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2012 Thomas & Uber Cup

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2012 Thomas & Uber Cup
2012年托马斯和尤伯杯
Tournament details
Dates20 May – 27 May
Edition27th (Thomas Cup)
24th (Uber Cup)
LevelInternational
VenueWuhan Sports Center Stadium
LocationWuhan, China
2010 Kuala Lumpur 2014 New Delhi

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.

Host city selection

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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

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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] Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands  Denmark
 Germany
 England
 Russia
 Germany
 Denmark
 Netherlands
February 17–19, 2012 Pan Am[4] United States California, United States  United States  United States
February 18–19, 2012 Oceania[5] Australia Ballarat, Australia  New Zealand  Australia
February 22–29, 2012 Africa[6] Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia  South Africa  South Africa
Defending Champions  China  South Korea
Host  China

Seedings

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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.

Squads

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Medalists

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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

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  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China*2002
2 South Korea0202
3 Japan0022
4 Denmark0011
 Thailand0011
Totals (5 entries)2248

Thomas Cup

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Groups

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Knockout stage

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

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
23 May 2012
 
 
 China3
 
25 May 2012
 
 Malaysia0
 
 China3
 
23 May 2012
 
 Japan0
 
 Japan3
 
27 May 2012
 
 Indonesia2
 
 China3
 
23 May 2012
 
 South Korea0
 
 Russia0
 
25 May 2012
 
 Denmark3
 
 Denmark1
 
23 May 2012
 
 South Korea3
 
 Germany0
 
 
 South Korea3
 

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

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 2012 Thomas Cup champion 

China
Ninth title

Uber Cup

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Groups

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Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
23 May 2012
 
 
 China3
 
24 May 2012
 
 Germany0
 
 China3
 
23 May 2012
 
 Thailand0
 
 Thailand3
 
26 May 2012
 
 Denmark1
 
 China3
 
23 May 2012
 
 South Korea0
 
 Indonesia2
 
24 May 2012
 
 Japan3
 
 Japan0
 
23 May 2012
 
 South Korea3
 
 Chinese Taipei2
 
 
 South Korea3
 

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

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 2012 Uber Cup champion 

China
Twelfth title

References

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  1. ^ Guanqun, Wang (3 June 2011). "China's Wuhan to host 2012 Thomas Cup, Uber Cup". Xinhua. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Badminton Asia 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup preliminaries". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  3. ^ "European Men's & Women's Team Championships 2012". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  4. ^ "2012 TUC Pan Am Preliminary". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  5. ^ "2012 Thomas & Uber Cup Preliminaries - Oceania". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  6. ^ "Badminton Africa 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup preliminaries". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
  7. ^ "Thomas Cup and Uber Cup team seeding and qualifiers". BWF. 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-05-24.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "DRAWS: 2012 Thomas and Uber Cups Finals". BWF. 2012-04-15. Archived from the original on 2012-05-12. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
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