Uber Cup 1998

The 17th edition of the Uber Cup , the world championship for women's teams in badminton , took place together with the Thomas Cup 1998 from May 15 to 24, 1998 in Hong Kong . The winner was the team from China , which won 4-1 in the final against Indonesia .

Sandefjord qualifying round

Preliminary round

Group A

•  Norway - Belgium 5-0 
•  Norway - Belarus 3: 2 
•  Norway - Czech Republic 3: 2 
•  Belarus - Czech Republic 5-0 
•  Belarus - Belgium 5-0 
•  Czech Republic - Belgium 3: 2 

Group B

•  Ukraine - Finland 4-1 
•  Ukraine - Latvia 5: 0 
•  Ukraine - Austria 5-0 
•  Finland - Austria 5-0 
•  Finland - Latvia 5: 0 
•  Austria - Latvia 4-1 

Group C

•  Wales - Mexico 5: 0 
•  Wales - Lithuania 5: 0 
•  Wales - Cyprus 5: 0 
•  Lithuania - Cyprus 3: 2 
•  Lithuania - Mexico 4-1 
•  Cyprus - Mexico 5: 0 

Group D

•  Switzerland - Peru 5-0 
•  Switzerland - Armenia 5-0 
•  Switzerland - Georgia 5-0 
•  Peru - Georgia 5: 0 
•  Peru - Armenia 5: 0 
•  Armenia - Georgia 4-1 

Group E

•  Poland - Iceland 3: 2 
•  Poland - South Africa 3: 2 
•  Poland - Estonia 5: 0 
•  Iceland - Estonia 4: 1 
•  Iceland - South Africa 4: 1 
•  South Africa - Estonia 3: 2 

Group F.

•  Ireland - Azerbaijan 5: 0 
•  Ireland - Spain 5: 0 
•  Ireland - Portugal 5: 0 
•  Portugal - Spain 4: 1 
•  Portugal - Azerbaijan 5: 0 
•  Spain - Azerbaijan 5: 0 

Group G

•  United States - Kazakhstan 3: 2 
•  United States - Slovenia 4-1 
•  United States - Italy 3: 2 
•  Italy - Slovenia 3: 2 
•  Italy - Kazakhstan 3: 2 
•  Kazakhstan - Slovenia 3: 2 

Semi-final round

Group W

•  Denmark - France 5-0 
•  Denmark - Norway 5-0 
•  Denmark - Bulgaria 5-0 
•  Bulgaria - Norway 3: 2 
•  Bulgaria - France 3: 2 
•  France - Norway 3: 2 

Group X

•  Netherlands - Ukraine 5: 0 
•  Netherlands - Switzerland 5-0 
•  Netherlands - Russia 3: 2 
•  Ukraine - Russia 3: 2 
•  Ukraine - Switzerland 4-1 
•  Russia - Switzerland 5-0 

Group Y

•  England - Wales 4-1 
•  England - Poland 5: 0 
•  England - Scotland 5: 0 
•  Scotland - Poland 4: 1 
•  Scotland - Wales 4: 1 
•  Poland - Wales 3: 2 

Group Z

•  Sweden - Ireland 5: 0 
•  Sweden - United States 5-0 
•  Sweden - Germany 3: 2 
•  Germany - United States 4: 1 
•  Germany - Ireland 5-0 
•  Ireland - United States 3: 2 

Semifinals

•  Denmark - Netherlands 5-0 
•  England - Sweden 3: 2 

3rd place match

•  Netherlands - Sweden 3: 2 

final

•  Denmark - England 5-0 
•  Denmark , England and the Netherlands qualified for the final  
•  Hungary and Slovakia reported but not started 

Qualifying round Manila

Preliminary round

Group A

•  Singapore - Australia 4-1 
•  Singapore - Mauritius 5-0 
•  Singapore - Philippines 4-1 
•  Australia - Mauritius 5: 0 
•  Australia - Philippines 3: 2 
•  Philippines - Mauritius 4-1 

Group B

•  Malaysia - India 4-1 
•  Malaysia - Sri Lanka 5: 0 
•  India - Sri Lanka 5-0 

Semi-final round

Group X

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

Group Y

•  South Korea - Canada 5-0 
•  South Korea - Chinese Taipei 5-0 
•  South Korea - Singapore 5-0 
•  Chinese Taipei - Canada 5: 0 
•  Chinese Taipei - Singapore 5: 0 
•  Canada - Singapore 3: 2 

