2016 Thomas Cup qualification

2016 Thomas Cup qualification 15 – 20 February 2016 BA: GMC Balayogi Indoor StadiumBCA: National Badminton CentreBE: Kazan Gymnastics CenterBO: X-TRM North Harbour CentreBPA: CODE II Jalisco BA: Hyderabad, IndiaBCA: Rose Hill, MauritiusBE: Kazan, RussiaBO: Auckland, New ZealandBPA: Guadalajara, Mexico 2014 2018 The 2016 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 2016 Thomas Cup, with China qualifying automatically both as hosts, and Japan as the trophy holder.Information: Thomas and Thomas Cup finals https://system.bwfbadminton.com/uploads/2016/03/18/TU%20Cups%202016%20-%20%20Invitation%20letter%20to%20MA%27s%20%20%20-%20%20%2019%20%20March%20%202016%20%20%281%29.pdf BWF Corporate .pdf 20 February 2020 3 Qualified teams Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on World Team Rankings Final appearance CHN Badminton Asia Host country May 2014 01 1st 18 18th JPN Badminton Asia 2014 Thomas Cup winner 25 May 2014 05 5th 14 14th RSA Badminton Africa 2016 Africa Team Championships winner 19 February 2016 33 33rd 04 4th IND Badminton Asia 2016 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 07 7th 11 11th INA Badminton Asia 2016 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 04 4th 26 26th KOR Badminton Asia 2016 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 03 3rd 17 17th DEN Badminton Europe 2016 European Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 02 2nd 29 29th ENG Badminton Europe 2016 European Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 11 11th 14 14th FRA Badminton Europe 2016 European Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 13 13th 02 2nd GER Badminton Europe 2016 European Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 12 12th 07 7th NZL Badminton Oceania 2016 Oceania Team Championships winner 20 February 2016 39 39th 07 7th MEX Badminton Pan Am 2016 Pan Am Team Championships winner 20 February 2016 18 18th 01 Debut MAS Badminton Asia Best ranking (Asia) 3 March 2016 06 6th 26 26th TPE Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 3 March 2016 08 8th 02 2nd HKG Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 3 March 2016 09 9th 04 4th THA Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 3 March 2016 10 10th 12 12th Qualification process The number of teams participating in the final tournament is 16. The allocation of slots for each confederation is 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. Confederation qualification Badminton Confederation of Africa 2016 Africa Continental Team Badminton Championships The qualification for the African teams was held from 16 to 19 February 2016, at the National Badminton Centre in Rose Hill, Mauritius. The winners of the African qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage 18em ALG GHA MRI REU local RSA UGA ZIM First round (group stage) #BBF3BB Advance to Knockout stage Group A Group B yes yes yes yes Second round (knockout stage) Bracket1 Badminton Asia 2016 Badminton Asia Team Championships The qualification for the Asian teams was held from 15 to 21 February 2016, at the GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, India. The semi-finalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. China qualifying automatically as hosts. Japan also qualifying automatically as trophy holder. Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage 18em CHN (qualified) HKG INA IND JPN (qualified) MAS MDV NEP PHI SGP SRI KOR TPE THA First round (group stage) #BBF3BB Advance to Knockout stage Group AGroup BGroup MA yes yesGroup MB yes yesGroup CGroup DGroup MC yes yesGroup MD yes yes Second round (knockout stage) Bracket1 Badminton Europe 2016 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships The qualification for the European teams was held from 15 to 21 February 2016, at the Kazan Gymnastics Center in Kazan, Russia. The semi-finalist of the European qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage 18em AUT BEL BUL CRO CZE DEN ENG EST FIN FRA GER HUN IRL ITA LTU NOR POL RUS SCO SVK SLO ESP SWE TUR UKR First round (group stage) #BBF3BB Advance to Knockout stage Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 1 yes yes noGroup 2 yes yes noGroup 3 yes yes noGroup 4Group 5Group 6Group 4 yes yes noGroup 5 yes yes noGroup 6 yes yes no Ranking of runners-up MSecond Second round (knockout stage) Bracket Badminton Oceania 2016 Oceania Badminton Championships The qualification for the Pan Am teams was held from 19 to 20 February 2016, at the X-TRM North Harbour Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. The winner of the Oceania qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage 18em AUS NCL FLNKS NZL TAH Tahiti Round-robin main Badminton team AUS NZL NCL FLNKS TAH Tahiti complete TS 2 1 11 4 24 9 638 451 3 0 14 1 28 4 648 372 0 3 1 14 3 28 366 643 1 2 4 11 9 23 449 635 NZL AUS TAH NCL Q TC green1 Thomas Cup Badminton Pan Am 2016 Pan Am Team Badminton Championships The qualification for the Pan Am teams was held from 17 to 20 February 2016, at the CODE II Jalisco in Guadalajara, Mexico. The winner of the Pan Am qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage 18em CAN GUA MEX USA First round (group stage) Second round (final) |- MEX 3–2 CAN World team rankings Below is the chart of the BWF World Team Ranking calculated by adding World Ranking of top three Men's Singles players and top two Men's Doubles pairs on 3 March 2016.Rankings MS 3 MAR 2016 https://bwfbadminton.com/rankings/2/bwf-world-rankings/6/men-s-singles/2016/9/ bwfbadminton.com 22 February 2020Rankings MD 3 MAR 2016 https://bwfbadminton.com/rankings/2/bwf-world-rankings/6/men-s-doubles/2018/8/ bwfbadminton.com 22 February 2020 Rank Conf. Confederation Nation Points Continentalresults Qualificationstatus 1 BA CHN 379,132 Quarterfinals Qualified as host 2 BE DEN 330,171 Winner Qualified as BE semifinalists 3 BA KOR 305,570 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists 4 BA INA 279,614 Winner Qualified as BA semifinalists 5 BA JPN 269,608 Runner-up Qualified as trophy holder 6 BA MAS 241,788 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (Asia) 7 BA IND 226,171 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists 8 BA TPE 225,742 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (overall) 9 BA HKG 194,425 