1988 Thomas & Uber Cup

1988 Thomas and Uber Cup
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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  Denmark  Belgium  Spain  Wales  Sweden  Iceland  Finland  Austria  Netherlands  Norway  Mozambique  Ireland  FR Germany  England   Switzerland  France  Scotland

Qualifying venue: Melbourne  Indonesia  New Zealand  Singapore  Australia

Qualifying venue: New Delhi  India  Sri Lanka  Japan  Thailand    Nepal

Qualifying venue: San Jose  Korea  Peru  Pakistan  Chinese Taipei  United States  Hong Kong  Canada  Guatemala

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  Korea 3 1 2  Sweden 3 0 3

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

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	Malaysia	3
	Indonesia	2
					Malaysia	1
					China	4
					Third place
	Denmark	0		Indonesia	5
	China	5			Denmark	0

Final

China 4			Malaysia 1
1 2 3 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  Korea 3 3 0  Indonesia 3 2 1  England 3 1 2  Malaysia 3 0 3

Korea  5–0  England Korea  5–0  Malaysia 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
					Korea	0
					Third place
	Japan	0		Indonesia	5
	Korea	5			Japan	0

Final

China 5	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3 June 1988		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