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.

Qualification Hong Kong qualified automatically as hosts. Indonesia qualified as title holders of the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup.

Thomas Cup

Means of qualificationDateVenueSlotQualified teamsHost country11 December 1996Hong Kong11996 Thomas Cup16 – 25 May 1996Hong Kong1European Zone14 – 21 February 1998Sandefjord3Asian Zone15 – 22 February 1998Manila3Total8

Uber Cup

Means of qualificationDateVenueSlotQualified teamsHost country11 December 1996Hong Kong11996 Uber Cup16 – 25 May 1996Hong Kong1European Zone14 – 21 February 1998Sandefjord3Asian Zone15 – 22 February 1998Manila3Total8

Squads

Medal summary Medalists Thomas Cup Hariyanto ArbiHendrawanMarleve MainakyIndra WijayaJoko SupriyantoRexy MainakyRicky SubagjaSigit BudiartoCandra Wijaya Ong Ewe HockYong Hock KinRoslin HashimWong Choong HannCheah Soon KitChoong Tan FookYap Kim HockLee Wan WahTan Kim Her Sun JunLuo YigangDong JiongChen GangLiu YongYu JinhaoZhang JunZhang WeiYang Ming Peter GadePoul-Erik Høyer LarsenPeter RasmussenKenneth JonassenJon Holst-ChristensenMichael SøgaardJens EriksenJesper LarsenJim LaugesenThomas Stavngaard Uber Cup Ye ZhaoyingGong ZhichaoDai YunHan JingnaGe FeiGu JunQin YiyuanTang YongshuLiu LuQian Hong Susi SusantiMia AudinaMeiluawatiEllen AngelinaCindana HartonoEliza NathanaelZelin ResianaIndarti IssolinaDeyana LombanFinarsih Kim Ji-hyunLee Joo-hyunLee Kyung-wonLee Soon-deukJang Hye-ockRa Kyung-minKim Mee-hyangKim Shin-youngChung Jae-hee Camilla MartinMette PedersenMette SørensenAnne SøndergaardRikke OlsenMarlene ThomsenAnn JørgensenMajken VangePernille HarderHelene Kirkegaard

Medal table

Thomas Cup

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final