# 2010 Thomas & Uber Cup

The 2010 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 26th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 23rd tournament of the Uber Cup, the most important and most prestigious badminton tournaments in men's and women's team competition, respectively. The 2010 championships marked the Thomas & Uber Cup's 10 year return to Malaysia which has always seen great fan interest in the sport.
The final rounds were held from May 9 to May 16 at Putra Indoor Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia which was also the same venue of the 2000 Thomas & Uber Cup, when Indonesia get their 12th title in the Thomas Cup after defeat China by 3–0 in the final. But, Indonesia defeated by China, also by 0–3 in the final, to ensure the China's eighth title in the Thomas Cup, while Korea won the Uber Cup after defeat China with 3–1 score.

## Host city selection

Badminton World Federation initially intended to split the Thomas and Uber Cup finals as separate tournaments. Malaysia was the only bidder for Thomas Cup finals, while China and South Korea were interested to host the Uber Cup finals. The plan to split the tournaments was eventually abandoned and Malaysia was asked to hold the Uber Cup final together.

## Venue

* Putra Indoor Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur

## Qualification

| Confederation | Qualifier(s) | Qualifier(s) |
| Confederation | Thomas Cup | Uber Cup |
| Asia | Indonesia South Korea India Japan | South Korea Indonesia India Japan |
| Africa | Nigeria | South Africa |
| Europe | Denmark Poland Germany | Denmark Russia Germany |
| Oceania | Australia | Australia |
| Pan Am | Peru | United States |
| Defending Champions | China | China |
| Host nation | Malaysia | Malaysia |

## Medal summary
### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Thomas Cup | China Lin Dan Chen Jin Bao Chunlai Chen Long Guo Zhendong Xu Chen Cai Yun Fu Haifeng Chai Biao Zhang Nan | Indonesia Taufik Hidayat Sony Dwi Kuncoro Simon Santoso Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan Alvent Yulianto Chandra Hendra Aprida Gunawan Nova Widianto Mohammad Ahsan | Malaysia Lee Chong Wei Wong Choong Hann Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Tan Chun Seang Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Hoon Thien How Ong Soon Hock |
| Thomas Cup | Japan Kenichi Tago Kazushi Yamada Sho Sasaki Shoji Sato Hiroyuki Endo Kenta Kazuno Kenichi Hayakawa Hirokatsu Hashimoto Noriyasu Hirata Yoshiteru Hirobe |
| Uber Cup | South Korea Bae Seung-hee Sung Ji-hyun Bae Yeon-ju Lee Yun-hwa Jung Kyung-eun Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung Jang Ye-na Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won | China Wang Yihan Wang Xin Wang Shixian Jiang Yanjiao Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli Du Jing Yu Yang Pan Pan Tian Qing | Japan Eriko Hirose Ai Goto Sayaka Sato Yu Hirayama Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa Mami Naito Shizuka Matsuo Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna |
| Uber Cup | Indonesia Maria Febe Kusumastuti Adriyanti Firdasari Maria Kristin Yulianti Lindaweni Fanetri Greysia Polii Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Shendy Puspa Irawati Meiliana Jauhari Lilyana Natsir Anneke Feinya Agustin |

### Medal table

* Host nation (Malaysia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Malaysia* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |

## Thomas Cup
### Groups
#### Group A

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L |
| China | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| South Korea | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Peru | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010-05-09 |||
| China | 5–0 | Peru |
| 2010-05-10 |||
| South Korea | 5–0 | Peru |
| 2010-05-11 |||
| China | 4–1 | South Korea |

#### Group B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L |
| Japan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010-05-09 |||
| Malaysia | 5–0 | Nigeria |
| 2010-05-10 |||
| Japan | 5–0 | Nigeria |
| 2010-05-11 |||
| Malaysia | 2–3 | Japan |

#### Group C

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L |
| Denmark | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Germany | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010-05-09 |||
| Denmark | 5–0 | Poland |
| 2010-05-10 |||
| Germany | 5–0 | Poland |
| 2010-05-11 |||
| Denmark | 4–1 | Germany |

#### Group D

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L |
| Indonesia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| India | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Australia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010-05-09 |||
| Indonesia | 5–0 | Australia |
| 2010-05-10 |||
| Indonesia | 4–1 | India |
| 2010-05-11 |||
| India | 4–1 | Australia |

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| May 12 | May 12 | | | |
| China | 3 | | | |
| China | 3 | May 14 | May 14 | | |
| South Korea | 0 | May 14 | May 14 | |
| South Korea | 0 | China | 3 | |
| May 12 | May 12 | | China | 3 | |
| May 12 | May 12 | Malaysia | 0 | |
| Denmark | 2 | Malaysia | 0 | |
| Denmark | 2 | | | | May 16 | May 16 |
| Malaysia | 3 | | | | May 16 | May 16 |
| Malaysia | 3 | | | | China | 3 |
| May 12 | May 12 | | | | | China | 3 |
| May 12 | May 12 | | | | Indonesia | 0 |
| Germany | 1 | | | | Indonesia | 0 |
| Germany | 1 | May 14 | May 14 | | | |
| Japan | 3 | May 14 | May 14 | | | |
| Japan | 3 | Japan | 1 | | | |
| May 12 | May 12 | | Japan | 1 | | | |
| May 12 | May 12 | Indonesia | 3 | |
| India | 0 | Indonesia | 3 | |
| Indonesia | 3 | | | |
* 2010 Thomas Cup champion
* China Eighth title

## Uber Cup
### Groups
#### Group A

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L |
| China | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| United States | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010-05-09 |||
| China | 5–0 | United States |
| 2010-05-10 |||
| Malaysia | 5–0 | United States |
| 2010-05-11 |||
| China | 5–0 | Malaysia |

#### Group B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L |
| Indonesia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Denmark | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Australia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010-05-09 |||
| Indonesia | 5–0 | Australia |
| 2010-05-10 |||
| Denmark | 3–2 | Australia |
| 2010-05-11 |||
| Indonesia | 5–0 | Denmark |

#### Group C

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L |
| Japan | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Russia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010-05-09 |||
| Japan | 4–1 | Germany |
| 2010-05-10 |||
| Russia | 4–1 | Germany |
| 2010-05-11 |||
| Japan | 5–0 | Russia |

#### Group D

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L |
| South Korea | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| India | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| South Africa | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010-05-09 |||
| South Korea | 5–0 | South Africa |
| 2010-05-10 |||
| India | 5–0 | South Africa |
| 2010-05-11 |||
| South Korea | 4–1 | India |

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| May 12 | May 12 | | | |
| China | 3 | | | |
| China | 3 | May 13 | May 13 | | |
| India | 0 | May 13 | May 13 | |
| India | 0 | China | 3 | |
| May 12 | May 12 | | China | 3 | |
| May 12 | May 12 | Indonesia | 0 | |
| Indonesia | 3 | Indonesia | 0 | |
| Indonesia | 3 | | | | May 15 | May 15 |
| Malaysia | 0 | | | | May 15 | May 15 |
| Malaysia | 0 | | | | China | 1 |
| May 12 | May 12 | | | | | China | 1 |
| May 12 | May 12 | | | | South Korea | 3 |
| Russia | 1 | | | | South Korea | 3 |
| Russia | 1 | May 13 | May 13 | | | |
| South Korea | 3 | May 13 | May 13 | | | |
| South Korea | 3 | South Korea | 3 | | | |
| May 12 | May 12 | | South Korea | 3 | | | |
| May 12 | May 12 | Japan | 1 | |
| Denmark | 1 | Japan | 1 | |
| Japan | 3 | | | |
* 2010 Uber Cup champion
* South Korea First title