2014 Thomas & Uber Cup

2014 Thomas & Uber Cup
2014 थॉमस एंड उबेर कप
Tournament details
Dates	18–25 May 2014
Edition	28th (Thomas Cup); 25th (Uber Cup)
Level	International
Venue	Siri Fort Sports Complex
Location	New Delhi, India
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The 2014 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 28th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 25th tournament of the Uber Cup, the badminton team championships for men and women respectively. It was held on 18–25 May 2014 at the Siri Fort Sports Complex in New Delhi, India. This is the first time India hosted the two cups.^[1]

The Thomas Cup final featured two teams not expected to make it there as Japan faced Malaysia. In a back-and-forth contest, Japan came out on top by a score of 3 matches to 2, winning their first Thomas Cup.^[2] The Uber Cup final featured the top two teams, China and Japan. Backed by wins from the world's top two singles players, China came out on top by a 3–1 score. It was their 13th title overall.^[3]

Host city selection

New Delhi was awarded with this event by Badminton World Federation in April 2013.^[4] This event marked the first time India hosted the Thomas and Uber Cup finals after hosting 2009 BWF World Championships in Hyderabad.

Qualifiers

Confederation	Qualifier
Confederation	Thomas Cup	Uber Cup
Asia	Indonesia Malaysia Japan South Korea Thailand Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Singapore	Indonesia Malaysia Japan South Korea Thailand Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Singapore
Europe	Denmark Germany England Russia France	Denmark Germany Russia England
Pan Am	—	Canada
Oceania	—	Australia
Africa	Nigeria	—
Defending Champions	China	China
Host	India	India

Seedings

The seeding list was based on 6 March 2014 world rankings as the draw was conducted on 30 March 2014.^[5]^[6]^[7] The top four seeded teams were in the first pot, followed by the next four teams in the second pot, the next four teams in the third pot, and the last four teams were in the fourth pot.

The knock out draw was held immediately after the group stage was completed.

Thomas Cup

Uber Cup

Squads

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thomas Cup	Japan Kenichi Tago Kento Momota Sho Sasaki Takuma Ueda Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda Hirokatsu Hashimoto Noriyasu Hirata	Malaysia Lee Chong Wei Chong Wei Feng Daren Liew Goh Soon Huat Hoon Thien How Tan Wee Kiong Goh V Shem Lim Khim Wah Tan Boon Heong Chan Peng Soon	China Chen Long Du Pengyu Tian Houwei Lin Dan Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan Chai Biao Hong Wei Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan
Thomas Cup	Indonesia Tommy Sugiarto Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka Simon Santoso Ihsan Maulana Mustofa Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan Angga Pratama Rian Agung Saputro Berry Angriawan Ricky Karanda Suwardi
Uber Cup	China Li Xuerui Wang Shixian Wang Yihan Sun Yu Wang Xiaoli Bao Yixin Tang Jinhua Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei Ma Jin	Japan Minatsu Mitani Sayaka Takahashi Eriko Hirose Akane Yamaguchi Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi Reika Kakiiwa Miyuki Maeda Shizuka Matsuo Mami Naito	South Korea Sung Ji-hyun Bae Yeon-ju Kim Hyo-min Lee Min-ji Chang Ye-na Kim So-yeong Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na Go Ah-ra Yoo Hae-won
Uber Cup	India Saina Nehwal P. V. Sindhu Tanvi Lad P. C. Thulasi Sayali Gokhale Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa Pradnya Gadre N. Sikki Reddy Aparna Balan

Medal table

* Host nation (India)

Thomas Cup

Groups

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Indonesia	6	3	3	0
Thailand	4	3	2	1
Singapore	2	3	1	2
Nigeria	0	3	0	3


19 May 2014
Indonesia	5–0	Singapore
Thailand	5–0	Nigeria
20 May 2014
Thailand	4–1	Singapore
Indonesia	5–0	Nigeria
21 May 2014
Indonesia	4–1	Thailand
Nigeria	0–5	Singapore

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Japan	6	3	3	0
Denmark	4	3	2	1
Hong Kong	2	3	1	2
England	0	3	0	3


18 May 2014
Denmark	4–1	Hong Kong
Japan	4–1	England
20 May 2014
Denmark	5–0	England
Japan	5–0	Hong Kong
21 May 2014
Japan	3–2	Denmark
Hong Kong	3–2	England

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Malaysia	6	3	3	0
South Korea	4	3	2	1
India	2	3	1	2
Germany	0	3	0	3


18 May 2014
Malaysia	4–1	India
South Korea	3–2	Germany
19 May 2014
South Korea	3–2	India
Malaysia	4–1	Germany
21 May 2014
Malaysia	3–2	South Korea
Germany	2–3	India

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
China	6	3	3	0
France	4	3	2	1
Chinese Taipei	2	3	1	2
Russia	0	3	0	3


18 May 2014
China	5–0	France
Chinese Taipei	4–1	Russia
19 May 2014
China	5–0	Russia
Chinese Taipei	2–3	France
20 May 2014
China	5–0	Chinese Taipei
Russia	2–3	France

Knockout stage

All times are India Standard Time (UTC+05:30).

