1998 Thomas & Uber Cup

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 8 teams were qualyfied to 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

Group B

Knockout stage

Round4
|bd|DEN|2|bd|MAS|3
|bd|CHN|2|bd|IDN|3
|bd|IDN|3|bd|MAS|2

Final round

Badmintonbox
team1=Indonesia
team2=Malaysia
venue=Hong Kong
date=May 24, 1998
score1=3
score2=2
R1= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Hariyanto Arbi |14 |7 | |T2P1=Ong Ewe Hock |18 |15 |
R2= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Ricky Subagja |T1P2=Rexy Mainaky |15 |18 | |T2P1=Cheah Soon Kit |T2P2=Yap Kim Hock |3 |15 |
R3= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Hendrawan |18 |10 |15 |T2P1=Yong Hock Kin |14 |15 |5
R4= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Candra Wijaya |T1P2=Sigit Budiarto |15 |15 | |T2P1=Lee Wan Wah |T2P2=Choong Tan Fook |11 |12 |
R5= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Joko Suprianto |10 |15 |2 |T2P1=Roslin Hashim |15 |11 |15 |

Uber Cup

Teams

40 teams took part in the competition, and 8 teams were qualyfied to the Final Stage.

Final stage

Knockout stage

Round4
|bd|IDN|4|bd|KOR|1
|bd|CHN|5|bd|DEN|0
|bd|IDN|1|bd|CHN|4

Final round

Badmintonbox
team1=China
team2=Indonesia
venue=Hong Kong
date=May 23, 1998
score1=4
score2=1
R1= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Ye Zhaoying |11 |10 |11 |T2P1=Susi Susanti |9 |12 |5
R2= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Ge Fei |T1P2=Gu Jun |15 |15 | |T2P1=Zelin Resiana |T2P2=Indarti Isolina |7 |1 |
R3= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Gong Zhichao |9 |12 |11 |T2P1=Mia Audina |11 |10 |4
R4= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Qin Yiyuan |T1P2=Tang Yongshu |15 |11 |9 |T2P1=Eliza Nathanael |T2P2=Deyana Lomban |5 |15 |15
R5= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Dai Yun |11 |11 | |T2P1=Meiluawati |3 |6 | |

References

* [http://tangkis.tripod.com/thomas/final98.htm Smash: 1998 Thomas Cup - Final Round]
* [http://tangkis.tripod.com/uber/final98.htm Smash: 1998 Uber Cup - Final Round]

External links

* [http://www.internationalbadminton.org/tc_1998.html 1998 Thomas Cup] at "Badminton World Federation"
* [http://www.internationalbadminton.org/uc_98.html 1998 Uber Cup] at "Badminton World Federation"