2020 Thomas Cup group stage

Part of badminton tournament, Denmark

The 2020 Thomas Cup group stage was held at the Ceres Arena in Aarhus, Denmark, from 9 to 14 October 2021.[1]

The group stage was the first stage of the 2020 Thomas Cup. The two highest-placing teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage.

Draw

The original draw for the tournament was conducted on 3 August 2020, at 15:00 MST, at BWF Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. BWF then decided to redraw the tournament after the postponement from 2020 to 2021 this time to be conducted on 18 August 2021, at 15:00 MST also at the BWF headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. The 16 teams were drawn to four groups of four and were allocated to three pots based on the World Team Rankings of 18 February 2021.[2][3]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

 Indonesia
 Japan
 China
 Denmark

 Chinese Taipei
 India
 Malaysia
 South Korea

Group composition

Group
Group A Group B Group C Group D

 Indonesia
 Chinese Taipei
 Algeria
 Thailand

 Denmark (Host)
 South Korea
 France
 Germany

 China
 India
 Netherlands
 Tahiti

 Japan
 Malaysia
 Canada
 England

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Indonesia 3 3 0 25 11 +14 723 570 +153 3 Advance to quarter-finals
2  Thailand 3 2 1 22 12 +10 649 549 +100 2
3  Chinese Taipei 3 1 2 20 14 +6 676 597 +79 1
4  Algeria 3 0 3 0 30 −30 298 630 −332 0
Source: Tournament Software
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Chinese Taipei vs Thailand


Chinese Taipei
2 		Ceres Arena Court 1
9 October 2021, 8:30 UTC+2
[4]
Thailand
3
1 2 3
1 Chinese Taipei
Thailand 		Chou Tien-chen
Kantaphon Wangcharoen 		21
18 		22
20 		   
2 Chinese Taipei
Thailand 		Lee Yang / Wang Chi-lin
Supak Jomkoh / Tanupat Viriyangkura 		21
15 		21
12 		   
3 Chinese Taipei
Thailand 		Wang Tzu-wei
Kunlavut Vitidsarn 		22
24 		17
21 		   
4 Chinese Taipei
Thailand		 Lee Jhe-huei / Yang Po-hsuan
Kittinupong Kedren / Dechapol Puavaranukroh 		18
21 		17
21 		   
5 Chinese Taipei
Thailand		 Chi Yu-jen
Suppanyu Avihingsanon 		21
11 		23
25 		12
21 		 

Indonesia vs Algeria


Indonesia
5 		Ceres Arena Court 3
9 October 2021, 19:00 UTC+2
[5]
Algeria
0
1 2 3
1 Indonesia
Algeria 		Jonatan Christie
Youcef Sabri Medel 		21
8 		21
8 		   
2 Indonesia
Algeria 		Shesar Hiren Rhustavito
Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi 		21
6 		21
12 		   
3 Indonesia
Algeria 		Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo
Adel Hamek 		21
11 		21
6 		   
4 Indonesia
Algeria		 Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan
Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel 		21
9 		21
15 		   
5 Indonesia
Algeria		 Leo Rolly Carnando / Daniel Marthin
Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi / Adel Hamek 		21
3 		21
11 		   

Indonesia vs Thailand


Indonesia
3 		Ceres Arena Court 1
11 October 2021, 13:30 UTC+2
[6]
Thailand
2
1 2 3
1 Indonesia
Thailand 		Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Kantaphon Wangcharoen 		21
16 		22
24 		23
25 		 
2 Indonesia
Thailand 		Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
Supak Jomkoh / Kittinupong Kedren 		19
21 		21
18 		21
13 		 
3 Indonesia
Thailand 		Jonatan Christie
Kunlavut Vitidsarn 		10
21 		14
21 		   
4 Indonesia
Thailand		 Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto
Natthapat Trinkajee / Tanupat Viriyangkura 		21
9 		21
12 		   
5 Indonesia
Thailand		 Shesar Hiren Rhustavito
Adulrach Namkul 		23
21 		10
21 		21
8 		 

Chinese Taipei vs Algeria


Chinese Taipei
5 		Ceres Arena Court 3
11 October 2021, 13:30 UTC+2
[7]
Algeria
0
1 2 3
1 Chinese Taipei
Algeria 		Wang Tzu-wei
Youcef Sabri Medel 		21
17 		21
7 		   
2 Chinese Taipei
Algeria 		Chi Yu-jen
Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi 		21
12 		21
17 		   
3 Chinese Taipei
Algeria 		Liao Jhuo-fu
Adel Hamek 		21
12 		21
19 		   
4 Chinese Taipei
Algeria		 Lee Yang / Wang Chi-lin
Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel 		21
7 		21
11 		   
5 Chinese Taipei
Algeria		 Lu Ching-yao / Yang Po-han
Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi / Adel Hamek 		21
13 		21
7 		   

Indonesia vs Chinese Taipei


Indonesia
3 		Ceres Arena Court 1
13 October 2021, 8:30 UTC+2
[8]
Chinese Taipei
2
1 2 3
1 Indonesia
Chinese Taipei 		Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Chou Tien-chen 		22
20 		21
16 		   
2 Indonesia
Chinese Taipei 		Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto
Lee Yang / Wang Chi-lin 		26
28 		21
16 		14
21 		 
3 Indonesia
Chinese Taipei 		Jonatan Christie
Wang Tzu-wei 		21
17 		21
13 		   
4 Indonesia
Chinese Taipei		 Mohammad Ahsan / Daniel Marthin
Lu Ching-yao / Yang Po-han 		20
22 		21
17 		21
23 		 
5 Indonesia
Chinese Taipei		 Shesar Hiren Rhustavito
Chi Yu-jen 		16
21 		21
18 		21
19 		 

Thailand vs Algeria


Thailand
5 		Ceres Arena Court 3
13 October 2021, 13:30 UTC+2
[9]
Algeria
0
1 2 3
1 Thailand
Algeria 		Kantaphon Wangcharoen
Youcef Sabri Medel 		21
5 		21
11 		   
2 Thailand
Algeria 		Kunlavut Vitidsarn
Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi 		21
7 		21
10 		   
3 Thailand
Algeria 		Adulrach Namkul
Adel Hamek 		21
8 		21
8 		   
4 Thailand
Algeria		 Supak Jomkoh / Kittinupong Kedren
Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel 		21
11 		21
10 		   
5 Thailand
Algeria		 Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Natthapat Trinkajee
Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi / Adel Hamek 		21
9 		21
8 		   

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark (H) 3 3 0 24 9 +15 688 514 +174 3 Advance to quarter-finals
2  Korea 3 2 1 19 13 +6 587 532 +55 2
3  Germany 3 1 2 13 20 −7 551 658 −107 1
4  France 3 0 3 11 25 −14 574 696 −122 0
Source: Tournament Software
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

Korea vs Germany


Korea
4 		Ceres Arena Court 1
9 October 2021, 19:00 UTC+2
[10]
Germany
1
1 2 3
1 South Korea
Germany 		Heo Kwang-hee
Max Weißkirchen 		21
15 		21
13 		   
2 South Korea
Germany 		Choi Sol-gyu / Seo Seung-jae
Jones Ralfy Jansen / Marvin Seidel 		21
13 		21
17 		   
3 South Korea
Germany 		Kim Dong-hun
Fabian Roth 		17
21 		21
18 		23
25 		 
4 South Korea
Germany		 Kang Min-hyuk / Kim Won-ho
Daniel Hess / Jan Colin Völker 		21
8 		21
13 		   
5 South Korea
Germany		 Jeon Hyeok-jin
Matthias Kicklitz 		21
18 		21
7 		   

Denmark vs France


Denmark
5 		Ceres Arena Court 2
9 October 2021, 19:00 UTC+2
[11]
France
0
1 2 3
1 Denmark
France 		Viktor Axelsen
Christo Popov 		21
13 		20
22 		21
8 		 
2 Denmark
France 		Anders Antonsen
Arnaud Merklé 		21
11 		21
7 		   
3 Denmark
France 		Mads Pieler Kolding / Frederik Søgaard
Fabien Delrue / William Villeger 		19
21 		21
14 		21
15 		 
4 Denmark
France		 Rasmus Gemke
Alex Lanier 		21
15 		16
21 		22
20 		 
5 Denmark
France		 Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Christo Popov / Toma Junior Popov 		21
15 		22
20 		   

Korea vs France


Korea
4 		Ceres Arena Court 1
11 October 2021, 19:00 UTC+2
[12]
France
1
1 2 3
1 South Korea
France 		Heo Kwang-hee
Toma Junior Popov 		21
13 		13
21 		21
14 		 
2 South Korea
France 		Kim Dong-hun
Arnaud Merklé 		12
21 		11
21 		   
3 South Korea
France 		Kang Min-hyuk / Kim Won-ho
Fabien Delrue / William Villeger 		21
8 		21
8 		   
4 South Korea
France		 Jeon Hyeok-jin
Alex Lanier 		21
12 		21
9 		   
5 South Korea
France		 Choi Sol-gyu / Seo Seung-jae
Christo Popov / Toma Junior Popov 		21
16 		21
13 		   

Denmark vs Germany


Denmark
3 		Ceres Arena Court 2
11 October 2021, 19:00 UTC+2
[13]
Germany
2
1 2 3
1 Denmark
Germany 		Viktor Axelsen
Samuel Hsiao 		21
9 		21
8 		   
2 Denmark
Germany 		Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Mark Lamsfuß / Marvin Seidel 		20
22 		24
26 		   
3 Denmark
Germany 		Rasmus Gemke
Fabian Roth 		19
21 		24
26 		   
4 Denmark
Germany		 Mathias Christiansen / Frederik Søgaard
Daniel Hess / Jan Colin Völker 		21
12 		21
11 		   
5 Denmark
Germany		 Hans-Kristian Vittinghus
Matthias Kicklitz 		21
15 		21
8 		   

Denmark vs Korea


Denmark
4 		Ceres Arena Court 1
13 October 2021, 19:00 UTC+2
[14]
Korea
1
1 2 3
1 Denmark
South Korea 		Viktor Axelsen
Heo Kwang-hee 		21
12 		21
14 		   
2 Denmark
South Korea 		Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Jin Yong / Seo Seung-jae 		21
19 		21
8 		   
3 Denmark
South Korea 		Anders Antonsen
Jeon Hyeok-jin 		21
15 		21
14 		   
4 Denmark
South Korea		 Mathias Christiansen / Frederik Søgaard
Kang Min-hyuk / Kim Won-ho 		19
21 		20
22 		   
5 Denmark
South Korea		 Rasmus Gemke
Cho Geon-yeop 		21
9 		22
20 		   

Germany vs France


Germany
3 		Ceres Arena Court 2
13 October 2021, 19:00 UTC+2
[15]
France
2
1 2 3
1 Germany
France 		Max Weißkirchen
Toma Junior Popov 		21
13 		21
15 		   
2 Germany
France 		Samuel Hsiao
Christo Popov 		12
21 		17
21 		   
3 Germany
France 		Fabian Roth
Arnaud Merklé 		21
17 		19
21 		14
21 		 
4 Germany
France		 Marvin Seidel / Jan Colin Völker
Fabien Delrue / William Villeger 		22
20 		15
21 		21
15 		 
5 Germany
France		 Jones Ralfy Jansen / Mark Lamsfuß
Christo Popov / Toma Junior Popov 		21
18 		21
13 		   

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 28 3 +25 638 360 +278 3 Advance to quarter-finals
2  India 3 2 1 23 8 +15 617 397 +220 2
3  Netherlands 3 1 2 8 22 −14 429 516 −87 1
4  Tahiti 3 0 3 2 28 −26 216 627 −411 0
Source: Tournament Software
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

India vs Netherlands


India
5 		Ceres Arena Court 1
10 October 2021, 19:00 UTC+2
[16]
Netherlands
0
1 2 3
1 India
Netherlands 		Srikanth Kidambi
Joran Kweekel 		21
12 		21
14 		   
2 India
Netherlands 		Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty
Ruben Jille / Ties van der Lecq 		21
19 		21
12 		   
3 India
Netherlands 		B. Sai Praneeth
Robin Mesman 		21
4 		21
12 		   
4 India
Netherlands		 Arjun M.R. / Dhruv Kapila
Andy Buijk / Brian Wassink 		21
12 		21
13 		   
5 India
Netherlands		 Sameer Verma
Gijs Duijs 		21
6 		21
11 		   

