2020 Thomas Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage for the 2020 Thomas Cup in Aarhus, Denmark began on 15 October 2021 with the quarter-finals and ended on 17 October with the final.

Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for this stage.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	Indonesia	Thailand
B	Denmark	Korea
C	China	India
D	Japan	Malaysia

Bracket

The draw was conducted on 14 October 2021 after the last match of the group stage.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Indonesia	3
	Malaysia	0
					Indonesia	3
					Denmark	1
	Denmark	3
	India	1
									Indonesia	3
									China	0
	Thailand	0
	China	3
					China	3
					Japan	1
	Korea	2
	Japan	3

Quarter-finals

Quarter-final 1

Indonesia 3	Ceres Arena Court 2 15 October 2021 13:30 UTC+2		Malaysia 0
1 2 3 1 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Lee Zii Jia 21 15 21 17     2 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik 21 17 16 21 21 15   3 Jonatan Christie Ng Tze Yong 14 21 21 19 21 16   4 Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto Goh Sze Fei / Nur Izzuddin       not played 5 Shesar Hiren Rhustavito Leong Jun Hao       not played

Quarter-final 2

Denmark 3	Ceres Arena Court 1 15 October 2021 13:30 UTC+2		India 1
1 2 3 1 Viktor Axelsen Srikanth Kidambi 21 12 21 13     2 Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty 15 21 21 17 18 21   3 Anders Antonsen B. Sai Praneeth 21 8 21 15     4 Mathias Christiansen / Frederik Søgaard Arjun M.R. / Dhruv Kapila 21 16 21 9     5 Rasmus Gemke Sameer Verma       not played

Quarter-final 3

Thailand 0	Ceres Arena Court 2 15 October 2021 8:30 UTC+2		China 3
1 2 3 1 Kantaphon Wangcharoen Shi Yuqi 14 21 17 21     2 Supak Jomkoh / Kittinupong Kedren He Jiting / Zhou Haodong 10 21 18 21     3 Kunlavut Vitidsarn Li Shifeng 13 21 21 17 7 21   4 Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Nanthakarn Yordphaisong Liu Cheng / Wang Yilyu       not played 5 Adulrach Namkul Weng Hongyang       not played

Quarter-final 4

Korea 2	Ceres Arena Court 1 15 October 2021 8:30 UTC+2		Japan 3
1 2 3 1 Heo Kwang-hee Kento Momota 21 19 21 17     2 Choi Sol-gyu / Seo Seung-jae Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi 21 18 21 13     3 Jeon Hyeok-jin Kanta Tsuneyama 10 21 16 21     4 Kang Min-hyuk / Kim Won-ho Akira Koga / Yuta Watanabe 15 21 18 21     5 Cho Geon-yeop Kenta Nishimoto 15 21 10 21

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

Indonesia 3	Ceres Arena Court 1 16 October 2021 13:00 UTC+2		Denmark 1
1 2 3 1 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Viktor Axelsen 9 21 15 21     2 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21 13 10 21 21 15   3 Jonatan Christie Anders Antonsen 25 23 15 21 21 16   4 Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto Mathias Christiansen / Frederik Søgaard 21 14 21 14     5 Shesar Hiren Rhustavito Hans-Kristian Vittinghus       not played

Semi-final 2

China 3	Ceres Arena Court 2 16 October 2021 13:00 UTC+2		Japan 1
1 2 3 1 Shi Yuqi Kento Momota 20 22 5 20   retired   2 He Jiting / Zhou Haodong Takuro Hoki / Yuta Watanabe 21 17 7 21 21 16   3 Li Shifeng Kanta Tsuneyama 21 17 21 15     4 Liu Cheng / Wang Yilyu Akira Koga / Taichi Saito 21 11 22 20     5 Weng Hongyang Kenta Nishimoto       not played

Final

Indonesia 3	Ceres Arena Court 1 17 October 2021 13:00 UTC+2		China 0
1 2 3 1 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Lu Guangzu 18 21 21 14 21 16   2 Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto He Jiting / Zhou Haodong 21 12 21 19     3 Jonatan Christie Li Shifeng 21 14 18 21 21 14   4 Daniel Marthin / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo Liu Cheng / Wang Yilyu       not played 5 Shesar Hiren Rhustavito Weng Hongyang       not played