The 2024 Thomas & Uber Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2024 for sponsorship reasons) was the 33rd edition of the Thomas Cup and the 30th 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 tournaments were held at Chengdu, China, from 27 April to 5 May 2024.[1]
India were the defending champions for the men's team, but lost to China in the quarter-finals. South Korea were the defending champions for the women's team, but lost to Indonesia in the semi-finals. China won both tournaments, defeating Indonesia in both finals.
Qualification
China qualified automatically as hosts, while India and South Korea qualified as the title holders for the Thomas and Uber Cup respectively.
^1 Since China, winner of the Asian qualification tournament, had already qualified as host, the spot was given to Indonesia as the best Asian team from World Team Rankings.
^2 On the day of the official draw, it was revealed that France had declined their spot in the final tournament. Therefore, the quota was given to Czechia as the next team available from Europe.
^3 On the day of the official draw, it was revealed that South Africa, France, Scotland and Spain had declined their spot in the final tournament. Therefore, the quotas were given to Uganda as the next highest ranked team for Africa and Hong Kong, Singapore, and Mexico as per the world team rankings.
Draw
The draw for the tournament was conducted on 22 March at 15:00 CSTT, at Chengdu, China. The 16 men and 16 women teams were drawn into four groups of four.
For the Thomas Cup draw, the teams were allocated to four pots based on the World Team Rankings of 20 February 2024. 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 Japan. Pot 2 contained the next best four teams, Pot 3 contained the ninth to twelfth seeds, and Pot 4 for the thirteenth to sixteenth seeds.
A similar procedure was applied for the Uber Cup draw, where top seed China (were assigned to position A1), the second seed, South Korea (were assigned to position D1), Japan and Thailand were in Pot 1.
The knockout stage of the tournament started from 2 May 2024 on which the quarter-finals were held. Semi-finals were held on 4 May 2024 while the finals was held on 5 May 2024. Below is the bracket for the knockout round of the tournament, teams in bold denote match winners.
The draw was conducted on 1 May 2024, after the last match of the group stage.[3]
The knockout stage of the tournament started from 2 May 2024 on which the quarter-finals were held. Semi-finals were held on 4 May 2024 while the finals was held on 5 May 2024. Below is the bracket for the knockout round of the tournament, teams in bold denote match winners.
The draw was conducted on 1 May 2024, after the last match of the group stage.[4]