1988 Thomas & Uber Cup

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.

Contents

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
  •  England
  •  Switzerland
  •  France
  •  Scotland
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
 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
1988 Thomas Cup Champions

China

Third title

Uber Cup

Teams

31 teams took part in the competition, and 8 teams were qualyfied to the Final Stage.

Final stage

Knockout stage

  Semi-finals Final
  China  5  
  Indonesia  0  
 
      China  5
    Korea  0
Third place
  Japan  0   Indonesia  5
  Korea  5     Japan  0
1988 Uber Cup Champions

China

Third title

References