The 2020 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 2020 Thomas Cup, with Denmark qualifying automatically as hosts, and China qualifying automatically as trophy holder.^[1]

Qualified teams

Country	Confederation	Qualified as	Qualified on	World Team Rankings	Final appearance
Denmark	Badminton Europe	Host country	29 November 2018	4th	31st
China	Badminton Asia	2018 Thomas Cup winners	27 May 2018	3rd	20th
Algeria	Badminton Africa	2020 All Africa Team Championships winners	13 February 2020	36th	2nd
India	Badminton Asia	2020 Asia Team Championships semifinalists	14 February 2020	6th	12th
Indonesia	Badminton Asia	2020 Asia Team Championships winners	14 February 2020	1st	28th
Japan	Badminton Asia	2020 Asia Team Championships semifinalists	14 February 2020	2nd	16th
Malaysia	Badminton Asia	2020 Asia Team Championships runners up	14 February 2020	7th	28th
France	Badminton Europe	2020 European Team Championships semifinalists	14 February 2020	14th	4th
Netherlands	Badminton Europe	2020 European Team Championships runners up	14 February 2020	16th	2nd
Tahiti	Badminton Oceania	2020 Oceania Team Championships semifinalists3	18 February 2020	107th	Debut
Canada	Badminton Pan Am	2020 Pan Am Team Championships winners	16 February 2020	12th	6th
England	Badminton Europe	Best ranking (Europe)1	18 February 2020	11th	15th
Germany	Badminton Europe	Best ranking (Europe)2	18 February 2020	13th	10th
Chinese Taipei	Badminton Asia	Best ranking (overall)	18 February 2020	5th	4th
South Korea	Badminton Asia	Best ranking (overall)	18 February 2020	8th	19th
Thailand	Badminton Asia	Best ranking (overall)	18 February 2020	9th	14th
Withdrew
Russia	Badminton Europe	2020 European Team Championships semifinalists	14 February 2020	15th	—
Australia	Badminton Oceania	2020 Oceania Team Championships winners	15 February 2020	32nd	—

• ^1 Since Denmark, one of the semifinalists for European qualification tournament had already qualified as the host, hence the spot is given to the best European team from World Team Ranking.
• ^2 Russia withdrew and replaced by Germany as the next highest ranked team for Europe
• ^3 Australia as winner of the BO 2020 championships withdrew and replaced by Tahiti as semifinalists of the BO 2020 championships because New Zealand as runners up of the BO 2020 championships declined the offer

Qualification process

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.

Confederation qualification

Badminton Confederation of Africa

Main article: 2020 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships

The qualification for the African teams was held from 10 to 13 February 2020, at the Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex in Cairo, Egypt. The winners of the African qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage

•  Algeria
•  Cameroon
•  Egypt
•  Mauritius
•  Morocco
•  Sierra Leone
•  South Africa
•  Tunisia
•  Uganda

First round (group stage)

  Advance to Knockout stage

Group A	Group B
Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Algeria 3 3 2  Mauritius 3 2 3  Uganda 3 1 4  Tunisia 3 0 Source: TS	Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Egypt 4 4 2  South Africa 4 3 3  Morocco 4 2 4  Cameroon 4 1 5  Sierra Leone 0 0 Source: TS

Second round (knockout stage)

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 February
	Algeria	3
					13 February
	South Africa	0
					Algeria	3
	12 February
					Mauritius	2
	Mauritius	3
	Egypt	0

Badminton Asia

Main article: 2020 Badminton Asia Men's Team Championships

The qualification for the Asian teams will held from 11 to 16 February 2020, at the Srizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila, Philippines. The semifinalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. China qualified automatically as trophy holder.

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage

•  Chinese Taipei
•  India
•  Indonesia
•  Japan
•  Kazakhstan
•  Malaysia
•  Philippines
•  Singapore
•  Thailand
•  South Korea

First round (group stage)

  Advance to Knockout stage

Group A	Group B
Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Indonesia 1 1 2  South Korea 1 0 Source: TS	Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Malaysia 2 2 2  India 2 1 3  Kazakhstan 2 0 Source: TS
Group C	Group D
Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Chinese Taipei 2 2 2  Philippines (H) 2 1 3  Singapore 2 0 Source: TS (H) Host	Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Thailand 1 1 2  Japan 1 0 Source: TS

Second round (knockout stage)

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	14 February 16:10
	Indonesia	3
					15 February 16:00
	Philippines	0
					Indonesia	3
	14 February 16:10
					India	2
	Thailand	2
									16 February 16:00
	India	3
									Indonesia	3
	14 February 16:00
									Malaysia	1
	South Korea	0
					15 February 16:00
	Malaysia	3
					Malaysia	3
	14 February 16:10
					Japan	0
	Japan	3
	Chinese Taipei	1

Badminton Europe

Main article: 2020 European Men's Team Badminton Championships

The qualification for the European teams will held from 11 to 16 February 2020, at the Stade Couvert Régional in Liévin, France. The semi-finalist of the European qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. Denmark qualified automatically as hosts.

