NBC Sports Presents More Than 80 Hours Of Live Coverage of Thomas & Uber Badminton Cup on Olympic Channel
By: Tori Hartshorn May. 18, 2018
NBC Sports will present more than 80 hours of live, comprehensive coverage across nine days of the Thomas & Uber Badminton Cup on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA beginning this Saturday, May 19, at 10 p.m. ET. Coverage concludes with the Thomas (men's) and Uber (women's) finals on Saturday, May 26, and Sunday, May 27.
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA content will be streamed via authentication on NBCSports.com, OlympicChannel.com, the NBC Sports app, and the Olympic Channel app.
The biennial international badminton championship will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, and features 16 teams in both tournaments. Denmark and China are the defending Thomas and Uber Cup champions, respectively.
Round-robin play begins Saturday at 10 p.m. ET on Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA with India-France, and coverage concludes with the men's and women's finals on Saturday, May 26, at 2 a.m. ET and Sunday, May 27, at 2 a.m. ET. NBCSN will air an encore presentation of the Thomas Cup final at 5 p.m. ET on Sunday.
Coverage of Olympic Sports on NBC Sports Group platforms is a presentation of the Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA.
Following is a schedule of this week's events:
| Date | Time (ET) | Coverage | Network |
| Sat., May 19 | 10 p.m. | India vs. France - Thomas Cup | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Sun., May 20 | 3 a.m. | Thailand vs. Germany - Uber Cup | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 8 a.m. | South Korea vs. Thailand - Thomas Cup | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| 10 p.m. | Malaysia vs. Russia - Thomas Cup | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| Mon., May 21 | 3 a.m. | Indonesia vs. Malaysia - Uber Cup | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 8 a.m. | Thailand vs. Hong Kong - Uber Cup | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| 10 p.m. | Denmark vs. Russia - Thomas Cup | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| Tues., May 22 | 3 a.m. | South Korea vs. Denmark - Uber Cup | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 8 a.m. | Indonesia vs. Thailand - Thomas Cup | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| 10 p.m. | Chinese Taipei vs. Japan - Thomas Cup | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| Wed., May 23 | 3 a.m. | Indonesia vs. South Korea - Thomas Cup | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 8 a.m. | Thailand vs. Chinese Taipei - Uber Cup | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| 10 p.m. | Quarterfinals - Thomas Cup | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| Thurs., May 24 | 3 a.m. | Quarterfinals | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 8 a.m. | Quarterfinals - Thomas Cup | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| Fri., May 25 | 1 a.m. | Semifinals - Uber Cup | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 7 a.m. | Semifinals - Thomas Cup | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA | |
| Sat., May 26 | 2 a.m. | Uber Cup - Final | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| Sun., May 27 | 2 a.m. | Thomas Cup - Final | Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA |
| 5 p.m. | Thomas Cup - Final* | NBCSN |
*Same-day delay
ABOUT OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA is a partnership between the International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic Committee, and NBCUniversal. The TV network offers fans year-round programming of Olympic Sports from around the world, highlighting their favorite American athletes and teams. Programming emphasizes live events from a broad portfolio of summer and winter Olympic Sports. It also includes Olympic-themed original content produced by all three parties, such as original programs produced by filmmakers from around the world commissioned by the global Olympic Channel; rich archival footage from the IOC and NBCU's libraries of Olympic features and documentaries; and original Team USA programming produced by the USOC that provides authentic, wide-ranging and athlete-focused coverage of the Olympic Movement in the United States. Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA is live streamed on OlympicChannel.com, the Olympic Channel app, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports app. Select replays and highlights are available on these digital platforms as well as TeamUSA.org.
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