Tournament details | |||
---|---|---|---|
Dates | 28 April – 7 May | ||
Edition | 24th (Thomas Cup) 21st (Uber Cup) | ||
Level | International | ||
Venue | Sendai Gymnasium Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium | ||
Location | Sendai and Tokyo, Japan | ||
|
The 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup was held from 28 April to 7 May 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.
Japan, which was competing with Indonesia and the United States for hosting the 2004 Thomas and Uber Cup finals, was awarded with this event. [1]
The following nations from five continents, shown by region, qualified for the 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup. Of the sixteen nations, defending champion of both tournaments China and host Japan qualified automatically and did not play the qualification round.
|
|
|
* Host nation (Japan)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Denmark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
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 | ||
China | 5–0 | India |
29 April 2006 | ||
Germany | 2–3 | India |
30 April 2006 | ||
China | 5–0 | Germany |
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 | ||
Korea | 5–0 | New Zealand |
29 April 2006 | ||
Indonesia | 5–0 | New Zealand |
30 April 2006 | ||
Korea | 2–3 | Indonesia |
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 | ||
Denmark | 5–0 | South Africa |
29 April 2006 | ||
Japan | 5–0 | South Africa |
30 April 2006 | ||
Denmark | 5–0 | Japan |
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 | ||
Malaysia | 5–0 | United States |
29 April 2006 | ||
England | 3–2 | United States |
30 April 2006 | ||
Malaysia | 5–0 | England |
Wild-Card 1 May 2006 | Quarterfinals 3 May 2006 | Semifinals 5 May 2006 | Final 7 May 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
China | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
South Africa | 0 | England | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
England | 3 | China | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Indonesia | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Indonesia | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Japan | 3 | 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 |
China 3 | 5 May 2006 | Indonesia 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Denmark 3 | 5 May 2006 | Malaysia 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
China 3 | 7 May 2006 | Denmark 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2006 Thomas Cup Champions |
---|
China Sixth title |
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 | ||
China | 5–0 | United States |
29 April 2006 | ||
Chinese Taipei | 5–0 | United States |
30 April 2006 | ||
China | 5–0 | Chinese Taipei |
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 | ||
Netherlands | 2–3 | Hong Kong |
29 April 2006 | ||
England | 2–3 | Hong Kong |
30 April 2006 | ||
Netherlands | 5–0 | England |
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 | ||
Korea | 4–1 | Singapore |
29 April 2006 | ||
Germany | 3–2 | Singapore |
30 April 2006 | ||
Korea | 4–1 | Germany |
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 | ||
Japan | 5–0 | South Africa |
29 April 2006 | ||
New Zealand | 5–0 | South Africa |
30 April 2006 | ||
Japan | 5–0 | New Zealand |
Wild-Card 1 May 2006 | Quarterfinals 3 May 2006 | Semifinals 4 May 2006 | Final 06 May 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
China | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Singapore | 3 | Singapore | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
New Zealand | 0 | China | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Hong Kong | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Germany | 3 | 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 |
China 3 | 4 May 2006 | Germany 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Chinese Taipei 0 | 4 May 2006 | Netherlands 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
China 3 | 6 May 2006 | Netherlands 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
2006 Uber Cup Champions |
---|
China Tenth title |
The Thomas Cup, sometimes referred as World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body. The championships have been conducted every two years since the 1982, amended from being conducted every three years since the first tournament held in 1948–1949.
The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contested every two years since 1984 when its scheduled times and venues were merged with those of Thomas Cup, the world men's team championship. In 2007, the Badminton World Federation decided to have Thomas and Uber Cup finals separated again but the proposal was ultimately abandoned. The Uber Cup is named after a former British women's badminton player, Betty Uber, who in 1950 had the idea of hosting a women's event similar to the men's. She also made the draw for the 1956–1957 inaugural tournament, which took place at Lytham St. Annes in Lancashire, England.
Kamei Arena Sendai is an indoor sporting arena located in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. The capacity of the arena is 7,000. It hosted preliminary round games for the Basketball World Championship 2006, and is also the home arena of the Sendai 89ers of the Japan professional basketball B.League. In 1994 and 2004, it hosted the Asian Basketball Championship for Women.
The 2004 Thomas & Uber Cup was held from 7 May to 16 May 2004 in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was the 23rd edition of the World Men's Team Badminton Championships, Thomas Cup, and the 20th edition of World Women's Team Badminton Championships, Uber Cup.
The 2002 Thomas & Uber Cup was held in Guangzhou, China from May 9 to May 19, 2002. It was the 22nd tournament of World Men's Team Badminton Championships of Thomas Cup and 19th tournament of World Women's Team Badminton Championships of Uber Cup.