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

22 May 2014

China	3
		23 May 2014
Thailand	0
		China	0
22 May 2014
		Japan	3
Japan	3
				25 May 2014
France	1
				Japan	3
22 May 2014
				Malaysia	2
Denmark	1
		23 May 2014
Malaysia	3
		Malaysia	3
22 May 2014
		Indonesia	0
South Korea	2

Indonesia	3

Quarterfinals

China
3

Siri Fort Sports Complex Court 1
22 May 2014
12:00

Thailand
0

		1	2
1	Chen Long Boonsak Ponsana	21 16	21 8
2	Chai Biao / Hong Wei Maneepong Jongjit / Nipitphon Puangpuapech	21 18	21 14
3	Du Pengyu Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk	21 14	22 20
4	Fu Haifeng / Zhang Nan Wannawat Ampunsuwan / Patiphat Chalardchaleam			not played
5	Lin Dan Suppanyu Avihingsanon			not played

Japan
3

Siri Fort Sports Complex Court 3
22 May 2014
12:00

France
1

		1	2	3
1	Kenichi Tago Brice Leverdez	14 21	21 15	16 21
2	Sho Sasaki Lucas Corvee	21 12	21 11
3	Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda Bastian Kersaudy / Gaetan Mittelheisser	21 8	21 13
4	Takuma Ueda Thomas Rouxel	21 13	21 12
5	Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa Lucas Corvee / Brice Leverdez				not played

Denmark
1

Siri Fort Sports Complex Court 2
22 May 2014
18:00

Malaysia
3

		1	2	3
1	Jan Ø. Jørgensen Lee Chong Wei	22 20	14 21	17 21
2	Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding Hoon Thien How / Tan Boon Heong	21 14	21 18
3	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus Chong Wei Feng	21 19	14 21	8 21
4	Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Carsten Mogensen Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong	19 21	13 21
5	Viktor Axelsen Daren Liew				not played

South Korea
2

Siri Fort Sports Complex Court 4
22 May 2014
18:00

Indonesia
3

		1	2	3
1	Son Wan-ho Tommy Sugiarto	23 21	24 22
2	Lee Yong-dae / Yoo Yeon-seong Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan	15 21	21 17	19 21
3	Lee Dong-keun Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	17 21	16 21
4	Kim Ki-jung / Kim Sa-rang Angga Pratama / Rian Agung Saputro	21 14	10 21	21 13
5	Hwang Jong-soo Simon Santoso	12 21	20 22

Semifinals

China
0

Siri Fort Sports Complex Court 1
23 May 2014
12:00

Japan
3

		1	2	3
1	Chen Long Kenichi Tago	13 21	11 21
2	Chai Biao / Hong Wei Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa	20 22	19 21
3	Du Pengyu Kento Momota	25 23	18 21	14 21
4	Fu Haifeng / Zhang Nan Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda				not played
5	Lin Dan Sho Sasaki				not played

Malaysia
3

Siri Fort Sports Complex Court 2
23 May 2014
18:00

Indonesia
0

		1	2	3
1	Lee Chong Wei Tommy Sugiarto	21 19	21 13
2	Hoon Thien How / Tan Boon Heong Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan	21 19	8 21	23 21
3	Chong Wei Feng Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	21 10	21 17
4	Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong Angga Pratama / Rian Agung Saputro				not played
5	Daren Liew Simon Santoso				not played

The top four teams in the semi-final were the top four seeded teams in this competition. They also won their respective groups.

Final

Both Japan and Malaysia arrived in the final having already surpassed expectations by defeating traditional powerhouses China and Indonesia in the semi-final, both with 3–0 scores.

In the first singles matches, Malaysia's world number one Lee Chong Wei defeated Japan's Kenichi Tago in straight sets. In the next match, Malaysia's scratch combination of Hoon Thien How and Tan Boon Heong won the first set, but Japan's world number three pair of Kenichi Hayakawa and Hiroyuki Endo stayed close and pipped their opponent to win the match. In the second singles match, upcoming Japanese player Kento Momota bested Chong Wei Feng in straight sets. The second doubles match was perhaps the most explosive, with quick volleys, many powerful smashes, and several diving saves. In the end, Malaysia's doubles team of Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong stayed unbeaten during the tournament and leveled the best of five contest by defeating Japan's Keigo Sonoda and Takeshi Kamura in three sets. Thus, the hopes of both countries fell to the third singles players. Malaysia's Daren Liew got out to an early lead, but as the game progressed he made a couple of errors, misjudging the shuttle. Japan's Takuma Ueda won the match in three sets, giving Japan their first title.^[2]^[8]

