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Uber Cup

{{Short description|International women's badminton competition}}

{{Infobox sports league

| current_season = 2024 Thomas & Uber Cup

| logo =

| sport = Badminton

| pixels = 125pxBadmintonTennis

| founded = 1957

| founder =

| teams = 16

| champion = {{bd|CHN}} (16th title)

| most_champs = {{bd|CHN}} (16 titles)

| countries = BWF member nations

| website =

}}

File:Daphne Young.jpg, winner of the All England Badminton Women's Singles Championship, being congratulated by Betty Uber, winner of the mixed doubles (with her partner, Bill White) March 1938]]

The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contested every two years since 1984 when its scheduled times and venues were merged with those of Thomas Cup, the world men's team championship. In 2007, the Badminton World Federation decided to have Thomas and Uber Cup finals separated again but the proposal was ultimately abandoned.{{cite web |title=Thomas and Uber Cups to Stay Together |url=http://www.badminton-information.com/thomas_and_uber_cups_to_stay_together.html |website=badminton-information |access-date=24 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224231337/http://www.badminton-information.com/thomas_and_uber_cups_to_stay_together.html |archive-date=24 February 2019 |url-status=live }} The Uber Cup is named after a former British women's badminton player, Betty Uber, who in 1950 had the idea of hosting a women's event similar to the men's.{{cite web|url=http://www.topbadminton.nl/2004-ubercup/historie-uk.html |title=Thomas -/Uber Cup history |access-date=2007-07-19 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071021092847/http://www.topbadminton.nl/2004-ubercup/historie-uk.html |archive-date = 2007-10-21}} She also made the draw for the 1956–1957 inaugural tournament, which took place at Lytham St. Annes in Lancashire, England.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldbadminton.net/ubercup.asp |title=THE LADIES' WORLD TEAM BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE UBER CUP |access-date=2007-06-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927030458/http://www.worldbadminton.net/ubercup.asp |archive-date=2007-09-27 }}

The cup follows a similar format to that of the men's competition of the Thomas Cup. As of the 2024 tournament, China is the most successful team, having won 16 titles. Japan is second, having won it six times, followed by Indonesia and United States, each with three cups.

Trophy

The Uber Cup trophy was officially presented at the annual general meeting in 1956, the year the first Uber Cup tournament was first held. It was made by Mappin & Webb, prominent silversmiths on Regent Street in London. The trophy is 20 inches high with a rotating globe on top of a plinth and a female player standing on top of a shuttlecock.

Results

=1957–1981=

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
rowspan=2 width=40|YearFrom 1957 to 1981, Uber Cup actually played each edition for two years, the years shown here is only for final tournament.

