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This article lists the fixtures of the group stage for the 2018 Thomas Cup in Bangkok, Thailand.

All times Thailand Standard Time (UTC+07:00)

Group A

Teams

Draw position Team Confederation Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance
A1 (seed)  China Badminton Asia 2018 Asia Team Championships finalist 9 February 2018 19th 2016 Champions (9 times)
A2  India Badminton Asia Best world team rankings 18 February 2018 12th 2016 Quarter-final (2006, 2010)
A3  France Badminton Europe Best world team rankings for Europe 18 February 2018 3rd 2016 Quarter-final (2010)
A4  Australia Badminton Oceania 2018 Oceania Championships winners 7 February 2018 4th 2010 Group stage (2010)

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 30 3 +27 681 416 +265 3 Advance to Quarter-finals
2  France 3 2 1 18 14 +4 566 532 +34 2
3  India 3 1 2 17 19 −2 618 632 −14 1
4  Australia 3 0 3 1 30 −29 365 650 −285 0
Source: BWF

Matches

India vs France


India
1 		IMPACT Arena Court 1
20 May 2018

France
4
1 2 3
1 India
France 		B. Sai Praneeth
Brice Leverdez 		21
17 		21
18 		   
2 India
France 		Arjun M.R. / Ramchandran Shlok
Bastian Kersaudy / Julien Maio 		13
21 		16
21 		   
3 India
France 		Sameer Verma
Lucas Corvée 		18
21 		22
20 		18
21 		 
4 India
France		 Arun George / Sanyam Shukla
Thom Gicquel / Ronan Labar 		10
21 		12
21 		   
5 India
France		 Lakshya Sen
Toma Junior Popov 		20
22 		21
19 		19
21 		 

China vs Australia


China
5 		IMPACT Arena Court 4
20 May 2018

Australia
0
1 2 3
1 China
Australia 		Chen Long
Anthony Joe 		21
14 		21
11 		   
2 China
Australia 		Liu Cheng / Zhang Nan
Matthew Chau / Sawan Serasinghe 		21
18 		21
17 		   
3 China
Australia 		Shi Yuqi
Ashwant Gobinathan 		21
9 		21
4 		   
4 China
Australia		 Wang Yilü / Zheng Siwei
Raymond Tam / Eric Vuong 		21
10 		21
8 		   
5 China
Australia		 Qiao Bin
Peter Yan 		21
13 		21
12 		   

China vs France


China
5 		IMPACT Arena Court 1
21 May 2018

France
0
1 2 3
1 China
France 		Chen Long
Brice Leverdez 		21
17 		21
5 		   
2 China
France 		Liu Cheng / Zhang Nan
Thom Gicquel / Ronan Labar 		21
15 		21
16 		   
3 China
France 		Shi Yuqi
Lucas Corvée 		21
9 		21
12 		   
4 China
France		 Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen
Bastian Kersaudy / Toma Junior Popov 		21
7 		21
12 		   
5 China
France		 Lin Dan
Arnaud Merklé 		21
13 		21
17 		   

India vs Australia


India
5 		IMPACT Arena Court 3
21 May 2018

Australia
0
1 2 3
1 India
Australia 		Prannoy Kumar
Anthony Joe 		21
19 		21
13 		   
2 India
Australia 		Arjun M.R. / Ramchandran Shlok
Matthew Chau / Sawan Serasinghe 		21
11 		21
15 		   
3 India
Australia 		B. Sai Praneeth
Jacob Schueler 		21
9 		21
6 		   
4 India
Australia		 Arun George / Sanyam Shukla
Simon Leung / Raymond Tam 		21
16 		20
22 		21
8 		 
5 India
Australia		 Lakshya Sen
Kai Chen Teoh 		21
5 		21
14 		   

China vs India


China
5 		IMPACT Arena Court 2
22 May 2018

India
0
1 2 3
1 China
India 		Chen Long
H. S. Prannoy 		21
9 		21
9 		   
2 China
India 		Liu Cheng / Zhang Nan
Arjun M.R. / Ramchandran Shlok 		21
12 		21
15 		   
3 China
India 		Shi Yuqi
B. Sai Praneeth 		21
9 		15
21 		21
12 		 
4 China
India		 Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen
Arun George / Sanyam Shukla 		21
15 		20
22 		21
15 		 
5 China
India		 Lin Dan
Lakshya Sen 		16
21 		21
9 		21
8 		 

