (group stage)
Group AGroup B
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Asia
The qualification for the Asian teams will held from 11 to 16 February 2020, at the Srizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila, Philippines. The semifinalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. China 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 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 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8
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 Thomas 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 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 Summary of qualification 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 18 February 2020.
Rank Nation Points Continentalresults Qualificationstatus 1 BA 406,902 Winner Qualified as the winner of BA 2 BA 377,562 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists 3 BA 329,458 Trophy Holder Qualified as trophy holder 4 BE 304,472 Winner Qualified as host country 5 BA 276,250 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (overall) 6 BA 250,525 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists 7 BA 231,964 Runner-up Qualified as BA runners up 8 BA 197,987 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (overall) 9 BA 184,221 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (overall) 10 BA 182,876 11 BE 141,712 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (Europe) 12 BPA 133,060 Winner Qualified as the winner of BPA 13 BE 129,507 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (Europe) 14 BE 123,440 Semifinals Qualified as BE semifinalists 15 BE 116,127 Semifinals 16 BE 112,980 Runner-up Qualified as BE runners up 17 BPA 83,420 3rd place 18 BA 72,422 Group stage 19 BPA 70,239 Runner-up 20 BPA 69,458 5th place 21 BE 68,376 Group stage 22 BPA 65,289 4th place 23 BCA 64,606 24 BE 64,028 Group stage 25 BA 60,757 26 BE 58,397 Quarterfinals 27 BE 57,907 Group stage 28 BCA 56,912 Semifinals 29 BE 54,401 Group stage 30 BE 54,084 Group stage 31 BE 53,299 Group stage 32 BO 51,535 Winner 33 BE 50,210 34 BE 49,978 Group stage 35 BCA 49,502 Runner-up 36 BCA 48,331 Winner Qualified as the winner of BCA 37 BO 47,471 Runner-up Qualified as the runners up of BO, declined the offer 38 BE 45,423 Quarterfinals 39 BPA 45,350 40 BE 43,456 Group stage 41 BE 42,519 Group stage 42 BE 38,687 Group stage 43 BPA 38,392 6th place 44 BE 38,375 Group stage 45 BE 38,066 Group stage 46 BA 34,821 47 BE 34,017 Group stage 48 BE 31,386 Group stage 49 BE 27,340 Group stage 50 BPA 26,240 50+ participants 51 BE 24,624 Group stage 52 BCA 24,225 Semifinals 54 BE 23,079 Group stage 56 BA 22,026 Quarterfinals 57 BE 21,312 Group stage 59 BE 20,405 Group stage 60 BE 19,820 Group stage 61 BA 18,770 Group stage 64 BE 16,080 Group stage 67 BCA 15,326 Group stage 73 BE 11,714 Group stage 80 BCA 7,970 Group stage 81 BCA 7,681 Group stage 84 BE 7,010 Group stage 92 BCA 6,280 Group stage 96 BO 5,145 4th place 106 BE 3,290 Group stage 107 BO 3,129 3rd place Qualified as BO semifinalists 110 BO 3,020 5th place 112 BE 2,975 Group stage 124 BE 1,148 Group stage
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