# 2024 Uber Cup qualification

The 2024 Uber 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 Uber Cup, with China qualifying automatically as hosts, South Korea qualifying automatically as trophy holder.

## 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.

### Qualified teams

| Country | Confederation | Qualified as | Qualified on | World Team Rankings | Final appearance |
| China | Badminton Asia | Host country | 28 November 2021 | 1 | 21st |
| South Korea | Badminton Asia | 2022 Uber Cup winners | 14 May 2022 | 2 | 21st |
| South Africa | Badminton Africa | 2024 All Africa Championships winners | 15 February 2024 | 38 | 6th |
| India | Badminton Asia | 2024 Asia Championships winner | 18 February 2024 | 7 | 9th |
| Thailand | Badminton Asia | 2024 Asia Championships runner-up | 18 February 2024 | 4 | 9th |
| Indonesia | Badminton Asia | 2024 Asia Championships semifinalists | 17 February 2024 | 5 | 27th |
| Japan | Badminton Asia | 2024 Asia Championships semifinalists | 17 February 2024 | 3 | 21st |
| Canada | Badminton Pan Am | 2024 Pan Am Cup winners | 18 February 2024 | 11 | 14th |
| Denmark | Badminton Europe | 2024 European Championships winner | 18 February 2024 | 8 | 23rd |
| Spain | Badminton Europe | 2024 European Championships runner-up | 18 February 2024 | 12 | 4th |
| France | Badminton Europe | 2024 European Championships semifinalists | 17 February 2024 | 13 | 4th |
| Scotland | Badminton Europe | 2024 European Championships semifinalists | 17 February 2024 | 21 | 2nd |
| Australia | Badminton Oceania | 2024 Oceania Championships | 18 February 2022 | 17 | 10th |
| Chinese Taipei | Badminton Asia | Best ranking (overall) | 20 February 2024 | 7 | 15th |
| United States | Badminton Pan Am | Best ranking (overall) | 20 February 2024 | 9 | 13th |
| Malaysia | Badminton Asia | Best ranking (overall) | 20 February 2024 | 10 | 9th |

## Confederation qualification
### Badminton Confederation of Africa

The qualification for the African teams was held from 12 to 15 February 2024, at the Cairo Stadium Hall 4, 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
* Nigeria
* South Africa
* Uganda

#### First round (group stage)

| Group A | Group B |
| Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  South Africa 3 3 2  Algeria 3 2 3  Mauritius 3 1 4  Cameroon 3 0 Source: TS | Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Uganda 2 2 2  Nigeria 2 1 3  Egypt (H) 2 0 Source: TS (H) Host |

#### Second round (knockout stage)

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 14 February 14:00 | 14 February 14:00 |
| South Africa | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 | 15 February 15:00 | 15 February 15:00 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 15 February 15:00 | 15 February 15:00 |
| Nigeria | 2 | South Africa | 3 |
| 14 February 14:00 | 14 February 14:00 | | South Africa | 3 |
| 14 February 14:00 | 14 February 14:00 | Uganda | 2 |
| Algeria | 0 | Uganda | 2 |
| Uganda | 3 | | |

### Badminton Asia

The qualification for the Asian teams was held from 18 to 20 February 2024, at the Setia City Convention Centre in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The semifinalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup. South Korea did not participate the qualification championships.

#### Teams in contention
##### Teams qualified for the Group stage

* China
* Chinese Taipei
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Japan
* Kazakhstan
* Malaysia
* Singapore
* Thailand
* United Arab Emirates

#### First round (group stage)

| Group W | Group X |
| Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  India 1 1 2  China 1 0 Source: | Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Indonesia 2 2 2  Hong Kong 2 1 3  Kazakhstan 2 0 Source: |
| Group Y | Group Z |
| Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Thailand 2 2 2  Malaysia 2 1 3  United Arab Emirates 2 0 Source: | Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Japan 2 2 2  Chinese Taipei 2 1 3  Singapore 2 0 Source: |

