1979 WBF World Championships – Men's team

Men's team at the 1979 WBF World Championships
Venue	Hangzhou Gymnasium
Location	Hangzhou, China
Dates	10 – 15 June 1979

Main article: 1979 WBF World Championships

The men's team tournament at the 1979 WBF World Championships was held from 10 to 15 June 1979 at the Hangzhou Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China. Originally, 16 teams from Asia and Africa competed in the championships.

Zambia withdrew from the tournament, leaving only 15 countries in the men's team tournament.

Draw

The group stage consists of 4 groups, Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4. ^[1] The first-placed teams in each group will advance to the semi-finals while the rest will compete in the classification rounds.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
China   Philippines   Sri Lanka   Zambia	Ghana   Nigeria     Nepal   Pakistan	Bangladesh   Hong Kong   Kenya   Singapore	Burma   Mauritius   Tanzania   Thailand

Group stage

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	10	0	+10	2	Semi-finals
2	Sri Lanka	2	1	1	5	5	0	1	Classification round
3	Philippines	2	0	2	0	10	−10	0
4	Zambia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: NewspaperSG

China 5	Hangzhou Gymnasium 10 June 1979 [2]		Philippines 0
1 2 3 1 Lin Yixiong Errol Chan 15 2 15 1     2 Luan Jin Renato Navarro 15 1 15 3     3 Luan Jin  /  Yu Yaodong Brandon Chan  /  Jesus Araneta Martin 15 1 15 1     4 Sun Zhian  /  Yao Ximing Errol Chan  /  Francisco Delgado 15 4 15 4     5 Han Jian Brandon Chan 15 2 15 2

Sri Lanka -	Hangzhou Gymnasium 10 June 1979 [2]		Zambia Withdrew
1 2 3 1           2           3           4           5

China 5	Hangzhou Gymnasium 11 June 1979 [3]		Sri Lanka 0
1 2 3 1 Yu Yaodong Ravi Kuruppu 15 4 15 7     2 Lin Yixiong Malik Jhan 15 5 15 4     3 Luan Jin  /  Yu Yaodong Oliver Guruge  /  L. G. S. Gunawardena 15 3 15 9     4 Sun Zhian  /  Yao Ximing Malik Jhan  /  Ravi Kuruppu 15 2 15 3     5 Han Jian L. G. S. Gunawardena 15 6 15 1

Philippines -	Hangzhou Gymnasium 11 June 1979 [3]		Zambia Withdrew
1 2 3 1           2           3           4           5

Sri Lanka 5	Hangzhou Gymnasium 12 June 1979 [4]		Philippines 0
1 2 3 1 Ravi Kuruppu Daniel So         2 Malik Jhan Errol Chan         3 Oliver Guruge  /  L. G. S. Gunawardena Oscar Cordero  /  Renato Reyes         4 Malik Jhan  /  Ravi Kuruppu Errol Chan  /  Daniel So         5 L. G. S. Gunawardena Renato Reyes

China -	Hangzhou Gymnasium 12 June 1979 [4]		Zambia Withdrew
1 2 3 1           2           3           4           5

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	3	3	0	15	0	+15	3	Semi-finals
2	Nepal	3	2	1	8	7	+1	2	Classification round
3	Nigeria	3	1	2	7	8	−1	1
4	Ghana	3	0	3	0	15	−15	0

Source: NewspaperSG

Pakistan 5	Hangzhou Gymnasium 10 June 1979 [2]		Nigeria 0
1 2 3 1 Tariq Wadood Babatunde Badiru         2 Hassan Shaheed Samson Egbeyemi         3 Javed Iqbal  /  Tariq Wadood Monday Edo  /  Ishola Iyiola         4 Zahid Maqbool  /  Hassan Shaheed Babatunde Badiru  /  Samson Egbeyemi         5 Nadeem Ur-Rahman Monday Edo

Nepal 5	Hangzhou Gymnasium 10 June 1979 [2]		Ghana 0
1 2 3 1 Kishor Bahadur Singha Kodjo Asamoah       w/o   2 Prem Pandey Paul Kodjo Kumah       w/o   3 Pradeep Bikram Shah  /  Prakash Rana Mario Appiagyei-Danka  /  Frank Kwami       w/o   4 Prem Pandey  /  Kishor Bahadur Singha Kodjo Asamoah  /  Paul Kodjo Kumah       w/o   5 Prakash Rana Mario Appiagyei-Danka       w/o

Pakistan 5	Hangzhou Gymnasium 11 June 1979 [3]		Nepal 0
1 2 3 1 Tariq Wadood Prem Pandey 15 1 15 2     2 Zahid Maqbool Prakash Rana 15 3 15 6     3 Javed Iqbal  /  Tariq Wadood Pradeep Bikram Shah  /  Prakash Rana 15 3 15 3     4 Zahid Maqbool  /  Hassan Shaheed Prem Pandey  /  Kishor Bahadur Singha 15 5 15 7     5 Javed Iqbal Kishor Bahadur Singha 15 12 15 6

Nigeria 5	Hangzhou Gymnasium 11 June 1979 [3]		Ghana 0
1 2 3 1 Samson Egbeyemi Kodjo Asamoah         2 Babatunde Badiru Paul Kodjo Kumah         3 Monday Edo  /  Ishola Iyiola Mario Appiagyei-Danka  /  Frank Kwami         4 Babatunde Badiru  /  Samson Egbeyemi Kodjo Asamoah  /  Paul Kodjo Kumah         5 Monday Edo Mario Appiagyei-Danka

Nepal 3	Hangzhou Gymnasium 12 June 1979 [4]		Nigeria 2
1 2 3 1 Prem Pandey Babatunde Badiru         2 Prakash Rana Samson Egbeyemi         3 Pradeep Bikram Shah  /  Prakash Rana Monday Edo  /  Ishola Iyiola         4 Prem Pandey  /  Kishor Bahadur Singha Babatunde Badiru  /  Samson Egbeyemi         5 Kishor Bahadur Singha Monday Edo

Pakistan 5	Hangzhou Gymnasium 12 June 1979 [4]		Ghana 0
1 2 3 1 Tariq Wadood Kodjo Asamoah         2 Hassan Shaheed Paul Kodjo Kumah         3 Javed Iqbal  /  Tariq Wadood Mario Appiagyei-Danka  /  Frank Kwami         4 Zahid Maqbool  /  Hassan Shaheed Kodjo Asamoah  /  Paul Kodjo Kumah         5 Nadeem Ur-Rahman Mario Appiagyei-Danka

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hong Kong	3	3	0	13	2	+11	3	Semi-finals
2	Singapore	3	2	1	12	3	+9	2	Classification round
3	Bangladesh	3	1	2	3	12	−9	1
4	Kenya	3	0	3	2	13	−11	0

Source: NewspaperSG

Singapore 5	Hangzhou Gymnasium 10 June 1979 [2]		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 Lee Ah Ngo Rajesh Shah 15 7 15 2     2 Kamaruddin Musa Amjid Rasul 15 1 15 8     3 Tan Eng Han  /  Wong Shoon Keat Rajesh Shah  /  Pradesh Sodha 15 1 15 5     4 Chee Mun Hung  /  Lee Ah Ngo Indravadan Chauhan  /  Narendra K. Shah 15 12 15 2     5 Lim Teck Heng Pradesh Sodha 15 5 15 12

Hong Kong 5	Hangzhou Gymnasium 10 June 1979 [2]		Bangladesh 0
1 2 3 1 Chan Tin Cheung Sheikh Abdul Hashem         2 Yang Mei Liang Mohammad Monwarul Alam         3 Chan Chi Choi  /  Wong Man Hing Sheikh Abdul Hashem  /  Mansur Ahmed Khan         4 Chan Tin Cheung  /  Yang Mei Liang Mohammad Monwarul Alam  /  Mohammed Golam Aziz         5 Wong Man Hing Mohammed Golam Aziz

Hong Kong 5	Hangzhou Gymnasium 11 June 1979 [3]		Kenya 0
1 2 3 1 Chan Tin Cheung Amjid Rasul 15 9 15 5     2 Yang Mei Liang Moez Alibhai 15 2 15 1     3 Chan Chi Choi  /  Wong Man Hing Indravadan Chauhan  /  Narendra K. Shah 15 5 15 3     4 Chan Tin Cheung  /  Yang Mei Liang Rajesh Shah  /  Moez Alibhai 15 7 15 5     5 Wong Man Hing Pradesh Sodha 15 2 15 2

Singapore 5	Hangzhou Gymnasium 11 June 1979 [3]		Bangladesh 0
1 2 3 1 Wong Shoon Keat Sheikh Abdul Hashem 15 1 15 1     2 Lim Teck Heng Mohammad Monwarul Alam 15 6 15 4     3 Chee Mun Hung  /  Lee Hai Thong Sheikh Abdul Hashem  /  Mansur Ahmed Khan 15 5 15 3     4 Tan Eng Han  /  Wong Shoon Keat Mohammad Monwarul Alam  /  Mohammed Golam Aziz 15 3 15 4     5 Kamaruddin Musa Mohammed Golam Aziz 15 9 15 2

Hong Kong 3	Hangzhou Gymnasium 12 June 1979 [5]		Singapore 2
1 2 3 1 Chan Tin Cheung Wong Shoon Keat 15 2 15 9     2 Yang Mei Liang Lee Hai Thong 18 14 13 18 10 15   3 Chan Tin Cheung  /  Ng Chun Shing Tan Eng Han  /  Wong Shoon Keat 15 9 15 8     4 Wong Man Hing  /  Yang Mei Liang Chee Mun Hung  /  Lee Hai Thong 5 15 18 17 15 11   5 Wong Man Hing Kamaruddin Musa 15 9 4 15   retired

Bangladesh 3	Hangzhou Gymnasium 12 June 1979 [6]		Kenya 2
1 2 3 1 Mansur Ahmed Khan S. R. Sinha 15 8 9 15 15 18   2 Mohammed Golam Aziz Amjid Rasul 10 15 15 7 15 9   3 Mansur Ahmed Khan  /  Sheikh Abdul Hashem Rajesh Shah  /  Pradesh Sodha 18 14 6 15 15 9   4 Mohammad Monwarul Alam  /  Mohammed Golam Aziz Indravadan Chauhan  /  Narendra K. Shah 15 7 15 7     5 Mohammad Monwarul Alam Pradesh Sodha         w/o

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand	3	3	0	15	0	+15	3	Semi-finals
2	Burma	3	2	1	10	5	+5	2	Classification round
3	Mauritius	3	1	2	3	12	−9	1
4	Tanzania	3	0	3	2	13	−11	0

Source: NewspaperSG

Thailand 5	Hangzhou Gymnasium 10 June 1979 [2]		Tanzania 0
1 2 3 1 Udom Luangpetcharaporn Raju Chiplunkar         2 Sawei Chanseorasmee Mukesh Nathwani         3 Bandid Jaiyen  /  Preecha Soparajee Ali Abed  /  Fuad Ahmed         4 Sawei Chanseorasmee  /  Sarit Pisudchaikul Raju Chiplunkar  /  Mukesh Nathwani         5 Bandid Jaiyen Ali Abed

Burma 5	Hangzhou Gymnasium 10 June 1979 [2]		Mauritius 0
1 2 3 1 Maung Maung Haroon Dulloo         2 Wai Nyunt Ravindren Sandrasagren         3 Win Mar  /  Wai Nyunt Harvé Hardy  /  Philippe Lesage         4 Win Htut  /  Maung Maung Haroon Dulloo  /  Ravindren Sandrasagren         5 Win Mar Harvé Hardy

Burma 5	Hangzhou Gymnasium 11 June 1979 [3]		Tanzania 0
1 2 3 1 Wai Nyunt Mukesh Nathwani 15 1 15 1     2 Maung Maung Raju Chiplunkar 15 4 15 2     3 Win Mar  /  Wai Nyunt Ali Abed  /  Fuad Ahmed 15 4 15 7     4 Win Htut  /  Maung Maung Raju Chiplunkar  /  Mukesh Nathwani 15 7 15 4     5 Win Mar Fuad Ahmed 15 2 15 1

Thailand 5	Hangzhou Gymnasium 11 June 1979 [3]		Mauritius 0
1 2 3 1 Udom Luangpetcharaporn Ravindren Sandrasagren 15 2 15 6     2 Sawei Chanseorasmee Haroon Dulloo 15 3 15 1     3 Bandid Jaiyen  /  Preecha Soparajee Harvé Hardy  /  Philippe Lesage 15 3 15 1     4 Sawei Chanseorasmee  /  Sarit Pisudchaikul Haroon Dulloo  /  Ravindren Sandrasagren 15 2 15 2     5 Sarit Pisudchaikul Harvé Hardy 15 3 15 2

Thailand 5	Hangzhou Gymnasium 12 June 1979 [4]		Burma 0
1 2 3 1 Udom Luangpetcharaporn Wai Nyunt         2 Sawei Chanseorasmee Maung Maung         3 Bandid Jaiyen  /  Preecha Soparajee Win Mar  /  Wai Nyunt         4 Sawei Chanseorasmee  /  Sarit Pisudchaikul Win Htut  /  Maung Maung         5 Bandid Jaiyen Win Mar

