2006 Thomas & Uber Cup

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The 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup (official name: トマス杯&ユーバー杯2006) was held from April 28 to May 7 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.

Contents 1 Venues 2 Teams 3 Thomas Cup - Group stages 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 3.3 Group C 3.4 Group D 4 Thomas Cup - Knockout stages 4.1 Play offs 4.2 Quarter finals 4.3 Semi finals 4.4 Final 5 Uber Cup - Groups stages 5.1 Group W 5.2 Group X 5.3 Group Y 5.4 Group Z 6 Uber Cup - Knockout stages 6.1 Play-offs 6.2 Quarter finals 6.3 Semi finals 6.4 Final 7 Awards 8 External link

[edit] Venues

• Sendai Gymnasium
• Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

[edit] Teams

The following nations from 5 continents, shown by region, qualified for the 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup. Of the 16 nations, defending champion of both tournaments China and host Japan qualified automatically and did not play the qualification round.

Asia (ABC)	Europe (EBU)	Oceania (OBC)	Americas (PABC)	Africa (ABF)
China Chinese Taipei # Hong Kong # India * Indonesia * Japan Malaysia * Singapore # Korea	Denmark * England Germany Netherlands #	New Zealand	United States	South Africa

* Thomas Cup only
# Uber Cup only

[edit] Thomas Cup - Group stages

[edit] Group A

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 14:00
	China	5–0	India	Games played: 11 China: 10 India: 1
	Lin Dan Fu Haifeng - Cai Yun Chen Jin Zheng Bo - Guo Zhendong Xia Xuanze

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29 April 2006 14:00
	Germany	2–3	India	Games played: 12 Germany: 6 India: 6
	Bjoern Joppien Kristof Hoff - Ingo Kindervater		Anup Sidhar Arvind Bhat Rupesh Kumar - V Diju
	(Tie progression)

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30 April 2006 14:00
	China	5–0	Germany	Games played: 11 China: 10 Germany: 1
	Lin Dan Fu Haifeng - Cai Yun Bao Chunlai Xie Zhongbo - Guo Zhendong Chen Jin

[edit] Group B

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 14:00
	Korea	5–0	New Zealand	Games played: 10 Korea: 10
	Lee Hyun-il Shon Seung-mo Park Sung-hwan Jung Jae-sung - Lee Yong-dae Hwang Ji-man - Han Sang-hoon

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29 April 2006 17:00
	Indonesia	5–0	New Zealand	Games played: 10 Indonesia: 10
	Taufik Hidayat Sony Dwi Kuncoro Simon Santoso Luluk Hadiyanto - Alvent Yulianto Candra Wijaya - Sigit Budiarto

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30 April 2006 17:00
	Korea	2–3	Indonesia	Games played: 12 Korea: 5 Indonesia: 7
	Lee Hyun-il Jung Jae-sung - Lee Yong-dae		Sony Dwi Kuncoro Luluk Hadiyanto - Alvent Yulianto Simon Santoso
	(Tie progression)

[edit] Group C

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 17:00
	Denmark	5–0	South Africa	Games played: 10 Denmark: 10
	Peter Gade Niels Christian Kaldau Joachim Persson Jens Eriksen - Martin Lundgaard Hansen Mathias Boe - Carsten Mogensen

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29 April 2006 14:00
	Japan	5–0	South Africa	Games played: 10 Japan: 10
	Shoji Sato Yousuke Nakanishi Sho Sasaki Keita Masuda - Tadashi Ohtsuka Suichi Nakao - Keishi Kawaguchi

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30 April 2006 17:00
	Denmark	5–0	Japan	Games played: 12 Denmark: 10 Japan: 2
	Peter Gade Jens Eriksen - Martin Lundgaard Hansen Kenneth Jonassen Lars Paaske - Jonas Rasmussen Niels Christian Kaldau

[edit] Group D

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 17:00
	Malaysia	5–0	United States	Games played:11 Malaysia: 10 United States: 1
	Lee Chong Wei Wong Choong Hann Choong Tan Fook - Lee Wan Wah Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Koo Kien Keat - Tan Boon Heong

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29 April 2006 17:00
	England	3–2	United States	Games played: 11 England: 7 United States: 4
	Nicholas Kidd Rajiv Ouseph David Lindley - Chris Langridge		Raju Rai Tony Gunawan - Eric Go
	(Tie progression)

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30 April 2006 14:00
	Malaysia	5–0	England	Games played: 11 Malaysia: 10 England: 1
	Wong Choong Hann Chan Chong Ming - Koo Kien Keat Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Chew Choon Eng - Tan Boon Heong Kuan Beng Hong

[edit] Thomas Cup - Knockout stages

	Play-offs				Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
					3 May 2006
	1 May 2006
					China	3
	South Africa	0							5 May 2006
					England	0
	England	3							China	3
									Indonesia	0
					Indonesia	3
	Japan	3											7 May 2006
					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

