A few days ago, the BWF has announced the qualification teams for the 2022 Thomas Cup and Uber Cup, and surprisingly, the last runner-up Chinese men's team was reduced to the No. 7 seed of the tournament, and the Chinese women's team as the defending champion was the No. 3 seed of the Uber Cup. The 2022 season, for the national feather, is a key year to prepare for the Paris Olympic Games, according to coach Zhang Jun, the team needs to complete the formation of the main lineup of the Paris Olympic Games and the excavation of new people in this season, and the pressure on the whole team can be imagined. Last season, the Chinese team won big victories in the Tokyo Olympic Games, World Championships, Sudirman Cup and Uber Cup.
After many years of ups and downs, Guoyu once again established the status of the world's feather world hegemony. In the last Thomas Cup and Uber Cup, the Chinese men's team, which did not play in the main team, won the runner-up, while the Chinese women's team defeated the Japanese team in the final to regain the Uber Cup that had been lost for many years. Turning to the new season, the Chinese badminton team still has super competitiveness, especially in the mixed doubles, women's singles and women's doubles events, which are among the top in the world. This year's Thomas Cup and Uber Cup, the overall competitive landscape is relatively stable. The main teams participating in the Thomas Cup are Indonesia, Japan, Denmark, China, South Korea and so on.
Several strong teams in the Uber Cup mainly include China, Japan, South Korea, Thailand and so on. According to the team grade delineated by the BWF, the first team of the Thomas Cup is Indonesia, Japan, Denmark, and the Chinese team and Malaysia and South Korea are in the second gear. The first team of the Uber Cup includes Japan, South Korea, China and Thailand, which are also the representatives of the highest level of women's teams at present. Entering the Paris Olympic cycle, several major teams in the world sports world have gradually completed the replacement of old and new, and the combination of coaching staff has been constantly updated.
In terms of men's teams, The Indonesian team is still the strongest, they have the world's top three players in the men's singles and men's doubles events, and they are also the biggest favorite to win the Thomas Cup this year. The Chinese team finished second in the last competition, but Chen Long, Li Junhui, Liu Yuchen and others did not participate. In this competition, the overall strength of the Chinese team may decline, the men's singles Shi Yuqi is plagued by injuries, Chen Long has been on the verge of retirement, and there is still a certain gap between Lu Guangzu and Zhao Junpeng and the top masters. The men's doubles event is the fatal shortcoming of the Chinese team, since the disintegration of the "twin towers" combination, the national feather men's doubles has long been in decline. This year's Thomas Cup, the primary goal of the Chinese men's team is to reach the final four.
Different from the men's team's overstretched positions, the national women's team can be described as strong and strong, and The women's singles Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao, Zhang Yiman, Han Yue and others have strong comprehensive strength, and this advantage is even more valuable in the Uber Cup team competition. Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan of the women's team are currently morale high, whether it is against the Japanese women's doubles or the South Korean women's doubles, both of them have a certain advantage. Overall, the national women's team has great hopes of defending the title. For the seed ranking of this TangYou Cup, the national feather men's team is the No. 7 seed, while the defending champion Chinese women's team is the No. 3 seed, and some fans joke, "The final result will definitely hit the face of the World Badminton Federation"!
(Luo Treasurer)