Semifinals

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

3rd place match

•  Japan - Chinese Taipei 4-1 

final

•  People's Republic of China - South Korea 3-2 
•  People's Republic of China , South Korea and Japan qualified for the finals.  
•  Macau , Nigeria , Pakistan and Thailand reported but not started   

Finals

Group A

•  People's Republic of China - Denmark 5-0 
•  People's Republic of China - Hong Kong 5-0 
•  People's Republic of China - Japan 4-1 
•  Denmark - Hong Kong 4-1 
•  Denmark - Japan 5-0 
•  Japan - Hong Kong 5: 0 

China 4	May 17, 1998	Japan 1
1 2 3 1 Ye Zhaoying Kanako Yonekura 11 5 11 7     2 Gong Zhichao Yasuko Mizui 11 4 1 11 3 11   3 Han Jingna Chihiro Ohsaka 11 4 11 0     4th Ge Fei / Gu Jun Yoshiko Iwata / Haruko Matsuda 15 2 15 6     5 Qiang Hong / Liu Lu Hiroko Nagamine / Satomi Igawa 15 5 15 10

Denmark 4	May 17, 1998	Hong Kong 1
1 2 3 1 Camilla Martin Louisa Koon Wai Chee 11 1 11 8     2 Mette Pedersen Ling Wan Ting 11 6 9 12 3 11   3 Mette Sørensen Ng Ching 11 5 11 3     4th Rikke Olsen / Marlene Thomsen Louisa Koon Wai Chee / Tung Chau Man 15 10 15 7     5 Ann Jørgensen / Majken Vange Ling Wan Ting / Chan Mei Mei 18 13 15 9

China 5	May 15, 1998	Hong Kong 0
1 2 3 1 Gong Zhichao Louisa Koon Wai Chee 11 1 11 2     2 Dai Yun Ling Wan Ting 11 6 11 4     3 Han Jingna Ng Ching 11 3 11 1     4th Qin Yiyuan / Tang Yongshu Louisa Koon Wai Chee / Tung Chau Man 15 8 15 10     5 Qiang Hong / Liu Lu Ling Wan Ting / Chan Mei Mei 15 6 15 0

Denmark 5	May 15, 1998	Japan 0
1 2 3 1 Camilla Martin Kanako Yonekura 12 10 11 12 11 7   2 Mette Pedersen Yasuko Mizui 11 4 11 6     3 Mette Sørensen Hiroko Nagamine 11 4 11 1     4th Rikke Olsen / Marlene Thomsen Yoshiko Iwata / Haruko Matsuda 15 6 15 9     5 Ann Jørgensen / Camilla Martin Chihiro Ohsaka / Kanako Yonekura 15 3 15 8

China 5	May 19, 1998	Denmark 0
1 2 3 1 Ye Zhaoying Mette Pedersen 11 2 11 1     2 Gong Zhichao Mette Sørensen 11 3 11 5     3 Dai Yun Anne Søndergaard 11 2 11 6     4th Ge Fei / Gu Jun Ann Jørgensen / Majken Vange 15 4 15 2     5 Qin Yiyuan / Tang Yongshu Helene Kirkegaard / Pernille Harder 15 7 15 3

Japan 5	May 19, 1998	Hong Kong 0
1 2 3 1 Kanako Yonekura Louisa Koon Wai Chee 11 7 11 3     2 Yasuko Mizui Ling Wan Ting 11 7 5 11 11 1   3 Hiroko Nagamine Ng Ching 11 9 8 11 11 5   4th Yoshiko Iwata / Haruko Matsuda Louisa Koon Wai Chee / Tung Chau Man 15 3 15 3     5 Chihiro Ohsaka / Akiko Nakajima Ling Wan Ting / Chan Mei Mei 17 18 15 8 17 14

Group B

•  Indonesia - England 5: 0 
•  Indonesia - South Korea 3: 2 
•  Indonesia - Netherlands 3: 2 
•  South Korea - England 4-1 
•  South Korea - Netherlands 5-0 
•  England - Netherlands 4: 1 

Indonesia 5	May 15, 1998	England 0
1 2 3 1 Susi Susanti Julia Mann 11 0 11 1     2 Meiluawati Rebecca Pantaney 11 2 11 0     3 Cindana Hartono Tracey Hallam 11 1 11 0     4th Zelin Resiana / Eliza Nathanael Donna Kellogg / Joanne Goode 15 10 9 15 18 17   5 Indarti Issolina / Deyana Lomban Joanne Davies / Sara Hardaker 15 8 15 4

