2024 Thomas Cup qualification
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Dates12 – 18 February 2024
VenueBA: Setia City Convention Centre
BCA: Cairo Stadium Hall 4
BE: Sport Arena in Łódź
BO: Badminton Geelong
BPA: Centro Paralímpico Brasilero
BCA: Cairo Stadium Hall 4
BE: Sport Arena in Łódź
BO: Badminton Geelong
BPA: Centro Paralímpico Brasilero
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 12 – 18 February 2024 | ||
| Venue | BA: Setia City Convention Centre BCA: Cairo Stadium Hall 4 BE: Sport Arena in Łódź BO: Badminton Geelong BPA: Centro Paralímpico Brasilero | ||
| Location | BA: Selangor, Malaysia BCA: Cairo, Egypt BE: Łódź, Poland BO: Geelong, Australia BPA: São Paulo, Brazil | ||
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The 2024 Thomas Cup qualification process is a series of tournaments organised by the five BWF confederations to decide 14 of the 16 teams which will play in the 2024 Thomas Cup, with China qualifying automatically as hosts, India qualifying automatically as trophy holder.[1]
Qualified teams
The number of teams participating in the final tournament is 16. The allocation of slots for each confederation is the same allocation from 2016 tournament; 4 from each Asia and Europe, and 1 from each Africa, Oceania and Pan Am. Two automatic qualifiers are the host and defending champion. The remaining quota will be filled by world team ranking.[2]
| Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | World Team Rankings | Final appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badminton Asia | Host country | 28 November 2021 | 1 | 22nd | |
| Badminton Asia | 2022 Thomas Cup winners | 15 May 2022 | 6 | 14th | |
| Badminton Africa | 2024 All Africa Championships winners | 15 February 2024 | 32 | 4th | |
| Badminton Asia | 2024 Asia Championships runner-up | 18 February 2024 | 5 | 30th | |
| Badminton Asia | 2024 Asia Championships semifinalists | 17 February 2024 | 4 | 17th | |
| Badminton Asia | 2024 Asia Championships semifinalists | 17 February 2024 | 8 | 21st | |
| Badminton Pan Am | 2024 Pan Am Cup winners | 18 February 2024 | 11 | 9th | |
| Badminton Europe | 2024 European Championships winner | 18 February 2024 | 2 | 33rd | |
| Badminton Europe | 2024 European Championships runner-up | 18 February 2024 | 9 | 6th | |
| Badminton Europe | 2024 European Championships semifinalists | 17 February 2024 | 15 | 16th | |
| Badminton Europe | 2024 European Championships semifinalists | 17 February 2024 | 14 | 12th | |
| Badminton Oceania | 2024 Oceania Championships winner | 22 February 2022 | 33 | 5th | |
| Badminton Asia | Best ranking (Asia) 1 | 18 February 2024 | 3 | 29th | |
| Badminton Asia | Best ranking (overall) | 18 February 2024 | 10 | 16th | |
| Badminton Asia | Best ranking (overall) | 18 February 2024 | 7 | 6th | |
| Badminton Asia | Best ranking (overall) | 18 February 2024 | 12 | 6th |
- ^1 Since China, winner for Asian qualification tournament had already qualified as title holder, hence the spot is given to the best Asian team from World Team Ranking.