2012 Thomas & Uber Cup

2012 Thomas & Uber Cup
2012年托马斯和尤伯杯
Tournament details
Dates	20 May – 27 May
Edition	27th (Thomas Cup); 24th (Uber Cup)
Level	International
Venue	Wuhan Sports Center Stadium
Location	Wuhan, China
← 2010 Kuala Lumpur	2014 New Delhi →

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.

Host city selection[]

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[]

Date	Confederation event	Location	Qualifier
Date	Confederation event	Location	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	China

Seedings[]

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.

Thomas Cup

Uber Cup

Squads[]

Thomas Cup[]

Groups[]

Group A[]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
China	2	2	2	0
Indonesia	1	2	1	1
England	0	2	0	2


20 May 2012
China	5–0	England
21 May 2012
Indonesia	4–1	England
22 May 2012
China	5–0	Indonesia

Group B[]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Japan	2	2	2	0
Russia	1	2	1	1
New Zealand	0	2	0	2


20 May 2012
Japan	5–0	New Zealand
21 May 2012
Russia	5–0	New Zealand
22 May 2012
Japan	5–0	Russia

Group C[]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Denmark	2	2	2	0
Malaysia	1	2	1	1
South Africa	0	2	0	2


20 May 2012
Denmark	5–0	South Africa
21 May 2012
Malaysia	5–0	South Africa
22 May 2012
Denmark	3–2	Malaysia

Group D[]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
South Korea	2	2	2	0
Germany	1	2	1	1
United States	0	2	0	2


20 May 2012
South Korea	5–0	United States
21 May 2012
Germany	5–0	United States
22 May 2012
South Korea	3–2	Germany

Knockout stage[]

All times are Chinese Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

23 May 2012

China	3
		25 May 2012
Malaysia	0
		China	3
23 May 2012
		Japan	0
Japan	3
				27 May 2012
Indonesia	2
				China	3
23 May 2012
				South Korea	0
Russia	0
		25 May 2012
Denmark	3
		Denmark	1
23 May 2012
		South Korea	3
Germany	0

South Korea	3

Quarterfinals[]

Japan
3

Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 2
23 May 2012
13:00

Indonesia
2

		1	2
1	Sho Sasaki Simon Santoso	20 22	14 21
2	Noriyasu Hirata / Hirokatsu Hashimoto Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan	21 16	21 18
3	Kenichi Tago Taufik Hidayat	21 12	21 17
4	Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa Mohammad Ahsan / Alvent Yulianto	17 21	13 21
5	Takuma Ueda Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	21 14	21 19

Russia
0

Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 4
23 May 2012
13:00

Denmark
3

		1	2	3
1	Vladimir Ivanov Peter Gade	18 21	13 21
2	Ivan Sozonov Jan Ø. Jørgensen	13 21	11 21
3	Evgenij Dremin / Jonas Rasmussen / Mads Conrad-Petersen	12 21	21 17	18 21
4	Denis Grachev Viktor Axelsen				not played
5	Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen				not played

China
3

Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1
23 May 2012
19:00

Malaysia
0

		1	2	3
1	Lin Dan Daren Liew	17 21	21 9	21 5
2	Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong	21 17	21 18
3	Chen Long Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	21 10	21 11
4	Shen Ye / Hong Wei Lim Khim Wah / Goh V Shem				not played
5	Chen Jin Chong Wei Feng				not played

Germany
0

Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 3
23 May 2012
19:00

South Korea
3

		1	2	3
1	Marc Zwiebler Lee Hyun-il	16 21	21 18	14 21
2	Ingo Kindervater / Johannes Schöttler Yoo Yeon-seong / Ko Sung-hyun	19 21	11 21
3	Dieter Domke Son Wan-ho	20 22	19 21
4	Michael Fuchs / Oliver Roth Lee Yong-dae / Kim Sa-rang				not played
5	Lukas Schmidt Lee Dong-keun				not played

Semifinals[]

