The 1998 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 20th tournament of the

Thomas Cup The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body. The championships h ...

, and the 17th tournament of the

Uber Cup The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, 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 contes ...

, which are the major international team competitions in world

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

Host city selection

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

was originally selected as the host, with

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

as the competition site. IBF later moved the competition to

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due to sponsorship issues which preferred Hong Kong over Shanghai.

Thomas Cup

Teams

49 teams took part in the competition, and eight teams qualified for the final Stage, including Indonesia, as defending champion, and Hong Kong, as host team. 1998 Thomas Cup is considered one of the greatest Thomas Cup competitions because the score difference of the games is very close and the games are played tightly.

Final stage

Group A

*Matchday 1 *Matchday 2 *Matchday 3

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi-final

Final

Uber Cup

Teams

40 teams took part in the competition, and eight teams qualified for the final Stage.

Final stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

References

Smash: 1998 Thomas Cup - Final Round
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