2012 Thomas & Uber Cup

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

2012 Thomas & Uber Cup
2012年托马斯和尤伯杯

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 Kuala Lumpur 2014 New Delhi →

Host city selection

Jakarta (Indonesia) and Wuhan (China) submitted bids for the competition. Wuhan was announced as the host by BWF after a meeting in Qingdao during the 2011 Sudirman Cup.^[1]

Qualifiers

Main article: 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup qualification

Date	Confederation event	Location	Qualifier
			Thomas Cup	Uber Cup
February 13–19, 2012	Asia[2]	Macau	Japan  Indonesia  Malaysia  South Korea	Japan  Thailand  Chinese Taipei  Indonesia
February 14–19, 2012	Europe[3]	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Denmark  Germany  England  Russia	Germany  Denmark  Netherlands
February 17–19, 2012	Pan Am[4]	California, United States	United States	United States
February 18–19, 2012	Oceania[5]	Ballarat, Australia	New Zealand	Australia
February 22–29, 2012	Africa[6]	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	South Africa	South Africa
	Defending Champions		China	South Korea
	Host			China

Seedings

All the seeding list based on March 1, 2012 world rankings as the draw was conducted on April 15, 2012.^[7][8] 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  China  South Korea  Denmark  Japan  Indonesia  Malaysia  Germany  Russia  England  United States  New Zealand  South Africa

Uber Cup  China  Japan  South Korea  Chinese Taipei  Thailand  Denmark  Indonesia  Germany  Netherlands  United States  Australia  South Africa

Squads

Further information: 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup squads

Medal summary

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thomas Cup	China Lin Dan Chen Long Chen Jin Du Pengyu Cai Yun Fu Haifeng Shen Ye Hong Wei Chai Biao Guo Zhendong	South Korea Lee Hyun-il Son Wan-ho Lee Dong-keun Hong Ji-hoon Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-Hyun Kim Ki-jung Kim Sa-rang	Japan Sho Sasaki Kenichi Tago Takuma Ueda Riichi Takeshita Noriyasu Hirata Hirokatsu Hashimoto Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato
	Denmark Peter Gade Jan Ø. Jørgensen Viktor Axelsen Hans-Kristian Vittinghus Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen Jonas Rasmussen Joachim Fischer Nielsen Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding
Uber Cup	China Wang Yihan Wang Xin Li Xuerui Wang Shixian Yu Yang Wang Xiaoli Zhao Yunlei Tian Qing Pan Pan Cheng Shu	South Korea Sung Ji-hyun Bae Youn-joo Hwang Hye-youn Kim Soo-jin Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na Eom Hye-won Jang Ye-na	Thailand Ratchanok Inthanon Porntip Buranaprasertsuk Sapsiree Taerattanachai Nichaon Jindapon Kunchala Voravichitchaikul Duanganong Aroonkesorn Saralee Thoungthongkam Savitree Amitrapai
	Japan Sayaka Sato Eriko Hirose Minatsu Mitani Ai Goto Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa Mami Naito Shizuka Matsuo Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China*	2	0	0	2
2	South Korea	0	2	0	2
3	Japan	0	0	2	2
4	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Thailand	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	4	8

Thomas Cup

Groups

Main article: 2012 Thomas Cup group stage

Group A Team Pts Pld W L  China 2 2 2 0  Indonesia 1 2 1 1  England 0 2 0 2 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  Japan 2 2 2 0  Russia 1 2 1 1  New Zealand 0 2 0 2 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  Denmark 2 2 2 0  Malaysia 1 2 1 1  South Africa 0 2 0 2 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  South Korea 2 2 2 0  Germany 1 2 1 1  United States 0 2 0 2 20 May 2012 South Korea  5–0  United States 21 May 2012 Germany  5–0  United States 22 May 2012 South Korea  3–2  Germany

Knockout stage

Main article: 2012 Thomas Cup knockout stage

All times are Chinese Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

	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
									South Korea	0
	Russia	0
					25 May 2012
	Denmark	3
					Denmark	1
	23 May 2012
					South Korea	3
	Germany	0
	South Korea	3

