2008 Thomas & Uber Cup

2008 Thomas & Uber Cup
Piala Thomas & Uber 2008
Tournament details
Dates	11–18 May
Edition	25th (Thomas Cup); 22nd (Uber Cup)
Level	International
Venue	Istora Gelora Bung Karno
Location	Jakarta, Indonesia
← 2006 Sendai-Tokyo	; 2010 Kuala Lumpur →

The 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 25th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 22nd tournament of the Uber Cup, the men's and women's team competition in badminton, respectively. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from May 11 to May 18, 2008.

Host city selection

China, Indonesia, and the United States submitted a bid for the event.^[1] International Badminton Federation selected Indonesia as the host for the event during a council meeting in December 2005.^[2]

Qualification

Confederation	Qualifier(s)
Confederation	Thomas Cup	Uber Cup
Asia	Malaysia Thailand Japan South Korea	South Korea Japan Malaysia Hong Kong
Africa	Nigeria	South Africa
Europe	Denmark England Germany	Denmark Netherlands Germany
Oceania	New Zealand	New Zealand
Americas	Canada	United States
Defending Champions	China	China
Host nation	Indonesia	Indonesia

Seedings

All the seeding list based on February 28, 2008 world rankings as the draw was conducted on March 11, 2008.^[3]^[4] The top four seeding teams is in first pot, follow by next four teams in the second pot and the bottom four teams was put in the third pot.

Thomas Cup

Uber Cup

Squads

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thomas Cup	China Lin Dan Bao Chunlai Chen Jin Chen Yu Cai Yun Fu Haifeng Xie Zhongbo Guo Zhendong He Hanbin Shen Ye	South Korea Park Sung-hwan Lee Hyun-il Shon Seung-mo Hong Ji-hoon Lee Jae-jin Jung Jae-sung Hwang Ji-man Lee Yong-dae	Malaysia Lee Chong Wei Wong Choong Hann Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Mohd Arif Abdul Latif Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
Thomas Cup	Indonesia Sony Dwi Kuncoro Taufik Hidayat Simon Santoso Tommy Sugiarto Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan Joko Riyadi Hendra Aprida Gunawan Candra Wijaya Nova Widianto
Uber Cup	China Xie Xingfang Lu Lan Zhu Lin Jiang Yanjiao Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen Wei Yili Zhang Yawen Gao Ling Zhao Tingting	Indonesia Maria Kristin Yulianti Adriyanti Firdasari Pia Zebadiah Fransisca Ratnasari Lilyana Natsir Vita Marissa Greysia Polii Jo Novita Rani Mundiasti Endang Nursugianti	South Korea Hwang Hye-youn Lee Yun-hwa Jang Soo-young Bae Youn-joo Lee Kyung-won Lee Hyo-jung Kim Min-jung Ha Jung-eun
Uber Cup	Germany Xu Huaiwen Juliane Schenk Janet Köhler Carola Bott Karin Schnaase Nicole Grether Carina Mette Birgit Overzier Michaela Peiffer Kathrin Piotrowski

Medal table

* Host nation (Indonesia)

Thomas Cup

Groups

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
China	2	2	2	0
Canada	1	2	1	1
Nigeria	0	2	0	2


2008-05-11
China	5–0	Nigeria
Canada	5–0	Nigeria
2008-05-12
China	5–0	Canada

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Malaysia	2	2	2	0
England	1	2	1	1
South Korea	0	2	0	2


2008-05-11
Malaysia	5–0	England
2008-05-12
South Korea	1–4	England
Malaysia	4–1	South Korea

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Denmark	2	2	2	0
Japan	1	2	1	1
New Zealand	0	2	0	2


2008-05-11
Denmark	5–0	New Zealand
2008-05-12
Japan	5–0	New Zealand
Denmark	3–2	Japan

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Indonesia	2	2	2	0
Thailand	1	2	1	1
Germany	0	2	0	2


2008-05-11
Germany	2–3	Thailand
Indonesia	3–2	Thailand
2008-05-12
Indonesia	5–0	Germany

Knockout stage

Wild-Card 13 May 2022		Quarterfinals 14 May 2022		Semifinals 16 May 2022		Final 18 May 2022

		China	3
New Zealand	0	Thailand	0
Thailand	3			China	3
				Malaysia	2
		Malaysia	3
Japan	3	Japan	0
Germany	2					China	3
						South Korea	1
		Denmark	2
Canada	0	South Korea	3
South Korea	3			South Korea	3
				Indonesia	0
		Indonesia	3
England	3	England	0
Nigeria	0

