2006 Thomas & Uber Cup

The 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup was held from April 28 to May 7 in Sendai and Tokyo, Japan. It was the 24th tournament of Thomas Cup and 21st tournament of Uber Cup, men's and women's badminton tournaments.

Sendai hosted all of the group stage and play-off matches while Tokyo hosted the event starting from the quarter finals until the final.

This was first time the Thomas & Uber Cup was played with a three-game 21-point scoring system.

China emerged as champions of both tournaments after beating Denmark and Netherlands in the men's and women's competitions respectively.

Venues

*Sendai Gymnasium
*Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

Teams

The following nations from 5 continents, shown by region, qualified for the 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup. Of the 16 nations, defending champion of both tournaments China and host Japan qualified automatically and did not play the qualification round.;Thomas & Uber Cup
*flagicon|CHN China
*flagicon|ENG England
*flagicon|GER Germany
*flagicon|JPN Japan
*flagicon|KOR Korea
*flagicon|NZL New Zealand
*flagicon|USA United States
*flagicon|RSA South Africa;Thomas Cup
*flagicon|DEN Denmark
*flagicon|IND India
*flagicon|IDN Indonesia
*flagicon|MAS Malaysia;Uber Cup
*flagicon|TPE Chinese Taipei
*flagicon|HKG Hong Kong
*flagicon|NED Netherlands
*flagicon|SIN Singapore

Thomas Cup

Group stage

Group A

All times local (UTC +9)

Group D

Uber Cup

Group stage

Group W

All times local (UTC +9)

Group Z

External links

* [http://www.yonex-tuc.com/english/index.html Official Website]