France vs Australia


France
5 		IMPACT Arena Court 4
22 May 2018

Australia
0
1 2 3
1 France
Australia 		Brice Leverdez
Ashwant Gobinathan 		21
5 		21
7 		   
2 France
Australia 		Bastian Kersaudy / Julien Maio
Matthew Chau / Sawan Serasinghe 		21
17 		21
12 		   
3 France
Australia 		Lucas Corvée
Jacob Schueler 		21
14 		21
9 		   
4 France
Australia		 Thom Gicquel / Ronan Labar
Simon Leung / Eric Vuong 		21
9 		21
16 		   
5 France
Australia		 Toma Junior Popov
Peter Yan 		21
7 		21
15 		   

Group B

Teams

Draw position Team Confederation Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance
B1 (seed)  Indonesia Badminton Asia 2018 Asia Team Championships winners 9 February 2018 27th 2016 Champions (13 times)
B2  South Korea Badminton Asia 2018 Asia Team Championships semi-finalist 9 February 2018 18th 2016 Runners-up (2008, 2012)
B3  Canada Badminton Pan Am 2018 Pan Am Championships winners 18 February 2018 6th 2008 Group stage (2008)
B4  Thailand Badminton Asia Hosts 7 February 2018 13th 2016 Runners-up (1961)

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Indonesia 3 3 0 25 10 +15 700 532 +168 3 Advance to Quarter-finals
2  South Korea 3 2 1 22 15 +7 685 644 +41 2
3  Thailand (H) 3 1 2 20 15 +5 645 641 +4 1
4  Canada 3 0 3 2 29 −27 414 627 −213 0
Source: BWF
(H) Host

Matches

Indonesia vs Canada


Indonesia
5 		IMPACT Arena Court 4
20 May 2018

Canada
0
1 2 3
1 Indonesia
Canada 		Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Jason Ho-Shue 		21
11 		21
18 		   
2 Indonesia
Canada 		Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan
Jonathan Lai / Duncan Yao 		21
8 		21
15 		   
3 Indonesia
Canada 		Ihsan Maulana Mustofa
Antonio Li 		21
6 		21
8 		   
4 Indonesia
Canada		 Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto
Jason Ho-Shue / Nyl Yakura 		21
17 		21
14 		   
5 Indonesia
Canada		 Firman Abdul Kholik
Paul-Antoine Dostie-Guindon 		21
8 		21
11 		   

Korea vs Thailand


South Korea
3 		IMPACT Arena Court 1
20 May 2018

Thailand
2
1 2 3
1 South Korea
Thailand 		Son Wan-ho
Suppanyu Avihingsanon 		19
21 		21
12 		21
16 		 
2 South Korea
Thailand 		Chung Eui-seok / Kim Duk-young
Tinn Isriyanet / Kittisak Namdash 		21
18 		19
21 		21
17 		 
3 South Korea
Thailand 		Heo Kwang-hee
Kantaphon Wangcharoen 		19
21 		15
21 		   
4 South Korea
Thailand		 Kang Min-hyuk / Kim Won-ho
Kittinupong Kedren / Dechapol Puavaranukroh 		18
21 		21
19 		21
17 		 
5 South Korea
Thailand		 Ha Young-woong
Pannawit Thongnuam 		16
21 		19
21 		   

Korea vs Canada


South Korea
4 		IMPACT Arena Court 4
21 May 2018

Canada
1
1 2 3
1 South Korea
Canada 		Lee Dong-keun
Jason Ho-Shue 		21
10 		21
10 		   
2 South Korea
Canada 		Choi Sol-gyu / Seo Seung-jae
Ty Alexander Lindeman / Duncan Yao 		21
12 		21
10 		   
3 South Korea
Canada 		Heo Kwang-hee
Antonio Li 		21
17 		21
13 		   
4 South Korea
Canada		 Kang Min-hyuk / Kim Won-ho
Jason Ho-Shue / Nyl Yakura 		21
16 		18
21 		0
1 		retired
 
5 South Korea
Canada		 Ha Young-woong
Paul-Antoine Dostie-Guindon 		21
8 		21
6 		   

Indonesia vs Thailand


Indonesia
4 		IMPACT Arena Court 1
22 May 2018

Thailand
1
1 2 3
1 Indonesia
Thailand 		Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Khosit Phetpradab 		21
8 		21
14 		   
2 Indonesia
Thailand 		Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
Kittisak Namdash / Nipitphon Phuangphuapet 		16
21 		21
13 		12
21 		 
3 Indonesia
Thailand 		Ihsan Maulana Mustofa
Kantaphon Wangcharoen 		16
21 		21
8 		24
22 		 
4 Indonesia
Thailand		 Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto
Tinn Isriyanet / Dechapol Puavaranukroh 		21
10 		21
18 		   
5 Indonesia
Thailand		 Firman Abdul Kholik
Pannawit Thongnuam 		21
19 		21
14 		   

