Thomas Cup 2004

The 23rd edition of the Thomas Cup , the world championship for men's badminton teams , took place together with the Uber Cup 2004 from May 7th to 16th, 2004 in Jakarta , Indonesia . The winner was the team from China , which beat Denmark 3-1.

qualification

confederacy	Qualified
Asia	People's Republic of China Japan Malaysia South Korea Thailand
Africa	South Africa
Europe	Denmark Germany England
Oceania	New Zealand
America	United States
Defending champion and host	Indonesia

Finals

venue

• Gelora Bung Karno Stadium

Group A

team	Pts	Pld	W.	L.	MF	MA	MD
China	4th	2	2	0	10	0	+10
Indonesia	3	2	1	1	5	5	0
United States	2	2	0	2	0	10	−10

May 7, 2004
China	5–0	United States
May 8, 2004
Indonesia	5–0	United States
May 10, 2004
China	5–0	Indonesia

Group B

team	Pts	Pld	W.	L.	MF	MA	MD
South Korea	4th	2	2	0	10	0	+10
Germany	3	2	1	1	4th	6th	−2
New Zealand	2	2	0	2	1	9	−8

May 7, 2004
South Korea	5–0	New Zealand
May 8, 2004
Germany	4–1	New Zealand
May 9, 2004
South Korea	5–0	Germany

Group C

team	Pts	Pld	W.	L.	MF	MA	MD
Malaysia	4th	2	2	0	10	0	+10
Thailand	3	2	1	1	5	5	0
South Africa	2	2	0	2	0	10	−10

May 7, 2004
Malaysia	5–0	South Africa
May 8, 2004
Thailand	5–0	South Africa
May 9, 2004
Malaysia	5–0	Thailand

Group D

team	Pts	Pld	W.	L.	MF	MA	MD
Denmark	4th	2	2	0	10	0	+10
Japan	3	2	1	1	3	8th	−5
England	2	2	0	2	2	8th	−6

May 7, 2004
Denmark	5–0	England
May 9, 2004
Japan	3–2	England
May 10, 2004
Denmark	5–0	Japan

Knockout round

	Round of 16				Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
					May 12, 2004
	May 11, 2004
					China	3
	Japan	3							May 14, 2004
					Japan	0
	South Africa	1							China	3
									South Korea	0
					South Korea	3
	Thailand	3											May 16, 2004
					Thailand	1
	England	1											China	3
													Denmark	1
					Malaysia	1
	Indonesia	3
					Indonesia	3
	New Zealand	0							Indonesia	2
									Denmark	3
					Denmark	3
	Germany	3
					Germany	1
	United States	0

Semifinals

China 3	Jakarta , Indonesia May 14, 2004	South Korea 0
1 2 3 1 Lin Dan Lee Hyun-il 15 11 15 2     2 Fu Haifeng / Cai Yun Lee Dong-soo / Kim Dong-moon 15 13 15 11     3 Bao Chunlai Shon Seung-mo 15 2 15 5

Indonesia 2	Jakarta , Indonesia May 14, 2004	Denmark 3
1 2 3 1 Sony Dwi Kuncoro Peter Gade 15 4 15 8     2 Flandy Limpele / Eng Hian Lars Paaske / Jonas Rasmussen 13 15 7 15     3 Taufik Hidayat Kenneth Jonassen 15 5 13 15 15 7   4th Candra Wijaya / Tri Kusharyanto Jens Eriksen / Martin Lundgaard Hansen 10 15 15 2 4 15   5 Simon Santoso Peter Rasmussen 3 15 3 15

final

China 3	Jakarta , Indonesia May 16, 2004	Denmark 1
1 2 3 1 Lin Dan Peter Gade 15 8 15 13     2 Fu Haifeng / Cai Yun Lars Paaske / Jonas Rasmussen 16 17 6 15     3 Bao Chunlai Kenneth Jonassen 12 15 17 15 15 12   4th Sang Yang / Zheng Bo Jens Eriksen / Martin Lundgaard Hansen 15 13 15 8     5 Xia Xuanze Peter Rasmussen       not played

credentials

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