Asia Cup 1997

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The 1997 Asia Cup in badminton took place in Jakarta at the end of February 1997 . The winner was the team from Indonesia. The prize money was $ 150,000. Participating nations were Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan and India, which determined the semi-finalists in two preliminary round groups.

Semifinals

Indonesia
3 		Jakarta
February 22, 1997 		South Korea
0
1 2 3
1 IndonesiaIndonesia
Korea SouthSouth Korea 		Indra Wijaya
Park Sung-woo 		15
6 		15
8 		   
2 IndonesiaIndonesia
Korea SouthSouth Korea 		Sigit Budiarto  /  Candra Wijaya
Lee Dong-soo  /  Jung Jae-sung 		15
7 		15
12 		   
3 IndonesiaIndonesia
Korea SouthSouth Korea 		Kim Chul-joong
Pang Chen 		15
9 		15
7 		   
Taiwan
1 		Jakarta
February 22, 1997 		Malaysia
2
1 2 3
1 TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan)
MalaysiaMalaysia 		Fung Permadi
Ong Ewe Hock 		15
9 		13
18 		13
15 		 
2 TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan)
MalaysiaMalaysia 		Chien Yu-Hsun  /  Huang Shih-Chung
Tan Kim Her  /  Lee Wan Wah 		8
15 		15
5 		15
10 		 
3 TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan)
MalaysiaMalaysia 		Chien Yu-Hsiu
Pang Chen 		11
15 		6
15 		   

3rd place match

final

Indonesia
3 		Jakarta
February 23, 1997 		Malaysia
0
1 2 3
1 IndonesiaIndonesia
MalaysiaMalaysia 		Indra Wijaya
Ong Ewe Hock 		18
13 		4
15 		15
11 		 
2 IndonesiaIndonesia
MalaysiaMalaysia 		Sigit Budiarto  /  Candra Wijaya
Wong Choong Hann  /  Lee Chee Leong 		15
7 		15
12 		   
3 IndonesiaIndonesia
MalaysiaMalaysia 		Budi Santoso
Pang Chen 		15
2 		15
2 		   

credentials

  • New Straits Times, Feb.21, 1997, p. 46
  • New Straits Times, Feb. 23, 1997, p. 26
  • New Straits Times, Feb. 24, 1997, p. 32