2008 Thomas Cup champion
China Seventh title

Uber Cup

Groups

Group W

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
China	2	2	2	0
Germany	1	2	1	1
United States	0	2	0	2


2008-05-11
China	5–0	United States
Germany	5–0	United States
2008-05-12
China	4–1	Germany

Group X

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
South Korea	2	2	2	0
Hong Kong	1	2	1	1
South Africa	0	2	0	2


2008-05-11
South Korea	5–0	South Africa
2008-05-12
Hong Kong	5–0	South Africa
South Korea	5–0	Hong Kong

Group Y

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Denmark	2	2	2	0
Malaysia	1	2	1	1
New Zealand	0	2	0	2


2008-05-11
Malaysia	5–0	New Zealand
Denmark	4–1	New Zealand
2008-05-12
Malaysia	2–3	Denmark

Group Z

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L
Indonesia	2	2	2	0
Netherlands	1	2	1	1
Japan	0	2	0	2


2008-05-11
Japan	1–4	Indonesia
2008-05-12
Japan	2–3	Netherlands
Indonesia	5–0	Netherlands

Knockout stage

Wild-Card 13 May 2008		Quarterfinals 14 May 2008		Semifinals 15 May 2008		Final 17 May 2008

		China	3
New Zealand	0	Netherlands	2
Netherlands	3			China	3
				South Korea	1
		South Korea	3
Malaysia	3	Malaysia	1
Japan	0					China	3
						Indonesia	0
		Denmark	0
Germany	3	Germany	3
South Africa	0			Germany	1
				Indonesia	3
		Indonesia	3
Hong Kong	3	Hong Kong	0
United States	0

2008 Uber Cup champion
China Eleventh title

Controversies

The controversy arose when an unfair scheduling forced some of the teams to play twice a day. Most of the teams were unhappy with the Badminton World Federation decision, including the Indonesia Uber Cup team who threatened to pull out from the tournament due to the scheduling affair, forcing organisers to amend the schedule.^[5]

Another controversy cropped up in the tournament was the decision of Korea Thomas Cup team to throw both of their group matches to get a better opposition in the knockout stage. They lost 4–1 in both group matches against England and Malaysia and soon admitted they played to lose the game.^[6]^[7] However, Korean manager denied any fault on them and blamed on the format.^[8] This controversy forced the BWF to reexamine the rules and format for future tournaments.^[9]

References

^ "Transcorps Pegang Hak Komersial Piala Thomas dan Uber 2008". antaranews.com. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
^ "New scoring format for Thomas Cup". thestar.com.my. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
^ "TUC 2008 – Final Seedings". Badzine.net. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
^ "Easy for China, early test for Malaysia". BWF. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-03-13.
^ "Be fair to everyone, team managers tell world body". The Star. 2008-05-11. Archived from the original on 2008-06-14. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
^ "Controversy as Koreans admit throwing badminton match". AFP. 2008-05-12. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
^ "KOR". Reuters. 2008-05-12. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
^ "Badminton: Blame it on the format, says Korean manager". The Star. 2008-05-13. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-05-13.
^ "Rules to be reassessed after KOR". Reuters. 2008-05-12. Archived from the original on May 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-13.

External links

Thomas and Uber Cup 2008 at tournamentsoftware.com

[1] "Transcorps Pegang Hak Komersial Piala Thomas dan Uber 2008". antaranews.com. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

[2] "New scoring format for Thomas Cup". thestar.com.my. Retrieved 8 April 2017.

[3] "TUC 2008 – Final Seedings". Badzine.net. 11 March 2008. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

[4] "Easy for China, early test for Malaysia". BWF. 2008-03-12. Retrieved 2008-03-13.

[5] "Be fair to everyone, team managers tell world body". The Star. 2008-05-11. Archived from the original on 2008-06-14. Retrieved 2008-05-13.

[6] "Controversy as Koreans admit throwing badminton match". AFP. 2008-05-12. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-05-13.

[7] "KOR". Reuters. 2008-05-12. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-13.

[8] "Badminton: Blame it on the format, says Korean manager". The Star. 2008-05-13. Archived from the original on 2008-05-13. Retrieved 2008-05-13.

[9] "Rules to be reassessed after KOR". Reuters. 2008-05-12. Archived from the original on May 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-13.

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