2006 Thomas Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage for the 2006 Thomas Cup in Japan began on 1 May 2006 with the round of 16 play-offs and ended on 7 May 2006 with the final.

Group results

The winners of each group were exempted until the quarter-finals stage while the rest of the teams competed in the round of 16 for a place in the final eight.

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place
A	China	India	Germany
B	Indonesia	South Korea	New Zealand
C	Denmark	Japan	South Africa
D	Malaysia	England	United States

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

China

Bye

China

3

England

0

South Africa

0

England

3

China

3

Indonesia

0

Indonesia

Bye

Indonesia

3

Japan

1

Japan

3

United States

0

China

3

Denmark

0

India

3

New Zealand

0

India

0

Denmark

3

Bye

Denmark

Denmark

3

Malaysia

2

South Korea

3

Germany

0

South Korea

2

Malaysia

3

Bye

Malaysia

Round of 16

Japan vs United States

Japan 3	Sendai Gymnasium, Court 2 1 May 2006, 14:00  UTC+9 [1]		United States 0
1 2 3 1 Shōji Satō Raju Rai 21 8 21 14     2 Keita Masuda  /  Tadashi Ōtsuka Tony Gunawan  /  Khan Malaythong 21 18 21 15     3 Yousuke Nakanishi Raju Rai 21 11 23 21     4 Shintaro Ikeda  /  Shuichi Sakamoto Raju Rai  /  Ronald Sou       not played 5 Sho Sasaki Howard Shu       not played

England vs South Africa

England 3	Sendai Gymnasium, Court 4 1 May 2006, 14:00  UTC+9 [2]		South Africa 0
1 2 3 1 Andrew Smith Chris Dednam 21 11 21 12     2 Nicholas Kidd Roelof Dednam 21 12 21 12     3 Rajiv Ouseph Willem Viljoen 21 18 21 6     4 Chris Langridge  /  Chris Tonks Chris Dednam  /  Roelof Dednam       not played 5 David Lindley  /  Kristian Roebuck Dorian James  /  Willem Viljoen       not played

South Korea vs Germany

South Korea 3	Sendai Gymnasium, Court 2 1 May 2006, 17:00  UTC+9 [3]		Germany 0
1 2 3 1 Lee Hyun-il Björn Joppien 21 17 22 20     2 Jung Jae-sung  /  Lee Yong-dae Kristof Hopp  /  Ingo Kindervater 22 20 21 15     3 Park Sung-hwan Roman Spitko 21 14 18 21 21 18   4 Han Sang-hoon  /  Hwang Ji-man Tim Dettmann  /  Michael Fuchs       not played 5 Jang Young-soo Marcel Reuter       not played

India vs New Zealand

India 3	Sendai Gymnasium, Court 4 1 May 2006, 17:00  UTC+9 [4]		New Zealand 0
1 2 3 1 Anup Sridhar John Moody 21 15 21 9     2 Arvind Bhat Henry Tam 21 17 21 5     3 Nikhil Kanetkar Craig Cooper 21 13 18 21 21 10   4 Thomas Kurian  /  Jaseel P. Ismail John Moody  /  Daniel Shirley       not played 5 Valiyaveetil Diju  /  Rupesh Kumar K. T. Craig Cooper  /  Henry Tam       not played

Quarter-finals

China vs England

China 3	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Court 1 3 May 2006, 13:00  UTC+9 [5]		England 0
1 2 3 1 Lin Dan Andrew Smith 18 21 21 12 21 12   2 Cai Yun  /  Fu Haifeng Ian Palethorpe  /  Kristian Roebuck 21 13 21 12     3 Bao Chunlai Nicholas Kidd 21 12 21 15     4 Guo Zhendong  /  Xie Zhongbo Chris Langridge  /  David Lindley       not played 5 Chen Jin Rajiv Ouseph       not played

Indonesia vs Japan

Indonesia 3	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Court 2 3 May 2006, 13:00  UTC+9 [5]		Japan 1
1 2 3 1 Taufik Hidayat Shōji Satō 22 20 16 21 22 24   2 Luluk Hadiyanto  /  Alvent Yulianto Keita Masuda  /  Tadashi Ōtsuka 21 13 21 16     3 Sony Dwi Kuncoro Sho Sasaki 22 20 21 7     4 Markis Kido  /  Hendra Setiawan Shintaro Ikeda  /  Shuichi Sakamoto 21 15 21 18     5 Simon Santoso Koichi Saeki       not played

Malaysia vs South Korea

Malaysia 3	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Court 1 3 May 2006, 17:00  UTC+9 [5]		South Korea 2
1 2 3 1 Lee Chong Wei Lee Hyun-il 21 17 21 14     2 Chan Chong Ming  /  Koo Kien Keat Hwang Ji-man  /  Jung Jae-sung 18 21 22 24     3 Wong Choong Hann Park Sung-hwan 6 10     retired   4 Choong Tan Fook  /  Lee Wan Wah Han Sang-hoon  /  Lee Yong-dae 21 18 21 9     5 Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Jang Young-soo 21 17 21 10

Denmark vs India

Denmark 3	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Court 2 3 May 2006, 17:00  UTC+9 [5]		India 0
1 2 3 1 Peter Gade Chetan Anand 21 14 21 8     2 Jens Eriksen  /  Martin Lundgaard Hansen Valiyaveetil Diju  /  Rupesh Kumar K. T. 21 14 21 19     3 Kenneth Jonassen Anup Sridhar 21 12 21 11     4 Lars Paaske  /  Jonas Rasmussen Thomas Kurian  /  Jaseel P. Ismail       not played 5 Niels Christian Kaldau Arvind Bhat       not played

Semi-finals

China vs Indonesia

China 3	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Court 1 5 May 2006, 13:00  UTC+9 [6]		Indonesia 0
1 2 3 1 Lin Dan Taufik Hidayat 21 16 21 8     2 Cai Yun  /  Fu Haifeng Luluk Hadiyanto  /  Alvent Yulianto 24 22 21 17     3 Bao Chunlai Sony Dwi Kuncoro 21 17 24 22     4 Guo Zhendong  /  Xie Zhongbo Markis Kido  /  Hendra Setiawan       not played 5 Chen Jin Simon Santoso       not played

Denmark vs Malaysia

Denmark 3	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Court 1 5 May 2006, 17:00  UTC+9 [6]		Malaysia 2
1 2 3 1 Peter Gade Lee Chong Wei 21 19 21 18     2 Jens Eriksen  /  Martin Lundgaard Hansen Chan Chong Ming  /  Koo Kien Keat 17 21 30 28 6 21   3 Kenneth Jonassen Muhammad Hafiz Hashim 20 22 21 12 21 17   4 Mathias Boe  /  Carsten Mogensen Choong Tan Fook  /  Lee Wan Wah 13 21 21 15 19 21   5 Joachim Persson Kuan Beng Hong 21 12 21 19

Final

China vs Denmark

China 3	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Court 1 7 May 2006, 13:00  UTC+9 [7]		Denmark 0
1 2 3 1 Lin Dan Peter Gade 21 17 21 19     2 Cai Yun  /  Fu Haifeng Jens Eriksen  /  Martin Lundgaard Hansen 19 21 21 11 21 18   3 Bao Chunlai Kenneth Jonassen 21 12 12 21 21 12   4 Xie Zhongbo  /  Zheng Bo Mathias Boe  /  Carsten Mogensen       not played 5 Chen Jin Joachim Persson       not played

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