1978 Uber Cup

1978 Uber Cup
Location	Auckland, New Zealand

The 1978 Uber Cup was the 9th edition of the Uber Cup, the women's badminton team competition. The tournament took place in the 1977-78 badminton season, 15 countries competed. Japan won its fourth title in the Uber Cup, after beating Indonesia in the Final Round in Auckland.^[1]

Qualifying

Asian Zone

First Qualifying Round

Malaysia	w.o.	India	Kuala Lumpur
Japan	7–0	South Korea	Tokyo

Final Qualifying Round

Malaysia

3-4

Japan

Kuala Lumpur

European Zone

First Qualifying Round

Scotland	5-2	Norway
Netherlands	4-3	Sweden	Tilburg

Second Qualifying Round

Scotland	4-3	West Germany	Edinburgh
Netherlands	5-2	Canada	Haarlem

Third Qualifying Round

Denmark	7-0	Scotland	Perth
England	6-1	Netherlands	Washington

Final Qualifying Round

Denmark

5-2

England

Copenhagen

Pan American Zone

Final Qualifying Round

United States

5-2

Taiwan

San Diego

Final Tournament

First Round

United States	7–0	New Zealand
Japan	7–0	Australia

Second Round

Indonesia	7–0	United States
Japan	6–1	Denmark

Grand Final

Japan 5	Auckland, New Zealand 20 May 1978		Indonesia 2
1 2 3 1 Saori Kondo Ivanna Lie 11 3 11 3     2 Hiroe Yuki Verawaty Wiharjo 3 11 6 11     3 Atsuko Tokuda Tjan So Gwan 11 5 11 4     4 Emiko Ueno / Yoshiko Yonekura Imelda Wiguna / Verawaty Wiharjo 15 10 8 15 12 15   5 Mikiko Takada / Atsuko Tokuda Regina Masli / Theresia Widiastuti 15 11 15 12     6 Mikiko Takada / Atsuko Tokuda Imelda Wiguna / Verawaty Wiharjo 15 5 15 7     7 Noriko Nakayama / Emiko Ueno Regina Masli / Theresia Widiastuti 15 10 15 8

1972 Uber Cup Champions
Japan Fourth title

References

1. "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.