1982 Thomas Cup
# 1982 Thomas Cup

The 1982 Thomas Cup was the 12th tournament of Thomas Cup, the most important men's badminton team competition in the world. The final round was held in London, England.

China won its first title after beating Indonesia in the final round.

## Teams

26 teams from 4 regions took part in the competition. As defending champion, Indonesia skipped the Qualifications and the first round, and played directly in the second round at the Inter-Zone Ties.

## Qualification ties

### Australasian zone

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Malaysia | 9 |
| Australia | 0 | | |
| Australia | 0 | Malaysia | 7 |
| | | New Zealand | 2 |
| bye | | New Zealand | 2 |
| New Zealand | | | |

### Asian zone

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| China | 9 | | |
| Pakistan | 0 | | |
| Pakistan | 0 | China | 9 |
| | | India | 0 |
| India | 9 | India | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | | | | |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | | | China | 7 |
| | | | | Thailand | 2 |
| South Korea | 6 | | | Thailand | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | South Korea | 2 | | |
| | | Thailand | 7 |
| Thailand | 8 | Thailand | 7 |
| Singapore | 1 | | |

### European zone

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scotland | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | |
| bye | | Scotland | 9 | | |
| | | Netherlands | 0 | | |
| Austria | 0 | Netherlands | 0 | | |
| Netherlands | 9 | | | | |
| Netherlands | 9 | | | Scotland | 0 |
| | | | | Denmark | 9 |
| bye | | | | Denmark | 9 |
| bye | | | | | |
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| | | Denmark | | | |
| bye | | Denmark | | | |
| Denmark | | | | | | | |
| Denmark | | | | | | Denmark | 8 |
| | | | | | | Sweden | 1 |
| FR Germany | | | | | | Sweden | 1 |
| bye | | | | | | | |
| bye | | FR Germany | 6 | | | | |
| | | Soviet Union | 3 | | | | |
| bye | | Soviet Union | 3 | | | | |
| Soviet Union | | | | | | | |
| Soviet Union | | | | FR Germany | 0 | | |
| | | | | Sweden | 9 |
| bye | | | | Sweden | 9 |
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| | | Sweden | | | |
| bye | | Sweden | | | |
| Sweden | | | | | |

### Panamerican zone

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nigeria | 0 | | |
| United States | 9 | | |
| United States | 9 | United States | 6 |
| | | Mexico | 3 |
| bye | | Mexico | 3 |
| Mexico | | | | | |
| Mexico | | | | United States | 1 |
| | | | | Japan | 8 |
| Japan | 9 | | | Japan | 8 |
| Peru | 0 | | | | |
| Peru | 0 | Japan | 8 | | |
| | | Canada | 1 |
| bye | | Canada | 1 |
| Canada | | | |

## Inter-zone ties

The Inter-Zone Ties were played between May 10 and May 21, 1982, in England.

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Indonesia | | | |
| bye | | | |
| bye | | Indonesia | 8 |
| | | England | 1 |
| England | 5 | England | 1 |
| Malaysia | 4 | | | | |
| Malaysia | 4 | | | Indonesia | 4 |
| | | | | China | 5 |
| Denmark | 5 | | | China | 5 |
| Japan | 4 | | | | |
| Japan | 4 | Denmark | 1 | | |
| | | China | 8 |
| bye | | China | 8 |
| China | | | |

### Final

* 1982 Thomas Cup Champions
* China First title
