# 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup

The 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 27th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 24th international badminton tournament of the Uber Cup. It was held from May 20–27, 2012 at the Wuhan Sports Center Stadium in Wuhan, China.

## Host city selection

Jakarta (Indonesia) and Wuhan (China) submitted bids for the competition. Wuhan was announced as the host by BWF after a meeting in Qingdao during the 2011 Sudirman Cup.

## Qualifiers

| Date | Confederation event | Location | Qualifier | Qualifier |
| Date | Confederation event | Location | Thomas Cup | Uber Cup |
| February 13–19, 2012 | Asia | Macau | Japan Indonesia Malaysia South Korea | Japan Thailand Chinese Taipei Indonesia |
| February 14–19, 2012 | Europe | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Denmark Germany England Russia | Germany Denmark Netherlands |
| February 17–19, 2012 | Pan Am | California, United States | United States | United States |
| February 18–19, 2012 | Oceania | Ballarat, Australia | New Zealand | Australia |
| February 22–29, 2012 | Africa | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | South Africa | South Africa |
| | Defending Champions | Defending Champions | China | South Korea |
| | Host | Host | China | China |

## Seedings

All the seeding list based on March 1, 2012 world rankings as the draw was conducted on April 15, 2012. The top four seeding teams is in first pot, follow by next four teams in the second pot and the bottom four teams was put in the third pot.
For the knock out draw, to be held immediately after the group stage is completed, the four teams that had topped their group will be ranked according to their world ranking on the 17 May, and the top two seeds would then be separated each into one half. Seeds 3/4 will be drawn into each half, then followed by the remaining 5/8 seeded teams.

## Medal summary
### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Thomas Cup | China Lin Dan Chen Long Chen Jin Du Pengyu Cai Yun Fu Haifeng Shen Ye Hong Wei Chai Biao Guo Zhendong | South Korea Lee Hyun-il Son Wan-ho Lee Dong-keun Hong Ji-hoon Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-Hyun Kim Ki-jung Kim Sa-rang | Japan Sho Sasaki Kenichi Tago Takuma Ueda Riichi Takeshita Noriyasu Hirata Hirokatsu Hashimoto Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa Naoki Kawamae Shoji Sato |
| Thomas Cup | Denmark Peter Gade Jan Ø. Jørgensen Viktor Axelsen Hans-Kristian Vittinghus Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen Jonas Rasmussen Joachim Fischer Nielsen Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding |
| Uber Cup | China Wang Yihan Wang Xin Li Xuerui Wang Shixian Yu Yang Wang Xiaoli Zhao Yunlei Tian Qing Pan Pan Cheng Shu | South Korea Sung Ji-hyun Bae Youn-joo Hwang Hye-youn Kim Soo-jin Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na Eom Hye-won Jang Ye-na | Thailand Ratchanok Inthanon Porntip Buranaprasertsuk Sapsiree Taerattanachai Nichaon Jindapon Kunchala Voravichitchaikul Duanganong Aroonkesorn Saralee Thoungthongkam Savitree Amitrapai |
| Uber Cup | Japan Sayaka Sato Eriko Hirose Minatsu Mitani Ai Goto Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa Mami Naito Shizuka Matsuo Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi |

### Medal table

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

## Thomas Cup
### Knockout stage

All times are Chinese Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 23 May 2012 | 23 May 2012 | | | |
| China | 3 | | | |
| China | 3 | 25 May 2012 | 25 May 2012 | | |
| Malaysia | 0 | 25 May 2012 | 25 May 2012 | |
| Malaysia | 0 | China | 3 | |
| 23 May 2012 | 23 May 2012 | | China | 3 | |
| 23 May 2012 | 23 May 2012 | Japan | 0 | |
| Japan | 3 | Japan | 0 | |
| Japan | 3 | | | | 27 May 2012 | 27 May 2012 |
| Indonesia | 2 | | | | 27 May 2012 | 27 May 2012 |
| Indonesia | 2 | | | | China | 3 |
| 23 May 2012 | 23 May 2012 | | | | | China | 3 |
| 23 May 2012 | 23 May 2012 | | | | South Korea | 0 |
| Russia | 0 | | | | South Korea | 0 |
| Russia | 0 | 25 May 2012 | 25 May 2012 | | | |
| Denmark | 3 | 25 May 2012 | 25 May 2012 | | | |
| Denmark | 3 | Denmark | 1 | | | |
| 23 May 2012 | 23 May 2012 | | Denmark | 1 | | | |
| 23 May 2012 | 23 May 2012 | South Korea | 3 | |
| Germany | 0 | South Korea | 3 | |
| South Korea | 3 | | | |

#### Final

* 2012 Thomas Cup champion
* China Ninth title

## Uber Cup
### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 23 May 2012 | 23 May 2012 | | | |
| China | 3 | | | |
| China | 3 | 24 May 2012 | 24 May 2012 | | |
| Germany | 0 | 24 May 2012 | 24 May 2012 | |
| Germany | 0 | China | 3 | |
| 23 May 2012 | 23 May 2012 | | China | 3 | |
| 23 May 2012 | 23 May 2012 | Thailand | 0 | |
| Thailand | 3 | Thailand | 0 | |
| Thailand | 3 | | | | 26 May 2012 | 26 May 2012 |
| Denmark | 1 | | | | 26 May 2012 | 26 May 2012 |
| Denmark | 1 | | | | China | 3 |
| 23 May 2012 | 23 May 2012 | | | | | China | 3 |
| 23 May 2012 | 23 May 2012 | | | | South Korea | 0 |
| Indonesia | 2 | | | | South Korea | 0 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 24 May 2012 | 24 May 2012 | | | |
| Japan | 3 | 24 May 2012 | 24 May 2012 | | | |
| Japan | 3 | Japan | 0 | | | |
| 23 May 2012 | 23 May 2012 | | Japan | 0 | | | |
| 23 May 2012 | 23 May 2012 | South Korea | 3 | |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | South Korea | 3 | |
| South Korea | 3 | | | |

#### Final

* 2012 Uber Cup champion
* China Twelfth title