Japan
3

Siri Fort Sports Complex Court 1
25 May 2014
15:00

Malaysia
2

		1	2	3
1	Kenichi Tago Lee Chong Wei	12 21	16 21
2	Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa Hoon Thien How / Tan Boon Heong	12 21	21 17	21 19
3	Kento Momota Chong Wei Feng	21 15	21 17
4	Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong	21 19	17 21	12 21
5	Takuma Ueda Daren Liew	21 12	18 21	21 17

2014 Thomas Cup champion
Japan First title

Uber Cup

Groups

Group W

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
China	6	3	3	0
England	4	3	2	1
Chinese Taipei	2	3	1	2
Russia	0	3	0	3


18 May 2014
China	5–0	Russia
Chinese Taipei	2–3	England
20 May 2014
China	5–0	England
Chinese Taipei	4–1	Russia
21 May 2014
China	5–0	Chinese Taipei
England	4–1	Russia

Group X

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
South Korea	6	3	3	0
Indonesia	4	3	2	1
Singapore	2	3	1	2
Australia	0	3	0	3


18 May 2014
Indonesia	5–0	Australia
South Korea	5–0	Singapore
20 May 2014
Indonesia	4–1	Singapore
South Korea	5–0	Australia
21 May 2014
South Korea	4–1	Indonesia
Australia	0–5	Singapore

Group Y

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
India	6	3	3	0
Thailand	4	3	2	1
Hong Kong	2	3	1	2
Canada	0	3	0	3


18 May 2014
India	5–0	Canada
Thailand	3–2	Hong Kong
19 May 2014
India	4–1	Hong Kong
Thailand	5–0	Canada
20 May 2014
Thailand	2–3	India
Canada	1–4	Hong Kong

Group Z

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Japan	6	3	3	0
Denmark	4	3	2	1
Malaysia	2	3	1	2
Germany	0	3	0	3


19 May 2014
Denmark	3–2	Malaysia
Japan	5–0	Germany
20 May 2014
Japan	4–1	Malaysia
Denmark	5–0	Germany
21 May 2014
Japan	4–1	Denmark
Malaysia	5–0	Germany

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

22 May 2014

China	3
		23 May 2014
England	0
		China	3
22 May 2014
		South Korea	0
South Korea	3
				24 May 2014
Thailand	1
				China	3
22 May 2014
				Japan	1
Indonesia	0
		23 May 2014
India	3
		India	2
22 May 2014
		Japan	3
Denmark	0

Japan	3

Quarterfinals

South Korea
3

Siri Fort Sports Complex Court 4
22 May 2014
12:00

Thailand
1

		1	2	3
1	Sung Ji-hyun Ratchanok Intanon	15 21	15 21
2	Jang Ye-na / Kim So-young Sapsiree Taerattanachai / Kunchala Voravichitchaikul	21 19	21 17
3	Bae Youn-joo Nichaon Jindapon	21 8	17 21	21 17
4	Jung Kyung-eun / Kim Ha-na Porntip Buranaprasertsuk / Puttita Supajirakul	21 10	21 19
5	Kim Hyo-min Busanan Ongbumrungpan				not played

Denmark
0

Siri Fort Sports Complex Court 2
22 May 2014
12:00

Japan
3

		1	2	3
1	Line Kjaersfeldt Minatsu Mitani	18 21	21 9	21 23
2	Christinna Pedersen / Kamilla Rytter Juhl Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi	12 21	13 21
3	Anna Thea Madsen Sayaka Takahashi	14 21	17 21
4	Line Damkjaer Kruse / Marie Roepke Reika Kakiiwa / Miyuki Maeda				not played
5	Sandra-Maria Jensen Akane Yamaguchi				not played

China
3

Siri Fort Sports Complex Court 3
22 May 2014
18:00

England
0

		1	2
1	Li Xuerui Fontaine Mica Chapman	21 15	21 9
2	Bao Yixin / Tang Jinhua Gabrielle Adcock / Lauren Smith	22 20	21 10
3	Wang Shixian Sarah Walker	21 7	21 13
4	Wang Xiaoli / Zhao Yunlei Heather Olver / Kate Robertshaw			not played
5	Wang Yihan Panuga Riou			not played

Indonesia
0

Siri Fort Sports Complex Court 1
22 May 2014
18:00

India
3

		1	2	3
1	Lindaweni Fanetri Saina Nehwal	17 21	10 21
2	Bellaetrix Manuputty Pusarla Venkata Sindhu	16 21	21 10	23 25
3	Nitya Krishinda Maheswari / Greysia Polii Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa	18 21	18 21
4	Adriyanti Firdasari Puthenpurayil Chandrika Thulasi				not played
5	Suci Rizki Andini / Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah Saina Nehwal / Pusarla Venkata Sindhu				not played

