1996 Thomas & Uber Cup
# 1996 Thomas & Uber Cup

The 1996 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 19th tournament of the Thomas Cup, and the 16th tournament of the Uber Cup, which are the major international team competitions in world badminton.

## About 1996 Thomas & Uber Cup

### Press Conference

The 1996 Thomas Cup press conference was held in Bank Rakyat Indonesia's building in Sentra BRI complex in Sudirman, Central Jakarta. The press conference is led by Putera Sampoerna, the chairman of PT HM Sampoerna Tbk, manufacturer of A Mild, the 5th Indonesian largest cigarette brand. A Mild also as the main sponsor of the 1996 TUC.

### Opening and closing ceremony

The opening and closing ceremony of the 1996 TUC also led by Putera Sampoerna, because A Mild was the main sponsor of the 1996 TUC.

### Indonesia's double title champion

Indonesia's Thomas & Uber Cup Squads unite the title champion in Thomas Cup (tenth title) and Uber Cup (third title).

### Squads

There were eight teams competed for Thomas and Uber Cups respectively.

| Country | Thomas Cup | Uber Cup | Total athletes |
| - | - | - | - |
| China | Chen Gang Dong Jiong Ge Cheng Huang Zhanzhong Jiang Xin Lin Liwen Liu Jianjun Liu Yong Sun Jun Tao Xiaoqiang | Chen Ying Ge Fei Gu Jun Han Jingna Peng Xinyong Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu Wang Chen Ye Zhaoying Zhang Ning | 20 |
| Denmark | Peter Gade Jon Holst-Christensen Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Jim Laugesen Thomas Lund Peter Rasmussen Michael Søgaard Thomas Stavngaard Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen Henrik Svarrer | Ann Jørgensen Helene Kirkegaard Camilla Martin Lotte Olsen Rikke Olsen Mette Pedersen Anne Søndergaard Lisbeth Stuer-Lauridsen Lotte Thomsen Marlene Thomsen | 20 |
| England | James Anderson Peter Bush Darren Hall Colin Haughton Chris Hunt Peter Knowles Julian Robertson Nathan Robertson | Emma Chaffin Joanne Davies Sara Hardaker Alison Humby Gillian Gowers Tanya Groves Julia Mann Joanne Muggeridge | 16 |
| Hong Kong | Chan Siu Kwong Chow Kin Man He Yiming Liu Kwok Wa Ma Che Kong Ma Chi Wai Ng Wei Tam Lok Tin Tam Kai Chuen Wong Kwok Wai | Chan Hui Fung Chan Mei Mei Chan Oi Ni Cheng Fai Yin Koon Wai Chee Ng Ching Tung Chau Man Yeung Chin Zhou Xin | 19 |
| Indonesia | Hariyanto Arbi Antonius Ariantho Alan Budikusuma Rudy Gunawan Denny Kantono Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja Bambang Suprianto Joko Suprianto Ardy Wiranata | Mia Audina Lidya Djaelawijaya Finarsih Deyana Lomban Meiluawati Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana Yuliani Sentosa Susi Susanti Lili Tampi | 20 |
| Japan | – | Takako Ida Tomomi Matsuo Aiko Miyamura Akiko Miyamura Hisako Mizui Yasuko Mizui Masako Sakamoto | 7 |
| Malaysia | Cheah Soon Kit Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah Ong Ewe Hock Pang Chen Rashid Sidek Soo Beng Kiang Tan Kim Her Yap Kim Hock Yong Hock Kin | – | 10 |
| Russia | – | Irina Chernikova Nadezhda Chervjakova Natalia Gorodnicheva Ella Karachkova Elena Rybkina Elena Sukhareva Irina Yakusheva Marina Yakusheva | 8 |
| South Korea | Ahn Jae-chang Ha Tae-kwon Jang Chun-woong Kang Kyung-jin Kim Dong-moon Lee Dong-soo Lee Kwang-jin Park Joo-bong Park Sung-woo Yoo Yong-sung | Bang Soo-hyun Chung Jae-hee Gil Young-ah Jang Hye-ock Kim Ji-hyun Kim Mee-hyang Kim Shin-young Lee Joo-hyun Park Soo-yun Ra Kyung-min | 20 |
| Sweden | Henrik Andersson Peter Axelsson Daniel Eriksson Tomas Johansson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson Rikard Magnusson Jens Olsson Jesper Olsson Johan Tholinsson | – | 9 |

## Thomas Cup

### Teams

56 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.

### Final stage

**Group A**

| Team | Pld | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Indonesia | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| England | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Indonesia | 5–0 | England |
| Indonesia | 3–2 | China |
| Indonesia | 5–0 | Sweden |
| China | 5–0 | England |
| China | 5–0 | Sweden |
| Sweden | 4–1 | England |

**Group B**

| Team | Pld | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Denmark | 3–2 | South Korea |
| Denmark | 4–1 | Malaysia |
| Denmark | 5–0 | Hong Kong |
| South Korea | 5–0 | Hong Kong |
| South Korea | 3–2 | Malaysia |
| Malaysia | 5–0 | Hong Kong |

**Knockout stage**

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| Indonesia | 3 |
| South Korea | 2 | | |
| South Korea | 2 | Indonesia | 5 |
| | | Denmark | 0 |
| China | 2 | Denmark | 0 |
| Denmark | 3 | | |

**Final**

* 1996 Thomas Cup Champions
* Indonesia Tenth title

## Uber Cup

### Teams

47 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 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Russia | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| China | 5–0 | Japan |
| China | 5–0 | Indonesia |
| China | 5–0 | Russia |
| Indonesia | 5–0 | Japan |
| Indonesia | 5–0 | Russia |
| Japan | 5–0 | Russia |

**Group B**

| Team | Pld | W | L |
| - | - | - | - |
| Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| England | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Denmark | 5–0 | Hong Kong |
| Denmark | 3–2 | South Korea |
| Denmark | 4–1 | England |
| South Korea | 5–0 | Hong Kong |
| South Korea | 5–0 | England |
| England | 3–2 | Hong Kong |

**Knockout stage**

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

**Final**

* 1996 Uber Cup Champions
* Indonesia Third title
