Thomas Cup 1996

The 19th edition of the Thomas Cup , the world championship for men's teams in badminton , took place together with the Uber Cup 1996 from May 16 to 26, 1996 in Hong Kong . The winner was the team from Indonesia , which beat Denmark 5-0.

qualification

Qualifying round Prague

1 round

Group A

•  Canada - South Africa 5-0 
•  Canada - Spain 5-0 
•  Spain - South Africa 3-2 

Group B

•  Switzerland - Israel 5-0 
•  Switzerland - Italy 4-1 
•  Italy v Israel 3-2 

Group C

•  Poland - Brazil 5-0 
•  Poland - Estonia 5-0 
•  Poland - France 4-1 
•  France - Brazil 5-0 
•  France - Estonia 5-0 
•  Estonia - Brazil 4-1 

Group D

•  Germany - Malta 5-0 
•  Germany - Slovenia 5-0 
•  Germany - United States 5-0 
•  United States - Malta 5-0 
•  United States - Slovenia 5-0 
•  Slovenia - Malta 5-0 

Group E

•  Belarus - Cyprus 5-0 
•  Belarus v Czech Republic 3-2 
•  Belarus v Ukraine 3-2 
•  Ukraine - Cyprus 5-0 
•  Ukraine - Czech Republic 5-0 
•  Czech Republic - Cyprus 5-0 

Group F.

•  Norway - Iceland 4-1 
•  Norway - Mauritius 5-0 
•  Iceland - Mauritius 4-1 

Group G

•  Bulgaria - Jamaica 5-0 
•  Bulgaria - Kazakhstan 5-0 
•  Bulgaria - Peru 4-1 
•  Peru - Jamaica 4-1 
•  Peru - Kazakhstan 5-0 
•  Jamaica - Kazakhstan 5-0 

Group H.

•  India - Portugal 4-1 
•  India - Slovakia 5-0 
•  India - Wales 5-0 
•  Portugal - Slovakia 5-0 
•  Portugal v Wales 3-2 
•  Wales - Slovakia 5-0 

Group I.

•  Austria - Guatemala 4-1 
•  Austria - Hungary 5-0 
•  Austria - Ireland 3-2 
•  Ireland v Guatemala 4-1 
•  Ireland - Hungary 4-1 
•  Guatemala - Hungary 3-2 

Group J

•  Scotland - Armenia 5-0 
•  Scotland - Belgium 4-1 
•  Scotland - Lithuania 5-0 
•  Belgium - Armenia 5-0 
•  Belgium - Lithuania 5-0 
•  Lithuania - Armenia 5-0 

Semi-final round

Group W

•  Denmark - Austria 5-0 
•  Denmark - Bulgaria 5-0 
•  Denmark - Scotland 5-0 
•  Austria - Bulgaria 5-0 
•  Bulgaria v Scotland 3-2 
•  Scotland v Austria 3-2 

Group X

•  England v Finland 3-2 
•  England - India 5-0 
•  England - Poland 5-0 
•  Finland - India 4-1 
•  Finland - Poland 4-1 
•  India - Poland 5-0 

Group Y

•  Netherlands - Belarus 4-1 
•  Netherlands - Germany 3-2 
•  Netherlands - Russia 3-2 
•  Germany - Russia 4-1 
•  Germany - Belarus 5-0 
•  Russia - Belarus 5-0 

Group Z

•  Sweden - Canada 4-1 
•  Sweden - Switzerland 5-0 
•  Sweden - Norway 5-0 
•  Canada - Norway 4-1 
•  Canada - Switzerland 5-0 
•  Norway - Switzerland 4-1 

Semifinals

•  Denmark - England 5-0 
•  Sweden - Netherlands 4-1 

3rd place match

•  England v Netherlands 3-2 

final

•  Denmark - Sweden 4-1 
•  Denmark , Sweden and England qualified for the final  
•  Iran and Suriname reported but not started

Qualifying round Netherlands

1 round

Group A

•  New Zealand - Singapore 3-2 
•  New Zealand - Sri Lanka 4-1 
•  Sri Lanka - Singapore 3-2 

