1982 Thomas Cup qualification

The qualification process is divided into four regions, the Asian Zone, the American Zone, the European Zone and the Australasian Zone. Teams in their respective zone will compete in a knockout format. Teams will compete for two days, with two singles and doubles played on the first day and three singles and two doubles played on the next day. The teams that win their respective zone will earn a place in the final tournament to be held in England.^[1]

Indonesia qualified for the inter-zone play-offs as defending champions and hosts.^[1] England qualified for their first ever appearance in the Thomas Cup as hosts.

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Final appearance
England	1982 Thomas Cup hosts	24 July 1981	1st
Indonesia	1979 Thomas Cup winners	2 June 1979	9th
China	Asian Zone winners	5 March 1982	1st
Denmark	European Zone winners	18 February 1982	12th
Japan	American Zone winners	4 April 1982	4th
Malaysia	Australasian Zone winners	8 August 1981	9th

	First round				Semi-finals				Final
	26 October 1981 – Beijing
	China	9
					30 January 1982 – Beijing
	Pakistan	0
					China	9
	31 October 1981 – Hyderabad
					India	0
	India	9
									4 March 1982 – Bangkok
	Sri Lanka	0
									China	7
	5 December 1981 – Taipei
									Thailand	2
	South Korea	6
					30 January 1982 – Bangkok
	Chinese Taipei	3
					South Korea	2
	2 October 1981 – Bangkok
					Thailand	8
	Thailand	8
	Singapore	1

Thailand 8	Bangkok, Thailand 2–3 October 1981 [2][3]		Singapore 1
1 2 3 1 Udom Luangpetcharaporn Wong Shoon Keat 17 14 15 9     2 Surapong Suharitdamrong Lee Ah Ngo 3 15 15 13 15 12   3 Sakchai Thanasriwanijai / Kriangsak Traiwekin Tan Eng Han / Tan Khee Wee 15 8 12 15 14 17   4 Pinit Boonoon / Surapong Suharitdamrong Robert Han / Lee Ah Ngo 15 17 15 4 15 10   5 Surapong Suharitdamrong Wong Shoon Keat 15 7 15 11     6 Udom Luangpetcharaporn Lee Ah Ngo 15 13 15 6     7 Akkaraporn Sriratanakul Tan Ban Chew 18 4 15 2     8 Pinit Boonoon / Surapong Suharitdamrong Tan Eng Han / Tan Khee Wee 10 15 15 2 15 5   9 Sakchai Thanasriwanijai / Kriangsak Traiwekin Robert Han / Lee Ah Ngo 15 12 15 3

China 9	Beijing, China 26–27 October 1981 [4][5]		Pakistan 0
1 2 3 1 Han Jian Tariq Wadood 15 9 15 9     2 Chen Tianlong Tariq Farooq 15 5 15 5     3 Sun Zhian / Yao Ximing Javed Iqbal / Zahid Maqbool 15 5 15 4     4 Lin Jiangli / Luan Jin Asif Bajwa / Tariq Wadood 15 4 15 2     5 Luan Jin Zubair Ahmed 15 4 15 0     6 Chen Tianlong Tariq Wadood 18 14 4 15 15 10   7 Han Jian Tariq Farooq 15 4 15 5     8 Lin Jiangli / Luan Jin Javed Iqbal / Zahid Maqbool 15 5 15 8     9 Sun Zhian / Yao Ximing Asif Bajwa / Tariq Wadood 15 4 15 3

India 9	Hyderabad, India 31 October – 1 November 1981 [6][7]		Sri Lanka 0
1 2 3 1 Syed Modi Ravi Kuruppu 15 1 15 5     2 U. Vimal Kumar Priyantha Wijesekara 15 8 17 16     3 Leroy D'Sa / Sanat Misra Malik Jhan / Ravi Kuruppu 15 1 15 5     4 Uday Pawar / Sanjay Sharma Niroshan Wijekoon / D. Wijesooriya 15 3 15 1     5 Uday Pawar Malik Jhan 15 2 15 4     6 U. Vimal Kumar Ravi Kuruppu 15 5 15 3     7 Syed Modi Priyantha Wijesekara 18 14 15 4     8 Leroy D'Sa / Sanat Misra Niroshan Wijekoon / D. Wijesooriya 15 7 15 4     9 Uday Pawar / Sanjay Sharma Malik Jhan / Ravi Kuruppu 15 3 15 4

