1998 Thomas & Uber Cup

1998 Thomas and Uber Cup
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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.

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 Korea 3 1 2 Netherlands 3 0 3

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

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

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	Indonesia	4
	Korea	1
					Indonesia	1
					China	4
	China	5
	Denmark	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 3 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

References

• Smash: 1998 Thomas Cup - Final Round
• Smash: 1998 Uber Cup - Final Round