1981 Uber Cup

The 1981 Uber Cup was the ninth edition of the Uber Cup, the women's badminton team competition. The tournament took place in the 1980-81 badminton season. Japan won its fifth title after beating Indonesia in the Final Round in Tokyo.

1981 Uber Cup
Location	Tokyo, Japan

Qualifying

Australian Zone

First qualifying round

Indonesia	9-0	New Zealand	Jakarta
India	3-6	Australia	Jakarta

Final qualifying round

Indonesia

9-0

Australia

Jakarta

European Zone

First qualifying round

Scotland	1-8	Taiwan	Dunfermline
Sweden	5-4	Netherlands	Örnsköldsvik

Second qualifying round

Sweden	8-1	Denmark	Helsingborg
England	9-0	Taiwan	Sunderland

Final Qualification Round

England

5-4

Denmark

Redbridge, London

Pan American Zone

First qualifying round

Peru

0-9

United States

Lima

Final Qualification Round

Canada

8-1

United States

Quebec

Final Tournament

First round

Indonesia	9–0	Malaysia

Second round

Indonesia	5–4	England
Japan	9–0	Canada

Grand Final

Japan 6	Tokyo, Japan 30 & 31 May, 1981		Indonesia 3
1 2 3 1 Saori Kondo Ivanna Lie 11 7 10 12 11 3   2 Yoshiko Yonekura Verawaty Wiharjo 11 2 2 11 6 11   3 Saori Kondo / Mikiko Takada Verawaty Wiharjo / Ruth Damayanti 15 11 12 15 3 15   4 Atsuko Tokuda / Yoshiko Yonekura Imelda Wiguna / Theresia Widiastuti 17 18 15 11 15 11   5 Atsuko Tokuda Tati Sumirah 11 5 11 9     6 Saori Kondo Verawaty Wiharjo 11 6 11 8     7 Yoshiko Yonekura Ivanna Lie 3 11 11 7 12 9   8 Saori Kondo / Mikiko Takada Imelda Wiguna / Theresia Widiastuti 15 8 15 11     9 Atsuko Tokuda / Yoshiko Yonekura Verawaty Wiharjo / Ruth Damayanti 15 9 9 15 12 15

1981 Uber Cup Champions
Japan Fifth title