Indonesia First Seed Thomas Cup

JAKARTA - The Thomas Cup Indonesia team is the first seed in the group stage, while the Uber Cup team occupies the second seed, according to the drawings released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF), Wednesday.

Launching Antara, for the Thomas Cup, Indonesia will compete in Group A with Taiwan, which is the second seed. In addition, they will also face Algeria (third seed) and Thailand (fourth).

The Uber Cup Merah Putih team is also in Group A and will compete with Japan, which is the first seed. While Germany and France are in third and fourth position, respectively.

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) had to re-roll the Thomas and Uber Cup 2020 preliminary round drawing process which had previously been carried out on August 3, 2020. This was done due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Until finally, the supremacy of the most prestigious team badminton championship could only be held in Aarhus, Denmark, on 9-17 October 2021.

The Thomas Cup Indonesia team has big ambitions to become a champion after experiencing a long famine. The last time, the Red and White squad came out victorious, namely in 2002. At that time, Indonesia in the final beat Malaysia with a score of 3-2.

In the last performance that took place at the IMPACT Arena, Bangkok, Thailand in 2018, Indonesia's steps were stopped in the semifinals after losing to China with a score of 1-3.

As for the Uber Cup, Indonesia won the last time in 1996. At that time, Indonesia beat China with a score of 4-1 in the final.

At the last edition of the Uber Cup in 2018, the Indonesian Uber team stopped in the quarter-finals after losing to Thailand with a score of 2-3.