Tournament details | |||
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Dates | 13–19 February 2006 | ||
Venue | Sawai Mansingh Stadium Badminton Hall | ||
Location | Jaipur, India | ||
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The 2006 Badminton Asia Thomas & Uber Cup Preliminaries were the Asian qualifiers for the 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup in Sendai, Tokyo. The tournament was held at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium Badminton Hall in Jaipur, India. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Group A
| Group B
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Group C
| Group D
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7th place | 5th place | ||||||||
A2 | Pakistan | 0 | |||||||
B2 | Thailand | 3 | |||||||
B2 | Thailand | 3 | |||||||
D2 | Chinese Taipei | 1 | |||||||
C2 | Hong Kong | 0 | |||||||
D2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 |
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
A1 | Malaysia | 3 | |||||||
B1 | Indonesia | 2 | |||||||
D1 | Malaysia | 3 | |||||||
B1 | South Korea | 2 | |||||||
C1 | India | 0 | |||||||
D1 | South Korea | 3 | Third place | ||||||
A1 | Indonesia | 3 | |||||||
C1 | India | 1 |
Group X
| Group Y
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5th place | ||||
X3 | Malaysia | 3 | ||
Y3 | India | 2 |
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
X1 | South Korea | 3 | |||||||
Y2 | Singapore | 0 | |||||||
Y2 | South Korea | 3 | |||||||
Y1 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | |||||||
Y1 | Hong Kong | 1 | |||||||
X2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | Third place | ||||||
Y2 | Singapore | 3 | |||||||
Y1 | Hong Kong | 0 |
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