1998 Thomas & Uber Cup
# 1998 Thomas & Uber Cup

The 1998 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 20th tournament of the Thomas Cup, and the 17th tournament of the Uber Cup, which are the major international team competitions in world badminton.

## Host city selection

China was originally selected as the host, with Shanghai as the competition site. IBF later moved the competition to Hong Kong due to sponsorship issues which preferred Hong Kong over Shanghai.

## Thomas Cup

### Teams

49 teams took part in the competition, and eight teams qualified for the final Stage, including Indonesia, as defending champion, and Hong Kong, as host team. 1998 Thomas Cup is considered one of the greatest Thomas Cup competitions because the score difference of the games is very close and the games are played tightly.

### Final stage

**Group A**

| Team | Pld | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Denmark | 3–2 | China |
| Denmark | 4–1 | Hong Kong |
| Denmark | 4–1 | Sweden |
| China | 5–0 | Hong Kong |
| China | 5–0 | Sweden |
| Sweden | 4–1 | Hong Kong |

* Matchday 1
* Matchday 2
* Matchday 3

**Group B**

| Team | Pld | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Indonesia | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Indonesia | 4–1 | South Korea |
| Indonesia | 4–1 | Malaysia |
| Indonesia | 5–0 | Netherlands |
| Malaysia | 4–1 | South Korea |
| Malaysia | 5–0 | Netherlands |
| South Korea | 3–2 | Netherlands |

**Knockout stage**

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Denmark | 2 |
| Malaysia | 3 | | |
| Malaysia | 3 | Malaysia | 2 |
| | | Indonesia | 3 |
| China | 2 | Indonesia | 3 |
| Indonesia | 3 | | |

**Final**

* 1998 Thomas Cup Champions
* Indonesia Eleventh title

## Uber Cup

### Teams

40 teams took part in the competition, and eight teams qualified for the final Stage.

### Final stage

**Group A**

| Team | Pld | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Denmark | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| China | 5–0 | Denmark |
| China | 5–0 | Hong Kong |
| China | 4–1 | Japan |
| Denmark | 4–1 | Hong Kong |
| Denmark | 5–0 | Japan |
| Japan | 5–0 | Hong Kong |

**Group B**

| Team | Pld | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Indonesia | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Indonesia | 5–0 | England |
| Indonesia | 3–2 | South Korea |
| Indonesia | 3–2 | Netherlands |
| South Korea | 4–1 | England |
| South Korea | 5–0 | Netherlands |
| England | 4–1 | Netherlands |

**Knockout stage**

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Indonesia | 4 |
| Denmark | 1 | | |
| Denmark | 1 | Indonesia | 1 |
| | | China | 4 |
| China | 5 | China | 4 |
| South Korea | 0 | | |

**Final**

* 1998 Uber Cup Champions
* China Sixth title
