THOMAS CUP

May 16, 2022

India won its first ever Thomas Cup title after beating title holders Indonesia 3-0 in the 2022 edition.

About:

  • The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body.
  • The first tournament was held in 1948–1949. The Thomas Cup competition was the idea of Sir George Alan Thomas, a highly successful English badminton player of the early 1900s, who was inspired by tennis's Davis Cup.
  • The championships have been conducted every two years.

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