Thomas Cup 2000

The 21st edition of the Thomas Cup , the world championship for men's badminton teams , took place together with the Uber Cup 2000 in May 2000 . The winner was the team from Indonesia , which beat China 3-0.

qualification

Qualifying round	Qualified
Asia	People's Republic of China South Korea India
Europe	Denmark Sweden England
Defending champion	Indonesia
host	Malaysia

Finals

Group A

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

South Korea 3–2  Denmark  South Korea 3–2  Malaysia  South Korea 4–1  India  Denmark 3–2  Malaysia  Denmark 5–0  India  Malaysia 4–1  India

Denmark 2		South Korea 3
1 2 3 1 Peter Gade Shon Seung-mo 15 5 15 10     2 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Lee Hyun-il 15 13 12 15 12 15   3 Kenneth Jonassen Park Tae-sang 7 15 7 15     4th Martin Lundgaard Hansen / Lars Paaske Kim Dong-moon / Ha Tae-kwon 16 17 5 15     5 Jesper Larsen / Jens Eriksen Lee Dong-soo / Yoo Yong-sung 15 10 15 1

Malaysia 4		India 1
1 2 3 1 Wong Choong Hann Pullela Gopichand 17 14 14 17 15 1   2 Yong Hock Kin Nikhil Kanetkar 15 9 17 14     3 Roslin Hashim Siddharth Jain 10 15 15 5 4 8   4th Lee Wan Wah / Choong Tan Fook Markose Bristow / Vijaydeep Singh 7 15 15 2 15 1   5 Cheah Soon Kit / Yap Kim Hock George Thomas / Jaseel P. Ismail 15 6 15 3

South Korea 4		India 1
1 2 3 1 Shon Seung-mo Pullela Gopichand 7 15 7 15     2 Lee Hyun-il Nikhil Kanetkar 15 12 15 5     3 Park Tae-sang Siddharth Jain 15 12 15 11     4th Lee Dong-soo / Yoo Yong-sung Markose Bristow / Vijaydeep Singh 15 0 15 8     5 Ahn Jae-chang / Kim Dong-moon Chetan Anand / Sachin Ratti 15 2 15 8

Malaysia 2		South Korea 3
1 2 3 1 Wong Choong Hann Shon Seung-mo 15 8 5 15 15 13   2 Ong Ewe Hock Lee Hyun-il 13 15 15 4 11 15   3 Roslin Hashim Ahn Jae-chang 15 13 15 8     4th Lee Wan Wah / Choong Tan Fook Kim Dong-moon / Ha Tae-kwon 13 15 6 15     5 Chan Chong Ming / Cheah Soon Kit Lee Dong-soo / Yoo Yong-sung 11 15 8 15

Denmark 5		India 0
1 2 3 1 Peter Gade Pullela Gopichand 15 1 15 6     2 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Nikhil Kanetkar 15 6 15 7     3 Kenneth Jonassen Siddharth Jain 17 16 15 9     4th Martin Lundgaard Hansen / Lars Paaske Markose Bristow / Vijaydeep Singh 15 6 15 4     5 Jesper Larsen / Jens Eriksen George Thomas / Jaseel P. Ismail 15 5 15 5

Denmark 4		Malaysia 1
1 2 3 1 Peter Gade Wong Choong Hann 15 7 15 6     2 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Ong Ewe Hock 17 14 15 12     3 Kenneth Jonassen Yong Hock Kin 6 15 17 14 15 1   4th Martin Lundgaard Hansen / Lars Paaske Lee Wan Wah / Choong Tan Fook 12 15 10 15     5 Jesper Larsen / Jens Eriksen Cheah Soon Kit / Yap Kim Hock 15 8 8 15 15 5

Group B

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

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

Indonesia 5	Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia May 11, 2000	Sweden 0
1 2 3 1 Hendrawan Tomas Johansson 15 5 17 14     2 Tony Gunawan  /  Candra Wijaya Pär-Gunnar Jönsson  /  Peter Axelsson 15 5 15 1     3 Taufik Hidayat Rasmus Wengberg 15 3 15 9     4th Rexy Mainaky  /  Ricky Subagja Henrik Andersson  /  Fredrik Bergström 15 4 15 3     5 Marleve Mainaky Martin Hagberg 15 2 15 4

