latest update 05-04-00 21:03:30

Thomas & Uber Cup - Badminton

Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong - 15-24. May 1998

Miscellaneous

* So far the previous 20 Thomas Cup finals has ended in asian cupboards:

Indonesia
11 titles (1957, 1960, 1963, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1978, 1984, 1994, 1996, 1998)
Malaysia
5 titles (1948, 1951, 1954, 1966, 1992)
China
4 titles (1981, 1986, 1990)


* The Uber Cup trophy almost joins Thomas cup in being an asian 'property'.
  Only USA has interferred and that was the first three times Uber cup was held:

China
6 titles (1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1998)
Japan
5 titles (1965, 1968, 1971, 1977, 1980)
Indonesia
3 titles (1974, 1994, 1996)
USA
3 titles (1956, 1959, 1962)






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