2006 Thomas & Uber Cup

2006 Thomas & Uber Cup
Tournament details
Dates	28 April – 7 May
Edition	24th (Thomas Cup); 21st (Uber Cup)
Level	International
Venue	Sendai Gymnasium; Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Location	Sendai and Tokyo, Japan
← 2004 Jakarta	2008 Jakarta →

The 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup was held from 28 April to 7 May in Sendai and Tokyo, Japan. It was the 24th tournament of Thomas Cup and 21st tournament of Uber Cup, men's and women's badminton tournaments.

Sendai hosted all of the group stage and play-off matches while Tokyo hosted the event starting from the quarter-finals until the final.

This was first time the Thomas & Uber Cup was played with a three-game 21-point scoring system.

China emerged as champions of both tournaments after beating Denmark and Netherlands in the men's and women's competitions respectively.

Host city selection edit

Japan, which was competing with Indonesia and the United States for hosting the 2004 Thomas and Uber Cup finals, was awarded with this event. ^[1]

Venues edit

Teams edit

The following nations from five continents, shown by region, qualified for the 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup. Of the sixteen nations, defending champion of both tournaments China and host Japan qualified automatically and did not play the qualification round.

Thomas & Uber Cup

Thomas Cup

Uber Cup

Thomas Cup edit

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD
China	4	2	2	0	10	0	+10
India	3	2	1	1	3	7	−4
Germany	2	2	0	2	2	8	−6

All times local (UTC +9)


28 April 2006
China	5–0	India
29 April 2006
Germany	2–3	India
30 April 2006
China	5–0	Germany

Group B edit

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD
Indonesia	4	2	2	0	8	2	+6
Korea	3	2	1	1	7	3	+4
New Zealand	2	2	0	2	0	10	−10

All times local (UTC +9)


28 April 2006
Korea	5–0	New Zealand
29 April 2006
Indonesia	5–0	New Zealand
30 April 2006
Korea	2–3	Indonesia

Group C edit

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD
Denmark	4	2	2	0	10	0	+10
Japan	3	2	1	1	5	5	0
South Africa	2	2	0	2	0	10	–10

All times local (UTC +9)


28 April 2006
Denmark	5–0	South Africa
29 April 2006
Japan	5–0	South Africa
30 April 2006
Denmark	5–0	Japan

Group D edit

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD
Malaysia	4	2	2	0	10	0	+10
England	3	2	1	1	3	7	–4
United States	2	2	0	2	2	8	–6

All times local (UTC +9)


28 April 2006
Malaysia	5–0	United States
29 April 2006
England	3–2	United States
30 April 2006
Malaysia	5–0	England

Knockout stage edit

Wild-Card 1 May 2006		Quarterfinals 3 May 2006		Semifinals 5 May 2006		Final 7 May 2006

		China	3
South Africa	0	England	0
England	3			China	3
				Indonesia	0
		Indonesia	3
Japan	3	Japan	1
United States	0					China	3
						Denmark	0
		Denmark	3
India	3	India	0
New Zealand	0			Denmark	3
				Malaysia	2
		Malaysia	3
Korea	3	Korea	2
Germany	0

Semi finals edit

China
3

5 May 2006

Indonesia
0

		1	2
1	Lin Dan Taufik Hidayat	21 16	21 8
2	Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng Luluk Hadiyanto / Alvent Yulianto	24 22	21 17
3	Bao Chunlai Sony Dwi Kuncoro	21 17	24 22

Denmark
3

5 May 2006

Malaysia
2

		1	2	3
1	Peter Gade Lee Chong Wei	21 19	21 18
2	Jens Eriksen / Martin Lundgaard Hansen Koo Kien Keat / Chan Chong Ming	17 21	30 28	6 21
3	Kenneth Jonassen Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	20 22	21 12	21 17
4	Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah	13 21	21 15	19 21
5	Joachim Persson Kuan Beng Hong	21 12	21 19

Final edit

China
3

7 May 2006

Denmark
0

		1	2	3
1	Lin Dan Peter Gade	21 17	21 19
2	Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng Jens Eriksen / Martin Lundgaard Hansen	19 21	21 11	21 18
3	Bao Chunlai Kenneth Jonassen	21 12	12 21	21 12
4	Sang Yang / Zheng Bo Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen				not played
5	Chen Jin Joachim Persson				not played

2006 Thomas Cup Champions
China Sixth title

Uber Cup edit

Group stage edit

Group W edit

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD
China	4	2	2	0	10	0	+10
Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	1	5	5	0
United States	2	2	0	2	0	10	−10

All times local (UTC +9)


28 April 2006
China	5–0	United States
29 April 2006
Chinese Taipei	5–0	United States
30 April 2006
China	5–0	Chinese Taipei

Group X edit

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD
Hong Kong	4	2	2	0	6	4	+2
Netherlands	3	2	1	1	7	3	+4
England	2	2	0	2	2	8	−6

All times local (UTC +9)


28 April 2006
Netherlands	2–3	Hong Kong
29 April 2006
England	2–3	Hong Kong
30 April 2006
Netherlands	5–0	England

Group Y edit

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD
Korea	4	2	2	0	8	2	+6
Germany	3	2	1	1	4	6	−2
Singapore	2	2	0	2	3	7	−4

All times local (UTC +9)


28 April 2006
Korea	4–1	Singapore
29 April 2006
Germany	3–2	Singapore
30 April 2006
Korea	4–1	Germany

Group Z edit

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD
Japan	4	2	2	0	10	0	+10
New Zealand	3	2	1	1	5	5	0
South Africa	2	2	0	2	0	10	−10

All times local (UTC +9)


28 April 2006
Japan	5–0	South Africa
29 April 2006
New Zealand	5–0	South Africa
30 April 2006
Japan	5–0	New Zealand

Knockout stage edit

Wild-Card 1 May 2006		Quarterfinals 3 May 2006		Semifinals 4 May 2006		Final 06 May 2006

		China	3
Singapore	3	Singapore	0
New Zealand	0			China	3
				Germany	0
		Hong Kong	2
Germany	3	Germany	3
South Africa	0					China	3
						Netherlands	0
		Korea	2
Chinese Taipei	3	Chinese Taipei	3
England	0			Chinese Taipei	0
				Netherlands	3
		Japan	2
Netherlands	3	Netherlands	3
United States	0

Semi finals edit

China
3

4 May 2006

Germany
0

		1	2
1	Zhang Ning Xu Huaiwen	21 17	21 14
2	Xie Xingfang Juliane Schenk	21 17	21 16
3	Yang Wei / Zhang Jiewen Michaela Peiffer / Sandra Marinello	21 9	21 4

Chinese Taipei
0

4 May 2006

Netherlands
3

		1	2	3
1	Cheng Shao-chieh Mia Audina	19 21	17 21
2	Chien Yu Chin Judith Meulendijks	20 22	17 21
3	Pai Min-Jie Karina de Wit	16 21	21 14	15 21

Final edit

China
3

6 May 2006

Netherlands
0

		1	2	3
1	Zhang Ning Mia Audina	21 18	19 21	21 18
2	Xie Xingfang Judith Meulendijks	21 17	21 18
3	Jiang Yanjiao Rachel van Cutsen	21 9	21 7

2006 Uber Cup Champions
China Tenth title

References edit

^ "SUKAN TEMPATAN". Utusan Online. 1 August 2003. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.

External links edit

Official Website

[1] "SUKAN TEMPATAN". Utusan Online. 1 August 2003. Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.

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