Indonesia vs Korea


Indonesia
3 		IMPACT Arena Court 2
23 May 2018

South Korea
2
1 2 3
1 Indonesia
South Korea 		Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Son Wan-ho 		20
22 		20
22 		   
2 Indonesia
South Korea 		Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
Chung Eui-seok / Kim Won-ho 		21
11 		14
21 		21
10 		 
3 Indonesia
South Korea 		Jonatan Christie
Heo Kwang-hee 		17
21 		19
21 		   
4 Indonesia
South Korea		 Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan
Choi Sol-gyu / Kim Duk-young 		21
14 		18
21 		21
15 		 
5 Indonesia
South Korea		 Firman Abdul Kholik
Ha Young-woong 		20
22 		21
15 		21
12 		 

Thailand vs Canada


Thailand
5 		IMPACT Arena Court 4
23 May 2018

Canada
0
1 2 3
1 Thailand
Canada 		Khosit Phetpradab
Jason Ho-Shue 		21
15 		21
16 		   
2 Thailand
Canada 		Nipitphon Phuangphuapet / Tanupat Viriyangkura
Jonathan Lai / Ty Alexander Lindeman 		21
13 		21
19 		   
3 Thailand
Canada 		Suppanyu Avihingsanon
Brian Yang 		21
17 		21
17 		   
4 Thailand
Canada		 Kittinupong Kedren / Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Jason Ho-Shue / Nyl Yakura 		21
17 		21
14 		   
5 Thailand
Canada		 Pannawit Thongnuam
Antonio Li 		21
12 		21
14 		   

Group C

Teams

Draw position Team Confederation Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance
C1 (seed)  Chinese Taipei Badminton Asia Best world team rankings 18 February 2018 3rd 2016 Quarter-final (2016)
C2  Japan Badminton Asia Best world team rankings 18 February 2018 18th 2016 Champions (2014)
C3  Germany Badminton Europe 2018 European Team Championships semi-finalists 16 February 2018 8th 2016 Quarter-final (2010, 2012)
C4  Hong Kong Badminton Asia Best world team rankings 18 February 2018 5th 2016 Quarter-final (2016)

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 27 10 +17 730 621 +109 3 Advance to Quarter-finals
2  Chinese Taipei 3 2 1 20 13 +7 642 611 +31 2
3  Hong Kong 3 1 2 13 22 −9 629 655 −26 1
4  Germany 3 0 3 11 26 −15 623 737 −114 0
Source: BWF

Matches

Japan vs Hong Kong


Japan
4 		IMPACT Arena Court 2
20 May 2018

Hong Kong
1
1 2 3
1 Japan
Hong Kong 		Kento Momota
Ng Ka Long 		15
21 		21
16 		21
15 		 
2 Japan
Hong Kong 		Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda
Lee Chun Hei / Or Chin Chung 		21
15 		21
13 		   
3 Japan
Hong Kong 		Kenta Nishimoto
Wong Wing Ki 		21
18 		21
11 		   
4 Japan
Hong Kong		 Takuto Inoue / Yuki Kaneko
Mak Hee Chun / Tang Chun Man 		21
12 		21
15 		   
5 Japan
Hong Kong		 Kazumasa Sakai
Lee Cheuk Yiu 		15
21 		13
21 		   

Chinese Taipei vs Germany


Chinese Taipei
5 		IMPACT Arena Court 3
20 May 2018

Germany
0
1 2 3
1 Chinese Taipei
Germany 		Chou Tien-chen
Kai Schäfer 		23
21 		21
15 		   
2 Chinese Taipei
Germany 		Lee Jhe-huei / Lee Yang
Mark Lamsfuß / Marvin Emil Seidel 		21
16 		21
14 		   
3 Chinese Taipei
Germany 		Wang Tzu-wei
Lars Schänzler 		21
16 		21
17 		   
4 Chinese Taipei
Germany		 Chen Hung-ling / Wang Chi-lin
Jones Ralfy Jansen / Josche Zurwonne 		21
15 		21
18 		   
5 Chinese Taipei
Germany		 Yang Chih-chieh
Marc Zwiebler 		21
17 		21
17 		   