Denmark
1

Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1
25 May 2012
13:00

South Korea
3

		1	2	3
1	Peter Gade Lee Hyun-il	21 17	14 21	10 21
2	Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen Yoo Yeon-seong / Ko Sung-hyun	21 10	21 12
3	Jan Ø. Jørgensen Son Wan-ho	13 21	21 14	16 21
4	Jonas Rasmussen / Joachim Fischer Nielsen Lee Yong-dae / Kim Sa-rang	21 11	19 21	15 21
5	Viktor Axelsen Lee Dong-keun				not played

China
3

Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1
25 May 2012
19:00

Japan
0

		1	2
1	Lin Dan Sho Sasaki	23 21	21 17
2	Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng Shoji Sato / Naoki Kawamae	25 23	21 18
3	Chen Long Kenichi Tago	21 13	21 16
4	Shen Ye / Hong Wei Noriyasu Hirata / Hirokatsu Hashimoto			not played
5	Chen Jin Takuma Ueda			not played

Final[]

China
3

Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1
27 May 2012
14:00

South Korea
0

		1	2
1	Lin Dan Lee Hyun-il	21 14	21 17
2	Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng Lee Yong-dae / Kim Sa-rang	21 16	25 23
3	Chen Long Son Wan-ho	21 9	21 13
4	Shen Ye / Hong Wei Yoo Yeon-seong / Kim Ki-jung			not played
5	Chen Jin Lee Dong-keun			not played

2012 Thomas Cup Champion
China Ninth title

Uber Cup[]

Groups[]

Group A[]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
China	2	2	2	0
Indonesia	1	2	1	1
South Africa	0	2	0	2


20 May 2012
China	5–0	South Africa
21 May 2012
Indonesia	5–0	South Africa
22 May 2012
China	5–0	Indonesia

Group B[]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Thailand	1	2	1	1
Chinese Taipei	1	2	1	1
Netherlands	1	2	1	1


20 May 2012
Chinese Taipei	2–3	Netherlands
21 May 2012
Thailand	5–0	Netherlands
22 May 2012
Chinese Taipei	3–2	Thailand

Group C[]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
South Korea	2	2	2	0
Germany	1	2	1	1
Australia	0	2	0	2


20 May 2012
South Korea	5–0	Australia
21 May 2012
Germany	3–2	Australia
22 May 2012
South Korea	5–0	Germany

Group D[]

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Japan	2	2	2	0
Denmark	1	2	1	1
United States	0	2	0	2


20 May 2012
Japan	5–0	United States
21 May 2012
Denmark	4–1	United States
22 May 2012
Japan	3–2	Denmark

Knockout stage[]

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

23 May 2012

China	3
		24 May 2012
Germany	0
		China	3
23 May 2012
		Thailand	0
Thailand	3
				26 May 2012
Denmark	1
				China	3
23 May 2012
				South Korea	0
Indonesia	2
		24 May 2012
Japan	3
		Japan	0
23 May 2012
		South Korea	3
Chinese Taipei	2

South Korea	3

Quarterfinals[]

China
3

Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1
23 May 2012
13:00

Germany
0

		1	2	3
1	Wang Yihan Karin Schnaase	21 15	21 17
2	Yu Yang / Wang Xiaoli Carla Nelte / Isabel Herttrich	21 10	19 21	21 8
3	Wang Xin Carola Bott	21 7	21 7
4	Zhao Yunlei / Tian Qing Johanna Goliszewski / Karin Schnaase				not played
5	Li Xuerui Fabienne Deprez				not played

Thailand
3

Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 3
23 May 2012
13:00

Denmark
1

		1	2	3
1	Ratchanok Inthanon Tine Baun	18 21	12 21
2	Porntip Buranaprasertsuk Karina Jørgensen	18 21	21 18	21 12
3	Sapsiree Taerattanachai Line Kjaersfeldt	21 19	13 21	21 18
4	Saralee Thungthongkam / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul Marie Roepke / Line Damkjaer Kruse	21 15	21 17
5	Sapsiree Taerattanachai / Duanganong Aroonkesorn Kamilla Rytter Juhl / Christinna Pedersen				not played