South Korea 5	May 15, 1998	Netherlands 0
1 2 3 1 Kim Ji-hyun Judith Meulendijks 12 10 12 10     2 Lee Joo Hyun Brenda Beenhakker 11 3 11 5     3 Lee Kyung-won Carolien Glebbeek 11 5 11 5     4th Ra Kyung-min / Jang Hye-ock Erica van den Heuvel / Monique Hoogland 15 8 15 4     5 Kim Shin-young / Kim Mee-hyang Nicole van Hooren / Lotte Jonathans 10 15 15 1 15 9

Indonesia 3	May 17, 1998	Netherlands 2
1 2 3 1 Mia Audina Judith Meulendijks 11 2 11 7     2 Meiluawati Brenda Beenhakker 12 9 5 11 7 11   3 Ellen Angelina Lonneke Janssen 11 2 11 7     4th Eliza Nathanael / Deyana Lomban Erica van den Heuvel / Monique Hoogland 15 7 17 15     5 Finarsih / Indarti Issolina Nicole van Hooren / Lotte Jonathans 15 18 15 3 9 15

South Korea 4	May 17, 1998	England 1
1 2 3 1 Kim Ji-hyun Julia Mann 11 2 11 2     2 Lee Joo Hyun Tracey Hallam 11 2 8 11 12 10   3 Lee Soon-deuk Tracy Dineen 12 10 11 7     4th Ra Kyung-min / Jang Hye-ock Joanne Goode / Donna Kellogg 15 9 15 7     5 Kim Shin-young / Chung Jae-hee Sara Hardaker / Joanne Davies 14 17 2 15

Indonesia 3	May 19, 1998	South Korea 2
1 2 3 1 Susi Susanti Kim Ji-hyun 11 2 11 3     2 Mia Audina Lee Joo Hyun 11 5 3 11 11 5   3 Cindana Hartono Lee Kyung-won 6 11 3 11     4th Zelin Resiana / Eliza Nathanael Ra Kyung-min / Jang Hye-ock 9 15 10 15     5 Indarti Issolina / Deyana Lomban Kim Shin-young / Kim Mee-hyang 15 10 7 15 15 7

England 4	May 19, 1998	Netherlands 1
1 2 3 1 Julia Mann Judith Meulendijks 12 11 11 8     2 Donna Kellogg Brenda Beenhakker 3 11 7 11     3 Tracey Hallam Lonneke Janssen 11 3 3 11 11 7   4th Sara Hardaker / Joanne Davies Nicole van Hooren / Lotte Jonathans 17 16 15 11     5 Joanne Goode / Donna Kellogg Monique Hoogland / Erica van den Heuvel 15 1 10 15 15 6

Knockout round

	Semifinals				final
	Indonesia	4th
	Denmark	1
					Indonesia	1
					People's Republic of China	4th
	People's Republic of China	5
	South Korea	0

Semifinals

Indonesia 4	May 21, 1998	Denmark 1
1 2 3 1 Susi Susanti Camilla Martin 7 11 11 5 11 4   2 Mia Audina Mette Pedersen 12 11 11 4     3 Ellen Angelina Mette Sørensen 1 11 5 11     4th Zelin Resiana / Eliza Nathanael Rikke Olsen / Marlene Thomsen 15 6 15 9     5 Indarti Issolina / Deyana Lomban Ann Jørgensen / Camilla Martin 6 15 15 8 15 7

China 5	May 21, 1998	South Korea 0
1 2 3 1 Ye Zhaoying Kim Ji-hyun 11 5 11 7     2 Gong Zhichao Lee Joo Hyun 11 4 11 0     3 Dai Yun Lee Kyung-won 11 8 11 8     4th Ge Fei / Gu Jun Ra Kyung-min / Jang Hye-ock 15 10 15 8     5 Qin Yiyuan / Tang Yongshu Kim Shin-young / Kim Mee-hyang 15 1 15 8

final

CHN 4	Hong Kong May 23, 1998	IDN 1
1 2 3 1 Ye Zhaoying Susi Susanti 11 9 10 12 11 5   2 Ge Fei  /  Gu Jun Zelin Resiana  /  Indarti Issolina 15 7 15 1     3 Gong Zhichao Mia Audina 9 11 12 10 11 4   4th Qin Yiyuan  /  Tang Yongshu Eliza Nathanael  /  Deyana Lomban 15 5 11 15 9 15   5 Dai Yun Meiluawati 11 3 11 6

credentials

• Smash: Uber Cup 1998 ( Memento from December 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive )