2012 Thomas & Uber Cup
Badminton tournament
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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.
Dates20 May – 27 May
Edition27th (Thomas Cup)
24th (Uber Cup)
24th (Uber Cup)
LevelInternational
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| Dates | 20 May – 27 May | ||
| Edition | 27th (Thomas Cup) 24th (Uber Cup) | ||
| Level | International | ||
| Venue | Wuhan Sports Center Stadium | ||
| Location | Wuhan, China | ||
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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 | |
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| 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
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
Medal summary
Medalists
Medal table
* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | China* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | South Korea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
Thomas Cup
Groups
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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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 | |||||||||
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| 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 |
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 Russia 0 |
Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 4 23 May 2012 13:00 |
 Denmark 3 |
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 China 3 |
Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1 23 May 2012 19:00 |
 Malaysia 0 |
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 Germany 0 |
Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 3 23 May 2012 19:00 |
 South Korea 3 |
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Semifinals
Denmark 1 |
Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1 25 May 2012 13:00 |
South Korea 3 |
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China 3 |
Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1 25 May 2012 19:00 |
Japan 0 |
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Final
China 3 |
Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1 27 May 2012 14:00 |
South Korea 0 |
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| 2012 Thomas Cup champion |
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China Ninth title |
Uber Cup
Groups
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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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 | |||||||||
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| South Korea | 0 | |||||||||
| Indonesia | 2 | |||||||||
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| 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 |
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 Thailand 3 |
Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 3 23 May 2012 13:00 |
Denmark 1 |
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Indonesia 2 |
Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 2 23 May 2012 19:00 |
Japan 3 |
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 Chinese Taipei 2 |
Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 4 23 May 2012 19:00 |
South Korea 3 |
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Semifinals
South Korea 3 |
Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1 24 May 2012 13:00 |
Japan 0 |
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China 3 |
Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1 24 May 2012 19:00 |
Thailand 0 |
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Final
China 3 |
Wuhan Sports Gymnasium Center Court 1 26 May 2012 14:00 |
South Korea 0 |
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| 2012 Uber Cup champion |
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China Twelfth title |