1998 Thomas & Uber Cup

1998 Thomas and Uber Cup
1998年湯姆斯盃和尤伯盃
Tournament details
Dates	17–24 May 1998
Edition	20th (Thomas Cup); 17th (Uber Cup)
Level	International
Nations	8 (Thomas Cup); 8 (Uber Cup)
Venue	Queen Elizabeth Stadium
Location	Hong Kong
Official website	bwfthomasubercups.com
← 1996 Hong Kong	2000 Kuala Lumpur →

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]

Qualification

Hong Kong qualified automatically as hosts. Indonesia qualified as title holders of the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup.

Thomas Cup

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Slot	Qualified teams
Host country	11 December 1996	Hong Kong	1	Hong Kong
1996 Thomas Cup	16 – 25 May 1996	Hong Kong	1	Indonesia
European Zone	14 – 21 February 1998	Sandefjord	3	Denmark
				Netherlands
				Sweden
Asian Zone	15 – 22 February 1998	Manila	3	China
				Malaysia
				South Korea
Total			8

Uber Cup

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Slot	Qualified teams
Host country	11 December 1996	Hong Kong	1	Hong Kong
1996 Uber Cup	16 – 25 May 1996	Hong Kong	1	Indonesia
European Zone	14 – 21 February 1998	Sandefjord	3	Denmark
				England
				Netherlands
Asian Zone	15 – 22 February 1998	Manila	3	China
				Japan
				South Korea
Total			8

Squads

Medal summary

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thomas Cup	Indonesia Hariyanto Arbi Hendrawan Marleve Mainaky Indra Wijaya Joko Supriyanto Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	Malaysia Ong Ewe Hock Yong Hock Kin Roslin Hashim Wong Choong Hann Cheah Soon Kit Choong Tan Fook Yap Kim Hock Lee Wan Wah Tan Kim Her	China Sun Jun Luo Yigang Dong Jiong Chen Gang Liu Yong Yu Jinhao Zhang Jun Zhang Wei Yang Ming
Thomas Cup	Denmark Peter Gade Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Peter Rasmussen Kenneth Jonassen Jon Holst-Christensen Michael Søgaard Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen Jim Laugesen Thomas Stavngaard
Uber Cup	China Ye Zhaoying Gong Zhichao Dai Yun Han Jingna Ge Fei Gu Jun Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu Liu Lu Qian Hong	Indonesia Susi Susanti Mia Audina Meiluawati Ellen Angelina Cindana Hartono Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana Indarti Issolina Deyana Lomban Finarsih	South Korea Kim Ji-hyun Lee Joo-hyun Lee Kyung-won Lee Soon-deuk Jang Hye-ock Ra Kyung-min Kim Mee-hyang Kim Shin-young Chung Jae-hee
Uber Cup	Denmark Camilla Martin Mette Pedersen Mette Sørensen Anne Søndergaard Rikke Olsen Marlene Thomsen Ann Jørgensen Majken Vange Pernille Harder Helene Kirkegaard

Medal table

* Host nation (Hong Kong)

Thomas Cup

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	26	9	+17	503	330	+173	3	Advance to semi-finals
2	China	3	2	1	25	10	+15	473	337	+136	2	Advance to semi-finals
3	Sweden	3	1	2	13	23	−10	345	472	−127	1
4	Hong Kong (H)	3	0	3	6	28	−22	308	490	−182	0

Source: The Straits Times
(H) Host

16 May 1998
18:30 UTC+8

China	5–0	Sweden
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

16 May 1998
18:30 UTC+8

Denmark	4–1	Hong Kong
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

18 May 1998
18:30 UTC+8

China	5–0	Hong Kong
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

18 May 1998
18:30 UTC+8

Denmark	4–1	Sweden
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

20 May 1998
18:30 UTC+8

Sweden	4–1	Hong Kong
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

20 May 1998
18:30 UTC+8

China	2–3	Sweden
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	3	3	0	27	5	+22	457	234	+223	3	Advance to semi-finals
2	Malaysia	3	2	1	21	11	+10	402	333	+69	2	Advance to semi-finals
3	South Korea	3	1	2	12	21	−9	327	415	−88	1
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	4	27	−23	234	438	−204	0

