2012 Thomas & Uber Cup

2012 Thomas & Uber Cup
Tournament details
Dates 20 May – 27 May
Edition 27th (Thomas Cup)
24th (Uber Cup)
Level International
Venue Wuhan Sports Center Stadium
Location Wuhan, China
2010 2014

The 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 27th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 24th tournament of the Uber Cup. It was held from May 20–27, 2012 at the Wuhan Sports Center Stadium in Wuhan, China.

Qualifiers

Date Confederation event Location Qualifier
Thomas Cup Uber Cup
February 13–19, 2012 Asia[1]  Macau  Japan
 Indonesia
 Malaysia
 Korea
 Japan
 Thailand
 Chinese Taipei
 Indonesia
February 14–19, 2012 Europe[2] Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands  Denmark
 Germany
 England
 Russia
 Germany
 Denmark
 Netherlands
February 17–19, 2012 Pan Am[3] United States California, United States  United States  United States
February 18–19, 2012 Oceania[4] Australia Ballarat, Australia  New Zealand  Australia
February 22–29, 2012 Africa[5] Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  South Africa  South Africa
Defending Champions  China  Korea
Host  China

Seedings

All the seeding list based on March 1, 2012 world rankings as the draw was conducted on April 15, 2012.[6][7] The top four seeding teams is in first pot, follow by next four teams in the second pot and the bottom four teams was put in the third pot.

For the knock out draw, to be held immediately after the group stage is completed, the four teams that had topped their group will be ranked according to their world ranking on the 17 May, and the top two seeds would then be separated each into one half. Seeds 3/4 will be drawn into each half, then followed by the remaining 5/8 seeded teams.

Thomas Cup
  1.  China
  2.  Korea
  3.  Denmark
  4.  Japan
  5.  Indonesia
  6.  Malaysia
  7.  Germany
  8.  Russia
  9.  England
  10.  United States
  11.  New Zealand
  12.  South Africa

Uber Cup
  1.  China
  2.  Japan
  3.  Korea
  4.  Chinese Taipei
  5.  Thailand
  6.  Denmark
  7.  Indonesia
  8.  Germany
  9.  Netherlands
  10.  United States
  11.  Australia
  12.  South Africa

Squads

For more details on this topic, see 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup squads.

Thomas Cup

Groups

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L
 China2220
 Indonesia1211
 England0202
20 May 2012
China 5–0 England
21 May 2012
Indonesia 4–1 England
22 May 2012
China 5–0 Indonesia

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L
 Japan2220
 Russia1211
 New Zealand0202
20 May 2012
Japan 5–0 New Zealand
21 May 2012
Russia 5–0 New Zealand
22 May 2012
Japan 5–0 Russia

Group C

Team Pts Pld W L
 Denmark2220
 Malaysia1211
 South Africa0202
20 May 2012
Denmark 5–0 South Africa
21 May 2012
Malaysia 5–0 South Africa
22 May 2012
Denmark 3–2 Malaysia

Group D

Team Pts Pld W L
 Korea2220
 Germany1211
 United States0202
20 May 2012
Korea 5–0 United States
21 May 2012
Germany 5–0 United States
22 May 2012
Korea 3–2 Germany

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
23 May 2012        
  China  3
25 May 2012
  Malaysia  0  
  China  3
23 May 2012
      Japan  0  
  Japan  3
27 May 2012
  Indonesia  2  
  China  3
23 May 2012    
    Korea  0
  Russia  0
25 May 2012
  Denmark  3  
  Denmark  1
23 May 2012
      Korea  3  
  Germany  0
  Korea  3  
 

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

 2012 Thomas Cup Champion 

China
Ninth title

Uber Cup

Groups

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L
 China2220
 Indonesia1211
 South Africa0202
20 May 2012
China 5–0 South Africa
21 May 2012
Indonesia 5–0 South Africa
22 May 2012
China 5–0 Indonesia

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L
 Thailand1211
 Chinese Taipei1211
 Netherlands1211
20 May 2012
Chinese Taipei 2–3 Netherlands
21 May 2012
Thailand 5–0 Netherlands
22 May 2012
Chinese Taipei 3–2 Thailand

Group C

Team Pts Pld W L
 Korea2220
 Germany1211
 Australia0202
20 May 2012
Korea 5–0 Australia
21 May 2012
Germany 3–2 Australia
22 May 2012
Korea 5–0 Germany

Group D

Team Pts Pld W L
 Japan2220
 Denmark1211
 United States0202
20 May 2012
Japan 5–0 United States
21 May 2012
Denmark 4–1 United States
22 May 2012
Japan 3–2 Denmark

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
23 May 2012        
  China  3
24 May 2012
  Germany  0  
  China  3
23 May 2012
      Thailand  0  
  Thailand  3
26 May 2012
  Denmark  1  
  China  3
23 May 2012    
    Korea  0
  Indonesia  2
24 May 2012
  Japan  3  
  Japan  0
23 May 2012
      Korea  3  
  Chinese Taipei  2
  Korea  3  
 

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

 2012 Uber Cup Champion 

China
Twelfth title

References

  1. "Badminton Asia 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup preliminaries". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  2. "European Men's & Women's Team Championships 2012". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  3. "2012 TUC Pan Am Preliminary". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  4. "2012 Thomas & Uber Cup Preliminaries - Oceania". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  5. "Badminton Africa 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup preliminaries". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  6. "Thomas Cup and Uber Cup team seeding and qualifiers". BWF. 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
  7. "DRAWS: 2012 Thomas and Uber Cups Finals". BWF. 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

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