# 2016 Thomas & Uber Cup

The 2016 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 29th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 26th tournament of the Uber Cup, the premier badminton team championships for men and women respectively. It was held at the Kunshan Sports Centre in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China.

## Host city selection

Jakarta and Kunshan submitted bids for this championships, the same situation as the bid for 2015 BWF World Championships. Kunshan was named as the host in May 2014 during BWF Council meeting in New Delhi, India.

## Qualifiers

| Confederation | Qualifiers | Qualifiers |
| Confederation | Thomas Cup | Uber Cup |
| Defending Champions | Japan | China |
| Host Nation | China | China |
| Africa | South Africa | Mauritius |
| Asia | India Indonesia South Korea Malaysia | India Japan South Korea Thailand |
| Europe | Denmark Germany England France | Denmark Germany Spain Bulgaria |
| Oceania | New Zealand | Australia |
| Pan America | Mexico | United States |
| By Ranking | Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Thailand | Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Indonesia Malaysia |

## Seedings

The seeding list was based on 3 March 2016 World Rankings.

## Medal summary
### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Thomas Cup | Denmark Viktor Axelsen Jan Ø. Jørgensen Hans-Kristian Vittinghus Emil Holst Mathias Boe Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Kim Astrup Mathias Christiansen | Indonesia Tommy Sugiarto Jonatan Christie Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Ihsan Maulana Mustofa Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan Angga Pratama Ricky Karanda Suwardi Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo | Malaysia Lee Chong Wei Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin Goh Soon Huat Chong Wei Feng Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi |
| Thomas Cup | South Korea Son Wan-ho Lee Dong-keun Jeon Hyeok-jin Heo Kwang-hee Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol |
| Uber Cup | China Li Xuerui Wang Yihan Wang Shixian Sun Yu Tang Yuanting Yu Yang Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei Chen Qingchen Tang Jinhua | South Korea Sung Ji-hyun Bae Yeon-ju Kim Hyo-min Lee Jang-mi Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan Lee So-hee Chang Ye-na Go Ah-ra Yoo Hae-won | Japan Nozomi Okuhara Akane Yamaguchi Sayaka Sato Aya Ohori Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi Naoko Fukuman Kurumi Yonao Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito |
| Uber Cup | India Saina Nehwal P. V. Sindhu Tanvi Lad Gadde Ruthvika Shivani P. C. Thulasi Ashwini Ponnappa Jwala Gutta N. Sikki Reddy K. Maneesha |

### Medal table

* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |

## Thomas Cup

All times are UTC+08:00

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 19 May 2016 | 19 May 2016 | | | |
| China | 1 | | | |
| China | 1 | 20 May 2016 | 20 May 2016 | | |
| South Korea | 3 | 20 May 2016 | 20 May 2016 | |
| South Korea | 3 | South Korea | 1 | |
| 19 May 2016 | 19 May 2016 | | South Korea | 1 | |
| 19 May 2016 | 19 May 2016 | Indonesia | 3 | |
| Indonesia | 3 | Indonesia | 3 | |
| Indonesia | 3 | | | | 22 May 2016 | 22 May 2016 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | | | | 22 May 2016 | 22 May 2016 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | | | | Indonesia | 2 |
| 19 May 2016 | 19 May 2016 | | | | | Indonesia | 2 |
| 19 May 2016 | 19 May 2016 | | | | Denmark | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | | | | Denmark | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 | 20 May 2016 | 20 May 2016 | | | |
| Malaysia | 3 | 20 May 2016 | 20 May 2016 | | | |
| Malaysia | 3 | Malaysia | 2 | | | |
| 19 May 2016 | 19 May 2016 | | Malaysia | 2 | | | |
| 19 May 2016 | 19 May 2016 | Denmark | 3 | |
| Japan | 2 | Denmark | 3 | |
| Denmark | 3 | | | |

#### Final

* 2016 Thomas Cup champion
* Denmark First title

### Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | MD | GD | PD | Final result |
| | Denmark | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | +14 | +29 | +263 | Champions |
| | Indonesia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | +16 | +17 | +148 | Runners-up |
| | Malaysia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | +10 | +22 | +168 | Eliminated in semi-finals |
| | South Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | +9 | +16 | +152 | Eliminated in semi-finals |
| 5 | China | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | +13 | +24 | +235 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +7 | +12 | +149 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 7 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +4 | +9 | +118 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | −3 | −4 | +30 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 9 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | −5 | −9 | −67 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | −5 | −10 | −53 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | −5 | −10 | −71 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | −7 | −16 | −176 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 13 | India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | −7 | −12 | −114 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 14 | South Africa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | −13 | −24 | −233 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 15 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | −13 | −26 | −249 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 16 | Mexico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | −15 | −28 | −300 | Eliminated in group stage |

## Uber Cup

All times are UTC+08:00

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 19 May 2016 | 19 May 2016 | | | |
| China | 3 | | | |
| China | 3 | 20 May 2016 | 20 May 2016 | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 20 May 2016 | 20 May 2016 | |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | China | 3 | |
| 19 May 2016 | 19 May 2016 | | China | 3 | |
| 19 May 2016 | 19 May 2016 | India | 0 | |
| Thailand | 1 | India | 0 | |
| Thailand | 1 | | | | 21 May 2016 | 21 May 2016 |
| India | 3 | | | | 21 May 2016 | 21 May 2016 |
| India | 3 | | | | China | 3 |
| 19 May 2016 | 19 May 2016 | | | | | China | 3 |
| 19 May 2016 | 19 May 2016 | | | | South Korea | 1 |
| Indonesia | 0 | | | | South Korea | 1 |
| Indonesia | 0 | 20 May 2016 | 20 May 2016 | | | |
| South Korea | 3 | 20 May 2016 | 20 May 2016 | | | |
| South Korea | 3 | South Korea | 3 | | | |
| 19 May 2016 | 19 May 2016 | | South Korea | 3 | | | |
| 19 May 2016 | 19 May 2016 | Japan | 1 | |
| Denmark | 0 | Japan | 1 | |
| Japan | 3 | | | |

#### Final

* 2016 Uber Cup champion
* China Fourteenth title

### Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | MD | GD | PD | Final result |
| | China | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | +23 | +42 | +419 | Champions |
| | South Korea | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | +16 | +29 | +315 | Runners-up |
| | Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | +12 | +24 | +253 | Eliminated in semi-finals |
| | India | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | +8 | +16 | +143 | Eliminated in semi-finals |
| 5 | Thailand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | +7 | +13 | +100 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +4 | +8 | +151 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 7 | Indonesia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | +2 | +6 | +61 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 8 | Denmark | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | −4 | −9 | −91 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | −3 | −8 | −84 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | −5 | −7 | −71 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | −5 | −11 | −98 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | −7 | −14 | −157 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 13 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | −9 | −17 | −170 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 14 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | −11 | −20 | −136 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 15 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | −13 | −24 | −231 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 16 | Mauritius | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | −15 | −28 | −404 | Eliminated in group stage |