1998 Thomas Cup qualification

1998 Thomas Cup qualification 14–22 February 1998 Asian zone:Manila European zone:Sandefjord 1996 2000 The qualifying process for the 1998 Thomas Cup took place from 14 to 22 February 1998 to decide the final teams which would play in the final tournament. Qualification process The qualification process was divided into two regions, the Asian Zone and the European Zone. Seeded teams received a bye into the second round while unseeded teams competed in the first round for a place in the second round. The first two rounds were played in a round-robin format. Teams in the second round competed for a place in the knockout stages. Semi-final winners in each zone were guaranteed qualification for the final tournament to be held in Hong Kong while the remaining teams competed in a third place playoff match for a place in the final tournament.Mike's Badminton Populorum http://www2.sbg.ac.at/populorum/badminton/archiv_thomascup.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160330231130/http://www2.sbg.ac.at/populorum/badminton/archiv_thomascup.htm 2016-03-30 2011-06-05 Indonesia qualified for the final tournament as defending champions while Hong Kong qualified as hosts. Qualified teams Country Qualified as Qualified on Final appearanceHKG1998 Thomas Cup hostsDecember 19962ndINA1996 Thomas Cup winners25 May 199617thCHNAsian Zone winners22 February 19989thMASAsian Zone runners-up22 February 199817thKOR 1997Third place in Asian Zone22 February 19988thDENEuropean Zone winners21 February 199820thNEDEuropean Zone runners-up21 February 19981st SWEThird place in European Zone21 February 19988th Asian Zone The qualification rounds for the Asian Zone were held from 15 to 22 February at the PhilSports Arena in Manila, Philippines. Eighteen teams took part in qualifying for the final tournament. First round Group A main Custom 7 pld win loss MF Matches for MA Matches against MD Match difference points 0 0 diff_col4_col5 yes 0 1 0 SGP AUS PHI 1986 IRI ARG NGR International Badminton Federation complete 3 3 0 13 2 3 3 2 1 7 8 2 3 1 2 8 7 1 3 0 3 2 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SGP AUS PHI IRI ARG NGR Q green1 Advance to second round black1 Withdrew QF WDN WDN Iran were called up to replace Nigeria following the withdrawal of the Nigerian team. Singapore Australia PhilSports Arena 15 February 19981998-02-16 Double joy for Singapore in Manila https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19980216-1.2.49.1 2026-06-17 The Straits Times 35 en NewspaperSG 4 1 Tan Sian Peng 1 Stuart Brehaut 2 (11–15, 15–2, 13–15) Zhao Jianhua 2 Murray Hocking 1 (9–15, 15–8, 15–12) Faris Mawardi 2 Craig Booley 1 (15–9, 5–15, 15–11) Patrick Lau Zhao Jianhua 2 David Bamford Peter Blackburn 1 (7–15, 15–2, 15–4) Faris Mawardi Tan Sian Peng Murray Hocking Mark Nichols Walkover 1 Philippines 1986 Iran PhilSports Arena 15 February 1998THOMAS CUP RESULTS http://www.intbadfed.org/tcup.html https://web.archive.org/web/20000824020502/http://www.intbadfed.org/tcup.html#1996 2000-08-24 2025-10-16 intbadfed.org 5 0 Melvin Llanes 2 Bahador Zakizadeh 0 Jaime Llanes 2 Morteza Validarvi 1 Kennevic Asuncion 2 Afshin Bozorgzadeh 0 Melvin Llanes Ian Piencenaves 2 Morteza Validarvi Bahador Zakizadeh 1 Arolas Amahit Jr. Rhamir Antonio 2 Afshin Bozorgzadeh Ali Reza Shafiee 0 Singapore Philippines 1986 PhilSports Arena 16 February 19981998-02-17 Singapore teams remain on course for round two https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19980217-1.2.52.1 2026-06-17 The Straits Times 