Thomas Cup 2014 / qualification

Qualification for the Thomas Cup 2014 was based on the following criteria.

Qualification criteria

	criteria	number
1	host	1
2	Defending champion	1
3	the 14 best teams in the world rankings at least one participant from Africa, America and Oceania in the Uber or Thomas Cup at least three teams each from Asia and Europe	14th
Total:		16

World ranking points as of March 6, 2014

space	country	1. DE		2. DE		3. DE		1. DD		2. DD		Points
1	Indonesia	3	Tommy Sugiarto	14th	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	19th	Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	1	Hendra Setiawan Mohammad Ahsan	9	Angga Pratama Ryan Agung Saputra	294.796
2	China	2	Chen Long	7th	You Pengyu	9	Wang Zhengming	6th	Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan	21st	Chai Biao Hong Wei	294,435
3	Malaysia	1	Lee Chong Wei	16	Chong Wei Feng	37	Daren Liew	7th	Hoon Thien How Tan Wee Kiong	8th	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	287,603
4th	Japan	5	Kenichi Tago	15th	Kento Momota	17th	Takuma Ueda	2	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	14th	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	274.835
5	Denmark	4th	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	21st	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	26th	Viktor Axelsen	4th	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	22nd	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	255.786
6th	South Korea	11	Shon Wan-ho	43	Lee Dong-keun	103	Hwang Jong-soo	3	Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae	5	Kim Ki-jung Kim Sa-rang	236,251
7th	Thailand	6th	Boonsak Ponsana	13	Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk	60	Suppanyu Avihingsanon	13	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	36	Wannawat Ampunsuwan Patipat Chalardchaleam	211,596
8th	Chinese Taipei	23	Chou Tien-Chen	27	Hsu Jen-Hao	67	Wang Tzu-Wei	10	Lee Sheng-Mu Tsai Chia-Hsin	23	Liang Jui-Wei Liao Kuan-Hao	190.712
9	India	18th	Kashyap Parupalli	20th	K. Srikanth	25th	Ajay Jayaram	34	Pranav Chopra Akshay Dewalkar	45	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	177.095
10	Hong Kong	12	Hu Yun	33	Wong Wing Ki	41	Wei Nan	37	Chan Yun Lung Lee Chun Hei	77	Lo Lok Kei Chan Tsz Kit	159.085
11	Germany	10	Marc Zwiebler	64	Dieter Domke	85	Lukas Schmidt	32	Michael Fuchs Johannes Schöttler	35	Peter Käsbauer Josche Zurwonne	152.627
12	England	22nd	Rajiv Ouseph	122	Toby Penty	207	Rhys Walker	11	Chris Adcock Andrew Ellis	24	Chris Langridge Peter Mills	150.236
13	Russia	45	Vladimir Ivanov	54	Vladimir Malkov	130	Anton Ivanov	17th	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	50	Nikita Khakimov Vasily Kuznetsov	136.862
14th	France	38	Brice Leverdez	70	Lucas Corvée	71	Thomas Rouxel	39	Baptiste Carême Ronan Labar	52	Lucas Corvée Brice Leverdez	127.319
15th	Netherlands	31	Eric Pang	116	Erik Meijs	129	Nick Fransman	27	Ruud Bosch Koen Ridder	38	Jacco Arends Jelle Maas	126,308
16	Poland	102	Michał Rogalski	208	Adrian Dziółko	382	Mateusz Dubowski	20th	Adam Cwalina Przemysław Wacha	26th	Łukasz Moreń Wojciech Szkudlarczyk	100,500
17th	United States	57	Sattawat Pongnairat	73	Howard Shu	93	Bjorn Seguin	56	Sattawat Pongnairat Phillip Chew	135	Mathew Fogarty Bjorn Seguin	96,566
18th	Sweden	42	Henri Hurskainen	90	Mathias Borg	101	Gabriel Ulldahl	104	Magnus Sahlberg Mattias Wigardt	138	Patrik Lundqvist Jonathan Nordh	86,367
19th	Singapore	46	Derek Wong Zi Liang	74	Ashton Chen Yong Zhao	126	Robin Gonansa	86	Terry Hee Terry Yeo Zhao Jiang	167	Robin Gonansa Ashton Chen Yong Zhao	83.226
20th	Vietnam	8th	Nguyễn Ti Minn Minh	255	Phạm Cao Cường	302	Nguyễn Hoàng Nam	105	Dương Bảo Đức Nguyễn Hoàng Nam	331	Đỗ Tuấn Đức Phạm Cao Cường	81,500
21st	Ukraine	47	Dmytro Zavadsky	113	Valeriy Atrashchenkov	179	Kyrylo Leonov	107	Valeriy Atrashchenkov Gennadiy Natarov	147	Sergiy Garist Kyrylo Leonov	72.749
22nd	Czech Republic	78	Petr Koukal	88	Jan Fröhlich	175	Pavel Florián	99	Zdenek Svata Jan Merry	109	Pavel Florián Ondřej Kopřiva	70.886
23	Australia	234	Nathan Tang	251	Luke Chong	256	Ashwant Gobinathan	44	Raymond Tam Glenn Warfe	48	Robin Middleton Ross Smith	68,433
24	Finland	39	Ville Lång	75	Eetu Heino	166	Kasper Lehikoinen	314	Henri Aarnio Joonas Korhonen	540	Mika Koskenneva Jesper from Hertzen	67.855
25th	Canada	185	Sergiy Shatenko	237	Andrew D'Souza	276	Timothy Chiu	51	Adrian Liu Derrick Ng	71	Kevin Li Nyl Yakura	60,443
26th	New Zealand	96	Joe Wu	136	Michael Fowke	315	Maika Phillips	57	Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Oliver Leydon-Davis	384	Brock Matheson Asher Richardson	58.093
	Nigeria	183	Jinkan Ifraimu	184	Joseph Abah Eneojo	266	Victor Makanju	123	Joseph Abah Eneojo Victor Makanju	176	Ola Fagbemi Jinkan Ifraimu	39.314

Qualified teams

space	country	Points	Qual.	Seat	comment
1	Indonesia	294.796		1
2	China	294,435		2
3	Malaysia	287,603		3/4
4th	Japan	274.835		3/4
5	Denmark	255.786		5/8
6th	South Korea	236,251		5/8
7th	Thailand	211,596		5/8
8th	Chinese Taipei	190.712		5/8
9	India	177.095		9/16
10	Hong Kong	159.085		9/16
11	Germany	152.627		9/16
12	England	150.236		9/16
13	Russia	136.862		9/16
14th	France	127.319		9/16
15th	Netherlands	126,308			not reported
16	Poland	100,500			not reported
17th	United States	96,566			not reported
18th	Sweden	86,367			not reported
19th	Singapore	83.226		9/16	replacement
20th	Vietnam	81,500
21st	Ukraine	72.749
22nd	Czech Republic	70.886
23	Australia	68,433
24	Finland	67.855
25th	Canada	60,443
26th	New Zealand	58.093
	Nigeria	39.314		9/16	Africa

Defending champion

host

Web links

• http://www.bwfbadminton.org/tournamentcalendar_event.aspx?id=18146