2022 Thomas Cup qualification

The 2022 Thomas Cup qualification process is a series of tournaments organised by the five BWF confederations to decide 14 of the 16 teams which will play in the 2022 Thomas Cup, with Thailand qualifying automatically as hosts, and Indonesia qualifying automatically as trophy holder.^[1]

2022 Thomas Cup qualification

Tournament details
Dates	14–20 February 2022
Venue	BA: Setia City Convention Centre BCA: Lugogo Arena BE: Lahti Energia Arena BO: Badminton North Harbour Center BPA: Mundo Imperial
Location	BA: Selangor, Malaysia BCA: Kampala, Uganda BE: Lahti, Finland BO: Auckland, New Zealand BPA: Acapulco, Mexico
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Qualification process

The number of teams participating in the final tournament is 16. The allocation of slots for each confederation is the same allocation from 2016 tournament; 4 from each Asia and Europe, and 1 from each Africa, Oceania and Pan Am. Two automatic qualifiers are the host and defending champion. The remaining quota will be filled by world team ranking.^[2]

Qualified teams

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	World Team Rankings	Final appearance
Thailand	Badminton Asia	Host country	29 November 2018	9th	15th
Indonesia	Badminton Asia	2020 Thomas Cup winners	17 October 2021	1st	29th
Algeria	Badminton Africa	2022 All Africa Team Championships winners	17 February 2022	28th	3rd
Malaysia	Badminton Asia	2022 Asia Team Championships winners	17 February 2022	6th	29th
South Korea	Badminton Asia	2022 Asia Team Championships semifinalists	18 February 2022	8th	20th
Singapore	Badminton Asia	2022 Asia Team Championships semifinalists	18 February 2022	17th	3rd
Canada	Badminton Pan Am	2022 Pan Am Male Cup winners	20 February 2022	14th	8th
Denmark	Badminton Europe	Best ranking (Europe)	22 February 2022	3rd	32nd
France	Badminton Europe	Best ranking (Europe)	22 February 2022	10th	5th
England	Badminton Europe	Best ranking (Europe)	22 February 2022	12th	15th
Germany	Badminton Europe	Best ranking (Europe)	22 February 2022	13th	11th
New Zealand	Badminton Oceania	Best ranking (Oceania)	22 February 2022	38th	8th
Japan	Badminton Asia	Best ranking (Asia)1	22 February 2022	2nd	16th
Chinese Taipei	Badminton Asia	Best ranking (overall)	22 February 2022	4th	5th
India	Badminton Asia	Best ranking (overall)	22 February 2022	5th	13th
China	Badminton Asia	Best ranking (overall)	22 February 2022	7th	21st

• ^1 Since Indonesia, one of the semifinalists for Asian qualification tournament had already qualified as title holder, hence the spot is given to the best Asian team from World Team Ranking.

Confederation qualification

Badminton Confederation of Africa

Main article: 2022 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships

The qualification for the African teams was held from 14 to 17 February 2022, at the Lugogo Arena, in Kampala, Uganda. The winners of the African qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage

•  Algeria
•  Benin
•  Cameroon
•  Egypt
•  Mauritius
•  Réunion
•  South Africa
•  Uganda
•  Zambia
•  Zimbabwe

First round (group stage)

  Advance to Knockout stage

Group A	Group B	Group C
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Mauritius 2 2 2  Zambia 2 1 3  Zimbabwe 2 0 Source: TS	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Algeria 3 3 2  Réunion 3 2 3  Uganda (H) 3 1 4  Benin 3 0 Source: TS (H) Host	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Egypt 2 2 2  South Africa 2 1 3  Cameroon 2 0 Source: TS

Second round (knockout stage)

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Egypt
					17 February 9:00
	Bye
					Egypt	3
	16 February 14:00
					South Africa	1
	South Africa	3
									17 February 16:30
	Zambia	1
									Egypt	0
	16 February 14:00
									Algeria	3
	Réunion	2
					17 February 9:00
	Mauritius	3
					Mauritius	0
					Algeria	3
	Algeria
	Bye

Badminton Asia

Main article: 2022 Badminton Asia Men's Team Championships

The qualification for the Asian teams was held from 15 to 20 February 2022, at the Setia City Convention Centre in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The semifinalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. Indonesia qualified automatically as trophy holder .