Indonesia
2

Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 2
23 May 2012
19:00

Japan
3

		1	2	3
1	Maria Febe Kusumastuti Sayaka Sato	14 21	10 21
2	Greysia Polii / Meiliana Jauhari Mizuki Fujii / Reika Kakiiwa	18 21	21 15	19 21
3	Adriyanti Firdasari Eriko Hirose	21 13	20 22	21 14
4	Anneke Feinya Agustin / Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Mami Naito / Shizuka Matsuo	21 11	21 17
5	Lindaweni Fanetri Minatsu Mitani	21 19	13 21	17 21

Chinese Taipei
2

Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 4
23 May 2012
19:00

South Korea
3

		1	2	3
1	Tai Tzu-ying Sung Ji-hyun	21 18	23 25	14 21
2	Cheng Wen-hsing / Chien Yu-chin Kim Min-jung / Ha Jung-eun	19 21	21 18	21 17
3	Pai Hsiao-ma Bae Youn-joo	14 21	21 18	21 14
4	Wang Pei-rong / Hsieh Pei-chen Kim Ha-na / Jung Kyung-eun	14 21	21 18	11 21
5	Hung Shih-han Hwang Hye-youn	18 21	23 25

Semifinals[]

South Korea
3

Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1
24 May 2012
13:00

Japan
0

		1	2	3
1	Sung Ji-hyun Sayaka Sato	21 15	21 10
2	Kim Min-jung / Ha Jung-eun Mizuki Fujii / Reika Kakiiwa	21 13	17 21	21 14
3	Bae Youn-joo Eriko Hirose	21 15	21 17
4	Kim Ha-na / Jung Kyung-eun Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi				not played
5	Hwang Hye-youn Minatsu Mitani				not played

China
3

Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1
24 May 2012
19:00

Thailand
0

		1	2
1	Wang Yihan Ratchanok Inthanon	21 18	21 15
2	Yu Yang / Wang Xiaoli Duanganong Aroonkesorn / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul	21 16	21 12
3	Wang Xin Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	21 17	21 2
4	Zhao Yunlei / Tian Qing Saralee Thungthongkam / Sapsiree Taerattanachai			not played
5	Li Xuerui Nichaon Jindapon			not played

Final[]

China
3

Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1
26 May 2012
14:00

South Korea
0

		1	2	3
1	Wang Yihan Sung Ji-hyun	14 21	22 20	21 13
2	Yu Yang / Wang Xiaoli Kim Min-jung / Ha Jung-eun	21 15	21 13
3	Wang Xin Bae Youn-joo	21 10	21 16
4	Zhao Yunlei / Tian Qing Jung Kyung-eun / Kim Ha-na				not played
5	Li Xuerui Hwang Hye-youn				not played

2012 Uber Cup Champion
China Twelfth title

References[]

^ Guanqun, Wang (3 June 2011). "China's Wuhan to host 2012 Thomas Cup, Uber Cup". Xinhua. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
^ "Badminton Asia 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup preliminaries". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
^ "European Men's & Women's Team Championships 2012". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
^ "2012 TUC Pan Am Preliminary". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
^ "2012 Thomas & Uber Cup Preliminaries - Oceania". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
^ "Badminton Africa 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup preliminaries". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
^ "Thomas Cup and Uber Cup team seeding and qualifiers". BWF. 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
^ "DRAWS: 2012 Thomas and Uber Cups Finals". BWF. 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

External links[]

2012 Thomas and Uber Cups at Badminton World Federation
2012 Thomas & Uber Cup Finals at tournamentsoftware.com

[1] Guanqun, Wang (3 June 2011). "China's Wuhan to host 2012 Thomas Cup, Uber Cup". Xinhua. 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.

[8] "DRAWS: 2012 Thomas and Uber Cups Finals". BWF. 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

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