2014 Thomas Cup qualification
| 2014 Thomas Cup qualification | |
|---|---|
| Date | 6 March 2014 |
| Nations | 24 |
The 2014 Thomas Cup qualification process took place on 6 March 2014 to decide the final 16 teams that will compete in the 2014 Thomas Cup.
Qualified teams
| Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | World Men's Team Rankings | Final appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | Badminton Asia | Host country | April 2013 | 9th | 10th |
| China | Badminton Asia | 2012 Thomas Cup winner | 27 May 2012 | 2nd | 17th |
| Indonesia | Badminton Asia | Best ranking in Asia | 6 March 2014 | 1st | 25th |
| Malaysia | Badminton Asia | Third best ranking in Asia | 6 March 2014 | 3rd | 25th |
| Japan | Badminton Asia | Fourth best ranking in Asia | 6 March 2014 | 4th | 13th |
| South Korea | Badminton Asia | Fifth best ranking in Asia | 6 March 2014 | 6th | 16th |
| Thailand | Badminton Africa | Sixth best ranking in Asia | 6 March 2014 | 7th | 11th |
| Chinese Taipei | Badminton Asia | Seventh best ranking in Asia | 6 March 2014 | 8th | 3rd |
| Hong Kong | Badminton Asia | Ninth best ranking in Asia | 6 March 2014 | 10th | 3rd |
| Singapore | Badminton Asia | Tenth best ranking in Asia | 6 March 2014 | 15th | 2nd |
| Denmark | Badminton Europe | Best ranking in Europe | 6 March 2014 | 5th | 28th |
| Germany | Badminton Europe | Second best ranking in Europe | 6 March 2014 | 11th | 6th |
| England | Badminton Europe | Third best ranking in Europe | 6 March 2014 | 12th | 14th |
| Russia | Badminton Europe | Fourth best ranking in Europe | 6 March 2014 | 13th | 2nd |
| France | Badminton Europe | Fifth best ranking in Europe | 6 March 2014 | 14th | Debut |
| Nigeria | Badminton Africa | Best ranking in Africa | 6 March 2014 | 16th | 3rd |
Qualification process
World team rankings
In June 2012, the Badminton World Federation announced that the continental qualifiers would be temporarily scrapped.[1] Therefore, the qualification of every national team for the 2014 Thomas Cup was determined based on their national ranking. The Netherlands, Poland and Sweden withdrew from the qualification process.[2]
| BWF World Men's Team Rankings as of 6 March 2014[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| # | Country | Conf. | First men's singles | Second men's singles | Third men's singles | First men's doubles | Second men's doubles | Points | Seeding | |||||||||||
| Player | Rank | Point | Player | Rank | Point | Player | Rank | Point | Player | Rank | Point | Player | Rank | Point | ||||||
| 1 | Indonesia | BA | Tommy Sugiarto | 3 | 68,958 | Sony Dwi Kuncoro | 14 | 44,780 | Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka | 19 | 40,809 | Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan | 1 | 86,140 | Angga Pratama / Rian Agung Saputro | 9 | 54,109 | 294,796 | 1 | |
| 2 | China | BA | Chen Long | 2 | 75,255 | Du Pengyu | 7 | 58,500 | Wang Zhengming | 9 | 56,850 | Liu Xiaolong / Qiu Zihan | 6 | 64,940 | Chai Biao / Hong Wei | 21 | 38,890 | 294,435 | 2 | |
| 3 | Malaysia | BA | Lee Chong Wei | 1 | 98,873 | Chong Wei Feng | 16 | 43,380 | Liew Daren | 37 | 33,060 | Hoon Thien How / Tan Wee Kiong | 7 | 56,590 | Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong | 8 | 55,700 | 287,603 | 3/4 | |