China vs Tahiti


China
5 		Ceres Arena Court 3
10 October 2021, 19:00 UTC+2
[17]
Tahiti
0
1 2 3
1 China
French Polynesia 		Lu Guangzu
Louis Beaubois 		21
4 		21
5 		   
2 China
French Polynesia 		Li Shifeng
Rémi Rossi 		21
4 		21
10 		   
3 China
French Polynesia 		Weng Hongyang
Glen Lefoll 		21
4 		21
4 		   
4 China
French Polynesia		 He Jiting / Tan Qiang
Elias Maublanc / Heiva Yvonet 		21
8 		21
2 		   
5 China
French Polynesia		 Di Zijian / Wang Chang
Glen Lefoll / Rémi Rossi 		21
3 		21
12 		   

China vs Netherlands


China
5 		Ceres Arena Court 1
12 October 2021, 13:30 UTC+2
[18]
Netherlands
0
1 2 3
1 China
Netherlands 		Lu Guangzu
Joran Kweekel 		21
15 		21
19 		   
2 China
Netherlands 		He Jiting / Zhou Haodong
Ruben Jille / Ties van der Lecq 		21
11 		21
7 		   
3 China
Netherlands 		Li Shifeng
Robin Mesman 		21
7 		21
8 		   
4 China
Netherlands		 Liu Cheng / Wang Yilyu
Andy Buijk / Brian Wassink 		21
14 		21
10 		   
5 China
Netherlands		 Weng Hongyang
Gijs Duijs 		21
10 		21
6 		   

India vs Tahiti


India
5 		Ceres Arena Court 3
12 October 2021, 19:00 UTC+2
[19]
Tahiti
0
1 2 3
1 India
French Polynesia 		B. Sai Praneeth
Louis Beaubois 		21
5 		21
6 		   
2 India
French Polynesia 		Sameer Verma
Rémi Rossi 		21
12 		21
12 		   
3 India
French Polynesia 		Kiran George
Elias Maublanc 		21
4 		21
2 		   
4 India
French Polynesia		 Krishna Prasad Garaga / Vishnu Vardhan
Glen Lefoll / Rémi Rossi 		21
8 		21
7 		   
5 India
French Polynesia		 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty
Elias Maublanc / Heiva Yvonet 		21
5 		21
3 		   

Netherlands vs Tahiti


Netherlands
4 		Ceres Arena Court 3
13 October 2021, 19:00 UTC+2
[20]
Tahiti
1
1 2 3
1 Netherlands
French Polynesia 		Joran Kweekel
Louis Beaubois 		21
6 		21
9 		   
2 Netherlands
French Polynesia 		Robin Mesman
Rémi Rossi 		16
21 		23
25 		   
3 Netherlands
French Polynesia 		Gijs Duijs
Heiva Yvonet 		21
3 		21
4 		   
4 Netherlands
French Polynesia		 Andy Buijk / Brian Wassink
Glen Lefoll / Rémi Rossi 		21
10 		21
10 		   
5 Netherlands
French Polynesia		 Ruben Jille / Ties van der Lecq
Elias Maublanc / Heiva Yvonet 		21
4 		21
4 		   

China vs India


China
4 		Ceres Arena Court 1
14 October 2021, 8:30 UTC+2
[21]
India
1
1 2 3
1 China
India 		Shi Yuqi
Srikanth Kidambi 		21
12 		21
16 		   
2 China
India 		He Jiting / Zhou Haodong
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty 		14
21 		14
21 		   
3 China
India 		Lu Guangzu
Sameer Verma 		14
21 		21
9 		24
22 		 
4 China
India		 Liu Cheng / Wang Yilyu
Arjun M.R. / Dhruv Kapila 		26
24 		21
19 		   
5 China
India		 Li Shifeng
Kiran George 		21
15 		21
17 		   

