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

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  South Korea 3 2 1  Denmark 3 1 2  Sweden 3 0 3

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

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	England	1
	China	4
					China	2
					Indonesia	3
					Third place
	South Korea	1		England	3
	Indonesia	4			South 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  South Korea 3 2 1  Canada 3 1 2  Malaysia 3 0 3

England  4–1  Canada England  3–2  South Korea England  5–0  Malaysia South Korea  5–0  Canada South 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
	South Korea	0
	China	5
					China	5
					England	0
					Third place
	Denmark	2		South 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

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