2000 Thomas & Uber Cup

2000 Thomas & Uber Cup

Tournament details
Dates	11 May – 21 May
Level	International
Venue	Putra Stadium
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
← 1998 Hong Kong 2002 Guangzhou →

The 2000 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 21st tournament of the Thomas Cup, and the 18th tournament of the Uber Cup, which are the major international team competitions in world badminton.

Host city selection

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia was the only city to submit a bid. International Badminton Federation accepted the bid during a meeting in Copenhagen.^[1]

Thomas Cup

Teams

49 teams took part in the competition, and eight teams qualified for the final Stage, including Indonesia, as defending champion, and Malaysia, as host team.

Final stage

Group A

Team Pld W L  South Korea 3 3 0  Denmark 3 2 1  Malaysia 3 1 2  India 3 0 3

South Korea  3–2  Denmark South Korea  3–2  Malaysia South Korea  4–1  India Denmark  4–1  Malaysia Denmark  5–0  India Malaysia  4–1  India

Group B

Team Pld W L  Indonesia 3 3 0  China 3 2 1  England 3 1 2  Sweden 3 0 3

Indonesia  4–1  China Indonesia  5–0  England Indonesia  5–0  Sweden China  4–1  England China  5–0  Sweden England  4–1  Sweden

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	South Korea	1
	China	3
					China	0
					Indonesia	3
	Denmark	2
	Indonesia	3

Semi-finals

China 3	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 18, 2000		South Korea 1
1 2 3 1 Xia Xuanze Lee Hyun-Il 15 6 15 5     2 Yu Jinhao / Chen Qiqiu Kim Dong-Moon / Ha Tae-Kwon 11 15 15 5 9 15   3 Ji Xinpeng Ahn Jae-chang 15 12 15 10     4 Zhang Wei / Zhang Jun Lee Dong-Soo / Yoo Yong-Sung 15 9 12 15 15 9   5 Luo Yigang Park Tae-Sang       not played

Indonesia 3	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 19, 2000		Denmark 2
1 2 3 1 Hendrawan Peter Gade 15 12 16 17 11 15   2 Tony Gunawan / Rexy Mainaky Martin Lundgaard Hansen / Lars Paaske 15 7 15 3     3 Taufik Hidayat Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen 15 11 15 9     4 Candra Wijaya / Sigit Budiarto Jens Eriksen / Jesper Larsen 15 8 15 17 16 17   5 Marleve Mainaky Kenneth Jonassen 15 14 15 13

Final

Indonesia 3	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 21, 2000		China 0
1 2 3 1 Hendrawan Xia Xuanze 11 15 15 7 15 9   2 Tony Gunawan / Rexy Mainaky Yu Jinhao / Chen Qiqiu 15 9 15 2     3 Taufik Hidayat Ji Xinpeng 15 9 17 14     4 Candra Wijaya / Sigit Budiarto Zhang Wei / Zhang Jun       not played 5 Marleve Mainaky Luo Yigang       not played

2000 Thomas Cup Champions
Indonesia Twelfth title

Uber Cup

Teams

43 teams took part in the competition, and eight teams qualified for the final Stage.

Final stage

Group A

Team Pld W L  Denmark 3 3 0  Indonesia 3 2 1  Japan 3 1 2  Malaysia 3 0 3

Denmark  4–1  Indonesia Malaysia  2–3  Japan Denmark  4–1  Malaysia Indonesia  3–2  Japan Denmark  3–2  Japan Indonesia  5–0  Malaysia

Group B

Team Pld W L  China 3 3 0  South Korea 3 2 1  Netherlands 3 1 2  Sweden 3 0 3

China  5–0  Netherlands South Korea  5–0  Sweden China  5–0  Sweden South Korea  5–0  Netherlands China  5–0  South Korea Netherlands  3–2  Sweden

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	China	3
	Indonesia	0
					China	3
					Denmark	0
	South Korea	0
	Denmark	3

Semi-finals

China 3	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 17, 2000		Indonesia 0
1 2 3 1 Gong Zhichao Ellen Angelina 11 2 11 1     2 Ge Fei / Gu Jun Eliza Nathanael / Deyana Lomban 15 9 15 7     3 Dai Yun Yuli Marfuah 11 6 11 4

South Korea 0	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 17, 2000		Denmark 3
1 2 3 1 Kim Ji-hyun Camilla Martin 5 11 7 11     2 Lee Kyung-won Mette Sorensen 8 11 3 11     3 Lee Hyo-jung / Yim Kyung Jin Helene Kirkegaard / Rikke Olsen 5 15 6 15

Final

China 3	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia May 20, 2000		Denmark 0
1 2 3 1 Gong Zhichao Camilla Martin 11 9 11 5     2 Ge Fei / Gu Jun Helene Kirkegaard / Rikke Olsen 15 2 15 9     3 Dai Yun Mette Sorensen 11 8 11 1     4 Qin Yiyuan / Gao Ling Ann-Lou Jorgensen / Mette Schjoldager       not played 5 Ye Zhaoying Mette Pedersen       not played

2000 Uber Cup Champions
China Seventh title

References

External links

• Thomas, Uber Cup teams announced
• Smash: 2000 Thomas Cup - Final Round
• Smash: Uber Cup Calendar
• Smash: 2000 Uber Cup - Final Round