South Korea 6	Taipei, Taiwan 5–6 December 1981 [8]		Chinese Taipei 3
1 2 3 1 Kim Byung-sik Huang Chien-tung 8 15 15 10 15 10   2 Park Joo-bong Liu Han-chia 15 8 14 17 15 10   3 Kim Joong-soo / Lee Jae-bok Chi Shih-ching / Ho Chien-tung 5 15 15 8 8 15   4 Lee Eun-ku / Park Joo-bong Liu Han-chia / Tseng Hsueh-chih 15 7 15 9     5 Choi Byung-hak Liao Kun-fu 15 5 15 3     6 Park Joo-bong Huang Chien-tung 15 10 18 15     7 Kim Byung-sik Liu Han-chia 4 15 12 15     8 Kim Joong-soo / Lee Jae-bok Liu Han-chia / Tseng Hsueh-chih 13 15 11 15     9 Lee Eun-ku / Park Joo-bong Chi Shih-ching / Ho Chien-tung 15 8 15 2

China 9	Beijing, China 30–31 January 1982 [9][10]		India 0
1 2 3 1 Chen Changjie U. Vimal Kumar 15 0 15 1     2 Han Jian Syed Modi 15 0 15 3     3 Lin Jiangli / Luan Jin Uday Pawar / Sanjay Sharma 15 9 15 0     4 Sun Zhian / Yao Ximing Partho Ganguli / Vikram Singh 15 8 15 11     5 Luan Jin Uday Pawar 15 4 15 4     6 Han Jian U. Vimal Kumar 18 1 15 2     7 Chen Changjie Syed Modi 15 2 15 4     8 Sun Zhian / Yao Ximing Uday Pawar / Sanjay Sharma 15 7 15 11     9 Lin Jiangli / Luan Jin Partho Ganguli / Vikram Singh 15 8 15 6

Thailand 7	Bangkok, Thailand 30–31 January 1982 [11][10]		South Korea 2
1 2 3 1 Udom Luangpetcharaporn Choi Byung-hak 15 6 14 17 15 10   2 Akkaraporn Sriratanakul Park Joo-bong 15 10 15 4     3 Pinit Boonoon / Surapong Suharitdamrong Choi Byung-hak / Kim Joong-soo 15 1 15 7     4 Sakchai Thanasriwanijai / Kriangsak Traiwekin Lee Eun-ku / Park Joo-bong 7 15 12 15     5 Udom Luangpetcharaporn Park Joo-bong 15 9 15 6     6 Akkaraporn Sriratanakul Choi Byung-hak 15 13 15 9     7 Sakchai Thanasriwanijai Kim Joong-soo 15 9 8 15 9 15   8 Pinit Boonoon / Surapong Suharitdamrong Lee Eun-ku / Park Joo-bong 10 15 15 12 15 9   9 Sakchai Thanasriwanijai / Kriangsak Traiwekin Choi Byung-hak / Kim Joong-soo 17 14 15 10

China 7	Bangkok, Thailand 4–5 March 1982 [12][13]		Thailand 2
1 2 3 1 Han Jian Udom Luangpetcharaporn 15 9 15 10     2 Chen Changjie Akkaraporn Sriratanakul 15 10 15 5     3 Sun Zhian / Yao Ximing Pinit Boonoon / Surapong Suharitdamrong 15 11 15 5     4 Luan Jin / Yang Kesen Sakchai Thanasriwanijai / Kriangsak Traiwekin 18 16 7 15 12 15   5 Luan Jin Surapong Suharitdamrong 11 15 15 8 15 13   6 Chen Changjie Udom Luangpetcharaporn 15 8 15 12     7 Han Jian Akkaraporn Sriratanakul 15 10 15 12     8 Luan Jin / Yang Kesen Pinit Boonoon / Surapong Suharitdamrong 15 17 12 15     9 Sun Zhian / Yao Ximing Sakchai Thanasriwanijai / Kriangsak Traiwekin 15 10 15 7

	First round				Semi-finals				Final
	24 October 1981 – San Diego
	Nigeria	0
					27 February 1982 – Pomona
	United States	9
					United States	6
					Canada	3
	Mexico
									3 April 1982 – Claremont
	Bye
									United States	1
	26 October 1981 – Lima
									Japan	8
	Japan	9
					30 January 1982 – Kitchener
	Peru	0
					Japan	8
					Canada	1
	Canada
	Bye