Japan vs Germany


Japan
4 		IMPACT Arena Court 3
22 May 2018

Germany
1
1 2 3
1 Japan
Germany 		Kento Momota
Alexander Roovers 		21
15 		21
13 		   
2 Japan
Germany 		Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda
Mark Lamsfuß / Marvin Emil Seidel 		15
21 		21
13 		19
21 		 
3 Japan
Germany 		Kenta Nishimoto
Kai Schäfer 		21
18 		8
21 		21
8 		 
4 Japan
Germany		 Hiroyuki Endo / Yuta Watanabe
Jones Ralfy Jansen / Josche Zurwonne 		16
21 		23
21 		21
18 		 
5 Japan
Germany		 Kanta Tsuneyama
Marc Zwiebler 		19
21 		21
10 		21
15 		 

Chinese Taipei vs Hong Kong


Chinese Taipei
4 		IMPACT Arena Court 1
22 May 2018

Hong Kong
1
1 2 3
1 Chinese Taipei
Hong Kong 		Chou Tien-chen
Ng Ka Long 		15
21 		23
25 		   
2 Chinese Taipei
Hong Kong 		Lee Jhe-huei / Lee Yang
Lee Chun Hei / Or Chin Chung 		21
14 		21
17 		   
3 Chinese Taipei
Hong Kong 		Wang Tzu-wei
Lee Cheuk Yiu 		21
13 		21
15 		   
4 Chinese Taipei
Hong Kong		 Lu Ching-yao / Yang Po-han
Mak Hee Chun / Tang Chun Man 		21
19 		17
21 		21
18 		 
5 Chinese Taipei
Hong Kong		 Hsu Jen-hao
Hu Yun 		21
17 		21
14 		   

Chinese Taipei vs Japan


Chinese Taipei
0 		IMPACT Arena Court 1
23 May 2018

Japan
5
1 2 3
1 Chinese Taipei
Japan 		Chou Tien-chen
Kento Momota 		12
21 		21
18 		16
21 		 
2 Chinese Taipei
Japan 		Lee Jhe-huei / Lee Yang
Takeshi Kamura / Keigo Sonoda 		25
23 		19
21 		16
21 		 
3 Chinese Taipei
Japan 		Wang Tzu-wei
Kenta Nishimoto 		18
21 		17
21 		   
4 Chinese Taipei
Japan		 Wang Chi-lin / Yang Po-han
Hiroyuki Endo / Yuta Watanabe 		19
21 		15
21 		   
5 Chinese Taipei
Japan		 Yang Chih-chieh
Kanta Tsuneyama 		11
21 		18
21 		   

Hong Kong vs Germany


Hong Kong
3 		IMPACT Arena Court 3
23 May 2018

Germany
2
1 2 3
1 Hong Kong
Germany 		Ng Ka Long
Alexander Roovers 		21
15 		21
7 		   
2 Hong Kong
Germany 		Lee Chun Hei / Or Chin Chung
Mark Lamsfuß / Marvin Emil Seidel 		18
21 		21
15 		20
22 		 
3 Hong Kong
Germany 		Wong Wing Ki
Kai Schäfer 		21
13 		20
22 		21
15 		 
4 Hong Kong
Germany		 Ho Wai Lun / Yeung Sing Choi
Jones Ralfy Jansen / Josche Zurwonne 		18
21 		19
21 		   
5 Hong Kong
Germany		 Lee Cheuk Yiu
Marc Zwiebler 		21
13 		15
21 		21
15 		 

Group D

Teams

Draw position Team Confederation Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance
D1 (seed)  Denmark Badminton Europe 2016 Thomas & Uber Cup winners 22 May 2016 30th 2016 Champions (2016)
D2  Malaysia Badminton Asia 2018 Asia Team Championships semi-finalist 9 February 2018 27th 2016 Champions (5 times)
D3  Russia Badminton Europe 2018 European Team Championships best quarterfinalists 16 February 2018 3rd 2014 Group stage (2012,2014)
D4  Algeria BCA 2018 All Africa Team Championships winners 15 February 2018 1st Debut Debut

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 3 3 0 26 7 +19 667 416 +251 3 Advance to Quarter-finals
2  Malaysia 3 2 1 27 6 +21 659 478 +181 2
3  Russia 3 1 2 10 20 −10 446 505 −59 1
4  Algeria 3 0 3 0 30 −30 257 630 −373 0
Source: BWF

