1.Thomas and Uber Cup Continental Stage-Pan America[13-18th february 2006]-Lima 2.Thomas and Uber Cup Continental Stage-Asia[13th-19th feb 2006]-Jaipur,India 3.Thomas and Uber Cup Continental Stage-Europe[14th-19th feb 2006]-Thessalonica,Greece 4.Thomas and Uber Cup Continental Stage-Africa[20th -22nd feb 2006]-Rosehill 5.Thomas and Uber Cup Continental Stage-Oceania[8th-9th feb]-Auckland,New Zealand [As obtained from the official IBF website] I have a basic question-how many teams from each continent qualify?Sorry i am not sure.
Africa: 1/1 America: 1/1 Asia: 4/4 Europe: 3/3 Oceania: 1/1 Host: 1/1 - Japan/Japan D Champion: 1/1 - China/China Total: 12/12
Competitions will be intense in this 2 region. Here's my predictions: THOMAS CUP likely qualifiers: Asia -- Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand or Hong Kong (with Ng Wei, Chan Yan Kit, and a good first double, they will trouble Thailand) Europe -- Denmark, England, Germany Dark-Horse -- Holland UBER CUP likely qualifiers Asia -- very very tough...with Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and Hong Kong fighting for 4 places. On paper, Korea and Malaysia should qualify, the other teams' qualifications will depend on draws and forms on the day. Europe -- similar situation, with Denmark, Holland, Germany, and England fighting for 3 places. Denmark and England are strong in doubles, while Holland is especially strong in singles. Germany could steal 2 points from their first single and first doubles.
my predictions! THOMAS CUP Asia- Indonesia (taufik, candra-sigit, sony), Malaysia (chong wei, chong ming-kien keit, hafiz, tan fook-wan wah), Korea (hyun il, jae jin-jae sung), Thailand (boonsak, sudket pair and this 2nd singles guy with a really long name i saw in last yr's qualification in malaysia super cant remember his name... cant even pronounce but he's quite good) Europe- Denmark, England, Holland UBER CUP Asia- Korea (jae youn, hyo jung-kyung won), Malaysia (mew choo, ee hui-pei tty), Thailand (salakjit, saralee-sathinee), Japan (kanako yonekura, reiko-kuniko, eriko hirose) (though indonesia and singapore quite strong too) Europe- Denmark, England, Holland dunno la.. just my opinion... too early to predict anyways