United States 9	San Diego, United States 24–25 October 1981 [14]		Nigeria 0
1 2 3 1 Charles Coakley Folusho Davies 15 11 15 12     2 Tony Alston Samson Egbeyemi 15 12 18 13     3 Charles Coakley / Gary Higgins Babatunde Badiru / Samson Egbeyemi 15 9 15 4     4 Gary Shelstad / Mike Walker Folusho Davies / Fatai Tokosi 15 5 15 4     5 Charles Coakley Samson Egbeyemi 15 1 15 9     6 Rodney Barton Babatunde Badiru 15 11 15 10     7 Tony Alston Folusho Davies 15 12 15 5     8 Gary Shelstad / Mike Walker Babatunde Badiru / Samson Egbeyemi 15 6 15 7     9 Charles Coakley / Gary Higgins Folusho Davies / Fatai Tokosi 15 4 15 3

Japan 9	Lima, Peru 26–27 October 1981 [15]		Peru 0
1 2 3 1 Kinji Zeniya Alfredo Salazar 15 1 15 4     2 Masao Tsuchida Federico Valdez 15 5 15 2     3 Shokichi Miyamori / Masao Tsuchida Federico Valdez / Germán Valdez 15 4 15 5     4 Toshihiro Tsuji / Kinji Zeniya Alfredo Salazar / Gustavo Salazar 15 8 15 1     5 Hiroyuki Hasegawa Gustavo Salazar 15 3 15 3     6 Masao Tsuchida Alfredo Salazar 15 2 15 9     7 Kinji Zeniya Federico Valdez 15 7 15 8     8 Toshihiro Tsuji / Kinji Zeniya Federico Valdez / Germán Valdez 15 5 15 9     9 Toshihiro Tsuji / Kinji Zeniya Alfredo Salazar / Gustavo Salazar 15 5 15 5

Japan 9	Kitchener, Canada 30–31 January 1982 [15]		Canada 0
1 2 3 1 Kinji Zeniya Keith Priestman 15 10 16 18 15 5   2 Hiroyuki Hasegawa John Goss 18 17 8 15 15 5   3 Shokichi Miyamori / Masao Tsuchida Mark Freitag / Bob MacDougall 15 8 10 15 14 17   4 Hiroshi Nishiyama / Toshihiro Tsuji Keith Priestman / Ken Priestman 15 8 18 16     5 Hiroshi Nishiyama Bob MacDougall 15 7 15 8     6 Hiroyuki Hasegawa Keith Priestman 9 15 15 10 15 6   7 Kinji Zeniya John Goss 15 3 15 8     8 Hiroshi Nishiyama / Toshihiro Tsuji Mark Freitag / Bob MacDougall 15 8 15 2     9 Shokichi Miyamori / Masao Tsuchida Keith Priestman / Ken Priestman 15 6 15 11

United States 6	Pomona, California, United States 27–28 February 1982 [15]		Mexico 3
1 2 3 1 Tony Alston Fernando de la Torre 15 12 10 15 4 15   2 Chris Kinard Roy Díaz González 12 15 1 15     3 John Britton / Gary Higgins Victor Jaramillo / Jorge Palazuelos 17 14 15 7     4 Gary Shelstad / Mike Walker Roy Díaz González / Eugenio Tapia 15 4 15 11     5 Gary Higgins Eugenio Tapia 15 9 15 5     6 Tony Alston Roy Díaz González 11 15 10 15     7 Chris Kinard José Icaza 15 9 15 3     8 Gary Shelstad / Mike Walker Victor Jaramillo / Jorge Palazuelos 15 9 17 9     9 John Britton / Gary Higgins Roy Díaz González / Eugenio Tapia 15 7 15 9

Japan 8	Claremont, California, United States 3–4 April 1982 [15]		United States 1
1 2 3 1 Kinji Zeniya Chris Kinard 15 10 15 9     2 Hiroyuki Hasegawa Tony Alston 15 8 15 0     3 Shokichi Miyamori / Masao Tsuchida Gary Shelstad / Mike Walker 15 7 15 5     4 Toshihiro Tsuji / Kinji Zeniya John Britton / Gary Higgins 11 15 14 18     5 Hiroyuki Hasegawa Chris Kinard 15 9 15 5     6 Masao Tsuchida Gary Higgins 12 15 15 9 15 5   7 Kinji Zeniya Tony Alston 15 7 15 4     8 Shokichi Miyamori / Masao Tsuchida John Britton / Gary Higgins 15 10 15 5     9 Hiroyuki Hasegawa / Kinji Zeniya Gary Shelstad / Mike Walker 15 11 4 15 15 6