37 en NewspaperSG 4 1 Tan Sian Peng 0 Melvin Llanes 2 (14–18, 8–15) Patrick Lau 2 Jaime Llanes 0 (18–13, 15–8) Faris Mawardi 2 Kennevic Asuncion 1 (10–15, 15–11, 15–5) Patrick Lau Zhao Jianhua 2 Melvin Llanes Ian Piencenaves 0 (15–4, 15–8) Faris Mawardi Tan Sian Peng 2 Arolas Amahit Jr. Rhamir Antonio 0 (15–7, 15–10) Australia Iran PhilSports Arena 16 February 1998 3 2 Stuart Brehaut 2 Bahador Zakizadeh 0 Craig Booley 1 Morteza Validarvi 2 David Bamford 2 Afshin Bozorgzadeh 0 Peter Blackburn Stuart Brehaut 1 Morteza Validarvi Bahador Zakizadeh 2 David Bamford Mark Nichols 2 Afshin Bozorgzadeh Ali Reza Shafiee 0 Singapore Iran PhilSports Arena 17 February 19981998-02-18 Singapore teams cruise into tough second round https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19980218-1.2.50.8 2026-06-17 The Straits Times 39 en NewspaperSG 5 0 Tan Sian Peng 2 Bahador Zakizadeh 0 (15–3, 17–14) Patrick Lau 2 Morteza Validarvi 0 (15–7, 15–4) Noor Izwan Paini 2 Afshin Bozorgzadeh 1 (7–15, 15–4, 15–6) Patrick Lau Tan Sian Peng 2 Ali Reza Shafiee Bahador Zakizadeh 0 (15–4, 15–5) Faris Mawardi Tan Sian Peng 2 Afshin Bozorgzadeh Morteza Validarvi 0 (15–6, 15–5) Australia Philippines 1986 PhilSports Arena 17 February 19981998-02-18 RESULTS https://books.google.com.my/books?id=Ux4iAAAAIBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_all_issues_r&cad=1#v=onepage&q&f=false 2026-06-17 Manila Standard en 3 2 Stuart Brehaut 1 Melvin Llanes 2 (15–1, 6–15, 14–17) Murray Hocking 1 Jaime Llanes 1 (5–15, 3r Retired–3) 1 Craig Booley 2 Kennevic Asuncion 0 (15–10, 15–4) David Bamford Peter Blackburn 2 Melvin Llanes Ian Piencenaves 0 (15–4, 18–15) Craig Booley Mark Nichols 2 Arolas Amahit Jr. Rhamir Antonio 0 (15–11, 15–3) Group B main Custom 7 pld win loss MF Matches for MA Matches against MD Match difference points 0 0 diff_col4_col5 yes 0 1 0 IND THA NZL MRI NEP International Badminton Federation complete 3 3 0 12 3 3 3 2 1 11 4 2 3 1 2 7 8 1 3 0 3 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 THA IND NZL MRI NEP Q green1 Advance to second round black1 Withdrew QF WDN Thailand India PhilSports Arena 15 February 1998 3 2 Anuphap Theeraratsakul 0 Pullela Gopichand 2 (8–15, 7–15) Natapol Sarawan 2 Abhinn Shyam Gupta 0 (17–14, 15–12) Kittipon Kittikul 2 Sachin Ratti 1 (11–15, 15–13, 15–2) Siripong Siripool Pramote Teerawiwatana 2 Jaseel P. Ismail Vijaydeep Singh 0 (15–10, 15–7) Kittipon Kittikul Khunakorn Sudhisodhi Rajeev Bagga Vinod Kumar Walkover 2 New Zealand Mauritius PhilSports Arena 15 February 1998 5 0 Nick Hall 2 Denis Constantin 0 (15–2, 15–5) Geoff Bellingham 2 Eddy Clarisse 1 (15–6, 3–15, 15–5) Dean Galt 2 Stephan Beeharry 0 (15–9, 15–4) Dean Galt Daniel Shirley 2 Eddy Clarisse Denis Constantin 0 (15–9, 15–4) Geoff Bellingham Nick Hall 2 Stephan Beeharry Geenesh Dussain 1 (15–3, 3–15, 15–3) Thailand Mauritius PhilSports Arena 16 February 19981998-02-17 SCORES AND STATISTICS https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19980217-1.2.52.3 2026-06-18 The Straits Times 37 en NewspaperSG 5 0 Anuphap Theeraratsakul 2 Denis Constantin 0 (15–5, 15–1) Krid Chuaynarong 2 Yogesh Mahadnac 0 (15–1, 15–1) Natapol Sarawan 2 Stephan Beeharry 0 (15–7, 15–7) Siripong Siripool Pramote Teerawiwatana 2 Eddy Clarisse Denis Constantin 0 (15–3, 15–5) Natapol Sarawan Khunakorn Sudhisodhi 2 Stephan Beeharry Geenesh Dussain 0 (15–7, 15–2) India New Zealand PhilSports Arena 16 February 1998 4 1 Pullela Gopichand 2 Nick Hall 1 Abhinn Shyam Gupta 1 Geoff Bellingham 2 Sachin Ratti 2 Jarrod King 1 Jaseel P. Ismail