| 4 | Japan | BA | Kenichi Tago | 5 | 65,945 | Kento Momota | 15 | 44,030 | Takuma Ueda | 17 | 42,835 | Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa | 2 | 72,205 | Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda | 14 | 49,820 | 274,835 | 3/4 | |
| 5 | Denmark | BE | Jan Ø. Jørgensen | 4 | 67,148 | Hans-Kristian Vittinghus | 21 | 40,486 | Viktor Axelsen | 26 | 38,195 | Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen | 4 | 71,192 | Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding | 22 | 38,765 | 255,786 | 5/8 | |
| 6 | South Korea | BA | Son Wan-ho | 6 | 60,047 | Lee Dong-keun | 21 | 49,341 | Hwang Jong-soo | 39 | 38,930 | Ko Sung-hyun / Lee Yong-dae | 5 | 68,670 | Kim Gi-jung / Kim Sa-rang | 6 | 66,690 | 283,678 | 5/8 | |
| 7 | Thailand | BA | Boonsak Ponsana | 8 | 55,979 | Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk | 15 | 52,477 | Suppanyu Avihingsanon | 40 | 38,720 | Maneepong Jongjit / Nipitphon Phuangphuapet | 10 | 54,170 | Wannawat Ampunsuwan / Patiphat Chalardchaleam | 15 | 48,880 | 250,226 | 5/8 | |
| 8 | Chinese Taipei | BA | Chou Tien-chen | 24 | 48,120 | Hsu Jen-hao | 29 | 46,216 | Wang Tzu-wei | 69 | 25,720 | Lee Sheng-mu / Tsai Chia-hsin | 12 | 52,460 | Liang Jui-wei / Liao Kuan-hao | 20 | 42,850 | 215,366 | 5/8 | |
| 9 | India | BA | Parupalli Kashyap | 19 | 50,390 | Srikanth Kidambi | 20 | 49,790 | Ajay Jayaram | 32 | 43,520 | Pranav Chopra / Akshay Dewalkar | 37 | 31,650 | Manu Attri / B. Sumeeth Reddy | 43 | 30,080 | 205,530 | 9/12 | |
| 10 | Hong Kong | BA | Hu Yun | 13 | 53,546 | Wong Wing Ki | 16 | 51,834 | Wei Nan | 28 | 45,330 | Chan Tsz Kit / Lo Lok Kei | 52 | 24,590 | Lee Chun Hei / Ng Ka Long | 66 | 21,440 | 196,740 | 9/12 | |
| 11 | Germany | BE | Marc Zwiebler | 10 | 48,288 | Dieter Domke | 64 | 24,419 | Lukas Schmidt | 85 | 19,030 | Michael Fuchs / Johannes Schöttler | 32 | 31,223 | Peter Käsbauer / Josche Zurwonne | 35 | 29,667 | 152,627 | 9/16 | |
| 12 | England | BE | Rajiv Ouseph | 22 | 39,594 | Toby Penty | 122 | 13,808 | Sam Parsons | 207 | 7,627 | Chris Adcock / Andrew Ellis | 11 | 51,726 | Peter Mills / Chris Langridge | 24 | 37,481 | 150,236 | 9/16 | |
| 13 | Russia | BE | Vladimir Ivanov | 45 | 29,810 | Vladimir Malkov | 54 | 27,075 | Anton Ivanov | 130 | 12,420 | Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov | 17 | 43,363 | Nikita Khakimov / Vasily Kuznetsov | 50 | 24,194 | 136,862 | 9/16 | |
| 14 | France | BE | Brice Leverdez | 38 | 32,808 | Lucas Corvée | 70 | 21,603 | Thomas Rouxel | 71 | 20,536 | Baptiste Carême / Ronan Labar | 39 | 28,712 | Lucas Corvée / Brice Leverdez | 52 | 23,660 | 127,319 | 9/16 | |
| 15 | Singapore | BA | Derek Wong | 46 | 29,396 | Ashton Chen | 74 | 20,080 | Robin Gonansa | 126 | 13,330 | Terry Hee / Terry Yeo | 86 | 13,320 | Ashton Chen / Robin Gonansa | 126 | 7,100 | 83,226 | 9/16 | |
| 16 | Nigeria | BCA | Jinkan Ifraimu | 183 | 8,892 | Enejoh Abah | 184 | 8,760 | Victor Makanju | 266 | 5,110 | Enejoh Abah / Victor Makanju | 123 | 10,010 | Ola Fagbemi / Jinkan Ifraimu | 176 | 6,542 | 39,314 | 9/16 | |