Matches

Malaysia vs Russia


Malaysia
5 		IMPACT Arena Court 2
21 May 2018

Russia
0
1 2 3
1 Malaysia
Russia 		Lee Chong Wei
Vladimir Malkov 		21
9 		21
6 		   
2 Malaysia
Russia 		Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong
Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov 		21
18 		21
19 		   
3 Malaysia
Russia 		Lee Zii Jia
Sergey Sirant 		21
13 		21
16 		   
4 Malaysia
Russia		 Aaron Chia / Teo Ee Yi
Evgenij Dremin / Denis Grachev 		21
6 		21
9 		   
5 Malaysia
Russia		 Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin
Rodion Alimov 		21
9 		21
12 		   

Denmark vs Algeria


Denmark
5 		IMPACT Arena Court 3
21 May 2018

Algeria
0
1 2 3
1 Denmark
Algeria 		Viktor Axelsen
Youcef Sabri Medel 		21
4 		21
8 		   
2 Denmark
Algeria 		Anders Antonsen
Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi 		21
5 		21
9 		   
3 Denmark
Algeria 		Jan Ø. Jørgensen
Adel Hamek 		21
7 		21
10 		   
4 Denmark
Algeria		 Mathias Boe / Mathias Christiansen
Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel 		21
6 		21
11 		   
5 Denmark
Algeria		 Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding
Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi / Adel Hamek 		21
3 		21
5 		   

Denmark vs Russia


Denmark
5 		IMPACT Arena Court 2
22 May 2018

Russia
0
1 2 3
1 Denmark
Russia 		Viktor Axelsen
Vladimir Malkov 		21
14 		21
3 		   
2 Denmark
Russia 		Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding
Vladimit Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov 		21
17 		21
12 		   
3 Denmark
Russia 		Hans-Kristian Vittinghus
Sergey Sirant 		21
17 		21
11 		   
4 Denmark
Russia		 Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
Evgenij Dremin / Denis Grachev 		21
12 		21
12 		   
5 Denmark
Russia		 Jan Ø. Jørgensen
Rodion Alimov 		21
6 		21
5 		   

Malaysia vs Algeria


Malaysia
5 		IMPACT Arena Court 3
22 May 2018

Algeria
0
1 2 3
1 Malaysia
Algeria 		Lee Zii Jia
Youcef Sabri Medel 		21
6 		21
13 		   
2 Malaysia
Algeria 		Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin
Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi 		21
7 		21
9 		   
3 Malaysia
Algeria 		Leong Jun Hao
Adel Hamek 		21
13 		21
8 		   
4 Malaysia
Algeria		 Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif / Teo Ee Yi
Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel 		21
12 		21
10 		   
5 Malaysia
Algeria		 Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik
Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi / Adel Hamek 		21
11 		21
15 		   

Denmark vs Malaysia


Denmark
3 		IMPACT Arena Court 1
23 May 2018

Malaysia
2
1 2 3
1 Denmark
Malaysia 		Viktor Axelsen
Lee Chong Wei 		9
21 		19
21 		   
2 Denmark
Malaysia 		Mads Conrad-Petersen / Mads Pieler Kolding
Goh V Shem / Tan Wee Kiong 		22
24 		21
15 		21
15 		 
3 Denmark
Malaysia 		Hans-Kristian Vittinghus
Lee Zii Jia 		18
21 		18
21 		   
4 Denmark
Malaysia		 Mathias Boe / Mathias Christiansen
Aaron Chia / Teo Ee Yi 		19
21 		21
10 		21
18 		 
5 Denmark
Malaysia		 Jan Ø. Jørgensen
Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin 		16
21 		21
17 		21
14 		 

Russia vs Algeria


Russia
5 		IMPACT Arena Court 3
23 May 2018

Algeria
0
1 2 3
1 Russia
Algeria 		Vladimir Malkov
Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi 		21
8 		21
12 		   
2 Russia
Algeria 		Sergey Sirant
Adel Hamek 		21
5 		21
8 		   
3 Russia
Algeria 		Rodion Alimov / Ivan Sozonov
Majed Yacine Balahoune / Samy Khaldi 		21
6 		21
10 		   
4 Russia
Algeria		 Vladimir Ivanov
Koceila Mammeri 		21
11 		21
11 		   
5 Russia
Algeria		 Evgenij Dremin / Denis Grachev
Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi / Adel Hamek 		21
4 		21
10 		   

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