Thomas Cup 2006

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The 24th edition of the Thomas Cup , the world championship for men's badminton teams , took place together with the Uber Cup 2006 from April 28 to May 6, 2006 in Sendai and Tokyo . The group matches were played in Sendai, the finals from the quarterfinals in Tokyo. The winner was the team from China , which beat Denmark 3-1.

qualification

confederacy Qualified
Asia MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia South Korea Indonesia India
Korea SouthSouth Korea 
IndonesiaIndonesia 
IndiaIndia 
Africa South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
Europe DenmarkDenmark Denmark Germany England
GermanyGermany 
EnglandEngland 
Oceania New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
America United StatesUnited States United States
Defending champion China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China
host JapanJapan Japan

venue

Group stage

Group A

team Pts Pld W. L. MF MA MD
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China 4th 2 2 0 10 0 +10
IndiaIndia India 3 2 1 1 3 7th −4
GermanyGermany Germany 2 2 0 2 2 8th −6

All times ( UTC + 9 )

April 28, 2006
China China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 5–0 IndiaIndia India
April 29, 2006
Germany GermanyGermany 2-3 IndiaIndia India
April 30, 2006
China China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 5–0 GermanyGermany Germany

Group B

team Pts Pld W. L. MF MA MD
IndonesiaIndonesia Indonesia 4th 2 2 0 8th 2 +6
Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 3 2 1 1 7th 3 +4
New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand 2 2 0 2 0 10 −10

All times ( UTC + 9 )

April 28, 2006
South Korea Korea SouthSouth Korea 5–0 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
April 29, 2006
Indonesia IndonesiaIndonesia 5–0 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
April 30, 2006
South Korea Korea SouthSouth Korea 2-3 IndonesiaIndonesia Indonesia

Group C

team Pts Pld W. L. MF MA MD
DenmarkDenmark Denmark 4th 2 2 0 10 0 +10
JapanJapan Japan 3 2 1 1 5 5 0
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 2 2 0 2 0 10 -10

All times ( UTC + 9 )

April 28, 2006
Denmark DenmarkDenmark 5–0 South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
April 29, 2006
Japan JapanJapan 5–0 South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa
April 30, 2006
Denmark DenmarkDenmark 5–0 JapanJapan Japan

Group D

team Pts Pld W. L. MF MA MD
MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia 4th 2 2 0 10 0 +10
EnglandEngland England 3 2 1 1 3 7th -4
United StatesUnited States United States 2 2 0 2 2 8th –6

All times ( UTC + 9 )

April 28, 2006
Malaysia MalaysiaMalaysia 5–0 United StatesUnited States United States
April 29, 2006
England EnglandEngland 3–2 United StatesUnited States United States
April 30, 2006
Malaysia MalaysiaMalaysia 5–0 EnglandEngland England

Finals

Round of 16 Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
    May 3, 2006        
May 1, 2006
 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China  3
 South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa  0 May 5, 2006
   EnglandEngland England  0  
 EnglandEngland England  3    China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China  3
 
   IndonesiaIndonesia Indonesia  0  
 IndonesiaIndonesia Indonesia  3
 JapanJapan Japan  3 May 7, 2006
   JapanJapan Japan  1  
 United StatesUnited States United States  0    China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China  3
 
   DenmarkDenmark Denmark  0
 DenmarkDenmark Denmark  3
 IndiaIndia India  3
   IndiaIndia India  0  
 New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand  0    DenmarkDenmark Denmark  3
 
   MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia  2  
 MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysia  3
 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea  3
   Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea  2  
 GermanyGermany Germany  0  

Semifinals

China
3

May 5, 2006
Indonesia
0
1 2 3
1 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
IndonesiaIndonesia
Lin Dan
Taufik Hidayat
21
16
21
8
   
2 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
IndonesiaIndonesia
Cai Yun  /  Fu Haifeng
Luluk Hadiyanto  /  Alvent Yulianto
24
22
21
17
   
3 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
IndonesiaIndonesia
Bao Chunlai
Sony Dwi Kuncoro
21
17
24
22
   
4th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
IndonesiaIndonesia
Xie Zhongbo  /  Zheng Bo
Markis Kido  /  Hendra Setiawan
      not
played
5 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
IndonesiaIndonesia
Chen Jin
Simon Santoso
      not
played
Denmark
3

May 5, 2006
Malaysia
2
1 2 3
1 DenmarkDenmark
MalaysiaMalaysia
Peter Gade
Lee Chong Wei
21
19
21
18
   
2 DenmarkDenmark
MalaysiaMalaysia
Jens Eriksen  /  Martin Lundgaard Hansen
Koo Kien Keat  /  Chan Chong Ming
17
21
30
28
6
21
 
3 DenmarkDenmark
MalaysiaMalaysia
Kenneth Jonassen
Muhammad Hafiz Hashim
20
22
21
12
21
17
 
4th DenmarkDenmark
MalaysiaMalaysia
Mathias Boe  /  Carsten Mogensen
Choong Tan Fook  /  Lee Wan Wah
13
21
21
15
19
21
 
5 DenmarkDenmark
MalaysiaMalaysia
Joachim Persson
Kuan Beng Hong
21
12
21
19
   

final

China
3

May 7, 2006
Denmark
0
1 2 3
1 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
DenmarkDenmark
Lin Dan
Peter Gade
21
19
21
19
   
2 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
DenmarkDenmark
Cai Yun  /  Fu Haifeng
Jens Eriksen  /  Martin Lundgaard Hansen
19
21
21
11
21
18
 
3 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
DenmarkDenmark
Bao Chunlai
Kenneth Jonassen
21
12
12
21
21
12
 
4th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
DenmarkDenmark
Xie Zhongbo  /  Zheng Bo
Mathias Boe  /  Carsten Mogensen
      not
played
5 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
DenmarkDenmark
Chen Jin
Joachim Persson
      not
played

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