2008 Thomas & Uber Cup

The 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 25th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 22nd tournament of the Uber Cup, the men's and women's team competition in badminton, respectively. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from May 11 to May 18, 2008.

2008 Thomas & Uber Cup
Piala Thomas & Uber 2008

Tournament details
Dates	11–18 May
Edition	25th (Thomas Cup) 22nd (Uber Cup)
Level	International
Venue	Istora Gelora Bung Karno
Location	Jakarta, Indonesia
← 2006 Sendai-Tokyo 2010 Kuala Lumpur →

Host city selection

China, Indonesia, and the United States submitted a bid for the event.^[1] International Badminton Federation selected Indonesia as the host for the event during a council meeting in December 2005.^[2]

Qualification

Main article: 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup qualification

Qualifying countries

Confederation	Qualifier(s)
	Thomas Cup	Uber Cup
Asia	Malaysia  Thailand  Japan  South Korea	South Korea  Japan  Malaysia  Hong Kong
Africa	Nigeria	South Africa
Europe	Denmark  England  Germany	Denmark  Netherlands  Germany
Oceania	New Zealand	New Zealand
Americas	Canada	United States
Defending Champions	China	China
Host nation	Indonesia	Indonesia

Seedings

All the seeding list based on February 28, 2008 world rankings as the draw was conducted on March 11, 2008.^[3][4] The top four seeding teams is in first pot, follow by next four teams in the second pot and the bottom four teams was put in the third pot.

Thomas Cup  China  Indonesia  Malaysia  Denmark  South Korea  Japan  Canada  Germany  Thailand  England  New Zealand  Nigeria

Uber Cup  China  Japan  South Korea  Malaysia  Indonesia  Germany  Denmark  Hong Kong  Netherlands  New Zealand  United States  South Africa

Squads

Further information: 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup squads

Medal summary

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thomas Cup	China Lin Dan Bao Chunlai Chen Jin Chen Yu Cai Yun Fu Haifeng Xie Zhongbo Guo Zhendong He Hanbin Shen Ye	South Korea Park Sung-hwan Lee Hyun-il Shon Seung-mo Hong Ji-hoon Lee Jae-jin Jung Jae-sung Hwang Ji-man Lee Yong-dae	Malaysia Lee Chong Wei Wong Choong Hann Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Mohd Arif Abdul Latif Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
	Indonesia Sony Dwi Kuncoro Taufik Hidayat Simon Santoso Tommy Sugiarto Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan Joko Riyadi Hendra Aprida Gunawan Candra Wijaya Nova Widianto
Uber Cup	China Xie Xingfang Lu Lan Zhu Lin Jiang Yanjiao Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen Wei Yili Zhang Yawen Gao Ling Zhao Tingting	Indonesia Maria Kristin Yulianti Adriyanti Firdasari Pia Zebadiah Fransisca Ratnasari Lilyana Natsir Vita Marissa Greysia Polii Jo Novita Rani Mundiasti Endang Nursugianti	South Korea Hwang Hye-youn Lee Yun-hwa Jang Soo-young Bae Youn-joo Lee Kyung-won Lee Hyo-jung Kim Min-jung Ha Jung-eun
	Germany Xu Huaiwen Juliane Schenk Janet Köhler Carola Bott Karin Schnaase Nicole Grether Carina Mette Birgit Overzier Michaela Peiffer Kathrin Piotrowski

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Indonesia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	2	0	0	2
2	Indonesia*	0	1	1	2
	South Korea	0	1	1	2
4	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	4	8

Thomas Cup

Groups

Main article: 2008 Thomas Cup group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L  China 2 2 2 0  Canada 1 2 1 1  Nigeria 0 2 0 2

2008-05-11 China  5–0  Nigeria Canada  5–0  Nigeria 2008-05-12 China  5–0  Canada

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L  Malaysia 2 2 2 0  England 1 2 1 1  South Korea 0 2 0 2

