The 2022 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 2022 Thomas Cup, with Thailand qualifying automatically as hosts, and Indonesia 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 29 November 2018 Badminton Asia 2020 Thomas Cup winners 17 October 2021 Badminton Africa 2022 All Africa Team Championships winners 17 February 2022 Badminton Asia 2022 Asia Team Championships winners 17 February 2022 Badminton Asia 2022 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 18 February 2022 Badminton Asia 2022 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 18 February 2022 Badminton Pan Am 2022 Pan Am Male Cup winners 20 February 2022 Badminton Europe Best ranking (Europe) 22 February 2022 Badminton Europe Best ranking (Europe) 22 February 2022 Badminton Europe Best ranking (Europe) 22 February 2022 Badminton Europe Best ranking (Europe) 22 February 2022 Badminton Oceania Best ranking (Oceania) 22 February 2022 Badminton Asia Best ranking (Asia) 22 February 2022 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 22 February 2022 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 22 February 2022 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 22 February 2022
Confederation qualification
Badminton Confederation of Africa
The qualification for the African teams was held from 14 to 17 February 2022, at the Lugogo Arena, in Kampala, Uganda. 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 C
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Asia
The qualification for the Asian teams was held from 15 to 20 February 2022, at the Setia City Convention Centre in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The semifinalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. Indonesia qualified automatically as trophy holder .
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
First round (group stage)
Group A Group B
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Europe The 2022 European Men’s & Women’s Team Championships were cancelled due to Covid-19. Therefore, the qualification for European teams are through World Ranking. The best four of the European men's team rankings will qualified for the Thomas Cup.
Badminton Oceania The 2022 Oceania Badminton Team Championships were cancelled due to Covid-19. Therefore, the qualification for Oceania teams are through World Ranking. The best one of the Oceania team rankings will qualified for the Thomas Cup.
Badminton Pan Am
The qualification for the Pan Am teams was held from 17 to 20 February 2022, at the Mundo Imperial in Acapulco, Mexico. 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 22 February 2022.BWF Official Rankings
Rank Nation Points Continentalresults Qualificationstatus 1 BA 431,649 Runner-up Qualified as trophy holder 2 BA 418,683 Group stage Qualified by ranking (Asia) 3 BE 406,365 Qualified by ranking (Europe) 4 BA 332,690 Qualified by ranking (overall) 5 BA 312,538 Group stage Qualified by ranking (overall) 6 BA 307,083Winner Qualified as the winner of BA 7 BA 302,790 Qualified by ranking (overall) 8 BA 229,664 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists 9 BA 223,912 Qualified as host country 10 BE 208,062 Qualified by ranking (Europe) 11 BA 202,041 Group stage 12 BE 181,180 Qualified by ranking (Europe) 13 BE 168,833 Qualified by ranking (Europe) 14 BPA 162,875 Winner Qualified as the winner of BPA 15 BE 148,671 16 BE 147,798 17 BA 131,984 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists 18 BPA 97,107 5th place 19 BPA 94,571 4th place 20 BE 93,963 21 BPA 90,686 3rd place 22 BE 90,595 23 BPA 88,365 2nd place 24 BE 83,553 25 BCA 79,337 Runner-up 26 BE 77,723 27 BCA 75,066 28 BCA 74,030 Winner Qualified as the winner of BCA 29 BE 73,768 30 BE 73,295 31 BE 65,990 32 BE 65,795 33 BA 63,091 34 BE 61,797 35 BA 60,567 36 BCA 59,190 Semifinals 37 BE 57,355 38 BO 56,461 Qualified by ranking (Oceania) 39 BE 52,785 40 BE 52,616 41 BE 51,939 42 BO 51,285 43 BE 46,763 44 BE 46,233 45 BE 43,857 46 BE 43,193 47 BCA 42,397 Semifinals 48 BE 42,148 49 BPA 39,220 50 BE 37,923 50+ participants 52 BCA 31,712 Group stage 53 BPA 30,540 6th Place 60 BA 22,353 Group stage 67 BCA 19,283 Quarterfinals 71 BCA 14,549 Group stage 86 BCA 8,330 Group stage 92 BCA 7,570 Group stage 95 BCA 6,686 Quarterfinals
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