The 2024 Thomas & Uber Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was the 33rd edition of the Thomas Cup and the 30th edition of the Uber Cup, the biennial international badminton championship contested by the men and women's national teams of the member associations of Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournaments were held at Chengdu, China, from 27 April to 5 May 2024.
India were the defending champions for the Thomas Cup, but lost to China in the quarter-finals. South Korea were the defending champions for the Uber Cup, but lost to Indonesia in the semi-finals. China won both tournaments, defeating Indonesia in both finals.
Qualification China qualified automatically as hosts, while India and South Korea qualified as the title holders for the Thomas and Uber Cup respectively.
Thomas Cup
Means of qualification Date Venue Slot Qualified teams Host country 28 February 2021 Chengdu 1 2022 Thomas Cup Champion 5–15 May 2022 Bangkok 1 2024 All Africa Team Championships 12–15 February 2024 Cairo 1 2024 Asia Team Championships 13–18 February 2024 Shah Alam 3 2024 Pan Am Male & Female Cup 15–18 February 2024 São Paulo 1 2024 European Team Championships 14–18 February 2024 Łódź 4 2024 Oceania Team Championships 16–18 February 2024 Geelong 1 World Team Rankings 20 February 2024 Kuala Lumpur 4 Total 16
Uber Cup
Means of qualification Date Venue Slot Qualified teams Host country 28 February 2021 Chengdu 1 2022 Uber Cup Champion 5–15 May 2022 Bangkok 1 2024 All Africa Team Championships 12–15 February 2024 Cairo 1 2024 Asia Team Championships 13–18 February 2024 Shah Alam 4 2024 Pan Am Male & Female Cup 15–18 February 2024 São Paulo 1 2024 European Team Championships 14–18 February 2024 Łódź 4 - 3 2024 Oceania Team Championships 16–18 February 2024 Geelong 1 World Team Rankings 20 February 2024 Kuala Lumpur 3 + 3 Total 16 Note
Draw The draw for the tournament was conducted on 22 March at 15:00 CSTT, at Chengdu, China. The 16 men and 16 women teams were drawn into four groups of four.
For the Thomas Cup draw, the teams were allocated to four pots based on the World Team Rankings of 20 February 2024. Pot 1 contained the top seed China (which were assigned to position A1), the second seed Denmark (which were assigned to position D1) and the next two best teams, Indonesia and Japan. Pot 2 contained the next best four teams, Pot 3 contained the ninth to twelfth seeds, and Pot 4 for the thirteenth to sixteenth seeds.
A similar procedure was applied for the Uber Cup draw, where top seed China (were assigned to position A1), the second seed, South Korea (were assigned to position D1), Japan and Thailand were in Pot 1.
Thomas Cup Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Uber Cup Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Squads
Tiebreakers The rankings of teams in each group were determined per BWF Statutes Section 5.1, Article 16.3: Number of matches won; Match result between the teams in question; Match difference in all group matches; Game difference in all group matches; Point difference in all group matches.
Medal summary Medalists Thomas Cup Shi YuqiLi ShifengWeng HongyangLu GuangzuLiang WeikengWang ChangOu XuanyiLiu YuchenHe JitingRen Xiangyu Anthony Sinisuka GintingJonatan ChristieChico Aura Dwi WardoyoAlwi FarhanFajar AlfianMuhammad Rian ArdiantoBagas MaulanaMuhammad Shohibul FikriLeo Rolly CarnandoDaniel Marthin Lee Zii JiaLeong Jun HaoCheam June WeiJustin HohAaron ChiaSoh Wooi YikGoh Sze FeiNur IzzuddinChoong Hon JianMuhammad Haikal Chou Tien-chenLin Chun-yiWang Tzu-weiLee Chia-haoLee YangWang Chi-linLee Jhe-hueiYang Po-hsuanLu Ching-yaoYe Hong-wei Uber Cup Chen YufeiHe BingjiaoHan YueWang ZhiyiChen QingchenJia YifanLiu ShengshuTan NingZhang ShuxianZheng Yu Gregoria Mariska TunjungEster Nurumi Tri WardoyoKomang Ayu Cahya DewiRuzanaApriyani RahayuSiti Fadia Silva RamadhantiLanny Tria MayasariRibka SugiartoMeilysa Trias Puspita SariRachel Allessya Rose Akane YamaguchiAya OhoriNozomi OkuharaTomoka MiyazakiNami MatsuyamaChiharu ShidaWakana NagaharaAyako SakuramotoRena Miyaura An Se-youngSim Yu-jinKim Ga-ramKim Min-sunBaek Ha-naLee So-heeKong Hee-yongJeong Na-eunKim Hye-jeong
Medal table
Thomas Cup Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage The knockout stage of the tournament started from 2 May 2024 on which the quarter-finals were held. Semi-finals were held on 4 May 2024 while the finals was held on 5 May 2024. Below is the bracket for the knockout round of the tournament, teams in bold denote match winners.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Final ranking
TeamFinal result 6606+17+34+351 Champions 6515+14+23+138 Runners-up 5323+9+16+145 Eliminated in semi-finals 53230+2+64 5 4313+13+22+138 Eliminated in quarter-finals 6 4313+9+16+227 7 4222+7+15+145 8 4222+3+6+62 9 3121−3−5−75 Eliminated in group stage 10 3121−5−6−8 11 3121−7−11−83 12 3121−9−16−172 13 3030−9−18−180 14 3030−11−24−245 15 3030−13−23−150 16 3030−15−30−351
Uber Cup Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage The knockout stage of the tournament started from 2 May 2024 on which the quarter-finals were held. Semi-finals were held on 4 May 2024 while the finals was held on 5 May 2024. Below is the bracket for the knockout round of the tournament, teams in bold denote match winners.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Final ranking
TeamFinal result 6606+24+46+436 Champions 6424+10+16+137 Runners-up 5414+17+35+316 Eliminated in semi-finals 5414+11+20+279 5 4313+12+24+264 Eliminated in quarter-finals 6 4222+2+2+102 7 4222−2−3−65 8 4222−2−4−39 9 3121−3−6−106 Eliminated in group stage 10 3121−5−6+6 11 3121−5−7−32 12 3121−5−10−52 13 3030−11−21−249 14 3030−13−26−209 15 3030−15−30−368 16 3030−15−30−420
References
External links Tournament Link Official Website – Thomas & Uber Cup