1988 Thomas & Uber Cup

1988 Thomas and Uber Cup
1988 Thomas and Uber Cup
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	← 1986 1990 →

The 1988 Thomas Cup & Uber Cup was the 15th tournament of Thomas Cup and the 12th tournament of Uber Cup, the most important badminton team competitions in the world.

China won its third title in the Thomas Cup and in the Uber Cup, after beating in the final round Malaysia and Korea, respectively.

Thomas Cup

Teams

35 teams took part in the competition. China, as defending champion, and Malaysia, as host team, skipped the Qualifications and played directly at the Final Stage.

Qualification groups

Qualifying venue: Amsterdam

Qualifying venue: Melbourne

Qualifying venue: New Delhi

Qualifying venue: San Jose

Final stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L
China	3	3	0
Malaysia	3	2	1
England	3	1	2
India	3	0	3

China	4–1	England
China	5–0	India
China	3–2	Malaysia
Malaysia	5–0	India
Malaysia	4–1	England
England	4–1	India

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L
Indonesia	3	3	0
Denmark	3	2	1
South Korea	3	1	2
Sweden	3	0	3

Indonesia	5–0	Sweden
Indonesia	4–1	South Korea
Indonesia	3–2	Denmark
Denmark	4–1	Sweden
Denmark	4–1	South Korea
South Korea	3–2	Sweden

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



Malaysia	3

Indonesia	2
		Malaysia	1

		China	4
Denmark	0

China	5
		Third place



		Indonesia	5

		Denmark	0

Semifinals

China
5

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
30 May 1988

Denmark
0

		1	2	3
1	Yang Yang Morten Frost	15 3	15 5
2	Xiong Guobao Ib Frederiksen	15 1	15 10
3	Zhao Jianhua Torben Carlsen	15 11	15 7
4	Li Yongbo / Tian Bingyi Max Gandrup / Thomas Lund	15 7	15 8
5	Chen Kang / Chen Hongyong Henrik Svarrer / Jan Paulsen	12 15	15 0	15 10

Malaysia
3

Kuala Lumpur
May 1988

Indonesia
2

		1	2	3
1	Misbun Sidek Icuk Sugiarto	3 15	15 13	3 15
2	Foo Kok Keong Eddy Kurniawan	9 15	7 15
3	Rashid Sidek Ardy Wiranata	18 13	15 9
4	Razif Sidek / Jalani Sidek Eddy Hartono / Rudy Gunawan	9 15	15 6	15 6
5	Ong Beng Teong / Cheah Soon Kit Liem Swie King / Bobby Ertanto	14 17	15 1	15 12

Bronze medal tie

Denmark
0

Kuala Lumpur
2 June 1988

Indonesia
5

		1	2
1	Jens Peter Nierhoff Eddy Kurniawan	3 15	6 15
2	Ib Frederiksen Ardy Wiranata	2 15	1 15
3	Torben Carlsen Alan Budikusuma	2 15	4 15
4	Jan Paulsen / Henrik Svarrer Eddy Hartono / Rudy Gunawan	9 15	6 15
5	Morten Frost / Thomas Lund Icuk Sugiarto / Liem Swie King	15 17	5 15

Final

China
4

Malaysia
1

		1	2
1	Yang Yang Misbun Sidek	15 2	15 2
2	Tian Bingyi / Li Yongbo Razif Sidek / Jalani Sidek	12 15	1 15
3	Xiong Guobao Foo Kok Keong	15 2	15 11
4	Chen Kang / Chen Hongyong Ong Beng Teong / Cheah Soon Kit	15 12	15 12
5	Zhao Jianhua Rashid Sidek	15 12	15 9

1988 Thomas Cup Champions
China Third title

Uber Cup

Teams

31 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
Japan	3	1	2
Netherlands	3	1	2
Denmark	3	1	2

China	4–1	Japan
China	5–0	Netherlands
China	5–0	Denmark
Japan	3–2	Denmark
Denmark	3–2	Netherlands
Netherlands	3–2	Japan

Group B

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

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

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final



China	5

Indonesia	0
		China	5

		South Korea	0
Japan	0

South Korea	5
		Third place



		Indonesia	5

		Japan	0

Semifinals

China
5

Kuala Lumpur
30 May 1988

Indonesia
0

		1	2	3
1	Li Lingwei Elizabeth Latief	11 5	11 2
2	Han Aiping Susi Susanti	8 11	12 11	12 9
3	Gu Jiaming Kho Mei Hwa	11 6	5 11	11 3
4	Lin Ying / Guan Weizhen Verawaty Fadjrin / Yanti Kusmiati	15 10	15 6
5	Shi Wen / Zheng Yuli Susi Susanti / Erma Sulistianingsih	15 12	15 17	15 12

South Korea
5

Kuala Lumpur
31 May 1988

Japan
0

		1	2
1	Hwang Hye-young Sumiko Kitada	11 8	11 3
2	Lee Young-suk Yooko Koizumi	11 2	11 6
3	Lee Heung-soon Kumiko Kitamoto	11 4	11 8
4	Kim Yun-ja / Chung So-young Sumiko Kitada / Yooko Koizumi	15 2	15 0
5	Hwang Hye-young / Chung Myung-hee Kimiko Jinnai / Hisako Takamine	15 6	15 7

Bronze medal tie

Indonesia
5

Kuala Lumpur
2 June 1988

Japan
0

		1	2
1	Sarwendah Kusumawardhani Sumiko Kitada	11 6	11 4
2	Susi Susanti Kumiko Kitamoto	11 5	11 7
3	Lilik Sudarwati Hideyo Noguchi	11 7	12 10
4	Verawaty Fadjrin / Susi Susanti Sumiko Kitada / Yooko Koizumi	15 6	15 0
5	Yanti Kusmiati / Dwi Elmyati Kimiko Jinnai / Hisako Takamine	15 13	18 17

Final

China
5

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3 June 1988

South Korea
0

		1	2	3
1	Li Lingwei Hwang Hye-young	10 12	11 1	11 3
2	Lin Ying / Guan Weizhen Kim Yun-ja / Chung So-young	5 15	18 13	15 7
3	Han Aiping Lee Young-suk	11 7	11 4
4	Han Aiping / Zheng Yuli Hwang Hye-young / Chung Myung-hee	9 15	15 10	15 9
5	Gu Jiaming Lee Heung-soon	11 7	11 5

1988 Uber Cup Champions
China Third title

References

Smash: 1988 Thomas Cup - Final Round