#### Second round (knockout stage)

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 16 February 10:00 | 16 February 10:00 | | | |
| Japan | 3 | | | |
| Japan | 3 | 17 February 10:00 | 17 February 10:00 | | |
| China | 2 | 17 February 10:00 | 17 February 10:00 | |
| China | 2 | Japan | 2 | |
| 16 February 10:00 | 16 February 10:00 | | Japan | 2 | |
| 16 February 10:00 | 16 February 10:00 | India | 3 | |
| India | 3 | India | 3 | |
| India | 3 | | | | 18 February 10:00 | 18 February 10:00 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | | | | 18 February 10:00 | 18 February 10:00 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | | | | India | 3 |
| 16 February 10:00 | 16 February 10:00 | | | | | India | 3 |
| 16 February 10:00 | 16 February 10:00 | | | | Thailand | 2 |
| Malaysia | 0 | | | | Thailand | 2 |
| Malaysia | 0 | 17 February 10:00 | 17 February 10:00 | | | |
| Indonesia | 3 | 17 February 10:00 | 17 February 10:00 | | | |
| Indonesia | 3 | Indonesia | 1 | | | |
| 16 February 10:00 | 16 February 10:00 | | Indonesia | 1 | | | |
| 16 February 10:00 | 16 February 10:00 | Thailand | 3 | |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | Thailand | 3 | |
| Thailand | 3 | | | |

### Badminton Europe

The qualification for the European teams was held from 14 to 18 February 2024, at the Sport Arena Łódź in Łódź, Poland. The semifinalist of the European qualification will qualified for the Thomas Cup.

#### Teams in contention
##### Teams qualified for the Group stage

* Denmark
* France
* Germany
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Scotland
* Spain
* Turkey

##### Teams failed to qualify for the Group stage

* Azerbaijan
* Belgium
* Bulgaria
* Czech Republic
* England
* Estonia
* Finland
* Greenland
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
* Latvia
* Luxembourg
* Portugal
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Ukraine

#### First round (group stage)

| Group 1 | Group 2 |
| Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Denmark 3 3 2  France 3 2 3  Turkey 3 1 4  Poland (H) 3 0 Source: TS (H) Host | Pos Teamvte Pld Pts 1  Spain 3 3 2  Scotland 3 2 3  Germany 3 1 4  Netherlands 3 0 Source: TS |

#### Second round (knockout stage)

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 17 February 10:00 | 17 February 10:00 |
| Denmark | 3 |
| Denmark | 3 | 18 February 10:00 | 18 February 10:00 |
| France | 1 | 18 February 10:00 | 18 February 10:00 |
| France | 1 | Denmark | 3 |
| 17 February 10:00 | 17 February 10:00 | | Denmark | 3 |
| 17 February 10:00 | 17 February 10:00 | Spain | 1 |
| Scotland | 0 | Spain | 1 |
| Spain | 3 | | |

### Badminton Oceania

The qualification for the Oceanian teams was held from 16 to 18 February 2024, at the Badminton Geelong in Geelong, Australia. The winner of the Oceania qualification qualified for the Thomas Cup.

#### Teams in contention

* Australia
* Cook Islands
* New Zealand
* Tahiti

#### Round-robin

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 30 | 1 | +29 | 648 | 290 | +358 | 3 | Uber Cup |
| 2 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 21 | 10 | +11 | 571 | 405 | +166 | 2 | |
| 3 | Tahiti | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 426 | 560 | −134 | 1 | |
| 4 | Cook Islands | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 1 | 30 | −29 | 259 | 649 | −390 | 0 | |

### Badminton Pan Am

The qualification for the Pan Am teams was held from 15 to 18 February 2024, at the Centro Paralimpico Brasílero in São Paulo, Brazil. The winner of the Pan Am qualification will qualified for the Uber Cup.

## World team rankings

Below is the chart of the BWF World Team Ranking calculated by adding World Ranking points of top three Women's Singles players and top two Women's Doubles pairs on 20 February 2024.