People's Republic of China 4	Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia May 11, 2000	England 1
1 2 3 1 Xia Xuanze Colin Haughton 15 2 15 3     2 Yu Jinhao  /  Zhang Jun Simon Archer  /  Nathan Robertson 15 10 16 17 13 15   3 Ji Xinpeng Darren Hall 15 7 15 0     4th Liu Yong  /  Zhang Wei Julian Robertson  /  Chris Hunt 15 6 15 8     5 Luo Yigang Michael Edge 15 6 15 7

Indonesia 5	Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia May 13, 2000	England 0
1 2 3 1 Hendrawan Colin Haughton 15 8 17 12     2 Tony Gunawan  /  Candra Wijaya Simon Archer  /  Nathan Robertson 15 12 15 5     3 Taufik Hidayat Mark Constable 15 6 15 5     4th Sigit Budiarto  /  S. Antonius Budi Ariantho Ian Sullivan  /  Anthony Clark 15 6 15 9     5 Marleve Mainaky Michael Edge 15 3 15 5

People's Republic of China 5	Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia May 13, 2000	Sweden 0
1 2 3 1 Xia Xuanze Tomas Johansson 15 4 15 10     2 Yu Jinhao  /  Zhang Jun Pär-Gunnar Jönsson  /  Peter Axelsson 15 7 15 4     3 Ji Xinpeng Rasmus Wengberg 15 9 15 9     4th Liu Yong  /  Zhang Wei Henrik Andersson  /  Fredrik Bergström 15 4 15 4     5 Chen Hong Martin Hagberg 15 10 15 12

England 4	Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia May 16, 2000	Sweden 1
1 2 3 1 Colin Haughton Tomas Johansson 13 15 11 15     2 Darren Hall Rasmus Wengberg 14 17 15 12 15 12   3 Simon Archer  /  Nathan Robertson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson  /  Peter Axelsson 15 9 15 6     4th Mark Constable Martin Hagberg 15 9 15 12     5 Ian Sullivan  /  Anthony Clark Rasmus Wengberg  /  Fredrik Bergström 15 8 15 7

Indonesia 4	Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia May 16, 2000	People's Republic of China 1
1 2 3 1 Hendrawan Ji Xinpeng 15 7 15 12     2 Tony Gunawan  /  Candra Wijaya Chen Qiqiu  /  Yu Jinhao 15 10 15 11     3 Taufik Hidayat Luo Yigang 15 10 6 15 15 10   4th Rexy Mainaky  /  Ricky Subagja Zhang Jun  /  Zhang Wei 8 15 6 15     5 Marleve Mainaky Chen Hong 15 2 15 3

KO round

	Semifinals				final
	South Korea	1
	People's Republic of China	3
					People's Republic of China	0
					Indonesia	3
	Denmark	2
	Indonesia	3

Semifinals

South Korea 1	May 18, 2000	China 3
1 2 3 1 Lee Hyun-il Xia Xuanze 6 15 5 15     2 Ahn Jae-chang Ji Xinpeng 12 15 10 15     3 Park Tae-sang Luo Yigang       not played 4th Kim Dong-moon / Ha Tae-kwon Yu Jinhao / Chen Qiqiu 15 11 5 15 15 9   5 Lee Dong-soo / Yoo Yong-sung Zhang Wei / Zhang Jun 9 15 15 12 9 15

Indonesia 3	May 19, 2000	Denmark 2
1 2 3 1 Hendrawan Peter Gade 15 12 16 17 11 15   2 Taufik Hidayat Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen 15 11 15 9     3 Marleve Mainaky Kenneth Jonassen 15 14 15 13     4th Tony Gunawan / Rexy Mainaky Martin Lundgaard Hansen / Lars Paaske 15 7 15 3     5 Candra Wijaya / Sigit Budiarto Jesper Larsen / Jens Eriksen 15 8 15 17 16 17

final

Indonesia 3	Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia May 21, 2000	China 0
1 2 3 1 Hendrawan Xia Xuanze 11 15 15 7 15 9   2 Tony Gunawan  /  Rexy Mainaky Yu Jinhao  /  Chen Qiqiu 15 9 15 2     3 Taufik Hidayat Ji Xinpeng 15 9 17 14     4th Candra Wijaya  /  Sigit Budiarto Zhang Wei  /  Zhang Jun       not played 5 Marleve Mainaky Luo Yigang       not played

credentials

• Pages from tangkis.tripod.com ( Memento from December 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
• Mike's Badminton Populorum