2012 Thomas & Uber Cup

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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.

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

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]   Amsterdam, Netherlands   Denmark
  Germany
  England
  Russia
  Germany
  Denmark
  Netherlands
February 17–19, 2012 Pan Am[4]   California, United States   United States   United States
February 18–19, 2012 Oceania[5]   Ballarat, Australia   New Zealand   Australia
February 22–29, 2012 Africa[6]   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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