2016 Thomas & Uber Cup

2016 Thomas & Uber Cup

Tournament details
Dates	15–22 May
Edition	29th (Thomas Cup) 26th (Uber Cup)
Level	International
Venue	Kunshan Sports Centre
Location	Kunshan, Jiangsu, China
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The 2016 Thomas & Uber Cup is the 29th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 26th tournament of the Uber Cup, the premier badminton team championships for men and women respectively. It is held at the Kunshan Sports Centre in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, China.

Qualifiers

Main article: 2016 Thomas & Uber Cup qualification

Confederation	Qualifiers
	Thomas Cup	Uber Cup
Defending Champions	Japan	China
Host	China
Asia	India Indonesia Korea Malaysia	India Japan Korea Thailand
Europe	Denmark Germany England France	Denmark Germany Spain Bulgaria
Pan Am	Mexico	United States
Oceania	New Zealand	Australia
Africa	South Africa	Mauritius
By Ranking	Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Thailand	Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Indonesia Malaysia

Seedings

The seeding list is based on 3 March 2016 World Rankings.

Thomas Cup

1. China (Quarterfinal)
2. Denmark (Champion)
3. Korea (Semifinal)
4. Indonesia (Final)
5. Japan (Quarterfinal)
6. Malaysia (Semifinal)
7. India (Group)
8. Chinese Taipei (Quarterfinal)
9. Hong Kong (Quarterfinal)
10. Thailand (Group)
11. England (Group)
12. Germany (Group)
13. France (Group)
14. Mexico (Group)
15. South Africa (Group)
16. New Zealand (Group)

Uber Cup

1. China (Champion)
2. Japan (Semifinal)
3. Korea (Final)
4. Thailand (Quarterfinal)
5. Indonesia (Quarterfinal)
6. India (Semifinal)
7. Chinese Taipei (Quarterfinal)
8. Denmark (Quarterfinal)
9. Germany (Group)
10. Malaysia (Group)
11. Spain (Group)
12. Hong Kong (Group)
13. United States (Group)
14. Bulgaria (Group)
15. Australia (Group)
16. Mauritius (Group)

Thomas Cup

Groups

Main article: 2016 Thomas Cup group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
China	3	3	3	0
Japan	2	3	2	1
France	1	3	1	2
Mexico	0	3	0	3

15 May 2016
China	5–0	Mexico
Japan	5–0	France
16 May 2016
Japan	5–0	Mexico
China	5–0	France
18 May 2016
France	5–0	Mexico
China	5–0	Japan

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Indonesia	3	3	3	0
Hong Kong	2	3	2	1
Thailand	1	3	1	2
India	0	3	0	3

15 May 2016
India	2–3	Thailand
Indonesia	5–0	Hong Kong
17 May 2016
India	2–3	Hong Kong
Indonesia	4–1	Thailand
18 May 2016
Indonesia	5–0	India
Thailand	1–4	Hong Kong

Group C

Team
Malaysia	3	3	3	0
Korea	2	3	2	1
England	1	3	1	2
Germany	0	3	0	3

15 May 2016
Korea	5–0	Germany
Malaysia	4–1	England
16 May 2016
Malaysia	5–0	Germany
Korea	5–0	England
17 May 2016
Korea	2–3	Malaysia
England	4–1	Germany

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Denmark	3	3	3	0
Chinese Taipei	2	3	2	1
New Zealand	1	3	1	2
South Africa	0	3	0	3

16 May 2016
Denmark	5–0	South Africa
Chinese Taipei	5–0	New Zealand
17 May 2016
Denmark	5–0	New Zealand
Chinese Taipei	5–0	South Africa
18 May 2016
Denmark	3–2	Chinese Taipei
New Zealand	4–1	South Africa

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	19 May 2016
	China	1
					20 May 2016
	Korea	3
					Korea	1
	19 May 2016
					Indonesia	3
	Indonesia	3
									22 May 2016
	Hong Kong	1
									Indonesia	2
	19 May 2016
									Denmark	3
	Chinese Taipei	1
					20 May 2016
	Malaysia	3
					Malaysia	2
	19 May 2016
					Denmark	3
	Japan	2
	Denmark	3

Quarterfinals

Chinese Taipei 1	Kunshan Sports Center Court 2 19 May 2016 13:00		Malaysia 3
1 2 3 1 Chou Tien-chen Lee Chong Wei 18 21 18 21     2 Lee Sheng-mu / Tsai Chia-hsin Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong 16 21 21 19 21 19   3 Hsu Jen-hao Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin 8 21 13 21     4 Chen Hung-ling / Wang Chi-lin Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong 16 21 20 22     5 Wang Tzu-wei Chong Wei Feng       not played