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage

•  Austria
•  Azerbaijan
•  Belgium
•  Bulgaria
•  Croatia
•  Czech Republic
•  Denmark (qualified)
•  England
•  Estonia
•  Finland
•  France
•  Germany
•  Greenland
•  Hungary
•  Iceland
•  Ireland
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Luxembourg
•  Netherlands
•  Norway
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Russia
•  Slovakia
•  Slovenia
•  Sweden
•   Switzerland
•  Spain
•  Turkey
•  Ukraine
•  Wales

First round (group stage)

  Advance to Knockout stage

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Denmark 3 3 2   Switzerland 3 2 3  Wales 3 1 4  Latvia 3 0 Source: TS	Pos Team Pld Pts 1  England 3 3 2  Sweden 3 2 3  Estonia 3 1 4  Greenland 3 0 Source: TS	Pos Team Pld Pts 1  France (H) 3 3 2  Belgium 3 2 3  Turkey 3 1 4  Hungary 3 0 Source: TS (H) Host
Group 4	Group 5	Group 6
Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Russia 3 3 2  Austria 3 2 3  Ireland 3 1 4  Poland 3 0 Source: TS	Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Germany 3 3 2  Czech Republic 3 2 3  Iceland 3 1 4  Azerbaijan 3 0 Source: TS	Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Netherlands 3 3 2  Slovakia 3 2 3  Lithuania 3 1 4  Luxembourg 3 0 Source: TS
Group 7	Group 8
Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Ukraine 4 4 2  Finland 4 3 3  Norway 4 2 4  Slovenia 4 1 5  Portugal 4 0 Source: TS	Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Bulgaria 4 3 2  Spain 4 3 3  Italy 4 2 4  Croatia 4 2 5  Israel 4 0 Source: TS

Second round (knockout stage)

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	14 February 2020
	Denmark	3
					15 February 2020
	Germany	0
					Denmark	3
	14 February 2020
					Russia	0
	Russia	3
									16 February 2020
	Bulgaria	1
									Denmark	3
	14 February 2020
									Netherlands	0
	Ukraine	0
					15 February 2020
	France	3
					France	2
	14 February 2020
					Netherlands	3
	Netherlands	3
	England	2

Badminton Oceania

Main article: 2020 Oceania Badminton Championships

The qualification for the Oceanian teams will hold from 13 to 15 February 2020, at the Ken Kay Badminton Stadium in Ballarat, Australia. The winner of the Oceania qualification qualified for the Thomas Cup.

Teams in contention

•  Australia
•  Fiji
•  New Caledonia
•  New Zealand
•  Tahiti

Round-robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	4	0	18	2	+16	36	5	+31	844	468	+376	4	Thomas Cup
2	New Zealand	4	3	1	17	3	+14	35	6	+29	845	499	+346	3
3	Tahiti	4	2	2	10	10	0	20	22	−2	643	716	−73	2
4	New Caledonia	4	1	3	4	16	−12	10	34	−24	609	862	−253	1
5	Fiji	4	0	4	1	19	−18	4	38	−34	474	870	−396	0

Source: TS

Badminton Pan Am

Main article: 2020 Pan Am Men's Team Badminton Championships

The qualification for the Pan Am teams will hold from 13 to 16 February 2020, at the Centro Pan-Americano de Judô in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The winner of the Pan Am qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.