### Key

* QS – Qualification stage
* GS – Group stage
* SG – Subgroup
| Rank | Conf. | Nation | Points | Continental results | Host | Title holder | Continental qualifier | Ranking qualifier |
| 1 | BA | China | 445,941 | Quarter-finalist | Host | | | |
| 2 | BA | South Korea | 396,109 | absent | | Holder | | |
| 3 | BA | Japan | 370,651 | Semi-finalist | | | Asia | |
| 4 | BA | Thailand | 305,449 | Finalist | | | Asia | |
| 5 | BA | Indonesia | 278,309 | Semi-finalist | | | Asia | |
| 6 | BA | Chinese Taipei | 271,956 | Quarter-finalist | | | | World ranking |
| 7 | BA | India | 222,135 | Winner | | | Asia | |
| 8 | BE | Denmark | 208,672 | Winner | | | Europe | |
| 9 | BPA | United States | 207,737 | 2nd place | | | | World ranking |
| 10 | BA | Malaysia | 190,777 | Quarter-finalist | | | | World ranking |
| 11 | BPA | Canada | 161,214 | Winner | | | Pan America | |
| 12 | BE | Spain | 150,255 | Finalist | | | Europe | |
| 13 | BE | France | 141,327 | Semi-finalist | | | Europe | |
| 14 | BA | Hong Kong | 137,304 | Quarter-finalist | | | | |
| 15 | BE | Germany | 123,311 | 3rd in GS | | | | |
| 16 | BA | Singapore | 113,013 | 3rd in GS | | | | |
| 17 | BO | Australia | 106,940 | Winner | | | Oceania | |
| 18 | BPA | Mexico | 106,159 | 5th place | | | | |
| 19 | BPA | Brazil | 103,302 | 3rd place | | | | |
| 20 | BE | Bulgaria | 99,411 | QS finalist | | | | |
| 21 | BE | Scotland | 97,735 | Semi-finalist | | | Europe | |
| 22 | BE | England | 89,978 | 2nd in QS GS | | | | |
| 23 | BE | Netherlands | 85,961 | 4th in GS | | | | |
| 25 | BPA | Peru | 78,874 | 4th place | | | | |
| 26 | BE | Turkey | 72,640 | 3rd in GS | | | | |
| 27 | BCA | Uganda | 71,620 | Finalist | | | | |
| 28 | BE | Estonia | 69,450 | 2nd in QS GS | | | | |
| 29 | BE | Czech Republic | 60,946 | 2nd in QS SG | | | | |
| 30 | BE | Switzerland | 59,138 | 2nd in QS GS | | | | |
| 31 | BE | Hungary | 57,507 | QS finalist | | | | |
| 32 | BE | Italy | 55,477 | 3rd in QS GS | | | | |
| 34 | BE | Poland | 49,102 | 4th in GS | | | | |
| 35 | BE | Azerbaijan | 48,705 | 3rd in QS GS | | | | |
| 36 | BA | United Arab Emirates | 48,444 | 3rd in GS | | | | |
| 37 | BE | Sweden | 48,249 | 2nd in QS GS | | | | |
| 38 | BCA | South Africa | 47,548 | Winner | | | Africa | |
| 39 | BE | Belgium | 47,028 | 3rd in QS GS | | | | |
| 40 | BE | Ukraine | 46,986 | 2nd in QS SG | | | | |
| 41 | BE | Ireland | 43,958 | 2nd in QS SG | | | | |
| 42 | BCA | Mauritius | 41,767 | 3rd in GS | | | | |
| 44 | BE | Israel | 38,122 | 3rd in QS SG | | | | |
| 45 | BPA | El Salvador | 37,833 | 6th place | | | | |
| 46 | BCA | Egypt | 36,251 | 3rd in GS | | | | |
| 48 | BCA | Algeria | 31,544 | Semi-finalist | | | | |
| 53 | BO | New Zealand | 20,482 | 2nd place | | | | |
| 54 | BE | Slovenia | 20,094 | 4th in QS GS | | | | |
| 55 | BCA | Nigeria | 19,916 | Semi-finalist | | | | |
| 56 | BA | Kazakhstan | 19,889 | 3rd in GS | | | | |
| 60 | BE | Luxembourg | 17,211 | 4th in QS GS | | | | |
| 62 | BE | Slovakia | 16,023 | 4th in QS GS | | | | |
| 67 | BE | Latvia | 15,002 | 3rd in QS SG | | | | |
| 68 | BE | Portugal | 14,890 | 2nd in QS SG | | | | |
| 72 | BCA | Cameroon | 10,846 | 4th in GS | | | | |
| 77 | BE | Finland | 7,787 | 3rd in QS SG | | | | |
| 93 | BO | Tahiti | 2,922 | 3rd place | | | | |
| 103 | BO | Cook Islands | 1,644 | 4th place | | | | |
| 114 | BE | Greenland | 20 | 3rd in QS SG | | | | |