!rowspan=2 width=100|Host

!width=5 rowspan=11|

!colspan=3|Final

!width=5 rowspan=11|

!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Semi-finalists

width=120|Champions

!width=80|Score

!width=120|Runners-up

1957
Details

|Lancashire, England

|{{bd-big|United States|1912}}

|6–1

|{{bd-big|Denmark}}

|{{bd-big|India}}

|

bgcolor=#FFD4E4

|1960
Details

|Philadelphia, United States

|{{bd-big|United States}}

|5–2

|{{bd-big|Denmark}}

|{{bd-big|New Zealand}}

|

1963
Details

|Wilmington, United States

|{{bd-big|United States}}

|4–3

|{{bd-big|England}}

|{{bd-big|Indonesia}}

|

bgcolor=#FFD4E4

|1966
Details

|Wellington, New Zealand

|{{bd-big|Japan|1947}}

|5–2

|{{bd-big|United States}}

|{{bd-big|England}}

|

1969
Details

|Tokyo, Japan

|{{bd-big|Japan|1947}}

|6–1

|{{bd-big|Indonesia}}

|{{bd-big|England}}

|

bgcolor=#FFD4E4

|1972
Details

|Tokyo, Japan

|{{bd-big|Japan|1947}}

|6–1

|{{bd-big|Indonesia}}

|{{bd-big|Denmark}}

|{{bd-big|New Zealand}}

1975
Details

|Jakarta, Indonesia

|{{bd-big|Indonesia}}

|5–2

|{{bd-big|Japan|1947}}

|{{bd-big|Canada}}

|{{bd-big|England}}

bgcolor=#FFD4E4

|1978
Details

|Auckland, New Zealand

|{{bd-big|Japan|1947}}

|5–2

|{{bd-big|Indonesia}}

|{{bd-big|Denmark}}

|{{bd-big|United States}}

1981
Details

|Tokyo, Japan

|{{bd-big|Japan|1947}}

|6–3

|{{bd-big|Indonesia}}

|{{bd-big|Canada}}

|{{bd-big|England}}

=1984–1988=

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"
rowspan=2 width=40|Year

!rowspan=2 width=100|Host

!width=5 rowspan=5|

!colspan=3|Final

!width=5 rowspan=5|

!colspan=3|Third place tie

bgcolor=#EFEFEF

!width=120|Champions

!width=80|Score

!width=120|Runners-up

!width=120|Third place

!width=80|Score

!width=120|Fourth place

bgcolor=#FFD4E4

|1984
Details

|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

|{{bd-big|China}}

|5–0

|{{bd-big|England}}

|{{bd-big|South Korea|1984}}

|5–0

|{{bd-big|Denmark}}

1986
Details

|Jakarta, Indonesia

|{{bd-big|China}}

|3–2

|{{bd-big|Indonesia}}

|{{bd-big|South Korea|1984}}

|3–2

|{{bd-big|Japan|1947}}

bgcolor=#FFD4E4

|1988
Details

|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

|{{bd-big|China}}

|5–0

|{{bd-big|South Korea|1984}}

|{{bd-big|Indonesia}}

|5–0

|{{bd-big|Japan|1947}}

=1990–present=

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;"
rowspan=2 width=40|Year

!rowspan=2 width=150|Host

!width=5 rowspan=21|

!colspan=3|Final

!width=5 rowspan=21|

!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Semi-finalists

width=120|Champions

!width=80|Score

!width=120|Runners-up

1990
Details

|Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan

|{{bd-big|China}}

|3–2

|{{bd-big|South Korea|1984}}

|width=120|{{bd-big|Indonesia}}

|width=120|{{bd-big|Japan|1947}}

bgcolor=#FFD4E4

|1992
Details

|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

|{{bd-big|China}}

|3–2

|{{bd-big|South Korea|1984}}

|{{bd-big|Sweden}}

|{{bd-big|Indonesia}}

1994
Details

|Jakarta, Indonesia

|{{bd-big|Indonesia}}

|3–2

|{{bd-big|China}}

|{{bd-big|Sweden}}

|{{bd-big|South Korea|1984}}

bgcolor=#FFD4E4

|1996
Details

|Hong Kong

|{{bd-big|Indonesia}}

|4–1

|{{bd-big|China}}

|{{bd-big|South Korea|1984}}

|{{bd-big|Denmark}}

1998
Details

|Hong Kong SAR, China

|{{bd-big|China}}

|4–1

|{{bd-big|Indonesia}}

|{{bd-big|Denmark}}

|{{bd-big|South Korea|1997}}

bgcolor=#FFD4E4

|2000
Details

|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

|{{bd-big|China}}

|3–0

|{{bd-big|Denmark}}

|{{bd-big|Indonesia}}

|{{bd-big|South Korea|1997}}

2002
Details

|Guangzhou, China

|{{bd-big|China}}

|3–1

|{{bd-big|South Korea|1997}}

|{{bd-big|Netherlands}}

|{{bd-big|Hong Kong}}

bgcolor=#FFD4E4

|2004
Details

|Jakarta, Indonesia

|{{bd-big|China}}

|3–1

|{{bd-big|South Korea|1997}}

|{{bd-big|Denmark}}

|{{bd-big|Japan}}

2006
Details

|Sendai and Tokyo, Japan

|{{bd-big|China}}

|3–0

|{{bd-big|Netherlands}}

|{{bd-big|Germany}}

|{{bd-big|Chinese Taipei}}

bgcolor=#FFD4E4

|2008
Details

|Jakarta, Indonesia

|{{bd-big|China}}

|3–0

|{{bd-big|Indonesia}}

|{{bd-big|South Korea|1997}}

|{{bd-big|Germany}}

2010
Details

|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

|{{bd-big|South Korea|1997}}

|3–1

|{{bd-big|China}}

|{{bd-big|Japan}}

|{{bd-big|Indonesia}}

bgcolor=#FFD4E4

|2012
Details

|Wuhan, China

|{{bd-big|China}}

|3–0

|{{bd-big|South Korea}}

|{{bd-big|Thailand}}

|{{bd-big|Japan}}

2014
Details

|New Delhi, India

|{{bd-big|China}}

|3–1

|{{bd-big|Japan}}

|{{bd-big|India}}

|{{bd-big|South Korea}}

bgcolor=#FFD4E4

|2016
Details

|Kunshan, China

|{{bd-big|China}}

|3–1

|{{bd-big|South Korea}}

|{{bd-big|India}}

|{{bd-big|Japan}}

2018
Details

|Bangkok, Thailand

|{{bd-big|Japan}}

|3–0

|{{bd-big|Thailand}}

|{{bd-big|South Korea}}

|{{bd-big|China}}

bgcolor=#FFD4E4

|2020
Details

|Aarhus, Denmark

|{{bd-big|China}}

|3–1

|{{bd-big|Japan}}

|{{bd-big|South Korea}}

|{{bd-big|Thailand}}

2022
Details

|Bangkok, Thailand

|{{bd-big|South Korea}}

|3–2

|{{bd-big|China}}

|{{bd-big|Japan}}

|{{bd-big|Thailand}}

bgcolor=#FFD4E4

|2024
Details

|Chengdu, China

|{{bd-big|China}}

|3–0

|{{bd-big|Indonesia}}

|{{bd-big|South Korea}}

|{{bd-big|Japan}}

2026
Details

|Horsens, Denmark

|

|

|

|

|

Successful national teams

So far, only five countries have won the Uber Cup with China the most successful team, with 16 titles, followed by Japan (six titles), Indonesia (three titles), the United States (three titles) and Korea (two titles). The Uber Cup has only spread to two continents so far: Asia and North America.

