2022 Uber Cup qualification

The 2022 Uber 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 Uber Cup, with Thailand qualifying automatically as hosts, and China qualifying automatically as trophy holder.

2022 Uber 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.^[1]

Qualified teams

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	World Team Rankings	Final appearance
Thailand	Badminton Asia	Host country	29 November 2018	4th	8th
China	Badminton Asia	2020 Uber Cup winners	16 October 2021	3rd	20th
Indonesia	Badminton Asia	2022 Asia Team Championships winners	16 February 2022	5th	26th
South Korea	Badminton Asia	2022 Asia Team Championships runner-up	16 February 2022	2nd	20th
Malaysia	Badminton Asia	2022 Asia Team Championships semifinalists	16 February 2022	9th	14th
Egypt	Badminton Africa	2022 All Africa Team Championships winners	17 February 2022	27th	2nd
Japan	Badminton Asia	2022 Asia Team Championships semifinalists	18 February 2022	1st	26th
United States	Badminton Pan Am	2022 Pan Am Female Cup winners	20 February 2022	15th	12th
Denmark	Badminton Europe	Best ranking (Europe)	22 February 2022	6th	22nd
Spain	Badminton Europe	Best ranking (Europe)	22 February 2022	10th	3rd
France	Badminton Europe	Best ranking (Europe)	22 February 2022	12th	3rd
Germany1	Badminton Europe	Best ranking (Europe)	22 February 2022	14th	11th
Australia	Badminton Oceania	Best ranking (Oceania)	22 February 2022	24th	9th
India	Badminton Asia	Best ranking (overall)	22 February 2022	7th	8th
Chinese Taipei	Badminton Asia	Best ranking (overall)	22 February 2022	8th	8th
Canada	Badminton Pan Am	Best ranking (Overall)	22 February 2022	11th	13th
Disqualified
Russia1	Badminton Europe	Best ranking (Europe)	22 February 2022	13th	—

• ^1 Russia suspended from any BWF events until further notice. Therefore, the quota was given to Germany as the next highest ranked team for Europe. ^[2][3]

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 Uber Cup.

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage

•  Algeria
•  Egypt
•  Mauritius
•  Réunion
•  South Africa
•  Uganda
•  Zimbabwe

First round (group stage)

  Advance to Knockout stage

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

Second round (knockout stage)

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 February
	Mauritius	0
					17 February
	Egypt	3
					Egypt	3
	16 February
					Uganda	1
	South Africa	0
	Uganda	3

Badminton Asia

Main article: 2022 Badminton Asia Women'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 Uber Cup.

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage

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

First round (group stage)

  Advance to Knockout stage

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

Second round (knockout stage)

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 February 10:00
	Malaysia	0
					20 February 10:00
	South Korea	3
					South Korea	1
	19 February 10:00
					Indonesia	3
	Japan
	Indonesia	w/o

Badminton Europe

The 2022 European Men’s & Women’s Team Championships were cancelled due to Covid-19. Therefore, the qualification for European women's teams are through World Ranking. The best four of the European women's team rankings will qualified for the Uber Cup.^[4]

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 women's team rankings will qualified for the Uber Cup.

Badminton Pan Am

Main article: 2022 Pan Am Female 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 Uber 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  Guatemala 2 1 3  Peru 2 0 Source: TS	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  United States 2 2 2  Brazil 2 1 3  Mexico 2 0 Source: TS

Second round (knockout stage)

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 February
	Canada	3
					20 February
	Guatemala	0
					Canada	0
	19 February
					United States	3
	Brazil	0
	United States	3
					Third place
					20 February
					Guatemala	0
					Brazil	3

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 Women's Singles players and top two Women's Doubles pairs on 22 February 2022.^[5]

Rank	Conf.	Nation	Points	Continental results	Qualification status
1	BA	Japan	463,190	Semifinalists	Qualified as BA semifinalists
2	BA	South Korea	408,712	Runner-up	Qualified as BA runner-up
3	BA	China	404,011	Trophy Holder	Qualified as trophy holder
4	BA	Thailand	364,105		Qualified as host country
5	BA	Indonesia	260,663	Winner	Qualified as the winner of BA
6	BE	Denmark	259,238		Qualified by ranking (Europe)
7	BA	India	250,156	Group stage	Qualified by ranking (overall)
8	BA	Chinese Taipei	244,011		Qualified by ranking (overall)
9	BA	Malaysia	204,277	Semifinals	Qualified as BA semifinalists
10	BE	Spain	201,313		Qualified by ranking (Europe)
11	BPA	Canada	199,003	Runner-up	Qualified by ranking (overall)
12	BE	France	172,959		Qualified by ranking (Europe)
13	BE	Russia	160,434		Qualified by ranking (Europe), Disqualified1
14	BE	Germany	155,414		Qualified by ranking (Europe)1
15	BPA	United States	152,323	Winner	Qualified as the winner of BPA
16	BA	Hong Kong	146,758	Group stage
17	BE	England	139,268
18	BE	Turkey	136,710
19	BE	Bulgaria	134,570
20	BE	Netherlands	133,399
21	BE	Scotland	108,623
22	BA	Singapore	108,590
23	BE	Ukraine	101,977
24	BO	Australia	101,926		Qualified by ranking (Oceania)
25	BE	Switzerland	101,411
26	BE	Sweden	97,850
27	BCA	Egypt	96,089	Winner	Qualified as the winner of BCA
28	BPA	Peru	92,570	6th Place
29	BPA	Brazil	90,846	3rd Place
30	BE	Estonia	83,981
31	BE	Hungary	76,210
32	BPA	Guatemala	74,281	4th Place
33	BE	Czech Republic	73,201
34	BA	Vietnam	66,831
35	BE	Poland	65,161
36	BPA	Mexico	64,258	5th Place
37	BE	Belgium	61,502
38	BE	Ireland	59,144
39	BE	Italy	56,490
40	BCA	Nigeria	50,813
41	BCA	South Africa	49,043	Semifinals
42	BA	Iran	43,940
43	BE	Israel	42,645
44	BCA	Algeria	42,387	Group stage
45	BCA	Mauritius	40,934	Semifinals
46	BA	Maldives	39,300
47	BE	Slovakia	39,023
48	BCA	Uganda	37,764	Runner-up
49	BPA	Dominican Republic	36,410
50	BE	Slovenia	36,089
50+ participants
72	BA	Kazakhstan	14,052	Group stage
81	BCA	Réunion	9,860	Group stage
106	BCA	Zimbabwe	3,510	Group stage

• ^1 Russia suspended from any BWF events until further notice. Therefore, the quota was given to Germany as the next highest ranked team for Europe. ^[2][3]