20-27 May 2018 | Impact Arena Here's 32 teams who will participate Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2018 in Bangkok (based on 22nd February world ranking) : https://bwfextranet.com/docs/events/3194/docs/Team ranking and Qualifiers 220218.pdf THOMAS CUP Qualifiers (seeding position order) : 1) China 2) Denmark (title holder) 3) Indonesia 4) Chinese Taipei 5) Japan 6) India 7) Malaysia 8) Korea 9) Thailand (host) 10) England 11) Russia 12) Germany 13) French 14) Canada 15) Australia 16) Algeria UBER CUP Qualifiers (seeding position order) : 1) Japan 2) China (title holder) 3) Korea 4) Thailand (host) 5) Chinese Taipei 6) India 7) Indonesia 8) Denmark 9) Malaysia 10) Spain 11) Hong Kong 12) Russia 13) Germany 14) Canada 15) Australia 16) Mauritius Group-stage draw will be conducted on 23rd March 2018 (Friday).
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Spain Uber Cup pulled out and is replaced by France => http://bwfthomasubercups.com/news-single/2018/03/20/france-in-uber-cup-draw/
Spain withdrawn? And England declined? I understand the situation of England because of Funding issue. What happened to Spain?
Actually England also pulled out from Thomas Cup as well, then replaced by Hong Kong men's team. Source: http://bwfthomasubercups.com/news-single/2018/03/20/france-in-uber-cup-draw/
Hong Kong, France Qualify for TUC 2018 Hong Kong’s men and France’s women qualified for the TOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2018 due to the withdrawal of England and Spain respectively. Spain, one of the original qualifiers for the Uber Cup, withdrew due to injury concerns to some of their players. The teams next in line for qualification by virtue of World ranking – Bulgaria (110,754 points) and England (108,606 points) – declined their invitation, which was accepted by France (89,126 points). France will be seeded 9-16 for the draw alongside Malaysia, Hong Kong, Russia, Germany, Canada, Australia and Mauritius. England’s Thomas Cup team’s withdrawal today opened the door for Hong Kong, who were next in line with combined World ranking points of 199,152. Hong Kong will be seeded 9-16 with Thailand, Russia, Germany, France, Canada, Australia and Algeria. The draw for the Thomas & Uber Cup Finals (20-27 May 2018) will be conducted on Thursday 22 March at 6pm in Bangkok. The draw for the 32 teams – 16 each in the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup – will be held at Arnoma Grand Hotel in the presence of special invitees, officials of the Badminton Association of Thailand and media. The top seeds in Uber Cup (Japan; 360,977 points) and second seeds (China; 308,790 points) will be placed at the head of groups A and D respectively, while the 3-4 seeds (Korea and Thailand) will be drawn by lots into Group B or C. The remaining teams, seeded 5-8 and 9-16, will all be drawn by lots. A similar procedure will be followed for the Thomas Cup, in which the top seeds are China (374,916 points) and second seeds are defending champions Denmark (320,038 points). Thomas & Uber Cup - Team Qualifiers & Seeding List (Updated March 20, 2018) Source: http://bwfthomasubercups.com/news-single/2018/03/20/france-in-uber-cup-draw/
Injury concern of some their players. Well, the group-stage draw will be conducted tomorrow (22 March) in Bangkok.
Don't understand why Bulgaria declined? They are easily Top3 european team as far a Uber cup is concerned. I was actually saddened by the thought of HKG not participating. I mean yeah with Wei Nan and Hu Yun way Outta their peak, they still have some promising young talents. They can be actually a tricky opening test.
Good news! Thomas-Uber Cup 2018 Group Stage draw can be streamed LIVE on BWF official Youtube channel ( http://badmintonworld.tv ) and its official Facebook account. Bye-bye VPN (for now)
Official announcement by BWF: Summary: TOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber Cup 2018 Follow the official draw live on http://BadmintonWorld.tv on 22 March 2018 at 6 p.m. ICT (11 a.m. GMT) at Arnoma Grand Hotel in Bangkok. The 16 men and 16 women teams will be drawn into four groups of four. #badminton #HSBCBWFbadminton
Watching the livestream now -- Uber Cup Group B with THA, TPE, GER & HKG is going to be so interesting! But Group A, C & D will probably be the "warm-up" matches for the 2 top seeds.... And Thomas Group C with TPE JPN, HKG & GER is going to so competitive-- everyone has a chance to get into the knockout rounds! But too bad that host THA has been drawn into Group B with INA & KOR... Though Rexy is trying to be positive, saying THA almost beat KOR in the recent Asian Team Championship -- but he is honest about DEN, CHN, INA & MAS being more likely to win the Thomas Cup.
Looking at Thomas Cup group-stage drawing, Group A and D outcome obviously are predictable. China, India, alongside with trophy-holder Denmark and 2014 runner-up Malaysia will secure quarterfinal spot. Group B frontrunner, Indonesia has complicated task to seek top position, dangerous darkhorse Korea and host Thailand. Group of hell is certainly portrayed by group C where three nations, TPE, JPN and HKG have opportunity to progress into knock-out stage. For Uber Cup offers less competitive landscape since not many nations have balanced women's team. Group A : Japan, India Group B : Thailand, Chinese Taipei Group C : Korea, Denmark Group D : China, Indonesia
Slightly out of topic but is it possible to get BWF to stream their content on Twitch anytime soon? It will help badminton growth as a spectator sport since Twitch steams are more easily discoverable, plus Twitch chat makes everything more fun to watch.