Source: The Straits Times

16 May 1998
12:00 UTC+8

Indonesia	5–0	Netherlands
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

16 May 1998
12:00 UTC+8

Malaysia	4–1	South Korea
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

18 May 1998
12:00 UTC+8

Indonesia	4–1	South Korea
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

18 May 1998
12:00 UTC+8

Malaysia	5–0	Netherlands
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

20 May 1998
12:00 UTC+8

Indonesia	4–1	Malaysia
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

20 May 1998
12:00 UTC+8

South Korea	3–2	Netherlands
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final



Denmark	2

Malaysia	3
		Malaysia	2

		Indonesia	3
China	2

Indonesia	3

Semi-finals

22 May 1998
12:30 UTC+8

Denmark	2–3	Malaysia
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

22 May 1998
19:00 UTC+8

Indonesia	3–2	China
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

Final

24 May 1998
19:00 UTC+8

Indonesia	3–2	Malaysia
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

1998 Thomas Cup winner
Indonesia Eleventh title

Uber Cup

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	29	2	+27	371	141	+230	3	Advance to semi-finals
2	Denmark	3	2	1	19	13	+6	303	281	+22	2	Advance to semi-finals
3	Japan	3	1	2	13	22	−9	293	357	−64	1
4	Hong Kong (H)	3	0	3	5	29	−24	226	414	−188	0

Source: The Straits Times
(H) Host

15 May 1998
18:30 UTC+8

China	5–0	Hong Kong
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

15 May 1998
18:30 UTC+8

Denmark	5–0	Japan
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

17 May 1998
18:30 UTC+8

China	4–1	Japan
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

17 May 1998
18:30 UTC+8

Denmark	4–1	Hong Kong
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

19 May 1998
18:30 UTC+8

China	5–0	Denmark
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

19 May 1998
18:30 UTC+8

Japan	5–0	Hong Kong
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	3	3	0	24	11	+13	389	275	+114	3	Advance to semi-finals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	24	10	+14	370	279	+91	2	Advance to semi-finals
3	England	3	1	2	12	22	−10	280	371	−91	1
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	9	26	−17	293	407	−114	0

Source: The Straits Times

15 May 1998
12:30 UTC+8

Indonesia	5–0	England
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

15 May 1998
12:30 UTC+8

South Korea	5–0	Netherlands
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

17 May 1998
12:30 UTC+8

Indonesia	3–2	Netherlands
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

17 May 1998
12:30 UTC+8

South Korea	4–1	England
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

19 May 1998
12:30 UTC+8

Indonesia	3–2	South Korea
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

19 May 1998
12:30 UTC+8

England	5–0	Netherlands
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final



China	5

South Korea	0
		China	4

		Indonesia	1
Denmark	1

Indonesia	4

Semi-finals

21 May 1998
12:30 UTC+8

Indonesia	4–1	Denmark
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

21 May 1998
19:00 UTC+8

China	5–0	South Korea
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

Final

23 May 1998
19:00 UTC+8

Indonesia	1–4	China
Report

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

1998 Uber Cup winner
China Sixth title

References

^ "1998 THOMAS AND UBER CUPS Finals SLATED FOR HONG KONG". worldbadminton.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
^ "Smash: 1998 Thomas Cup - Final Round". tangkis.tripod.com. Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
^ "Smash: 1998 Uber Cup - Final Round". tangkis.tripod.com. Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
^ Grossman, Mike (11 December 1996). "1998 THOMAS AND UBER CUPS Finals SLATED FOR HONG KONG". World Badminton. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

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

[2] "Smash: 1998 Thomas Cup - Final Round". tangkis.tripod.com. Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2024-08-24.

[3] "Smash: 1998 Uber Cup - Final Round". tangkis.tripod.com. Archived from the original on 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2024-08-24.

[4] 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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