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage

•  Hong Kong
•  India
•  Indonesia
•  Japan
•  Kazakhstan
•  South Korea
•  Malaysia
•  Singapore

First round (group stage)

  Advance to Knockout stage

Group A	Group B
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Indonesia 3 3 2  South Korea 3 2 3  India 3 1 4  Hong Kong 3 0 Source: TS	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Malaysia (H) 3 3 2  Singapore 3 2 3  Japan 3 1 4  Kazakhstan 3 0 Source: TS (H) Host

Second round (knockout stage)

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 February 16:00
	Indonesia	3
					20 February 16:00
	Singapore	2
					Indonesia	0
	19 February 16:00
					Malaysia	3
	South Korea	0
	Malaysia	3

Badminton Europe

The 2022 European Men’s & Women’s Team Championships were cancelled due to Covid-19. Therefore, the qualification for European teams are through World Ranking. The best four of the European men's team rankings will qualified for the Thomas Cup.^[3]

Badminton Oceania

The 2022 Oceania Badminton Team Championships were cancelled due to Covid-19. Therefore, the qualification for Oceania teams are through World Ranking. The best one of the Oceania team rankings will qualified for the Thomas Cup.

Badminton Pan Am

Main article: 2022 Pan Am Male Team Badminton Cup

The qualification for the Pan Am teams was held from 17 to 20 February 2022, at the Mundo Imperial in Acapulco, Mexico. The winner of the Pan Am qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage

•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  Guatemala
•  Mexico
•  Peru
•  United States

First round (group stage)

  Advance to First to fourth place

Group A	Group B
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Canada 2 2 2  United States 2 1 3  Guatemala 2 0 Source: TS	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Brazil 2 2 2  Mexico 2 1 3  Peru 2 0 Source: TS

Second round (knockout stage)

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 February
	Canada	3
					20 February
	Mexico	1
					Canada	3
	19 February
					Brazil	2
	United States	0
	Brazil	3
					Third place
					20 February
					Mexico	3
					United States	0

World team rankings

Summary of qualification

Below is the chart of the BWF World Team Ranking calculated by adding World Ranking points of top three Men's Singles players and top two Men's Doubles pairs on 22 February 2022.^[4]

Rank	Conf.	Nation	Points	Continental results	Qualification status
1	BA	Indonesia	431,649	Runner-up	Qualified as trophy holder
2	BA	Japan	418,683	Group stage	Qualified by ranking (Asia)
3	BE	Denmark	406,365		Qualified by ranking (Europe)
4	BA	Chinese Taipei	332,690		Qualified by ranking (overall)
5	BA	India	312,538	Group stage	Qualified by ranking (overall)
6	BA	Malaysia	307,083	Winner	Qualified as the winner of BA
7	BA	China	302,790		Qualified by ranking (overall)
8	BA	South Korea	229,664	Semifinals	Qualified as BA semifinalists
9	BA	Thailand	223,912		Qualified as host country
10	BE	France	208,062		Qualified by ranking (Europe)
11	BA	Hong Kong	202,041	Group stage
12	BE	England	181,180		Qualified by ranking (Europe)
13	BE	Germany	168,833		Qualified by ranking (Europe)
14	BPA	Canada	162,875	Winner	Qualified as the winner of BPA
15	BE	Netherlands	148,671
16	BE	Russia	147,798
17	BA	Singapore	131,984	Semifinals	Qualified as BA semifinalists
18	BPA	Guatemala	97,107	5th place
19	BPA	United States	94,571	4th place
20	BE	Spain	93,963
21	BPA	Mexico	90,686	3rd place
22	BE	Ireland	90,595
23	BPA	Brazil	88,365	2nd place
24	BE	Finland	83,553
25	BCA	Egypt	79,337	Runner-up
26	BE	Czech Republic	77,723
27	BCA	Nigeria	75,066
28	BCA	Algeria	74,030	Winner	Qualified as the winner of BCA
29	BE	Scotland	73,768
30	BE	Ukraine	73,295
31	BE	Sweden	65,990
32	BE	Austria	65,795
33	BA	Sri Lanka	63,091
34	BE	Bulgaria	61,797
35	BA	Vietnam	60,567
36	BCA	Mauritius	59,190	Semifinals
37	BE	Italy	57,355
38	BO	New Zealand	56,461		Qualified by ranking (Oceania)
39	BE	Belgium	52,785
40	BE	Poland	52,616
41	BE	Israel	51,939
42	BO	Australia	51,285
43	BE	Switzerland	46,763
44	BE	Norway	46,233
45	BE	Azerbaijan	43,857
46	BE	Turkey	43,193
47	BCA	South Africa	42,397	Semifinals
48	BE	Estonia	42,148
49	BPA	Cuba	39,220
50	BE	Croatia	37,923
50+ participants
52	BCA	Uganda	31,712	Group stage
53	BPA	Peru	30,540	6th Place
60	BA	Kazakhstan	22,353	Group stage
67	BCA	Zambia	19,283	Quarterfinals
71	BCA	Benin	14,549	Group stage
86	BCA	Cameroon	8,330	Group stage
92	BCA	Zimbabwe	7,570	Group stage
95	BCA	Réunion	6,686	Quarterfinals