Quarterfinals

Japan 3	Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 2 23 May 2012 13:00		Indonesia 2
1 2 3 1 Sho Sasaki Simon Santoso 20 22 14 21     2 Noriyasu Hirata / Hirokatsu Hashimoto Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan 21 16 21 18     3 Kenichi Tago Taufik Hidayat 21 12 21 17     4 Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa Mohammad Ahsan / Alvent Yulianto 17 21 13 21     5 Takuma Ueda Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka 21 14 21 19

Russia 0	Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 4 23 May 2012 13:00		Denmark 3
1 2 3 1 Vladimir Ivanov Peter Gade 18 21 13 21     2 Ivan Sozonov Jan Ø. Jørgensen 13 21 11 21     3 Evgenij Dremin / Sergey Lunev Jonas Rasmussen / Mads Conrad-Petersen 12 21 21 17 18 21   4 Denis Grachev Viktor Axelsen       not played 5 Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen       not played

China 3	Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1 23 May 2012 19:00		Malaysia 0
1 2 3 1 Lin Dan Daren Liew 17 21 21 9 21 5   2 Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong 21 17 21 18     3 Chen Long Muhammad Hafiz Hashim 21 10 21 11     4 Shen Ye / Hong Wei Lim Khim Wah / Goh V Shem       not played 5 Chen Jin Chong Wei Feng       not played

Germany 0	Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 3 23 May 2012 19:00		South Korea 3
1 2 3 1 Marc Zwiebler Lee Hyun-il 16 21 21 18 14 21   2 Ingo Kindervater / Johannes Schöttler Yoo Yeon-seong / Ko Sung-hyun 19 21 11 21     3 Dieter Domke Son Wan-ho 20 22 19 21     4 Michael Fuchs / Oliver Roth Lee Yong-dae / Kim Sa-rang       not played 5 Lukas Schmidt Lee Dong-keun       not played

Semifinals

Denmark 1	Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1 25 May 2012 13:00		South Korea 3
1 2 3 1 Peter Gade Lee Hyun-il 21 17 14 21 10 21   2 Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen Yoo Yeon-seong / Ko Sung-hyun 21 10 21 12     3 Jan Ø. Jørgensen Son Wan-ho 13 21 21 14 16 21   4 Jonas Rasmussen / Joachim Fischer Nielsen Lee Yong-dae / Kim Sa-rang 21 11 19 21 15 21   5 Viktor Axelsen Lee Dong-keun       not played

China 3	Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1 25 May 2012 19:00		Japan 0
1 2 3 1 Lin Dan Sho Sasaki 23 21 21 17     2 Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng Shoji Sato / Naoki Kawamae 25 23 21 18     3 Chen Long Kenichi Tago 21 13 21 16     4 Shen Ye / Hong Wei Noriyasu Hirata / Hirokatsu Hashimoto       not played 5 Chen Jin Takuma Ueda       not played

Final

China 3	Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1 27 May 2012 14:00		South Korea 0
1 2 3 1 Lin Dan Lee Hyun-il 21 14 21 17     2 Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng Lee Yong-dae / Kim Sa-rang 21 16 25 23     3 Chen Long Son Wan-ho 21 9 21 13     4 Shen Ye / Hong Wei Yoo Yeon-seong / Kim Ki-jung       not played 5 Chen Jin Lee Dong-keun       not played

2012 Thomas Cup champion
China Ninth title

Uber Cup

Groups

Main article: 2012 Uber Cup group stage

Group A Team Pts Pld W L  China 2 2 2 0  Indonesia 1 2 1 1  South Africa 0 2 0 2 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  Thailand 1 2 1 1  Chinese Taipei 1 2 1 1  Netherlands 1 2 1 1 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  South Korea 2 2 2 0  Germany 1 2 1 1  Australia 0 2 0 2 20 May 2012 South Korea  5–0  Australia 21 May 2012 Germany  3–2  Australia 22 May 2012 South Korea  5–0  Germany

