Team Appearances At The Final Stages
As of the 2012 championship twenty-four teams have advanced to the final venue over the history of the Thomas Cup competition. Among them Denmark has reached this final stage in all twenty-six competitions (and without ever receiving a bye to it). Indonesia and China have also advanced to the final stage in each competition that they have entered. Geographically, nine Asian nations have qualified to play at the final venue. Eight European nations have done so. The United States, Canada and Peru are the only Pan American teams to have reached this stage, and New Zealand and Australia, as one might expect, have been the only teams to represent Oceania. South Africa and Nigeria have qualified from the African zone.
Below is the list of teams that have appeared in the final stage of Thomas Cup as of the 2012 tournament.
- 27 times
- Denmark
- 24 times
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- 16 times
- China
- 15 times
- Korea
- 12 times
- England
- Japan
- 11 times
- United States
- 10 times
- Sweden
- Thailand
- 8 times
- India
- 6 times
- New Zealand
- 5 times
- Canada
- Germany
- 4 times
- South Africa
- 3 times
- Australia
- Hong Kong
- 1 time
- Finland
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Peru
- Poland
- Russia
- Singapore
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