Nine teams have made it into the finals. The finalists other than the five winner countries above are Denmark, England, the Netherlands and Thailand. Sweden, Hong Kong, Germany, Chinese Taipei and India are the other fives teams which have made it into the final four.

class="wikitable sortable"

!Teams

!Titles

!Runners-up

!Semi-finalists

!Third place

!Fourth place

!Top 4 total

{{bd|China}}

|style=background:#FFD700|16 (1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2020, 2024)

|style=background:#C0C0C0|4 (1994, 1996, 2010, 2022)

|style=background:#CC9966|1 (2018)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|21

{{bd|Japan}}

|style=background:#FFD700|6 (1966, 1969, 1972, 1978, 1981, 2018)

|style=background:#C0C0C0|3 (1975, 2014, 2020)

|style=background:#CC9966|7 (1990, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2022, 2024)

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#9ACDFF|2 (1986, 1988)

|18

{{bd|Indonesia}}

|style=background:#FFD700|3 (1975, 1994, 1996)

|style=background:#C0C0C0|8 (1969, 1972, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1998, 2008, 2024)

|style=background:#CC9966|4 (1990, 1992, 2000, 2010)

|style=background:#CC9966|1 (1988)

|{{N/A}}

|16

{{bd|United States}}

|style=background:#FFD700|3 (1957, 1960, 1963)

|style=background:#C0C0C0|1 (1966)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|4

{{bd|South Korea}}

|style=background:#FFD700|2 (2010, 2022)

|style=background:#C0C0C0|7 (1988, 1990, 1992, 2002, 2004, 2012, 2016)

|style=background:#CC9966|9 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2008, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2024)

|style=background:#CC9966|2 (1984, 1986)

|{{N/A}}

|20

{{bd|Denmark}}

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#C0C0C0|3 (1957, 1960, 2000)

|style=background:#CC9966|3 (1996, 1998, 2004)

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#9ACDFF|1 (1984)

|7

{{bd|England}}

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#C0C0C0|2 (1963, 1984)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|2

{{bd|Thailand}}

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#C0C0C0|1 (2018)

|style=background:#CC9966|3 (2012, 2020, 2022)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|4

{{bd|Netherlands}}

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#C0C0C0|1 (2006)

|style=background:#CC9966|1 (2002)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|2

{{bd|Sweden}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#CC9966|2 (1992, 1994)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|2

{{bd|Germany}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#CC9966|2 (2006, 2008)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|2

{{bd|India}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#CC9966|2 (2014, 2016)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|2

{{bd|Hong Kong}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#CC9966|1 (2002)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|1

{{bd|Chinese Taipei}}

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|style=background:#CC9966|1 (2006)

|{{N/A}}

|{{N/A}}

|1

Bold text denotes team was host country.

Team appearances at the final stages

Image:Uber Cup.png

{{As of|2024}}, 30 teams have qualified in the history of the competition for the final stages of the Uber Cup. Asia and Europe are the continent with the most teams, at ten. Africa had four teams that qualified, followed by Oceania and Pan America with three teams each.

Below is the list of teams that have appeared in the final stage of Uber Cup as of the 2024 tournament.

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}

;27 times

  • {{bd|Indonesia}}
  • {{bd|Japan}}

;23 times

  • {{bd|Denmark}}

;21 times

  • {{bd|China}}
  • {{bd|South Korea}}

;15 times

  • {{bd|Malaysia}}

;14 times

  • {{bd|Canada}}
  • {{bd|England}}

;13 times

  • {{bd|United States}}

;11 times

  • {{bd|Germany}}

;10 times

  • {{bd|Australia}}
  • {{bd|Netherlands}}

;9 times

  • {{bd|Chinese Taipei}}
  • {{bd|Hong Kong}}
  • {{bd|India}}
  • {{bd|Thailand}}

;6 times

  • {{bd|New Zealand}}

;5 times

  • {{bd|Russia}}
  • {{bd|South Africa}}
  • {{bd|Sweden}}

;3 times

  • {{bd|France}}
  • {{bd|Singapore}}
  • {{bd|Spain}}

;2 times

  • {{bd|Egypt}}
  • {{bd|Mauritius}}

;1 time

  • {{bd|Bulgaria}}
  • {{bd|Mexico}}
  • {{bd|Scotland}}
  • {{bd|Tahiti|name=Tahiti}}
  • {{bd|Uganda}}

{{div col end}}

References

{{reflist}}

{{Thomas & Uber Cup}}

{{Badminton competitions}}

{{International badminton}}

{{Sports country lists}}

{{Main world cups}}

{{Main world championships}}

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1956

Category:World championships in badminton