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 2 2 0 17 5 +12 443 310 +133 2 Advance to quarter-finals
2  Malaysia 2 1 1 13 8 +5 391 352 +39 1
3  Canada 2 0 2 2 19 −17 258 430 −172 0
4  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[a]
Source: Tournament Software
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ England withdrew from the tournament a few days before the competition began, after three of their four selected single players got injured. They were unable to field a competitive team due to those injuries on the top-ranked players.[22]

Japan vs Canada


Japan
4 		Ceres Arena Court 3
10 October 2021, 13:30 UTC+2
[23]
Canada
1
1 2 3
1 Japan
Canada 		Kanta Tsuneyama
Brian Yang 		18
21 		21
19 		13
21 		 
2 Japan
Canada 		Kenta Nishimoto
Jason Ho-Shue 		21
14 		21
6 		   
3 Japan
Canada 		Takuro Hoki / Taichi Saito
Phillipe Charron / Maxima Tétreault 		21
9 		21
2 		   
4 Japan
Canada		 Kodai Naraoka
B. R. Sankeerth 		21
8 		21
14 		   
5 Japan
Canada		 Akira Koga / Yuta Watanabe
Jason Ho-shue / Nyl Yakura 		21
3 		21
12 		   

Malaysia vs Canada


Malaysia
5 		Ceres Arena Court 2
12 October 2021, 19:00 UTC+2
[24]
Canada
0
1 2 3
1 Malaysia
Canada 		Lee Zii Jia
Brian Yang 		21
18 		21
13 		   
2 Malaysia
Canada 		Cheam June Wei
Jason Ho-Shue 		21
14 		21
14 		   
3 Malaysia
Canada 		Ng Tze Yong
B. R. Sankeerth 		21
7 		21
19 		   
4 Malaysia
Canada		 Nur Izzuddin / Soh Wooi Yik
Phillipe Charron / Maxime Tétreault 		21
7 		21
10 		   
5 Malaysia
Canada		 Aaron Chia / Goh Sze Fei
B. R. Sankeerth / Nyl Yakura 		21
14 		21
13 		   

Japan vs Malaysia


Japan
4 		Ceres Arena Court 2
14 October 2021, 8:30 UTC+2
[25]
Malaysia
1
1 2 3
1 Japan
Malaysia 		Kento Momota
Lee Zii Jia 		15
21 		21
12 		23
21 		 
2 Japan
Malaysia 		Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi
Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik 		21
13 		21
13 		   
3 Japan
Malaysia 		Kanta Tsuneyama
Cheam June Wei 		22
20 		21
13 		   
4 Japan
Malaysia		 Akira Koga / Yuta Watanabe
Goh Sze Fei / Nur Izzuddin 		21
10 		21
16 		   
5 Japan
Malaysia		 Kenta Nishimoto
Leong Jun Hao 		19
21 		18
21 		   

References

  1. ^ "THOMAS & UBER CUP FINALS - 2020 - SCHEDULE OF PLAY" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Indonesia, Japan Top-Seeded for TUC". bwfthomasubercups.bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 4 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Seeding List" (PDF). bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  4. ^ Chinese Taipei vs Thailand
  5. ^ Indonesia vs Algeria
  6. ^ Indonesia vs Thailand
  7. ^ Chinese Taipei vs Algeria
  8. ^ Indonesia vs Chinese Taipei
  9. ^ Thailand vs Algeria
  10. ^ Korea vs Germany
  11. ^ Denmark vs France
  12. ^ Korea vs France
  13. ^ Denmark vs Germany
  14. ^ Denmark vs Korea
  15. ^ Germany vs France
  16. ^ India vs Netherlands
  17. ^ China vs Tahiti
  18. ^ China vs Netherlands
  19. ^ India vs Tahiti
  20. ^ Netherlands vs Tahiti
  21. ^ China vs India
  22. ^ "Injury-Hit England Withdraw From Thomas Cup". badmintonengland.co.uk. Badminton England. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  23. ^ Japan vs Canada
  24. ^ Malaysia vs Canada
  25. ^ Japan vs Malaysia