India got Thomas Cup and Uber eligible votes

NEW DELHI: The Indian badminton team achieved a comfortable draw on Wednesday in the rescheduled Thomas and Uber Cup final, which takes place October 9-17 in Aarhus, Denmark.
The Indian men’s team will be challenged alongside the reigning champions China and the minor teams of the Netherlands and Tahiti in Group C, while the women’s team will be challenged by the finalists of the edition of the last year, Thailand. , Spain and Scotland in group B.
The voting ceremony was hosted by the game’s governing body, BWF, in Kuala Lumpur.
The top two teams from each group at the end of the group stage will advance to the round of 16.

The Indian men’s and women’s teams did not reach the round of 16 in the last edition of 2018.
The Indian women’s team lost to the 2016 Uber Cup semi-final champion China. They also reached the 2014 edition of New Delhi.
Host nation Denmark, who won the Thomas Cup trophy in 2016, are placed in a tough Group B with Korea, France and Germany.
Indonesia, who have won the Thomas Cup 13 times, are in Group A with Chinese Taipei, Algeria and Thailand, while last year’s finalists Japan are in Group D with the Malaysia, Canada and England.
In the Uber Cup, defending champions Japan are in Group A with Indonesia, Germany and France, while Group C includes Korea, Chinese Taipei, Tahiti and Egypt.
China, who have won the tournament 14 times but failed to reach the final in 2018 for the first time since their debut in the 1980s, are in Group D along with Denmark, Malaysia and Canada.
The event was originally scheduled to take place May 16-24 last year, but was postponed from August 15-23. Then it was again postponed until October due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following a wave of withdrawals of the best teams, including Indonesia, South Korea, Thailand and Chinese Taipei, amid a health crisis, the prestigious tournament was again postponed last September.