Uber Cup

Uber Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2014 Thomas & Uber Cup
Sport	Badminton
Founded	1957
No. of teams	12
Countries	BWF member nations
Most recent champion(s)	China (13th title)
Most titles	China (13 titles)

The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Team Championships for Women, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contested every two years since 1984 when its scheduled times and venues were merged with those of Thomas Cup, the world men's team championship. The Uber Cup is named after a former British women's badminton player, Betty Uber, who in 1950 had the idea of hosting a women's event similar to that of the men .^[1] She also made the draw for the 1956–1957 inaugural tournament, which took place at Lytham St. Annes in Lancashire, England.^[2]

The cup follows a similar format to that of the men's competition of the Thomas Cup. As of the 2014 tournament, China is the most successful team, having won thirteen times. Japan is second, having won it five times, followed by Indonesia and United States, each with three cups.

The 2016 tournament wll be held in Kunshan, China.^[3]

Trophy

The Uber Cup trophy was officially presented at the annual general meeting in 1956, the year the first Uber Cup tournament was first held.^[2] It was made by Mappin & Webb, prominent silversmiths on Regent Street in London. The trophy is 20 inches high with a rotating globe on top of a plinth and a female player standing on top of a shuttlecock.^[1]

Results

Uber Cup summaries

1957 – 1981

Year[4]	Host		Final
			Winner	Score	Runner-up
1957 Details	Lancashire, England		United States	6–1	Denmark
1960 Details	Philadelphia, United States		United States	5–2	Denmark
1963 Details	Wilmington, United States		United States	4–3	England
1966 Details	Wellington, New Zealand		Japan	5–2	United States
1969 Details	Tokyo, Japan		Japan	6–1	Indonesia
1972 Details	Tokyo, Japan		Japan	6–1	Indonesia
1975 Details	Jakarta, Indonesia		Indonesia	5–2	Japan
1978	Auckland, New Zealand		Japan	5–2	Indonesia
1981	Tokyo, Japan		Japan	6–3	Indonesia

1984 – 1988

Year	Host		Final				Third Place
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1984 Details	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		China	5–0	England		Korea	5–0	Denmark
1986 Details	Jakarta, Indonesia		China	3–2	Indonesia		Korea	3–2	Japan
1988 Details	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		China	5–0	Korea		Indonesia	5–0	Japan

1990 onwards

Year	Host		Final				Semi-finalists
			Winner	Score	Runner-up
1990 Details	Nagoya & Tokyo, Japan		China	3–2	Korea		Indonesia	Japan
1992 Details	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		China	3–2	Korea		Sweden	Indonesia
1994 Details	Jakarta, Indonesia		Indonesia	3–2	China		Sweden	Korea
1996 Details	Hong Kong		Indonesia	4–1	China		Korea	Denmark
1998 Details	Hong Kong, China SAR		China	4–1	Indonesia		Denmark	Korea
2000 Details	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		China	3–0	Denmark		Korea	Indonesia
2002 Details	Guangzhou, China		China	3–1	Korea		Netherlands	Hong Kong
2004 Details	Jakarta, Indonesia		China	3–1	Korea		Denmark	Japan
2006 Details	Sendai & Tokyo, Japan		China	3–0	Netherlands		Germany	Chinese Taipei
2008 Details	Jakarta, Indonesia		China	3–0	Indonesia		Korea	Germany
2010 Details	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		Korea	3–1	China		Japan	Indonesia
2012 Details	Wuhan, China		China	3–0	Korea		Thailand	Japan
2014 Details	New Delhi, India		China	3–1	Japan		India	Korea
2016 Details	Kunshan, China

Successful national teams

So far, only 5 countries have won the Uber Cup with China the most successful team with 13 titles, followed by Japan (5 titles), Indonesia (3 titles), United States (3 titles) and Korea (1 title). The Uber Cup has only crossed the shores of two continents so far: Asia and North America.

Eight teams have made it into the finals. The finalists other than 5 winner countries above are Denmark, England and the Netherlands. Sweden, Germany, Chinese Taipei, Thailand and India are the other five teams which have made it into the final four.

Teams	Titles	Runners-up
China	13 (1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1998, 2000, 2002*, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012*, 2014)	3 (1994, 1996, 2010)
Japan	5 (1966, 1969*, 1972*, 1978, 1981*)	2 (1975, 2014)
Indonesia	3 (1975*, 1994*, 1996)	7 (1969, 1972, 1978, 1981, 1986*, 1998, 2008*)
United States	3 (1957, 1960*, 1963*)	1 (1966)
Korea	1 (2010)	6 (1988, 1990, 1992, 2002, 2004, 2012)
Denmark		3 (1957, 1960, 2000)
England		2 (1963, 1984)
Netherlands		1 (2006)

* = hosts

Team appearances at the final stages

The map shows countries that qualified for the final stages of the Uber Cup

As of 2014, twenty-one teams were qualified in the whole history of the competition for the final stages of the Uber Cup. Asia is the continent with most teams at ten, followed by Europe with six. Americas and Oceania have each had two teams that qualified while South Africa is the only team that has qualified from Africa.

References

External links

• BWF: Uber Cup
• Uber Cup statistics

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