Semifinals

China
3

Siri Fort Sports Complex Court 2
23 May 2014
12:00

South Korea
0

		1	2	3
1	Li Xuerui Sung Ji-hyun	21 11	21 19
2	Bao Yixin / Tang Jinhua Jang Ye-na / Kim So-young	21 11	21 12
3	Wang Shixian Bae Youn-joo	21 13	16 21	21 10
4	Wang Xiaoli / Zhao Yunlei Jung Kyung-eun / Kim Ha-na				not played
5	Wang Yihan Kim Hyo-min				not played

India
2

Siri Fort Sports Complex Court 1
23 May 2014
18:00

Japan
3

		1	2	3
1	Saina Nehwal Minatsu Mitani	21 12	21 13
2	Pusarla Venkata Sindhu Sayaka Takahashi	19 21	21 18	26 24
3	Jwala Gutta / Ashwini Ponnappa Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi	12 21	22 20	16 21
4	Puthenpurayil Chandrika Thulasi Eriko Hirose	14 21	15 21
5	Saina Nehwal / Pusarla Venkata Sindhu Reika Kakiiwa / Miyuki Maeda	14 21	11 21

Three of the teams in the semi-final were among the top four seeded teams in this competition. The other team is host India. All four teams won their respective groups.

Final

China and Japan were the top two seeded teams in the Uber Cup and faced each other in the final.

Olympic champion and world number one Li Xuerui quickly defeated her Japanese opponent Minatsu Mitani in straight sets. Japan evened the contest in the first doubles when Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi stopped China's top women pair, Bao Yixin and Tang Jinhua, in straight sets. World number two Wang Shixian put China back in front when she beat Japan's Sayaka Takahashi in another match that ended in straight sets. China clinched the title in the second doubles when Wang Xiaoli and Zhao Yunlei bested Miyuki Maeda and Reika Kakiiwa. China thus won the tie three matches to one.^[3]^[9]

China
3

Siri Fort Sports Complex Court 1
24 May 2014
15:00

Japan
1

		1	2
1	Li Xuerui Minatsu Mitani	21 15	21 5
2	Bao Yixin / Tang Jinhua Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi	18 21	9 21
3	Wang Shixian Sayaka Takahashi	21 16	21 12
4	Wang Xiaoli / Zhao Yunlei Reika Kakiiwa / Miyuki Maeda	21 13	21 6
5	Wang Yihan Akane Yamaguchi			not played

2014 Uber Cup champion
China Thirteenth title

References

^ Sandip Sikdar (20 May 2014). "India's growing stature in badminton world". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b Dev Sukumar (25 May 2014). "Li-Ning BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2014 – Day 8: Japan's Historic Triumph". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
^ ^a ^b Dev Sukumar (24 May 2014). "Li-Ning BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals – Day 7: China Retain Uber Cup". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
^ "India to host 2014 Thomas, Uber Cup finals". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
^ "Thomas Cup and Uber Cup team seeding and qualifiers". BWF. 1 March 2014. Archived from the original on 1 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
^ "DRAWS: 2014 Thomas Cup Finals". BWF. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
^ "DRAWS: 2014 Uber Cup Finals". BWF. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
^ "So near yet so far". New Straits Times. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
^ Amlan Chakraborty (25 May 2014). "China defend Uber Cup title after Thomas Cup heartbreak". Reuters. Retrieved 26 May 2014.^{[dead link‍]}

External links

BWF Thomas & Uber Cups 2014 at tournamentsoftware.com

[1] Sandip Sikdar (20 May 2014). "India's growing stature in badminton world". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 May 2014.

[BWF84212-2] Dev Sukumar (25 May 2014). "Li-Ning BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2014 – Day 8: Japan's Historic Triumph". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.

[BWF84185-3] Dev Sukumar (24 May 2014). "Li-Ning BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals – Day 7: China Retain Uber Cup". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.

[4] "India to host 2014 Thomas, Uber Cup finals". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 March 2017.

[5] "Thomas Cup and Uber Cup team seeding and qualifiers". BWF. 1 March 2014. Archived from the original on 1 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2012.

[6] "DRAWS: 2014 Thomas Cup Finals". BWF. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.

[7] "DRAWS: 2014 Uber Cup Finals". BWF. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.

[8] "So near yet so far". New Straits Times. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.

[9] Amlan Chakraborty (25 May 2014). "China defend Uber Cup title after Thomas Cup heartbreak". Reuters. Retrieved 26 May 2014.^{[dead link‍]}

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