The 2022 Uber 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 Uber Cup, with Thailand qualifying automatically as hosts, and China 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 4th Badminton Asia 2020 Uber Cup winners 16 October 2021 3rd Badminton Asia 2022 Asia Team Championships winners 16 February 2022 5th Badminton Asia 2022 Asia Team Championships runner-up 16 February 2022 2nd Badminton Asia 2022 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 16 February 2022 9th Badminton Africa 2022 All Africa Team Championships winners 17 February 2022 27th Badminton Asia 2022 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 18 February 2022 1st Badminton Pan Am 2022 Pan Am Female Cup winners 20 February 2022 15th Badminton Europe Best ranking (Europe) 22 February 2022 6th Badminton Europe Best ranking (Europe) 22 February 2022 10th Badminton Europe Best ranking (Europe) 22 February 2022 12th Badminton Europe Best ranking (Europe) 22 February 2022 14th Badminton Oceania Best ranking (Oceania) 22 February 2022 24th Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 22 February 2022 7th Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 22 February 2022 8th Badminton Pan Am Best ranking (Overall) 22 February 2022 11th Disqualified Badminton Europe Best ranking (Europe) 22 February 2022 13th Russia and Belarus suspended from any BWF events until further notice
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 Uber 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 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 Uber Cup. Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
First round (group stage)
Group Y Group Z
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 women's teams are through World Ranking. The best four of the European women's team rankings will qualified for the Uber 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 women's team rankings will qualified for the Uber 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 Uber 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 Women's Singles players and top two Women's Doubles pairs on 22 February 2022.BWF Official Rankings
Rank Nation Points Continentalresults Qualificationstatus 1 BA 463,190 Semifinalists Qualified as BA semifinalists 2 BA 408,712 Runner-up Qualified as BA runner-up 3 BA 404,011 Trophy Holder Qualified as trophy holder 4 BA 364,105 Qualified as host country 5 BA 260,663 Winner Qualified as the winner of BA 6 BE 259,238 Qualified by ranking (Europe) 7 BA 250,156 Group stage Qualified by ranking (overall) 8 BA 244,011 Qualified by ranking (overall) 9 BA 204,277 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists 10 BE 201,313 Qualified by ranking (Europe) 11 BPA 199,003 Runner-up Qualified by ranking (overall) 12 BE 172,959 Qualified by ranking (Europe) 13 BE 160,434 14 BE 155,414 Qualified by ranking (Europe) 15 BPA 152,323 Winner Qualified as the winner of BPA 16 BA 146,758 Group stage 17 BE 139,268 18 BE 136,710 19 BE 134,570 20 BE 133,399 21 BE 108,623 22 BA 108,590 23 BE 101,977 24 BO 101,926 Qualified by ranking (Oceania) 25 BE 101,411 26 BE 97,850 27 BCA 96,089 Winner Qualified as the winner of BCA 28 BPA 92,570 6th Place 29 BPA 90,846 3rd Place 30 BE 83,981 31 BE 76,210 32 BPA 74,281 4th Place 33 BE 73,201 34 BA 66,831 35 BE 65,161 36 BPA 64,258 5th Place 37 BE 61,502 38 BE 59,144 39 BE 56,490 40 BCA 50,813 41 BCA 49,043 Semifinals 42 BA 43,940 43 BE 42,645 44 BCA 42,387 Group stage 45 BCA 40,934 Semifinals 46 BA 39,300 47 BE 39,023 48 BCA 37,764 Runner-up 49 BPA 36,410 50 BE 36,089 50+ participants 72 BA 14,052 Group stage 81 BCA 9,860 Group stage 106 BCA 3,510 Group stage
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