Indonesia 3	Kunshan Sports Center Court 3 19 May 2016 13:00		Hong Kong 1
1 2 3 1 Tommy Sugiarto Ng Ka Long 11 21 21 19 21 15   2 Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan Or Chin Chung / Tang Chun Man 17 21 19 21     3 Jonatan Christie Hu Yun 21 14 18 21 21 16   4 Angga Pratama / Ricky Karanda Suwardi Law Cheuk Him / Yeung Shing Choi 21 16 21 14     5 Ihsan Maulana Mustofa Wei Nan       not played

China 1	Kunshan Sports Center Court 1 19 May 2016 19:00		Korea 3
1 2 3 1 Chen Long Son Wan-ho 12 21 21 16 15 21   2 Fu Haifeng / Zhang Nan Lee Yong-dae / Yoo Yeon-seong 25 23 21 23 12 21   3 Lin Dan Lee Dong-keun 21 10 21 15     4 Li Junhui / Zheng Siwei Kim Gi-jung / Kim Sa-rang 15 21 18 21     5 Tian Houwei Jeon Hyeok-jin       not played

Japan 2	Kunshan Sports Center Court 4 19 May 2016 19:00		Denmark 3
1 2 3 1 Sho Sasaki Viktor Axelsen 13 21 16 21     2 Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa Mathias Boe / Mads Conrad-Petersen 16 21 17 21     3 Takuma Ueda Jan Ø. Jørgensen 21 13 13 21 21 10   4 Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21 15 21 17     5 Riichi Takeshita Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 21 23 17 21

Semifinals

Korea 1	Kunshan Sports Center Court 2 20 May 2016 13:00		Indonesia 3
1 2 3 1 Son Wan-ho Jonatan Christie 21 10 21 16     2 Lee Yong-dae / Yoo Yeon-seong Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan 15 21 12 21     3 Lee Dong-keun Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 18 21 18 21     4 Kim Gi-jung / Kim Sa-rang Angga Pratama / Ricky Karanda Suwardi 15 21 18 21     5 Jeon Hyeok-jin Ihsan Maulana Mustofa       not played

Malaysia 2	Kunshan Sports Center Court 1 20 May 2016 19:00		Denmark 3
1 2 3 1 Lee Chong Wei Viktor Axelsen 23 21 21 17     2 Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong Mathias Boe / Mads Conrad-Petersen 21 18 21 18     3 Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 18 21 18 21     4 Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21 10 8 21 13 21   5 Chong Wei Feng Emil Holst 15 21 18 21

Final

Indonesia 2	Kunshan Sports Center Court 1 22 May 2016 13:00		Denmark 3
1 2 3 1 Tommy Sugiarto Viktor Axelsen 17 21 18 21     2 Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding 21 18 21 13     3 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Jan Ø. Jørgensen 17 21 12 21     4 Angga Pratama / Ricky Karanda Suwardi Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21 16 21 14     5 Ihsan Maulana Mustofa Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 15 21 7 21

2016 Thomas Cup Champion
Denmark First title

Uber Cup

Groups

Main article: 2016 Uber Cup group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
China	3	3	3	0
Denmark	2	3	2	1
Malaysia	1	3	1	2
Spain	0	3	0	3

15 May 2016
China	5–0	Malaysia
Denmark	4–1	Spain
17 May 2016
Denmark	3–2	Malaysia
China	5–0	Spain
18 May 2016
Spain	2–3	Malaysia
China	5–0	Denmark

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Korea	3	3	3	0
Chinese Taipei	2	3	2	1
United States	1	3	1	2
Mauritius	0	3	0	3

15 May 2016
Chinese Taipei	5–0	Mauritius
Korea	5–0	United States
16 May 2016
Korea	5–0	Mauritius
Chinese Taipei	5–0	United States
18 May 2016
Mauritius	0–5	United States
Korea	4–1	Chinese Taipei

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Thailand	3	3	3	0
Indonesia	2	3	2	1
Hong Kong	1	3	1	2
Bulgaria	0	3	0	3

15 May 2016
Thailand	4–1	Hong Kong
Indonesia	5–0	Bulgaria
16 May 2016
Thailand	5–0	Bulgaria
Indonesia	3–2	Hong Kong
17 May 2016
Bulgaria	2–3	Hong Kong
Thailand	3–2	Indonesia

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Japan	3	3	3	0
India	2	3	2	1
Germany	1	3	1	2
Australia	0	3	0	3

