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2018 Thomas & Uber Cup
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The 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup (officially known as the 2018 BWF Thomas & Uber Cup) was the 30th edition of the Thomas Cup and the 27th 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 tournament was hosted by Bangkok, Thailand 20–27 May 2018.[1]
The matches were played at IMPACT Arena. It was the second time that Thailand hosted the Thomas Cup and the first time hosted the Uber Cup tournament and the first time this event was held in Southeast Asia since 2010 in Malaysia.
Denmark were the defending men's champions, and China were the defending women's champions.
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Host selection
Bangkok and New Delhi submitted bids for this championships.[2] Bangkok was named as the host in March 2017 during BWF Council meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,[1] where BWF also decided the host for 2018 BWF World Championships, 2019 Sudirman Cup and 2019 BWF World Championships.
Qualification
Thomas Cup
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^1 Best ranked team from Europe
^2 England withdrew, and replaced by Hong Kong as the next highest ranked team
Uber Cup
- Note
^3 Best ranked team from Asia
^4 Spain withdrew and replaced by France as the next highest ranked team
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Draw
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The draw for the tournament was conducted on 22 March 2018, at 18:00 ICT, at Arnoma Grand Hotel in Bangkok.[3] The 16 men and 16 women teams were drawn into four groups of four.
For the Thomas Cup draw, the teams were allocated to three pots based on the World Team Rankings of 22 February 2018. 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 Chinese Taipei. Pot 2 contained the next best four teams, and Pot 3 was for the ninth to sixteenth seeds.
A similar procedure was applied for Uber Cup draw, where top seed Japan (which were assigned to position A1), the second seed China (which were assigned to position D1), Korea and Thailand were in Pot 1.
- Thomas Cup
- Uber Cup
Squads
Tiebreakers
The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows (regulations Chapter 5 Section 5.2.1. Article 12):[4]
- Points
- Results between tied teams
- Match difference
- Game difference
- Point difference
Teams that won 3 match first win the tie: 1 point for the winner, 0 match points for the loser.
Medal summary
Medalists
Medal table
* Host nation (Thailand)
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Thomas Cup
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Group stage
Group A
Source: BWF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
20 May 2018 9:00 |
20 May 2018 19:00 |
21 May 2018 19:00 |
21 May 2018 19:00 |
22 May 2018 19:00 |
22 May 2018 19:00 |
Group B
20 May 2018 9:00 |
20 May 2018 19:00 |
21 May 2018 14:00 |
22 May 2018 19:00 |
23 May 2018 14:00 |
23 May 2018 14:00 |
Group C
Source: BWF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
20 May 2018 14:00 |
20 May 2018 19:00 |
22 May 2018 9:00 |
22 May 2018 14:00 |
23 May 2018 9:00 |
23 May 2018 9:00 |
Group D
Source: BWF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
21 May 2018 9:00 |
21 May 2018 9:00 |
22 May 2018 9:00 |
22 May 2018 14:00 |
23 May 2018 19:00 |
23 May 2018 19:00 |
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
 China | 3 | |||||||||
 Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||
 Indonesia | 1 | |||||||||
| Indonesia | 3 | |||||||||
 Malaysia | 1 | |||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||
 Japan | 1 | |||||||||
 France | 1 | |||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||
 Denmark | 2 | |||||||||
 South Korea | 0 | |||||||||
| Denmark | 3 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
24 May 2010 14:00 |
24 May 2018 19:00 |
24 May 2018 19:00 |
24 May 2018 19:00 |
Semi-finals
25 May 2018 18:00 |
25 May 2018 18:00 |
Final
27 May 2018 13:00 |
| 2018 Thomas Cup champion |
|---|
 China Tenth title |
Final ranking
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Uber Cup
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Group stage
Group A
Source: BWF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
20 May 2018 9:00 |
20 May 2018 14:00 |
21 May 2018 9:00 |
21 May 2018 14:00 |
23 May 2018 14:00 |
23 May 2018 14:00 |
Group B
20 May 2018 9:00 |
20 May 2018 14:00 |
21 May 2018 19:00 |
22 May 2018 19:00 |
23 May 2018 19:00 |
23 May 2018 19:00 |
Group C
Source: BWF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
20 May 2018 14:00 |
20 May 2018 19:00 |
21 May 2018 14:00 |
21 May 2018 19:00 |
22 May 2018 14:00 |
22 May 2018 14:00 |
Group D
Source: BWF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
21 May 2018 9:00 |
21 May 2018 14:00 |
22 May 2018 9:00 |
22 May 2018 9:00 |
23 May 2018 9:00 |
23 May 2018 9:00 |
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | |||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 1 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 3 | |||||||||
 Canada | 1 | |||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||
 Thailand | 0 | |||||||||
| Indonesia | 2 | |||||||||
| Thailand | 3 | |||||||||
| Thailand | 3 | |||||||||
| China | 2 | |||||||||
| Denmark | 1 | |||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
24 May 2018 14:00 |
24 May 2018 9:00 |
24 May 2018 14:00 |
24 May 2018 9:00 |
Semi-finals
25 May 2018 12:00 |
25 May 2018 12:00 |
Final
26 May 2018 13:00 |
| 2018 Uber Cup champion |
|---|
 Japan Sixth title |
Final ranking
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