The 1990 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 16th tournament of the Thomas Cup, and the 13th tournament of the Uber Cup, which are the major international team competitions in world badminton. The 1990 final stage was held in Tokyo, Japan, in May 1990.
The FIVB World Grand Prix 2005 was the thirteenth edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, which is the female equivalent of the Men's Volleyball World League. The 2005 edition was played by twelve countries from June 24 to July 18, 2005, with the final round held at the Sendai Gymnasium in Sendai, Japan. Hosts Japan and the top five ranked teams after the preliminary rounds qualified for the last round.
The Nigeria national badminton team represents Nigeria in international badminton team competitions. It is managed by the Badminton Federation of Nigeria, the governing body of badminton in Nigeria. Nigeria was one of the seven African countries that formed the Badminton Confederation of Africa on 31 August 1977. The country first competed in the African Badminton Championships in 1980.
The 2003 FIVB Women's World Cup was held from 1 to 15 November 2003 in Japan. Twelve women's national teams played in cities all over Japan for the right to a fast lane ticket into the 2004 Summer Olympics.
The football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 21 July to 7 August 2021 in Japan.
The 2014 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 28th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 25th tournament of the Uber Cup, the badminton team championships for men and women respectively. It was held on 18–25 May 2014 at the Siri Fort Sports Complex in New Delhi, India. This is the first time India hosted the two cups.
The 2016–17 Men's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals were the third stage of the 2016–17 edition of the Men's FIH Hockey World League. It took place in June and July 2017. A total of 20 teams competed in 2 events in this round of the tournament playing for 7 berths in the Final, to be played between 2 and 10 December 2017 in Bhubaneswar, India.
The qualification for the 2016 Men's Olympic Volleyball Tournament was held from 8 September 2015 to 5 June 2016. Twelve teams qualified, the hosts, the FIVB World Cup champions and runners-up, five continental Olympic qualification tournament champions and four teams from two World Olympic qualification tournaments. Teams already qualified for the event were not eligible to play in the following qualification tournaments.
The qualification for the 2016 Women's Olympic volleyball tournament was held from 22 August 2015 to 22 May 2016. Twelve teams qualified, the hosts, the FIVB World Cup champion and runner-up, five continental Olympic qualification tournament champions, and four teams from the World Olympic qualification tournament respectively. Teams already qualified for the event were not eligible to play in the following qualification tournaments.
The 2018 FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League was the inaugural edition of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League, a new annual international women's volleyball tournament contested by 16 national teams that replaced the former World Grand Prix in the international calendar. The competition was held between May and July 2018, and the final round took place in the Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, Nanjing, China.
Japan was the host nation of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020 but postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's official debut in 1912, Japanese athletes have appeared at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, to which they were not invited due to the nation's role in World War II, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, as part of the United States-led boycott. The opening ceremony flag-bearers for Japan are basketball player Rui Hachimura and wrestler Yui Susaki. Karateka Ryo Kiyuna is the flag-bearer for the closing ceremony.
Twelve teams qualified for the women's basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics tournament. The host nation and the 2018 World Cup winner qualified. Those two teams, however, had to play in the pre-qualifying and qualifying tournaments and took one of the qualifying spots from those tournaments. Thus, while two of the World Qualifying Tournaments provided quota spots to their three top teams, the other two tournaments provided quota spots only to the top two teams plus either the host nation or the World Cup winner.
The 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 31st edition of the Thomas Cup and the 28th edition of the Uber Cup, the biennial international badminton championship contested by the men and women's national teams of the member associations of Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament were played at Ceres Arena in Aarhus, Denmark. It is the first time that Denmark hosted the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup tournament and the first time this event was held in Europe since England 1982. It was due to be played on 15–23 August 2020, but on 29 April 2020 it was postponed to the 3–11 October due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 15 September 2020 it was again postponed and on 21 December 2020 it was announced that it was postponed to 9–17 October 2021.
The 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships was the third edition of Badminton Asia Team Championships, staged at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila, Philippines, from 11 to 16 February 2020. This championships was organized by the Badminton Asia with Philippine Badminton Association as host organiser and sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. This tournament served as the Asian qualifiers for the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup in Denmark. Competitors could also accumulate points as part of qualification process for 2020 Summer Olympics badminton tournament in Tokyo. Indonesia and Japan were the defending champions on men's and women's category respectively. They both successfully defended their title.
The 2022 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 32nd edition of the Thomas Cup and the 29th edition of the Uber Cup, the biennial international badminton championship contested by the men and women's national teams of the member associations of Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament was hosted at Bangkok, Thailand in the Impact Arena from 8 to 15 May 2022. This marks the third time Thailand has hosted the Thomas Cup, and second time for the Uber Cup.