16 May 2016
India	5–0	Australia
Japan	5–0	Germany
17 May 2016
India	5–0	Germany
Japan	5–0	Australia
18 May 2016
Japan	3–2	India
Australia	1–4	Germany

Knockout stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	19 May 2016
	China	3
					20 May 2016
	Chinese Taipei	0
					China	3
	19 May 2016
					India	0
	Thailand	1
									21 May 2016
	India	3
									China	3
	19 May 2016
									Korea	1
	Indonesia	0
					20 May 2016
	Korea	3
					Korea	3
	19 May 2016
					Japan	1
	Denmark	0
	Japan	3

Quarterfinals

Thailand 1	Kunshan Sports Center Court 1 19 May 2016 13:00		India 3
1 2 3 1 Ratchanok Intanon Saina Nehwal 21 12 21 19     2 Busanan Ongbumrungphan Pusarla Venkata Sindhu 18 21 7 21     3 Puttita Supajirakul / Sapsiree Taerattanachai Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa 19 21 12 21     4 Nitchaon Jindapol Ruthvika Shivani Gadde 18 21 16 21     5 Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai Sikki Reddy Nelakurthi / Pusarla Venkata Sindhu       not played

Indonesia 0	Kunshan Sports Center Court 4 19 May 2016 13:00		Korea 3
1 2 3 1 Maria Febe Kusumastuti Sung Ji-hyun 13 21 12 21     2 Anggia Shitta Awanda / Greysia Polii Jung Kyung-eun / Shin Seung-chan 13 21 19 21     3 Fitriani Bae Yeon-ju 13 21 21 14 15 21   4 Della Destiara Haris / Rosyita Eka Putri Sari Chang Ye-na / Lee So-hee       not played 5 Gregoria Mariska Kim Hyo-min       not played

China 3	Kunshan Sports Center Court 2 19 May 2016 19:00		Chinese Taipei 0
1 2 3 1 Li Xuerui Pai Yu-po 21 14 21 17     2 Wang Shixian Hsu Ya-ching 21 16 21 12     3 Tian Qing / Zhao Yunlei Hsieh Pei-chen / Wu Ti-jung 21 11 21 14     4 Wang Yihan Chiang Mei-hui       not played 5 Chen Qingchen / Tang Yuanting Chen Hsiao-huan / Hsu Ya-ching       not played

Denmark 0	Kunshan Sports Center Court 3 19 May 2016 19:00		Japan 3
1 2 3 1 Line Kjaersfeldt Nozomi Okuhara 11 21 18 21     2 Christinna Pedersen / Kamilla Rytter Juhl Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi 21 23 16 21     3 Mette Poulsen Akane Yamaguchi 15 21 11 21     4 Line Kjaersfeldt / Sara Thygesen Naoko Fukuman / Kurumi Yonao       not played 5 Anna Thea Madsen Sayaka Sato       not played

Semifinals

China 3	Kunshan Sports Center Court 1 20 May 2016 13:00		India 0
1 2 3 1 Li Xuerui Saina Nehwal 21 15 12 21 21 17   2 Wang Shixian Pusarla Venkata Sindhu 21 13 23 21     3 Tian Qing / Zhao Yunlei Jwala Gutta / Sikki Reddy Nelakurthi 21 6 21 6     4 Wang Yihan Ruthvika Shivani Gadde       not played 5 Chen Qingchen / Tang Yuanting Ashwini Ponnappa / Pusarla Venkata Sindhu       not played

Korea 3	Kunshan Sports Center Court 2 20 May 2016 19:00		Japan 1
1 2 3 1 Sung Ji-hyun Nozomi Okuhara 21 13 21 13     2 Jung Kyung-eun / Shin Seung-chan Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi 21 19 15 21 21 16   3 Bae Yeon-ju Akane Yamaguchi 17 21 7 9   retired   4 Chang Ye-na / Lee So-hee Naoko Fukuman / Kurumi Yonao 21 15 21 14     5 Kim Hyo-min Sayaka Sato       not played

Final

China 3	Kunshan Sports Center Court 1 21 May 2016 13:00		Korea 1
1 2 3 1 Li Xuerui Sung Ji-hyun 14 21 21 13 21 10   2 Tian Qing / Zhao Yunlei Jung Kyung-eun / Shin Seung-chan 21 16 17 21 23 25   3 Wang Shixian Kim Hyo-min 21 13 21 12     4 Tang Yuanting / Chen Qingchen Chang Ye-na / Lee So-hee 21 14 21 16     5 Wang Yihan Lee Jang-mi       not played

2016 Uber Cup Champion
China Fourteenth title

External links

• Official website