On April 22, Beijing time, the Chinese Badminton Association officially announced the list of 12 men and women who competed in the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup. Judging from the situation of the list, the Chinese women's team has absolute strength in the Uber Cup, Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao, Chen Qingchen, Jia Yifan and others are all listed, while the men's team is relatively weak.
The 12-man roster for the Thomas Cup are Lu Guangzu, Zhao Junpeng, Li Shifeng, Weng Hongyang, He Jiting, Zhou Haodong, Liu Yuchen, Ou Xuanyi, Tan Qiang, Ren Xiangyu, Sun Feixiang and Liu Cheng. It is worth mentioning that in the men's team's participation list, there is no Shi Yuqi, who is ranked 16th in the world, and the veteran Chen Long does not appear in the list.
The 12-member roster for the Uber Cup includes Chen Yufei, He Bingjiao, Zhang Yiman, Wang Zhiyi, Chen Qingchen, Jia Yifan, Du Yue, Li Wenmei, Zheng Yu, Huang Dongping, Han Yue and Zhang Shuxian. The women's team is basically the strongest squad at the moment, and this squad has the strength to defend the title.
This year's Thomas Cup and Uber Cup matches will be played from May 8 to 15, with the men's team being placed in Group B, with opponents including Denmark, France and Algeria, and the women's team being seeded no. 3 in Group B, which includes Chinese Taipei, Australia and Spain.
The last Tonyou Cup competition was postponed to October last year due to the epidemic, the women's team won the championship again after five years, and the men's team reached the final and lost to Indonesia.