The 2016 Uber Cup qualification process is a series of tournaments organised by the five BWF confederations to decide 15 of the 16 teams which will play in the 2016 Uber Cup, with China qualifying automatically both as hosts, and trophy holder.
Qualified teams Country Confederation Qualified as Qualified on World Team Rankings Final appearance Badminton Asia Host country & 2014 Uber Cup winner May 2014 Badminton Africa 2016 Africa Team Championships winner 19 February 2016 Badminton Asia 2016 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 Badminton Asia 2016 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 Badminton Asia 2016 Asia Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 Badminton Europe 2016 European Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 Badminton Europe 2016 European Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 Badminton Europe 2016 European Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 Badminton Europe 2016 European Team Championships semifinalists 19 February 2016 Badminton Oceania 2016 Oceania Team Championships winner 20 February 2016 Badminton Pan Am 2016 Pan Am Team Championships winner 20 February 2016 Badminton Asia Best ranking (Asia) 3 March 2016 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 3 March 2016 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 3 March 2016 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 3 March 2016 Badminton Asia Best ranking (overall) 3 March 2016
Qualification process The number of teams participating in the final tournament is 16. The allocation of slots for each confederation is 4 from each Asia and Europe, and 1 from each Africa, Oceania and Pan Am. Two automatic qualifiers are the host and defending champion. The remaining quota will be filled by World Team Ranking.
Confederation qualification Badminton Confederation of Africa
The qualification for the African teams was held from 16 to 19 February 2016, at the National Badminton Centre in Rose Hill, Mauritius. The winners of the African qualification will qualified for the Uber Cup.
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
First round (group stage)
Group A Group B
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Asia
The qualification for the Asian teams was held from 15 to 21 February 2016, at the GMC Balayogi Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, India. The semi-finalist of the Asian qualification will qualified for the Uber Cup. China qualifying automatically as hosts and trophy holder.
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
(qualified)
First round (group stage)
Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Europe
The qualification for the European teams was held from 15 to 21 February 2016, at the Kazan Gymnastics Center in Kazan, Russia. The semi-finalist of the European qualification will qualified for the Uber Cup.
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
First round (group stage)
Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4Group 5
Ranking of runners-up
Second round (knockout stage)
Badminton Oceania
The qualification for the Pan Am teams was held from 19 to 20 February 2016, at the X-TRM North Harbour Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. The winner of the Oceania qualification will qualified for the Uber Cup.
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
Round-robin
Badminton Pan Am
The qualification for the Pan Am teams was held from 17 to 20 February 2016, at the CODE II Jalisco in Guadalajara, Mexico. The winner of the Pan Am qualification will qualified for the Uber Cup.
Teams in contention Teams qualified for the Group stage
First round (group stage)
Second round (final)
World team rankings Below is the chart of the BWF World Team Ranking calculated by adding World Ranking of top three Women's Singles players and top two Women's Doubles pairs on 3 March 2016.
Rank Nation Points Continentalresults Qualificationstatus 1 BA 361,084 Winner Qualified as host & trophy holder 2 BA 301,384 Runner-up Qualified as BA semifinalists 3 BA 280,810 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists 4 BA 245,973 Semifinals Qualified as BA semifinalists 5 BA 224,313 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (Asia) 6 BA 218,837 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (overall) 7 BA 199,685 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (overall) 8 BE 187,848 Winner Qualified as BE semifinalists 9 BE 161,880 Semifinals Qualified as BE semifinalists 10 BA 154,821 Quarterfinals Qualified by ranking (overall) 11 BE 149,377 Semifinals Qualified as BE semifinalists 12 BA 137,241 Group stage Qualified by ranking (overall) 13 BPA 131,849 Winner Qualified as the winner of BPA 14 BE 125,701 15 BE 118,033 Quarterfinals 16 BE 109,565 Runner-up Qualified as BE semifinalists 17 BPA 109,214 Runner-up 18 BE 105,431 Group stage 19 BE 103,520 Quarterfinals 20 BPA 98,557 21 BA 95,039 Group stage 22 BO 94,606 Winner Qualified as the winner of BO 23 BE 85,778 Group stage 24 BCA 78,776 Runner-up 25 BPA 78,317 3rd place 26 BE 72,775 Quarterfinals 27 BE 66,518 Group stage 28 BE 62,456 Quarterfinals 29 BE 60,772 30 BA 59,674 31 BE 57,541 Group stage 32 BE 57,430 33 BPA 57,320 34 BE 52,075 Group stage 35 BA 45,730 36 BE 44,953 Group stage 37 BE 44,743 Group stage 38 BCA 42,766 Winner Qualified as the winner of BCA 39 BCA 39,632 40 BE 33,818 41 BE 33,500 42 BO 32,413 Runner-up 43 BE 31,688 Group stage 44 BE 29,930 45 BE 29,100 46 BPA 28,110 4th place 47 BE 27,547 48 BE 27,127 Group stage 49 BE 26,390 50 BE 24,632 Group stage 50+ participants 51 BE 24,054 Group stage 53 BA 21,465 Group stage 62 BCA 15,335 Semifinals 77 BCA 8,033 Semifinals 86 BO 5,549 3rd place 92 BA 3,540 Group stage 101 BO 1,106 4th place 107 BCA 108 Group stage 108 BO 7 5th place – BCA – Group stage
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