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (overall) 10 BA THA 168,277 Group stage Qualified by ranking (overall) 11 BE ENG 153,046 Semifinals Qualified as BE semifinalists 12 BE GER 135,683 Semifinals Qualified as BE semifinalists 13 BE FRA 133,240 Runner-up Qualified as BE semifinalists 14 BE RUS 126,154 Quarterfinals 15 BPA USA 106,273 4th place 16 BE POL 103,472 Quarterfinals 17 BPA CAN 91,988 Runner-up 18 BPA MEX 91,593 Winner Qualified as the winner of BPA 19 BPA BRA 90,189 20 BE UKR 85,664 Quarterfinals 21 BA SGP 82,179 Group stage 22 BPA GUA 74,685 3rd place 23 BE AUT 74,359 Group stage 24 BE BEL 72,602 Group stage 25 BE ITA 70,836 Group stage 26 BE NED 68,536| | align="left"| |- | 27 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| SCO | align="right" | 65,891| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 28 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| ESP | align="right" | 64,728| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 29 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| FIN | align="right" | 64,728| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 30 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| SWE | align="right" | 63,841| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Quarterfinals | align="left"| |- | 31 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| TUR | align="right" | 58,039| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 32 | bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | BCA | align="left"| EGY | align="right" | 57,650| | align="left"| |- | 33 | bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | BCA | align="left" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | RSA | align="right" | 56,785| bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | Winner| align="left" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Qualified as the winner of BCA |- | 34 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| CZE | align="right" | 55,538| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 35 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| IRL | align="right" | 52,767| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 36 | bgcolor="#E680FF" | BO | align="left"| AUS | align="right" | 52,231| bgcolor="#E680FF" | Runner-up | align="left"| |- | 37 | bgcolor="#FFA07A" | BA | align="left"| VIE | align="right" | 51,677| | align="left"| |- | 38 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| SUI | align="right" | 48,599| | align="left"| |- | 39 | bgcolor="#E680FF" | BO | align="left" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | NZL | align="right" | 44,235| bgcolor="#E680FF" | Winner| align="left" bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Qualified as the winner of BO |- | 40 | bgcolor="#FFA07A" | BA | align="left"| IRI | align="right" | 42,340| | align="left"| |- | 41 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| EST | align="right" | 39,566| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 42 | bgcolor="#87CEFA" | BPA | align="left"| PER | align="right" | 38,950| | align="left"| |- | 43 | bgcolor="#FFA07A" | BA | align="left"| PHI | align="right" | 37,828| bgcolor="#FFA07A" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 44 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| ISR | align="right" | 37,398| | align="left"| |- | 45 | bgcolor="#87CEFA" | BPA | align="left"| DOM | align="right" | 34,820| | align="left"| |- | 46 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| CRO | align="right" | 34,109| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 47 | bgcolor="#87CEFA" | BPA | align="left"| CUB | align="right" | 33,420| | align="left"| |- | 48 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| BUL | align="right" | 32,044| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 49 | bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | BCA | align="left"| ALG | align="right" | 30,584| bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | Semifinals | align="left"| |- | 50 | bgcolor="#FFA07A" | BA | align="left"| SRI | align="right" | 30,506| bgcolor="#FFA07A" | Group stage | align="left"| |- ! colspan="6" | 50+ participant |- | 51 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| NOR | align="right" | 30,302| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 53 | bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | BCA | align="left"| UGA | align="right" | 29,525| bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 55 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| LTU | align="right" | 27,497| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 57 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| SVK | align="right" | 25,992| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 58 | bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | BCA | align="left"| MRI | align="right" | 23,868| bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | Runner-up | align="left"| |- | 60 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| SLO | align="right" | 19,775| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 62 | bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | BCA | align="left"| GHA | align="right" | 17,071| bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 65 | bgcolor="#FFA07A" | BA | align="left"| NEP | align="right" | 15,435| bgcolor="#FFA07A" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 67 | bgcolor="#FFFF99" | BE | align="left"| HUN | align="right" | 15,048| bgcolor="#FFFF99" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 82 | bgcolor="#E680FF" | BO | align="left"| NCL FLNKS | align="right" | 7,356| bgcolor="#E680FF" | 4th place | align="left"| |- | 91 | bgcolor="#FFA07A" | BA | align="left"| MDV | align="right" | 4,295| bgcolor="#FFA07A" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | 107 | bgcolor="#E680FF" | BO | align="left"| TAH Tahiti | align="right" | 1,440| bgcolor="#E680FF" | 3rd place | align="left"| |- | 108 | bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | BCA | align="left"| REU local | align="right" | 1,249| bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | Group stage | align="left"| |- | – | bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | BCA | align="left"| ZIM | align="right" | 0''' | bgcolor="#A6FFCC" | Group stage'' References qualification