Indonesia's Match Schedule at the 2026 Thomas & Uber Cup
JAKARTA - The Indonesian badminton team will appear in the Thomas & Uber 2026 event which takes place this month. The group stage will be the first test that Jonatan Christie and his friends must pass.
The most prestigious women's and men's doubles badminton tournament will be held from April 24 to May 3, 2026 at the Forum Horsens, Horsens, Denmark. A total of 32 countries, consisting of 16 women and 16 men, are participants.
The Indonesian representatives who will participate in the tournament are scheduled to depart for Denmark via Soekarno-Hatta Airport on Thursday, May 16, 2026. They departed early because they aimed to continue preparations there, especially adapting to the weather.
Based on the results of the draw that has been carried out by BWF, the Indonesian men's team is included in Group D with France, Thailand, and Algeria, while the Red-White women's team is in Group C with China Taipei, Canada, and Australia.
The group stage matches use a round robin system with the two best teams from each group advancing to the quarterfinals. On paper, the Indonesian women's and men's teams have a great chance of qualifying from the group stage.
Indonesia departed there with a strength of 10 women's players and 10 men's players. The Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) decided to combine young and experienced players.
The Indonesian women's squad will start their journey by facing Canada in the first group match on April 25, 2026, then meeting Australia on April 26, 2026, and finally facing Chinese Taipei on April 28, 2026.
Meanwhile, the men's team will start their journey by facing Algeria on April 24, 2026, then facing Thailand on April 26, 2026, and against France in the last group match on April 28, 2026.
In the last event in 2024 in China, the Indonesian women's and men's teams managed to compactly enter the final, but had to settle for coming out as runners-up. Both teams fell to the hosts.
Indonesia has not won the Uber Cup for a very long time since 1996 by defeating China in Hong Kong. At that time the men's team also managed to climb to the highest podium at the Thomas Cup event, so that it managed to combine the two trophies.
Meanwhile, the last Thomas Cup stopped in Indonesia in the 2021 edition after defeating China in the final. This achievement ended a 19-year wait.
Indonesia's schedule at the 2026 Thomas & Uber Cup
24 April 2026
23.00 WIB: Indonesia vs Aljazair (Thomas Cup)25 April 2026
17.00 WIB: Indonesia vs Kanada (Uber Cup)26 April 2026
13.30 WIB: Indonesia vs Thailand (Thomas Cup) 23.30 WIB: Indonesia vs Australia (Uber Cup)28 April 2026
15.00 WIB: Indonesia vs China Taipei (Uber Cup) 23.30 WIB: Indonesia vs Perancis (Thomas Cup)