Team Selection Announcement for Thomas and Uber Cup Qualifiers

Badminton Australia is thrilled to announce the team selections for the Oceania region TotalEnergies BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Qualifiers.

Falcons will travel to Geelong, Victoria from February 16-18 to compete in the VICTOR Oceania Men’s and Women’s Team Championships where they will take on the best players from across the region.

The winner of the Men’s and Women’s Team Championships in Geelong will then represent Oceania at the prestigious TotalEnergies BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals in Chengdu, China in April.

The teams have been chosen by the BA Selectors Panel in line with the Badminton Australia Selection Policy.

Uber Cup (Women’s Team Championship)

  • Tiffany Ho (NBC – NSW)
  • Kaitlyn Ea (2G Sports – VIC)
  • Gronya Somerville (BadFit – VIC)
  • Angela Yu (Sunnybank Hills BC – QLD)
  • Setyana Mapasa (Roketto – NSW)
  • Bernice Teoh (An-Yu BC – WA)
  • Sydney Tjonadi (Roketto – NSW)
  • Isabella Yan (NBC – NSW)
  • Dania Nugroho (SPOC -SA)
  • Catrina Tan (Sturt – SA)

Thomas Cup (Men’s Team Championship)

  • Nathan Tang (Ming Badminton Academy – VIC)
  • Kenneth Choo (GWBC – VIC)
  • Jacob Schueler (Ocean Grove BC – VIC)
  • Jack Yu (Sunnybank Hills BC – QLD)
  • Rayne Wang (MUBC – VIC)
  • Ricky Tang (DASH – NSW)
  • Shrey Dhand (Play Badminton – VIC)
  • Frederick Zhao (PBA – VIC)
  • Asher Ooi (Sydney Jets – NSW)
  • Jordan Yang (WSBA – VIC)

Badminton Australia CEO Tjitte (TJ) Weistra congratulated all players on their selections.

“It’s an incredible honour for an athlete to have the opportunity to represent their country in a team event,” he said.

“These players have put in endless hours of hard work both on and off the badminton court and now it’s their time to put their effort into action at the Thomas and Uber Cup Qualifiers.

“Congratulations to all of the players and we can’t wait to watch you on court in Geelong.”

The VICTOR Oceania Men’s and Women’s Team Championships will be held after the VICTOR Oceania Open Individual Championships (February 12-15).

The Thomas Cup was first held in 1949 and has been won a record 14 times by Indonesia, although India is the current champion after defeating Indonesia 3-0 during the 2022 edition in Bangkok, Thailand.

The Uber Cup’s history commenced in 1957 and has been won a record 15 times by China, however, at the 2022 tournament South Korea defeated China 3-2 to claim its second title.

Also announced this week was the reselection of the Junior Falcons with the Senior Falcons being reselected at the conclusion of the Oceania Championships in February.

  • View the Junior Falcons here.
  • View the Senior Falcons here.

Badminton Australia also recently announced the athletes that will form the 2023/24 National Para Badminton Falcons Program.