[edit] Play offs

All times local (UTC +9)

1 May 2006 14:00
	Japan	3–0	United States	Games played: 6 Japan: 6
	Shoji Sato Keita Masuda - Tadashi Ohtsuka Yousuke Nakanishi

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1 May 2006 14:00
	South Africa	3–0	England	Games played: 6 England: 6
	Andrew Smith Nicholas Kidd Rajiv Ouseph

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1 May 2006 17:00
	Korea	3–0	Germany	Games played: 7 Korea: 6 Germany: 1
	Lee Hyun-il Jung Jae-sung - Lee Yong-dae Park Sung-hwan

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1 May 2006 17:00
	India	3–0	New Zealand	Games played: 7 India: 6 New Zealand: 1
	Anup Sridhar Arvind Bhat Nikhil Kanetkar

[edit] Quarter finals

All times local (UTC +9)

3 May 2006 11:00
	China	3–0	England	Games played: 7 China: 6 England: 1
	Lin Dan Cai Yun - Fu Haifeng Bao Chunlai

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3 May 2006 14:00
	Indonesia	3–1	Japan	Games played: 9 Indonesia: 7 Japan: 2
	Luluk Hadiyanto - Alvent Yulianto Sony Dwi Kuncoro Marcos Kidho - Hendra Setiawan		Shoji Sato
	(Tie progression)

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3 May 2006 14:00
	Denmark	3–0	India	Games played: 6 Denmark: 7
	Peter Gade Kenneth Jonassen Jens Eriksen - Martin Lundgaard Hansen

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3 May 2006 17:00
	Malaysia	3–2	Korea	Games played: 9 Malaysia: 6 Korea: 3
	Lee Chong Wei Lee Wan Wah - Choong Tan Fook Muhammad Hafiz Hashim		Jung Jae-sung - Hwang Ji-man Park Sung-hwan
	(Tie progression)

[edit] Semi finals

May 5, 2006, 13:00

China

3–0

Indonesia

	CHINA		INDONESIA
(1)	Lin Dan	21–16, 21–8	Taufik Hidayat
(2)	Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng	24–22, 21–17	Luluk Hadiyanto & Alvent Yulianto
(3)	Bao Chunlai	21–17, 24–22	Sony Dwi Kuncoro

May 5, 2006, 17:00

Denmark

3–2

Malaysia

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

[edit] Final

May 7, 2006, 13:00

China

3–0

Denmark

	CHINA		DENMARK
(1)	Lin Dan	21–19, 21–19	Peter Gade
(2)	Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng	19–21, 21–11, 21–18	Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen
(3)	Bao Chunlai	21–12, 12–21, 21–12	Kenneth Jonassen

[edit] Uber Cup - Groups stages

[edit] Group W

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 14:00
	China	5–0	United States	Games played:10 China: 10
	Zhang Ning Du Jing - Yu Yang Xie Xingfang Gao Ling - Huang Sui Lu Lan

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29 April 2006 14:00
	Chinese Taipei	5–0	United States	Games played: 10 Chinese Taipei: 10
	Cheng Shao-Chieh Huang Chia-Hsin Chou Chia-Chi - Ku Pei-Ting Pai Min-Jie Chien Yu-Chin - Chen Wen-Hsing

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30 April 2006 17:00
	China	5–0	Chinese Taipei	Games played:10 China:10 Chinese Taipei: 1
	Zhang Ning Gao Ling - Huang Sui Xie Xingfang Yang Wei - Zhang Jiewen Jiang Yanjiao

[edit] Group X

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 17:00
	Netherlands	2–3	Hong Kong	Games played: 12 Netherlands: 5 Hong Kong: 7
	Rachel Van Cutsen de Katrina Wit		Wang Chen Yip Pui Yin Chau Hoi Wah - Louisa Koon Wai Chee
	(Tie progression)

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29 April 2006 17:00
	England	2–3	Hong Kong	Games played: 8 England: 2 Hong Kong: 6 [1]
	Joanne Nicholas - Natalie Munt Suzanne Rayappan - Jenny Wallwork		Wang Chen Yip Pui Yin Wong Sin Yee
	(Tie progression)

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30 April 2006 14:00
	Netherlands	5–0	England	Games played: 12 Netherlands: 10 England: 2
	Mia Audina Judith Meulendijks de Katrina Wit Judith Meulendijks - Rachel Van Cutsen Mia Audina - de Katrina Wit

[edit] Group Y

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 17:00
	Korea	4–1	Singapore	Games played: 11 Korea: 8 Singapore: 3
	Lee Yun-hwa Jun Jae-youn Hwang Yu-mi - Ha Jung-eun Lee Kyung-won - Lee Hyo-jung		Li Li
	(Tie progression)

