# 2008 Badminton Asia Thomas & Uber Cup Preliminaries

The 2008 Badminton Asia Thomas & Uber Cup Preliminaries (officially known as the ROBOT Badminton Asia Thomas & Uber Cup Preliminaries 2008 for sponsorship reasons) were the Asian qualifiers for the 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup. The tournament was held on 15–20 February.

## Tournament

The 2008 Badminton Asia Thomas & Uber Cup Preliminaries serve as the Asian qualification event towards the 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia.

### Venue

The tournament was held at the Military Zone 7 Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

### Draw

* Men's team
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Cambodia Malaysia Philippines Chinese Taipei | South Korea Singapore Vietnam | India Japan Pakistan | Hong Kong Macau Sri Lanka Thailand |
* Women's team
| Group W | Group X | Group Y | Group Z |
| Japan Sri Lanka Thailand | South Korea Singapore Cambodia | Hong Kong Chinese Taipei Vietnam | India Malaysia |

## Men's team

All times are Vietnam Standard Time (UTC+07:00).

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Malaysia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 30 | 2 | +28 | 660 | 307 | +353 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 22 | 11 | +11 | 599 | 456 | +143 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Philippines | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 449 | 562 | −113 | 1 | |
| 4 | Cambodia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 1 | 30 | −29 | 264 | 647 | −383 | 0 | |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 437 | 267 | +170 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Singapore | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 376 | 432 | −56 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Vietnam (H) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 319 | 433 | −114 | 0 | |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 20 | 2 | +18 | 457 | 315 | +142 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 403 | 376 | +27 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 251 | 420 | −169 | 0 | |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Thailand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 29 | 4 | +25 | 664 | 407 | +257 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 662 | 467 | +195 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 433 | 563 | −130 | 1 | |
| 4 | Macau | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 313 | 638 | −325 | 0 | |

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | Malaysia | 3 | | | | | | |
| C2 | India | 0 | | | | | | |
| C2 | India | 0 | A1 | Malaysia | 3 | | | |
| | | | D1 | Thailand | 0 | | | |
| D1 | Thailand | 3 | D1 | Thailand | 0 | | | |
| B1 | Singapore | 0 | | | | | | |
| B1 | Singapore | 0 | | | | A1 | Malaysia | 3 |
| | | | | | | B1 | South Korea | 2 |
| A2 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | | | | | | | B1 | South Korea | 2 |
| C1 | Japan | 3 | | | |
| C1 | Japan | 3 | C1 | Japan | 0 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | B1 | South Korea | 3 |
| D2 | Hong Kong | 0 | B1 | South Korea | 3 | D1 | Thailand | 1 |
| B1 | South Korea | 3 | | | | C1 | Japan | 3 |

#### Final
### Qualified teams

* Malaysia (25th appearance)
* South Korea (13th appearance)
* Japan (9th appearance)
* Thailand (10th appearance)

## Women's team

All times are Vietnam Standard Time (UTC+07:00).

### Group stage
#### Group W

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 437 | 288 | +149 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 397 | 298 | +99 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 172 | 420 | −248 | 0 | |

#### Group X

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 439 | 230 | +209 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Singapore | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 407 | 263 | +144 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Cambodia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 67 | 420 | −353 | 0 | |

#### Group Y

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 436 | 352 | +84 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 389 | 343 | +46 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Vietnam (H) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 310 | 440 | −130 | 0 | |

#### Group Z

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 233 | 202 | +31 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | India | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 202 | 233 | −31 | 0 | Knockout stage |

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| W1 | Japan | 3 | | | | | | |
| Y2 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | | | | | | |
| Y2 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | W1 | Japan | 3 | | | |
| | | | Z1 | Malaysia | 2 | | | |
| Z1 | Malaysia | 3 | Z1 | Malaysia | 2 | | | |
| X2 | Singapore | 1 | | | | | | |
| X2 | Singapore | 1 | | | | W1 | Japan | 1 |
| | | | | | | X1 | South Korea | 3 |
| W2 | Thailand | 0 | | | | | | | X1 | South Korea | 3 |
| Y1 | Hong Kong | 3 | | | |
| Y1 | Hong Kong | 3 | Y1 | Hong Kong | 1 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | X1 | South Korea | 3 |
| Z2 | India | 1 | X1 | South Korea | 3 | Z1 | Malaysia | 3 |
| X1 | South Korea | 3 | | | | Y1 | Hong Kong | 0 |

#### Final
### Qualified teams

* South Korea (13th appearance)
* Japan (19th appearance)
* Malaysia (12th appearance)
* Hong Kong (5th appearance)