1998 Thomas & Uber Cup

1998 Thomas and Uber Cup
Venue	Queen Elizabeth Stadium
Location	Hong Kong
Dates	17 - 24 May 1998[1]

The 1998 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 20th tournament of the Thomas Cup, and the 17th tournament of the Uber Cup, which are the major international team competitions in world badminton.

Host city selection

China was originally selected as the host, with Shanghai as the competition site. IBF later moved the competition to Hong Kong due to sponsorship issues which preferred Hong Kong over Shanghai. [2]

Thomas Cup

Teams

49 teams took part in the competition, and eight teams qualified for the Final Stage, including Indonesia, as defending champion, and Hong Kong, as host team. 1998 Thomas Cup is considered one of the greatest Thomas Cup competitions because the score difference of the games is very close and the games are played tightly.

Final stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L
Denmark	3	3	0
China	3	2	1
Sweden	3	1	2
Hong Kong	3	0	3

Denmark	3–2	China
Denmark	4–1	Hong Kong
Denmark	4–1	Sweden
China	5–0	Hong Kong
China	5–0	Sweden
Sweden	4–1	Hong Kong

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L
Indonesia	3	3	0
Malaysia	3	2	1
South Korea	3	1	2
Netherlands	3	0	3

Indonesia	4–1	South Korea
Indonesia	4–1	Malaysia
Indonesia	5–0	Netherlands
Malaysia	4–1	South Korea
Malaysia	5–0	Netherlands
South Korea	3–2	Netherlands

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



Denmark	2

Malaysia	3
		Indonesia	3

		Malaysia	2
China	2

Indonesia	3

Semi Final

Malaysia
3

Hong Kong
May 22, 1998

Denmark
2

		1	2	3
1	Ong Ewe Hock Peter Gade	7 15	10 15
2	Cheah Soon Kit / Choong Tan Fook Jon-Holst Christensen / Michael Sogaard	15 11	12 15	18 14
3	Yong Hock Kin Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen	15 11	14 18	15 11
4	Yap Kim Hock / Tan Kim Her Jens Eriksen / Jesper Larsen	16 17	12 15
5	Roslin Hashim Kenneth Jonassen	15 18	15 5	15 8

Indonesia
3

Hong Kong
May 23, 1998

China
2

		1	2	3
1	Hariyanto Arbi Sun Jun	18 17	4 15	1 15
2	Ricky Subagja / Rexy Mainaky Liu Yong / Zhang Wei	15 6	15 2
3	Hendrawan Luo Yigang	15 9	15 4
4	Candra Wijaya / Sigit Budiarto Yang Ming / Yu Jinhao	15 3	15 6
5	Indra Wijaya Dong Jiong	10 15	15 17

Final

Indonesia
3

Hong Kong
May 24, 1998

Malaysia
2

		1	2	3
1	Hariyanto Arbi Ong Ewe Hock	14 18	7 15
2	Ricky Subagja / Rexy Mainaky Cheah Soon Kit / Yap Kim Hock	15 3	18 15
3	Hendrawan Yong Hock Kin	18 14	10 15	15 5
4	Candra Wijaya / Sigit Budiarto Lee Wan Wah / Choong Tan Fook	15 11	15 12
5	Joko Suprianto Roslin Hashim	10 15	15 11	2 15

1998 Thomas Cup Champions
Indonesia Eleventh title

Uber Cup

Teams

40 teams took part in the competition, and eight teams qualified for the Final Stage.

Final stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L
China	3	3	0
Denmark	3	2	1
Japan	3	1	2
Hong Kong	3	0	3

China	5–0	Denmark
China	5–0	Hong Kong
China	4–1	Japan
Denmark	4–1	Hong Kong
Denmark	5–0	Japan
Japan	5–0	Hong Kong

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L
Indonesia	3	3	0
South Korea	3	2	1
England	3	1	2
Netherlands	3	0	3

Indonesia	5–0	England
Indonesia	3–2	South Korea
Indonesia	3–2	Netherlands
South Korea	4–1	England
South Korea	5–0	Netherlands
England	4–1	Netherlands

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



Indonesia	4

Denmark	1
		Indonesia	1

		China	4
China	5

South Korea	0

Semi Finals

Indonesia
4

21 May 1998

Denmark
1

		1	2	3
1	Susi Susanti Camilla Martin	7 11	11 5	11 4
2	Mia Audina Mette Pedersen	12 11	11 4
3	Ellen Angelina Mette Sørensen	1 11	5 11
4	Zelin Resiana / Eliza Nathanael Rikke Olsen / Marlene Thomsen	15 6	15 9
5	Indarti Issolina / Deyana Lomban Ann Jørgensen / Camilla Martin	6 15	15 8	15 7

China
5

21 May 1998

South Korea
0

		1	2
1	Ye Zhaoying Kim Ji-hyun	11 5	11 7
2	Gong Zhichao Lee Joo-hyun	11 4	11 0
3	Dai Yun Lee Kyung-won	11 8	11 8
4	Ge Fei / Gu Jun Ra Kyung-min / Jang Hye-ock	15 10	15 8
5	Qin Yiyuan / Tang Yongshu Kim Shin-young / Kim Mee-hyang	15 1	15 8

Final

China
4

Hong Kong
May 23, 1998

Indonesia
1

		1	2	3
1	Ye Zhaoying Susi Susanti	11 9	10 12	11 5
2	Ge Fei / Gu Jun Zelin Resiana / Indarti Isolina	15 7	15 1
3	Gong Zhichao Mia Audina	9 11	12 10	11 4
4	Qin Yiyuan / Tang Yongshu Eliza Nathanael / Deyana Lomban	15 5	11 15	9 15
5	Dai Yun Meiluawati	11 3	11 6

1998 Uber Cup Champions
China Sixth title

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References

"1998 THOMAS AND UBER CUPS FINALS SLATED FOR HONG KONG". worldbadminton.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
Grossman, Mike (11 December 1996). "1998 THOMAS AND UBER CUPS FINALS SLATED FOR HONG KONG". World Badminton. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

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[1] "1998 THOMAS AND UBER CUPS FINALS SLATED FOR HONG KONG". worldbadminton.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

[2] Grossman, Mike (11 December 1996). "1998 THOMAS AND UBER CUPS FINALS SLATED FOR HONG KONG". World Badminton. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

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