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29 April 2006 17:00
	Germany	3–2	Singapore	Games played: 10 Germany: 6 Singapore: 4
	Xu Huaiwen Juliane Schenk Nicole Grether - Juliane Schenk		Jiang Yanmei Li Yujia - Shinta Mulia Santi
	(Tie progression)

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30 April 2006 17:00
	Korea	4–1	Germany	Games played: 11 Korea: 8 Germany: 3
	Lee Kyung-won - Lee Hyo-jung Lee Yun-hwa Hwang Yu-mi - Ha Jung-eun Jun Jae-youn		Xu Huaiwen
	(Tie progression)

[edit] Group Z

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 14:00
	Japan	5–0	South Africa	Games played: 10 Japan: 10
	Kaori Mori Eriko Hirose Kanako Yonekura Kumiko Ogura - Reiko Shiota Tomomi Matsuda - Aki Akao

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29 April 2006 14:00
	New Zealand	5–0	South Africa	Games played: 10 New Zealand: 10
	Rachel Hindley Renee Flavell Michelle Chan Sara Runesten Petersen - Rachel Hindley Renee Flavell - Donna Cranston

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30 April 2006 14:00
	Japan	5–0	New Zealand	Games played: 10 Japan: 10
	Kaori Mori Eriko Hirose Yu Hirayama Kumiko Ogura - Reiko Shiota Miyuki Maeda - Satoko Suetsuna

[edit] Uber Cup - Knockout stages

	Play-offs				Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
					3 May 2006
	1 May 2006
					China	3
	Singapore	3							4 May 2006
					Singapore	0
	New Zealand	0							China	3
									Germany	0
					Hong Kong	2
	Germany	3											6 May 2006
					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

[edit] Play-offs

All times local (UTC +9)

1 May 2006 14:00
	Singapore	3–0	New Zealand	Games played: 6 Singapore: 6
	Li Li Xing Aiying Jiang Yanmei

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1 May 2006 14:00
	Netherlands	3–0	United States	Games played: 5 Netherlands: 4 +1 + retired
	Judith Meulendijks Rachel Van Cutsen de Karina Wit

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1 May 2006 17:00
	Chinese Taipei	3–0	England	Games played: 7 Chinese Taipei: 6 England: 1
	Cheng Shao-Chieh Chien Yu-Chin Chou Chia-Chi - Ku Pei-Ting

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1 May 2006 17:00
	Germany	3–0	South Africa	Games played: 6 Germany: 6
	Juliane Schenk Petra Overzier Nicole Grether

[edit] Quarter finals

All times local (UTC +9)

3 May 2006 11:00
	China	3–0	Singapore	Games played: 6 China: 6
	Zhang Ning Jiang Yanjiao Gao Ling - Huang Sui

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3 May 2006 11:00
	Hong Kong	2–3	Germany	Games played: 11 Hong Kong: 4 Germany: 7
	Wang Chen Louisa Koon Wai Chee - Wang Chen		Juliane Schenk Petra Overzier Nicole Grether - Juliane Schenk
	(Tie progression)

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3 May 2006 15:00
	Korea	2–3	Chinese Taipei	Games played: 12 Korea: 6 Chinese Taipei: 6
	Hwang Yu-mi - Ha Jung-eun Jun Jae-youn		Cheng Shao-Chieh Chien Yu-Chin Chien Yu-Chin - Cheng Wen-Hsing
	(Tie progression)

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3 May 2006 17:00
	Japan	2–3	Netherlands	Games played: 14 Japan: 6 Netherlands: 8
	Kaori Mori Kanako Yonekura		Judith Meulendijks Mia Audina - Judith Meulendijks de Karina Wit - Ginny Severien
	(Tie progression)

[edit] Semi finals

All times local (UTC +9)

4 May 2006 13:00
	China	3–0	Germany	Games played: 6 China: 6
	Zhang Ning Xie Xingfang Yang Wei - Zhang Jiewen

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4 May 2006 17:00
	Chinese Taipei	0–3	Netherlands	Games played: 7 Chinese Taipei: 1 Netherlands: 6
			Mia Audina Judith Meulendijks de Karina Wit

[edit] Final

All times local (UTC +9)

6 May 2006 13:00
	China	3–0	Netherlands	Games played: 7 China: 6 Netherlands: 1
	Zhang Ning Xie Xingfang Jiang Yanjiao

[edit] Awards

Thomas Cup Winner	Uber Cup Winner
China Sixth title	China Tenth title

[edit] External link

• Official Website

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Asia: BAC – Asia Championships      Europe: BE – European Championships      Americas: PABC – Pan Am Championships      Africa: ABF – African Championships      Oceania: OBC – Oceania Championships
Thomas Cup v • d • e
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Uber Cup
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Thomas & Uber Cup (1984—2008)
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