Group B

•  Australia - Argentina 5-0 
•  Australia - Macau 5-0 
•  Macau - Argentina 5-0 

Semi-final round

Group X

•  People's Republic of China - Japan 5-0 
•  People's Republic of China - South Korea 5-0 
•  People's Republic of China - New Zealand 5-0 
•  South Korea - Japan 4-1 
•  South Korea - New Zealand 5-0 
•  New Zealand - Japan 3-2 

Group Y

•  Malaysia - Australia 5-0 
•  Malaysia - Chinese Taipei 5-0 
•  Malaysia - Thailand 5-0 
•  Chinese Taipei - Australia 3-2 
•  Chinese Taipei - Thailand 3-2 
•  Thailand - Australia 5-0 

Semifinals

•  Malaysia - South Korea 4-1 
•  People's Republic of China - Chinese Taipei 5-0 

3rd place match

•  South Korea - Chinese Taipei 5-0 

final

•  Malaysia v People's Republic of China 3-2 
•  Malaysia , People's Republic of China and South Korea qualified for the final  

Finals

Group A

team Pld W. L.  Indonesia 3 3 0  People's Republic of China 3 2 1  Sweden 3 1 2  England 3 0 3

Indonesia 5–0  England  Indonesia 3–2  People's Republic of China  Indonesia 5–0  Sweden  People's Republic of China 5–0  England  People's Republic of China 5–0  Sweden  Sweden 4–1  England

Group B

team Pld W. L.  Denmark 3 3 0  South Korea 3 2 1  Malaysia 3 1 2  Hong Kong 3 0 3

Denmark 3–2  South Korea  Denmark 4–1  Malaysia  Denmark 5–0  Hong Kong  South Korea 5–0  Hong Kong  South Korea 3–2  Malaysia  Malaysia 5–0  Hong Kong

Knockout round

	Semifinals				final
	Indonesia	3
	South Korea	2
					Indonesia	5
					Denmark	0
	People's Republic of China	2
	Denmark	3

Semifinals

Indonesia 3	May 24, 1996	South Korea 2
1 2 3 1 Joko Suprianto Park Sung-woo 18 17 15 1     2 Alan Budikusuma Lee Kwang-jin 15 5 15 9     3 Ardy Wiranata Ahn Jae-chang 8 15 3 15     4th Ricky Subagja / Rexy Mainaky Ha Tae-kwon / Kang Kyung-jin 15 10 15 7     5 Denny Kantono / S. Antonius Budi Ariantho Park Joo-bong / Kim Dong-moon 0 15 5 15

Denmark 3	May 24, 1996	China 2
1 2 3 1 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Dong Jiong 6 15 18 17 15 11   2 Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen Sun Jun 5 15 8 15     3 Peter Rasmussen Lin Liwen 15 12 15 3     4th Jim Laugesen / Jon Holst-Christensen Jiang Xin / Huang Zhanzhong 12 15 7 15     5 Henrik Svarrer / Michael Søgaard Ge Cheng / Tao Xiaoqiang 15 8 17 15

final

Indonesia 5	Hong Kong May 26, 1996	Denmark 0
1 2 3 1 Joko Suprianto Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen 18 14 15 8     2 Ricky Subagja  /  Rexy Mainaky Jon Holst-Christensen  /  Jim Laugesen 15 5 15 7     3 Heryanto Arbi Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen 15 8 15 8     4th Bambang Suprianto  /  Rudy Gunawan Henrik Svarrer  /  Michael Søgaard 15 7 14 18 15 8   5 Alan Budikusuma Peter Rasmussen 15 9 15 6

credentials

• http://tangkis.tripod.com/thomas/calendar.htm ( Memento from December 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
• https://www.sbg.ac.at/populorum/badminton/archiv_thomascup.htm
• http://www.worldbadminton.com/shuttlenws/960329.txt
• http://www.worldbadminton.com/shuttlenws/960517.txt
• http://www.worldbadminton.com/shuttlenws/960517a.txt
• http://www.worldbadminton.com/shuttlenws/960519.txt
• http://www.worldbadminton.com/shuttlenws/960521.txt
• http://www.worldbadminton.com/shuttlenws/960524.txt
• http://www.worldbadminton.com/shuttlenws/960526.txt