2010 Thomas & Uber Cup

2010 Thomas & Uber Cup
Piala Thomas & Uber 2010
Tournament details
Dates	9 – 16 May
Edition	26th (Thomas Cup); 23rd (Uber Cup)
Level	International
Venue	Putra Indoor Stadium
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
← 2008 Jakarta	2012 Wuhan →

The 2010 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 26th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 23rd tournament of the Uber Cup, the most important and most prestigious badminton tournaments in men's and women's team competition, respectively. The 2010 championships marked the Thomas & Uber Cup's 10 year return to Malaysia which has always seen great fan interest in the sport.

The final rounds were held from May 9 to May 16 at Putra Indoor Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia which was also the same venue of the 2000 Thomas & Uber Cup, when Indonesia get their 12th title in the Thomas Cup after defeat China by 3–0 in the final. But, Indonesia defeated by China, also by 0–3 in the final, to ensure the China's eighth title in the Thomas Cup, while Korea won the Uber Cup after defeat China with 3–1 score.

Host city selection

Badminton World Federation initially intended to split the Thomas and Uber Cup finals as separate tournaments. Malaysia was the only bidder for Thomas Cup finals, while China and South Korea were interested to host the Uber Cup finals.^[1] The plan to split the tournaments was eventually abandoned and Malaysia was asked to hold the Uber Cup final together.^[2]

Venue

Putra Indoor Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur

Qualification

Confederation	Qualifier(s)
Confederation	Thomas Cup	Uber Cup
Asia	Indonesia South Korea India Japan	South Korea Indonesia India Japan
Africa	Nigeria	South Africa
Europe	Denmark Poland Germany	Denmark Russia Germany
Oceania	Australia	Australia
Pan Am	Peru	United States
Defending Champions	China	China
Host nation	Malaysia	Malaysia

Squads

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thomas Cup	China Lin Dan Chen Jin Bao Chunlai Chen Long Guo Zhendong Xu Chen Cai Yun Fu Haifeng Chai Biao Zhang Nan	Indonesia Taufik Hidayat Sony Dwi Kuncoro Simon Santoso Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan Alvent Yulianto Chandra Hendra Aprida Gunawan Nova Widianto Mohammad Ahsan	Malaysia Lee Chong Wei Wong Choong Hann Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Tan Chun Seang Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Hoon Thien How Ong Soon Hock
Thomas Cup	Japan Kenichi Tago Kazushi Yamada Sho Sasaki Shoji Sato Hiroyuki Endo Kenta Kazuno Kenichi Hayakawa Hirokatsu Hashimoto Noriyasu Hirata Yoshiteru Hirobe
Uber Cup	South Korea Bae Seung-hee Sung Ji-hyun Bae Yeon-ju Lee Yun-hwa Jung Kyung-eun Ha Jung-eun Kim Min-jung Jang Ye-na Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	China Wang Yihan Wang Xin Wang Shixian Jiang Yanjiao Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli Du Jing Yu Yang Pan Pan Tian Qing	Japan Eriko Hirose Ai Goto Sayaka Sato Yu Hirayama Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa Mami Naito Shizuka Matsuo Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna
Uber Cup	Indonesia Maria Febe Kusumastuti Adriyanti Firdasari Maria Kristin Yulianti Lindaweni Fanetri Greysia Polii Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Shendy Puspa Irawati Meiliana Jauhari Lilyana Natsir Anneke Feinya Agustin

Medal table

* Host nation (Malaysia)


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

Thomas Cup

Groups

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
China	2	2	2	0
South Korea	1	2	1	1
Peru	0	2	0	2


2010-05-09
China	5–0	Peru
2010-05-10
South Korea	5–0	Peru
2010-05-11
China	4–1	South Korea

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Japan	2	2	2	0
Malaysia	1	2	1	1
Nigeria	0	2	0	2


2010-05-09
Malaysia	5–0	Nigeria
2010-05-10
Japan	5–0	Nigeria
2010-05-11
Malaysia	2–3	Japan

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Denmark	2	2	2	0
Germany	1	2	1	1
Poland	0	2	0	2


2010-05-09
Denmark	5–0	Poland
2010-05-10
Germany	5–0	Poland
2010-05-11
Denmark	4–1	Germany

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Indonesia	2	2	2	0
India	1	2	1	1
Australia	0	2	0	1


2010-05-09
Indonesia	5–0	Australia
2010-05-10
Indonesia	4–1	India
2010-05-11
India	4–1	Australia

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

May 12

China	3
		May 14
South Korea	0
		China	3
May 12
		Malaysia	0
Denmark	2
				May 16
Malaysia	3
				China	3
May 12
				Indonesia	0
Germany	1
		May 14
Japan	3
		Japan	1
May 12
		Indonesia	3
India	0

Indonesia	3

2010 Thomas Cup champion
China Eighth title

Uber Cup