BADMINTON WORLD FEDERATION

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Badminton Associations of:

China Malaysia Indonesia Korea Chinese Taipei Japan Thailand Denmark England Germany Russia Netherlands Australia New Zealand United States of America South Africa

From:

Chair Events Paisan Rangskitpho

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Fax: +603 21417155 Phone: +603 21437155 v.mahalingam@bwfbadminton.org E-mail: Paisan Rangsikitpho, Venu Mahalingam, Thomas Lund, Stuart Borrie, Jan Lin, Selvam Supramaniam, Shan Ramachandran and Juniarto Suhandinata Tuesday 6 March 2012 5 BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals

Dear Badminton Colleagues Firstly, warm congratulations to you all on qualifying for the Finals of the Thomas & Uber Cup 2012 in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. For your information the qualifying teams for Thomas Cup (Mens World Team Championships are as follows: Hosts & Titleholders: China (CHN) Asian Zone (13-19 Feb) 1. Japan (JPN) 2. Indonesia (INA) 3. Malaysia (MAS) 4. Korea (KOR) European Zone (14 -19 Feb) 1. Denmark (DEN) 2. Germany(GER) 3. England (ENG) 4. Russia (RUS)

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Oceania Zone (19 20 Feb) 1.New Zealand (NZL) African Zone (21-23 Feb) 1. South Africa (RSA)

Panamerican Zone (18-21 Feb) 1.United States of America (USA)

The qualifying teams for the UBER CUP (Womens World Team Championships) are: Hosts: China (CHN) Titleholders: Korea (KOR) Asian Zone (13 19 Feb) 1. Japan(JPN) 2. Thailand (THA) 3. Chinese - Taipei (TPE) 4. Indonesia(INA) Oceania Zone (19-20 Feb) 1. Australia (AUS) African Zone (21-23 Feb) 1. South Africa (RSA) Competition Regulations Please take note of the regulations for the Thomas & Uber Cup Finals pages Part III Section 3 of the 2011-2012 BWF Handbook II (available on the BWF website www.bwfbadminton.org - constitution/Statutes. Format The format and distribution of the T & U Cup regulation 3.4.1 and 3.4.2 follows for your information: 3.4.1 No. teams qualifying One One Three Three One One One One additional, if available European Zone (14-19 Feb) 1. Germany (GER) 2. Denmark (DEN) 3. Netherlands (NED) Pan-American Zone (18-21 Feb) 1. United States of America (USA)

Description / Continent Trophy holder Host Member Association Asia Europe Oceania Africa PanAm Higher ranked team between the next highest ranked teams from Asia and Europe based on the Ranking method as stated in Regulation 3.4.5

3.4.2 If the trophy holder is the host Member Association, then Badminton Asia and Badminton Europe each will have four teams in the competition Groups The twelve teams shall play in four groups of three; Group A Group B Group C Group D 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 Draws The final ranking position of the teams in each continental qualifying zone will be used to determine the seed positions. The integration of teams from each qualification zone will be achieved by using the World Ranking of 1 March 2012 The draws will be made in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. The date, time and venue will be confirmed and notified to you soon. The draws will be held live in front of an invited audience of guests and media and you are very welcome to attend. If you do wish to attend please contact the Events Department of Badminton World Federation who will do their best to assist you with further information. The Draw for the Knock-out stage shall follow T & U Cup competition regulation 3.8 and shall be carried out in the Stadium at the appropriate time; 3.8.1 The draw for the knock-out stage of the Competition shall be done immediately after the last match of the group play off is over. 3.8.2 Two top ranked teams from each group will qualify for this stage. 3.8.3 The top teams of each group will be ranked in order of their strength in the manner described in Regulation 3.4.6, based on the most recently published World Ranking immediately preceding the date of the draw. (The world ranking date used will be 17 May 2012) These teams will be considered as Seeds No. 1 to 4 for the draw. 3.8.4 The 4 seeded teams will be placed in the draw as per General Competition Regulation 12. Remaining teams will be placed in the draw by lot.

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S3/4

S3/4

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Schedule The competition will be held from 20 - 27 May 2012 and the provisional schedule of play as follows. Please note that the schedule below will change to take into account television broadcasters requests once the draw has been made.
Date
Session

Court 1

Court 2

Court 3

Court 4

Start

1 Day 1 SUN 20-May 2

Uber Cup 1 Group

Thomas Cup 1 Group A

Uber Cup 2 Group

Thomas Cup 2 Group

Times 12.00

NO of Ties

4 Thomas Cup 3 Group Uber Cup 3 Group Thomas Cup 4 Group Uber Cup 4 Group 18.00

Groups 3 Day 2 MON 21-May 4 Groups 5 Day 3 TUE 22-May 6 Uber Cup 9 Group Thomas Cup 9 Group Uber Cup 10 Group Thomas Cup 10 Group 12.00 Uber Cup 5 Group Thomas Cup 5 Group Uber Cup 6 Group Thomas Cup 6 Group 12.00

4 Thomas Cup 7 Group Uber Cup 7 Group Thomas Cup 8 Group Uber Cup 8 Group 18.00 4

4 Thomas Cup 11 Group Uber Cup 11 Group Thomas Cup 12 Group Uber Cup 12 Group 18.00

Groups

Uber Cup Quarter Finals

Day 4 WED 23-May 8 Quarter Finals 9 Day 5 THUR 24-May 10 Day 6 FRI 25-May Day 7 SAT 26-May Day 8 SUN 11 Final Uber Cup Thomas Cup SF Thomas Cup Quarter Finals Uber Cup SF

Thomas Cup Quarter Finals Uber Cup Quarter Finals

Uber Cup Quarter Finals Thomas Cup Quarter Finals

Thomas Cup Quarter Finals Uber Cup Quarter Finals

12.00

4 18.00 4 18.00 2

Uber Cup SF

Thomas Cup SF

18.00 2

14.00

1 12 Final Thomas Cup 1 14.00

27-May Final

NOTE: The allocation of Group Ties will be determine after the draw is completed Team Nominations We will use the same on-line procedure for nominating teams that was used in your Continental zone competition. A copy of the instructions will be forward to you. The deadline for entering your team nomination is Monday 7 May 2012 Your nominations will be run against the World Ranking of Thursday 3 May 2012 Technical Team Referee: Juniarto Suhandinata (INA) Deputies: Isabelle Jobard(FRA) Ronny De Vos (BEL) Doctors: Martin Falstrom(SWE), Carmen Jahja(INA) Team Manager You must also appoint and notify to BWF a Team Manager by Monday 7 May 2012. Team Manager Meeting The meeting will be held on Saturday 19 May 2012. Time and venue to be confirmed

Visas Please check if your team requires a visa for entry into China and if they do please urgently progress this matter to avoid any last minute problems. A form is attached for your ease of use to support your application for visas. Please fill in the information requested and return to the contact detailed on the form. To forward later Hotels/Accommodation The following hotels are listed by the organisers (CBA) who will send you more information in due course. New World Hotel Wuhan - 5 Star HQ Hotel and host of BWF AGM/Council meetings etc. Wuhan Yangtze Hotel 4 Star Teams Wuhan St Lido Hotel 4 Star Teams Smart Hotel 3 Start Media

Please fill in the accommodation/transport request form attached and return to the contact detailed on the form. To forward later Arrival In accordance with the Regulations, you must arrive at least 48 hours before the start time of your first tie. Best regards Chair Events Paisan Rangskitpho

Please list your officials who will accompany your team so that accreditation can be arranged: Please send your details to CBA and copy BWF attention to Venugopal Mahalingam :v.mahalingam@bwfbadminton.org Surname First name Position