Qualified teams
The top two placed teams from each of the two groups qualified for this stage.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| A |  China |  Denmark |
| B |  Indonesia |  Malaysia |
The knockout stage for the 2002 Thomas Cup in Guangzhou began on 16 May 2002 with the semi-finals and ended on 19 May 2002 with the final. [1]
The top two placed teams from each of the two groups qualified for this stage.
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| A | China | Denmark |
| B | Indonesia | Malaysia |
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| China | 1 | |||||
| Malaysia | 3 | |||||
| Malaysia | 2 | |||||
| Indonesia | 3 | |||||
| Denmark | 0 | |||||
| Indonesia | 3 | |||||
 China 1 | Tianhe Sports Center 16 May 2002, 19:30 UTC+8 [2] |  Malaysia 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Indonesia 3 | Tianhe Sports Center 17 May 2002, 19:30 UTC+8 [3] |  Denmark 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indonesia 3 | Tianhe Sports Center 19 May 2002, 13:30 UTC+8 [4] | Malaysia 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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