| Reserve | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | United States | BPA | Sattawat Pongnairat | 57 | 26,190 | Howard Shu | 73 | 20,119 | Bjorn Seguin | 93 | 17,500 | Phillip Chew / Sattawat Pongnairat | 56 | 23,357 | Mathew Fogarty / Bjorn Seguin | 135 | 9,400 | 96,566 | R2 | |
| 18 | Vietnam | BA | Nguyễn Tiến Minh | 8 | 57,237 | Phạm Cao Cường | 255 | 5,639 | Nguyễn Hoàng Nam | 302 | 4,220 | Dương Bảo Đức / Nguyễn Hoàng Nam | 105 | 11,354 | Đỗ Tuấn Đức / Phạm Hồng Nam | 331 | 3,050 | 81,500 | R5 | |
| 19 | Ukraine | BE | Dmytro Zavadskyi | 47 | 29,283 | Valeriy Atrashchenkov | 113 | 14,801 | Kyrylo Leonov | 179 | 9,650 | Valeriy Atrashchenkov / Gennadiy Natarov | 107 | 10,875 | Sergiy Garist / Kyrylo Leonov | 147 | 8,140 | 72,749 | R6 | |
| 20 | Czech Republic | BE | Petr Koukal | 78 | 19,770 | Jan Fröhlich | 88 | 18,552 | Pavel Florián | 175 | 9,836 | Jan Fröhlich / Zdeněk Sváta | 99 | 11,950 | Pavel Florián / Ondřej Kopřiva | 109 | 10,778 | 70,886 | R7 | |
| 21 | Australia | BO | Nathan Tang | 234 | 6,200 | Luke Chong | 251 | 5,720 | Ashwant Gobinathan | 256 | 5,618 | Raymond Tam / Glenn Warfe | 44 | 26,115 | Robin Middleton / Ross Smith | 48 | 24,780 | 68,433 | R8 | |
| 22 | Finland | BE | Ville Lång | 39 | 32,799 | Eetu Heino | 75 | 20,036 | Kasper Lehikoinen | 166 | 10,000 | Henri Aarnio / Joonas Korhonen | 314 | 3,300 | Mika Koskenneva / Jesper von Hertzen | 540 | 1,720 | 67,855 | R9 | |
| 23 | Canada | BPA | Sergiy Shatenko | 185 | 8,750 | Andrew D'Souza | 237 | 6,160 | Timothy Chiu | 276 | 4,990 | Adrian Liu / Derrick Ng | 51 | 23,711 | Kevin Li / Nyl Yakura | 71 | 16,832 | 60,443 | R10 | |
| 24 | New Zealand | BO | Joe Wu | 96 | 17,174 | Michael Fowke | 136 | 11,951 | Maika Phillips | 315 | 3,920 | Kevin Dennerly-Minturn / Oliver Leydon-Davis | 57 | 22,508 | Brock Matheson / Asher Richardson | 384 | 2,540 | 58,093 | R11 | |
| Decline | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Netherlands | BE | Eric Pang | 31 | 35,961 | Erik Meijs | 116 | 14,501 | Nick Fransman | 129 | 12,632 | Ruud Bosch / Koen Ridder | 27 | 34,153 | Jacco Arends / Jelle Maas | 38 | 29,061 | 126,308 | Declined participation | |
| 26 | Poland | BE | Michał Rogalski | 102 | 16,240 | Adrian Dziółko | 208 | 7,620 | Mateusz Dubowski | 382 | 3,040 | Adam Cwalina / Przemysław Wacha | 20 | 38,900 | Łukasz Moreń / Wojciech Szkudlarczyk | 26 | 34,700 | 100,500 | Declined participation | |
| 27 | Sweden | BE | Henri Hurskainen | 42 | 31,380 | Mattias Borg | 90 | 17,957 | Gabriel Ulldahl | 101 | 16,748 | Mattias Borg / Magnus Sahlberg | 104 | 11,490 | Patrick Lundqvist / Jonatan Nordh | 138 | 8,792 | 86,367 | Declined participation | |
References
- ^ Zhang, Kevin (2016-02-27). "Malaysia make the cut in Thomas Cup and Uber Cup finals". BadmintonPlanet.com. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
- ^ "Thomas Uber Cup Qualifers and Seeding WR March 7 2014 (Updated 27mar 14 at 11am) | PDF | Competition | World Championship". Scribd. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
- ^ "BWF World Team Rankings". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 2024-01-07. Retrieved 2024-01-07.