1984 Thomas & Uber Cup

1984 Thomas and Uber Cup
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The 1984 Thomas Cup & Uber Cup was the 13th tournament of Thomas Cup and the tenth tournament of Uber Cup, the most important badminton team competitions in the world.

Indonesia won its eighth title in the Thomas Cup, after beating Denmark in the final round; and China won its first title in the Uber Cup, after beating England in the final.

Thomas Cup

Teams

34 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: New Delhi  Korea  Thailand    Nepal  India  Sri Lanka

Qualifying venue: Hong Kong  Hong Kong  Australia  Philippines  Singapore  Indonesia  New Zealand

Qualifying venue: Toronto  Japan  Nigeria  Chinese Taipei  United States  Canada  Mexico  Peru

Qualifying venue: Ostend  England  Austria  Norway  Sweden  Finland  Wales  Netherlands  Scotland  FR Germany  Belgium  Iceland  Denmark  Zambia  Ireland

Final stage

Group A

Team Pld W L  Indonesia 3 3 0  England 3 2 1  Malaysia 3 1 2  Japan 3 0 3

Indonesia  4–1  Japan Indonesia  5–0  Malaysia Indonesia  3–2  England England  4–1  Japan England  3–2  Malaysia Malaysia  5–0  Japan

Group B

Team Pld W L  China 3 3 0  Korea 3 2 1  Denmark 3 1 2  Sweden 3 0 3

China  3–2  Denmark China  5–0  Sweden China  4–1  Korea Korea  3–2  Denmark Korea  5–0  Sweden Denmark  4–1  Sweden

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	England	1
	China	4
					China	2
					Indonesia	3
					Third place
	Korea	1		England	3
	Indonesia	4			Korea	2

Final

Indonesia 3	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		China 2
1 2 3 1 Liem Swie King Luan Jin 15 7 11 15 10 15   2 Hastomo Arbi Han Jian 14 17 15 6 15 8   3 Icuk Sugiarto Yang Yang 9 15 10 15     4 Christian Hadinata / Hadibowo He Sangquan / Jiang Guoliang 18 14 15 10     5 Liem Swie King / Hariamanto Kartono Sun Zhian / Tian Bingyi 18 14 15 12

1984 Thomas Cup Champions
Indonesia Eighth title

Uber Cup

Teams

23 teams took part in the competition, and eight teams qualified for the Final Stage.

Final stage

Group A

Team Pld W L  England 3 3 0  Korea 3 2 1  Canada 3 1 2  Malaysia 3 0 3

England  4–1  Canada England  3–2  Korea England  5–0  Malaysia Korea  5–0  Canada Korea  5–0  Malaysia Canada  3–2  Malaysia

Group B

Team Pld W L  China 3 3 0  Denmark 3 2 1  Indonesia 3 1 2  Japan 3 0 3

China  5–0  Indonesia China  5–0  Japan China  5–0  Denmark Denmark  3–2  Indonesia Denmark  3–2  Japan Indonesia  3–2  Japan

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	Korea	0
	China	5
					China	5
					England	0
					Third place
	Denmark	2		Korea	5
	England	3			Denmark	0

Final

China 5	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 17 May 1984		England 0
1 2 3 1 Li Lingwei Helen Troke 11 2 11 3     2 Lin Ying / Wu Dixi Gillian Gilks / Karen Beckman 15 3 15 12     3 Han Aiping Sally Podger 7 11 11 3 11 6   4 Xu Rong / Wu Jianqiu Nora Perry / Jane Webster 15 1 13 18 15 8   5 Zhang Ailing Gillian Gowers 11 7 11 1

1984 Uber Cup Champions
China First title

References

• tangkis.tripod.com