Teams in contention

Teams qualified for the Group stage

•  Brazil
•  Canada
•  Guatemala
•  Mexico
•  Peru
•  United States

First round (group stage)

  Advance to Knockout stage

Group A	Group B
Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Canada 2 2 2  Mexico 2 1 3  Brazil 2 0 Source: TS	Pos Team Pld Pts 1  United States 2 2 2  Guatemala 2 1 3  Peru 2 0 Source: TS

Second round (knockout stage)

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 February
	Canada	3
					16 February
	Guatemala	1
					Canada	3
	15 February
					Mexico	1
	Mexico	3
	United States	1
					Third place
					15 February
					Guatemala	0
					United States	3

World team rankings

Summary of qualification

Below is the chart of the BWF World Team Ranking calculated by adding World Ranking points of top three Men's Singles players and top two Men's Doubles pairs on 18 February 2020.^[2][3]

Rank	Conf.	Nation	Points	Continental results	Qualification status
1	BA	Indonesia	406,902	Winner	Qualified as the winner of BA
2	BA	Japan	377,562	Semifinals	Qualified as BA semifinalists
3	BA	China	329,458	Trophy Holder	Qualified as trophy holder
4	BE	Denmark	304,472	Winner	Qualified as host country
5	BA	Chinese Taipei	276,250	Quarterfinals	Qualified by ranking (overall)
6	BA	India	250,525	Semifinals	Qualified as BA semifinalists
7	BA	Malaysia	231,964	Runner-up	Qualified as BA runners up
8	BA	South Korea	197,987	Quarterfinals	Qualified by ranking (overall)
9	BA	Thailand	184,221	Quarterfinals	Qualified by ranking (overall)
10	BA	Hong Kong	182,876
11	BE	England	141,712	Quarterfinals	Qualified by ranking (Europe)
12	BPA	Canada	133,060	Winner	Qualified as the winner of BPA
13	BE	Germany	129,507	Quarterfinals	Qualified by ranking (Europe)
14	BE	France	123,440	Semifinals	Qualified as BE semifinalists
15	BE	Russia	116,127	Semifinals	Qualified as BE semifinalists, Withdrew
16	BE	Netherlands	112,980	Runner-up	Qualified as BE runners up
17	BPA	United States	83,420	3rd place
18	BA	Singapore	72,422	Group stage
19	BPA	Mexico	70,239	Runner-up
20	BPA	Brazil	69,458	5th place
21	BE	Finland	68,376	Group stage
22	BPA	Guatemala	65,289	4th place
23	BCA	Nigeria	64,606
24	BE	Spain	64,028	Group stage
25	BA	Vietnam	60,757
26	BE	Ukraine	58,397	Quarterfinals
27	BE	Ireland	57,907	Group stage
28	BCA	Egypt	56,912	Semifinals
29	BE	Czech Republic	54,401	Group stage
30	BE	Austria	54,084	Group stage
31	BE	Sweden	53,299	Group stage
32	BO	Australia	51,535	Winner	Qualified as the winner of BO, Withdrew
33	BE	Scotland	50,210
34	BE	Poland	49,978	Group stage
35	BCA	Mauritius	49,502	Runner-up
36	BCA	Algeria	48,331	Winner	Qualified as the winner of BCA
37	BO	New Zealand	47,471	Runner-up	Qualified as the runners up of BO, declined the offer
38	BE	Bulgaria	45,423	Quarterfinals
39	BPA	Cuba	45,350
40	BE	Israel	43,456	Group stage
41	BE	Azerbaijan	42,519	Group stage
42	BE	Italy	38,687	Group stage
43	BPA	Peru	38,392	6th place
44	BE	Switzerland	38,375	Group stage
45	BE	Belgium	38,066	Group stage
46	BA	Sri Lanka	34,821
47	BE	Turkey	34,017	Group stage
48	BE	Estonia	31,386	Group stage
49	BE	Norway	27,340	Group stage
50	BPA	Jamaica	26,240
50+ participants
51	BE	Portugal	24,624	Group stage
52	BCA	South Africa	24,225	Semifinals
54	BE	Hungary	23,079	Group stage
56	BA	Philippines	22,026	Quarterfinals
57	BE	Iceland	21,312	Group stage
59	BE	Slovenia	20,405	Group stage
60	BE	Croatia	19,820	Group stage
61	BA	Kazakhstan	18,770	Group stage
64	BE	Slovakia	16,080	Group stage
67	BCA	Uganda	15,326	Group stage
73	BE	Luxembourg	11,714	Group stage
80	BCA	Cameroon	7,970	Group stage
81	BCA	Morocco	7,681	Group stage
84	BE	Wales	7,010	Group stage
92	BCA	Tunisia	6,280	Group stage
96	BO	New Caledonia	5,145	4th place
106	BE	Greenland	3,290	Group stage
107	BO	Tahiti	3,129	3rd place	Qualified as BO semifinalists
110	BO	Fiji	3,020	5th place
112	BE	Lithuania	2,975	Group stage
124	BE	Latvia	1,148	Group stage

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