Tanzania 2	Hangzhou Gymnasium 12 June 1979 [4]		Mauritius 3
1 2 3 1 Raju Chiplunkar Ravindren Sandrasagren         2 Mukesh Nathwani Haroon Dulloo         3 Ali Abed  /  Fuad Ahmed Harvé Hardy  /  Philippe Lesage         4 Raju Chiplunkar  /  Mukesh Nathwani Haroon Dulloo  /  Ravindren Sandrasagren         5 Fuad Ahmed Harvé Hardy

Classification round

Second-placed teams

	5th–8th place				5th place
	14 June
	Singapore	3
					15 June
	Burma	2
					Singapore	5
	14 June
					Nepal	0
	Nepal	3
	Sri Lanka	2
					7th place
					15 June
					Burma	5
					Sri Lanka	0

Third-placed teams

	9th–12th place				9th place
	14 June
	Philippines	2
					15 June
	Nigeria	3
					Nigeria	2
	14 June
					Bangladesh	3
	Mauritius	1
	Bangladesh	4
					11th place
					15 June
					Philippines	4
					Mauritius	1

Fourth-placed teams

	13th–16th place				13th place
	14 June
	Kenya	4
					15 June
	Tanzania	1
					Kenya	5
	14 June
					Ghana	0
	Zambia
	Ghana	w/o
					15th place
					15 June
					Tanzania	w/o
					Zambia

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 June
	China	5
					15 June
	Pakistan	0
					China	4
	14 June
					Thailand	1
	Hong Kong	1
	Thailand	4
					Third place
					15 June
					Pakistan	4
					Hong Kong	1

Semi-finals

China 5	Hangzhou Gymnasium 14 June 1979 [7]		Pakistan 0
1 2 3 1 Han Jian Tariq Wadood 15 6 15 10     2 Luan Jin Hassan Shaheed 15 2 15 3     3 Sun Zhian  /  Yao Ximing Javed Iqbal  /  Tariq Wadood 15 8 15 6     4 Luan Jin  /  Yu Yaodong Zahid Maqbool  /  Hassan Shaheed 15 10 15 5     5 Lin Yixiong Javed Iqbal 15 4 15 3

Thailand 4	Hangzhou Gymnasium 14 June 1979 [7]		Hong Kong 1
1 2 3 1 Bandid Jaiyen Wong Man Hing 15 6 15 7     2 Udom Luangpetcharaporn Chan Tin Cheung 15 13 15 10     3 Bandid Jaiyen  /  Preecha Soparajee Wong Man Hing  /  Yang Mei Liang 15 12 15 9     4 Sawei Chanseorasmee  /  Sarit Pisudchaikul Chan Tin Cheung  /  Ng Chun Shing 15 13 15 18 15 13   5 Sawei Chanseorasmee Yang Mei Liang         w/o

Final

China 4	Hangzhou Gymnasium 15 June 1979 [8]		Thailand 1
1 2 3 1 Yu Yaodong Sawei Chanseorasmee 15 7 15 4     2 Han Jian Udom Luangpetcharaporn 15 5 15 3     3 Sun Zhian  /  Yao Ximing Bandid Jaiyen  /  Preecha Soparajee 15 7 15 3     4 Luan Jin  /  Yu Yaodong Sawei Chanseorasmee  /  Sarit Pisudchaikul 12 15 4 15     5 Lin Yixiong Bandid Jaiyen 15 8 15 3

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	Final result
	China (H)	4	4	0	4	+18	Champions
	Thailand	5	4	1	4	+15	Runners-up
	Pakistan	5	4	1	4	+13	Third place
4	Hong Kong	5	3	2	3	+5	Fourth place
5	Singapore	5	4	1	4	+15	Fifth place
6	Nepal	5	3	2	3	−3	Sixth place
7	Burma	5	3	2	3	+9	Seventh place
8	Sri Lanka	4	1	3	1	−6	Eighth place
9	Bangladesh	5	3	2	3	−5	Ninth place
10	Nigeria	5	2	3	2	−1	Tenth place
11	Philippines	4	1	3	1	−8	Eleventh place
12	Mauritius	5	1	4	1	−15	Twelfth place
13	Kenya	5	2	3	2	−3	Thirteenth place
14	Ghana	5	1	4	1	−20	Fourteenth place
15	Tanzania	5	1	4	1	−14	Fifteenth place
–	Zambia	–	–	–	–	–	Withdrew

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