The World Cup in badminton was an annual tournament organized by the International Management Group (IMG).All about badminton - Its history and origins It was held from 1979 to 1997. After the tournament ceased for seven years, Badminton World Federation decided to bring it back as an invitational tournament in 2005,Chinese shuttlers dominate the 2005 Invitational Badminton World Cup but it ended after the 2006 event.
Locations Year No. Host city Country 1979 I Tokyo 1980 II Kyoto 1981 III Kuala Lumpur 1982 IV Kuala Lumpur 1983 V Kuala Lumpur 1984 VI Jakarta 1985 VII Jakarta 1986 VIII Jakarta 1987 IX Kuala Lumpur 1988 X Bangkok 1989 XI Guangzhou 1990 XII Bandung/Jakarta 1991 XIII Macau Macau 1992 XIV Guangzhou 1993 XV New Delhi 1994 XVI Ho Chi Minh City 1995 XVII Jakarta 1996 XVIII Jakarta 1997 XIX Yogyakarta 2005 XX Yiyang 2006 XXI Yiyang
Past winners
YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles1979 Liem Swie King Lene Køppen Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata Emiko Ueno Yoshiko Yonekurano competition1980 Atsuko Tokuda Yoshiko Yonekura1981 Prakash Padukone Chen Ruizhenno competitionno competition1982 Liem Swie King Lene Køppen1983 Han Jian Han Aiping Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong Han Aiping Li Lingwei Martin Dew Gillian Gilks1984 Li Lingwei Hariamanto Kartono Liem Swie King Lin Ying Wu Dixi Thomas Kihlström Nora Perry1985 Icuk Sugiarto Christian Hadinata Ivana Lie1986 Bobby Ertanto Liem Swie King Han Aiping Li Lingwei Eddy Hartono Verawaty Fadjrin1987 Zhao Jianhua Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong Wang Pengren Shi Fangjing1988 Yang Yang Han Aiping Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi Guan Weizhen Lin Ying1989 Susi Susanti Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee1990 Wu Wenkai Sarwendah Kusumawardhani Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek Lai Caiqin Yao Fen Rudy Gunawan Rosiana Tendean1991 Ardy Wiranata Huang Hua Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young1992 Joko Suprianto Tang Jiuhong Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang Lin Yanfen Yao Fen1993 Alan Budikusuma Susi Susanti Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson Peter Axelsson Gillian Gowers1994 Hariyanto Arbi Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang Finarsih Lili Tampi Thomas Lund Catrine Bengtsson1995 Joko Suprianto Ye Zhaoying Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana Tri Kusharjanto Minarti Timur1996 Dong Jiong Susi Susanti Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono Ge Fei Gu Jun Sandiarto Minarti Timur1997 Sun Jun Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja Liu Yong Ge Fei1998-2004Not held2005 Lin Dan Xie Xingfang Cai Yun Fu Haifeng Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen2006 Wang Yihan Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan Gao Ling Huang Sui Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
Medal table
References
External links http://www.sportsrecords.co.uk/badminton/index.htm http://com4.runboard.com/bsportsworld.fswimming.t155 Smash: World Cup