Group D Team Pts Pld W L  Japan 2 2 2 0  Denmark 1 2 1 1  United States 0 2 0 2 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
									South Korea	0
	Indonesia	2
					24 May 2012
	Japan	3
					Japan	0
	23 May 2012
					South Korea	3
	Chinese Taipei	2
	South Korea	3

Quarterfinals

China 3	Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1 23 May 2012 13:00		Germany 0
1 2 3 1 Wang Yihan Karin Schnaase 21 15 21 17     2 Yu Yang / Wang Xiaoli Carla Nelte / Isabel Herttrich 21 10 19 21 21 8   3 Wang Xin Carola Bott 21 7 21 7     4 Zhao Yunlei / Tian Qing Johanna Goliszewski / Karin Schnaase       not played 5 Li Xuerui Fabienne Deprez       not played

Thailand 3	Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 3 23 May 2012 13:00		Denmark 1
1 2 3 1 Ratchanok Inthanon Tine Baun 18 21 12 21     2 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk Karina Jørgensen 18 21 21 18 21 12   3 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Line Kjaersfeldt 21 19 13 21 21 18   4 Saralee Thungthongkam / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul Marie Roepke / Line Damkjaer Kruse 21 15 21 17     5 Sapsiree Taerattanachai / Duanganong Aroonkesorn Kamilla Rytter Juhl / Christinna Pedersen       not played

Indonesia 2	Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 2 23 May 2012 19:00		Japan 3
1 2 3 1 Maria Febe Kusumastuti Sayaka Sato 14 21 10 21     2 Greysia Polii / Meiliana Jauhari Mizuki Fujii / Reika Kakiiwa 18 21 21 15 19 21   3 Adriyanti Firdasari Eriko Hirose 21 13 20 22 21 14   4 Anneke Feinya Agustin / Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Mami Naito / Shizuka Matsuo 21 11 21 17     5 Lindaweni Fanetri Minatsu Mitani 21 19 13 21 17 21

Chinese Taipei 2	Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 4 23 May 2012 19:00		South Korea 3
1 2 3 1 Tai Tzu-ying Sung Ji-hyun 21 18 23 25 14 21   2 Cheng Wen-hsing / Chien Yu-chin Kim Min-jung / Ha Jung-eun 19 21 21 18 21 17   3 Pai Hsiao-ma Bae Youn-joo 14 21 21 18 21 14   4 Wang Pei-rong / Hsieh Pei-chen Kim Ha-na / Jung Kyung-eun 14 21 21 18 11 21   5 Hung Shih-han Hwang Hye-youn 18 21 23 25

Semifinals

South Korea 3	Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1 24 May 2012 13:00		Japan 0
1 2 3 1 Sung Ji-hyun Sayaka Sato 21 15 21 10     2 Kim Min-jung / Ha Jung-eun Mizuki Fujii / Reika Kakiiwa 21 13 17 21 21 14   3 Bae Youn-joo Eriko Hirose 21 15 21 17     4 Kim Ha-na / Jung Kyung-eun Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi       not played 5 Hwang Hye-youn Minatsu Mitani       not played

China 3	Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1 24 May 2012 19:00		Thailand 0
1 2 3 1 Wang Yihan Ratchanok Inthanon 21 18 21 15     2 Yu Yang / Wang Xiaoli Duanganong Aroonkesorn / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 21 16 21 12     3 Wang Xin Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 21 17 21 2     4 Zhao Yunlei / Tian Qing Saralee Thungthongkam / Sapsiree Taerattanachai       not played 5 Li Xuerui Nichaon Jindapon       not played

Final

China 3	Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1 26 May 2012 14:00		South Korea 0
1 2 3 1 Wang Yihan Sung Ji-hyun 14 21 22 20 21 13   2 Yu Yang / Wang Xiaoli Kim Min-jung / Ha Jung-eun 21 15 21 13     3 Wang Xin Bae Youn-joo 21 10 21 16     4 Zhao Yunlei / Tian Qing Jung Kyung-eun / Kim Ha-na       not played 5 Li Xuerui Hwang Hye-youn       not played

2012 Uber Cup champion
China Twelfth title