The original draw for the tournament was conducted on 3 August 2020, at 15:00
MST, at BWF Headquarters in
Kuala Lumpur. BWF then decided to redraw the tournament after the postponement from 2020 to 2021 this time to be conducted on 18 August 2021, at 15:00
MST also at the BWF headquarters in
Kuala Lumpur. The 16 teams were drawn to four groups of four and were allocated to three pots based on the World Team Rankings of 18 February 2021.
Group composition ==Group A==