2008-05-11 Malaysia  5–0  England 2008-05-12 South Korea  1–4  England Malaysia  4–1  South Korea

Group C

Team Pts Pld W L  Denmark 2 2 2 0  Japan 1 2 1 1  New Zealand 0 2 0 2

2008-05-11 Denmark  5–0  New Zealand 2008-05-12 Japan  5–0  New Zealand Denmark  3–2  Japan

Group D

Team Pts Pld W L  Indonesia 2 2 2 0  Thailand 1 2 1 1  Germany 0 2 0 2

2008-05-11 Germany  2–3  Thailand Indonesia  3–2  Thailand 2008-05-12 Indonesia  5–0  Germany

Knockout stage

This section is transcluded from 2008 Thomas Cup knockout stage. (edit | history)

	Wild-Card 13 May 2022					Quarterfinals 14 May 2022					Semifinals 16 May 2022					Final 18 May 2022
						China		3
	New Zealand		0			Thailand		0
	Thailand		3								China		3
											Malaysia		2
						Malaysia		3
	Japan		3			Japan		0
	Germany		2													China		3
																South Korea		1
						Denmark		2
	Canada		0			South Korea		3
	South Korea		3								South Korea		3
											Indonesia		0
						Indonesia		3
	England		3			England		0
	Nigeria		0

2008 Thomas Cup champion
China Seventh title

Uber Cup

Groups

Main article: 2008 Uber Cup group stage

Group W

Team Pts Pld W L  China 2 2 2 0  Germany 1 2 1 1  United States 0 2 0 2

2008-05-11 China  5–0  United States Germany  5–0  United States 2008-05-12 China  4–1  Germany

Group X

Team Pts Pld W L  South Korea 2 2 2 0  Hong Kong 1 2 1 1  South Africa 0 2 0 2

2008-05-11 South Korea  5–0  South Africa 2008-05-12 Hong Kong  5–0  South Africa South Korea  5–0  Hong Kong

Group Y

Team Pts Pld W L  Denmark 2 2 2 0  Malaysia 1 2 1 1  New Zealand 0 2 0 2

2008-05-11 Malaysia  5–0  New Zealand Denmark  4–1  New Zealand 2008-05-12 Malaysia  2–3  Denmark

Group Z

Team Pts Pld W L  Indonesia 2 2 2 0  Netherlands 1 2 1 1  Japan 0 2 0 2

2008-05-11 Japan  1–4  Indonesia 2008-05-12 Japan  2–3  Netherlands Indonesia  5–0  Netherlands

Knockout stage

This section is transcluded from 2008 Uber Cup knockout stage. (edit | history)

	Wild-Card 13 May 2008					Quarterfinals 14 May 2008					Semifinals 15 May 2008					Final 17 May 2008
						China		3
	New Zealand		0			Netherlands		2
	Netherlands		3								China		3
											South Korea		1
						South Korea		3
	Malaysia		3			Malaysia		1
	Japan		0													China		3
																Indonesia		0
						Denmark		0
	Germany		3			Germany		3
	South Africa		0								Germany		1
											Indonesia		3
						Indonesia		3
	Hong Kong		3			Hong Kong		0
	United States		0

2008 Uber Cup champion
China Eleventh title

Controversies

The controversy arose when an unfair scheduling forced some of the teams to play twice a day. Most of the teams were unhappy with the Badminton World Federation decision, including the Indonesia Uber Cup team who threatened to pull out from the tournament due to the scheduling affair, forcing organisers to amend the schedule.^[5]

Another controversy cropped up in the tournament was the decision of Korea Thomas Cup team to throw both of their group matches to get a better opposition in the knockout stage. They lost 4–1 in both group matches against England and Malaysia and soon admitted they played to lose the game.^[6][7] However, Korean manager denied any fault on them and blamed on the format.^[8] This controversy forced the BWF to reexamine the rules and format for future tournaments.^[9]