Vijaydeep Singh 2 Dean Galt Daniel Shirley 0 Rajeev Bagga Vinod Kumar 2 Geoff Bellingham Nick Hall 1 Thailand New Zealand PhilSports Arena 17 February 1998 4 1 Anuphap Theeraratsakul 2 Nick Hall 0 (10–15, 15–6, 15–2) Krid Chuaynarong 0 Geoff Bellingham 2 (6–15, 10–15) Natapol Sarawan 2 Jarrod King 0 (18–15, 15–6) Siripong Siripool Khunakorn Sudhisodhi 2 Geoff Bellingham Nick Hall 0 (15–10, 15–4) Natapol Sarawan Pramote Teerawiwatana 2 Dean Galt Daniel Shirley 0 (15–13, 15–10) India Mauritius PhilSports Arena 17 February 1998 5 0 Pullela Gopichand 2 Denis Constantin 0 (15–3, 15–9) Nikhil Kanetkar 2 Yogesh Mahadnac 0 (15–4, 15–4) Sachin Ratti 2 Eddy Clarisse 0 (15–10, 15–5) Rajeev Bagga Vinod Kumar 2 Stephan Beeharry Geenesh Dussain 1 (0–15, 15–10, 15–1) Jaseel P. Ismail Vijaydeep Singh 2 Denis Constantin Yogesh Mahadnac 0 (15–8, 15–4) Group C main Custom 7 pld win loss MF Matches for MA Matches against MD Match difference points 0 0 diff_col4_col5 yes 0 1 0 CAN SRI MYA 1974 PAK MAC municipal International Badminton Federation complete 4 4 0 17 3 4 4 3 1 14 6 3 4 2 2 13 7 2 4 1 3 6 14 1 4 0 4 0 20 0 CAN SRI MYA PAK MAC Q green1 Advance to second round QF Canada Myanmar 1974 PhilSports Arena 15 February 1998 3 2 Mike Beres 0 Zaw Win 2 (10–15, 8–15) Bobby Milroy 0 Lwin Aung 2 (13–15, 11–15) Brian Abra 2 Ni Htay Zar 0 (15–0, 15–11) Iain Sydie Darryl Yung 2 Lwin Aung Zaw Win 0 (15–5, 15–5) Mike Beres Bryan Moody 2 Bo Bo Zaw Aung Ni Htay Zar 0 (15–2, 15–4) Pakistan Macau municipal PhilSports Arena 15 February 1998 5 0 Wajid Ali Chaudhary 2 Joaquim Lobo 0 (15–9, 15–12) Tahir Ishaq 2 Iong Heng Chi 0 (15–3, 15–2) Aleem Syed Asadullah 2 Teng Shih Ee 0 (15–0, 15–0) Tahir Ishaq Haroon Kaleem 2 Joaquim Lobo Leong Chak Kuan 0 (15–5, 15–2) Wajid Ali Chaudhary Omar Zeeshan 2 Leong Pui Lin Lo Ka Lon 0 (15–6, 15–3) Sri Lanka Macau municipal PhilSports Arena 15 February 1998 5 0 Thushara Edirisinghe 2 Joaquim Lobo 0 Duminda Jayakody 2 Iong Heng Chi 0 Niroshan Wijekoon 2 Leong Pui Lin 0 Thushara Edirisinghe Palinda Halangoda 2 Joaquim Lobo Leong Chak Kuan 0 Duminda Jayakody Niroshan Wijekoon 2 Leong Pui Lin Lo Ka Lon 0 Sri Lanka Pakistan PhilSports Arena 16 February 1998 5 0 Thushara Edirisinghe 2 Wajid Ali Chaudhary 1 Duminda Jayakody 2 Tahir Ishaq 0 Niroshan Wijekoon 2 Aleem Syed Asadullah 0 Thushara Edirisinghe Palinda Halangoda 2 Tahir Ishaq Haroon Kaleem 0 Duminda Jayakody Niroshan Wijekoon 2 Wajid Ali Chaudhary Omar Zeeshan 0 Canada Macau municipal PhilSports Arena 16 February 1998 5 0 Mike Beres 2 Joaquim Lobo 0 Bobby Milroy 2 Iong Heng Chi 0 Brian Abra 2 Leong Pui Lin 0 Iain Sydie Darryl Yung 2 Joaquim Lobo Leong Chak Kuan 0 Mike Beres Bryan Moody 2 Leong Pui Lin Lo Ka Lon 0 Canada Pakistan PhilSports Arena 16 February 1998 5 0 Mike Beres 2 Wajid Ali Chaudhary 0 (15–1, 15–4) Bobby Milroy 2 Tahir Ishaq 0 (15–10, 15–9) Brian Abra 2 Omar Zeeshan 0 (15–10, 15–11) Iain Sydie Darryl Yung 2 Tahir Ishaq Haroon Kaleem 0 (15–3, 15–4) Mike Beres Bryan Moody 2 Aleem Syed Asadullah Omar Zeeshan 0 (15–4, 15–2) Sri Lanka Myanmar 1974 PhilSports Arena 16 February 1998 3 2 Thushara Edirisinghe 1 Zaw Win 2 Duminda Jayakody 1 Lwin Aung 2 Niroshan Wijekoon 2 Ni Htay Zar 0 Thushara Edirisinghe Palinda Halangoda 2 Lwin Aung Zaw Win 0 Duminda Jayakody Niroshan Wijekoon 2 Bo Bo Zaw Aung Ni Htay Zar 0 Pakistan Myanmar 1974 PhilSports Arena 17 February 1998 1 4 Wajid Ali Chaudhary 1 Zaw Win 2 Tahir Ishaq 1 Lwin Aung 2 Aleem Syed Asadullah 1 Ni Htay Zar 2 Tahir Ishaq Haroon Kaleem 0 Lwin Aung Zaw Win 2 Wajid Ali Chaudhary Omar Zeeshan 2 Bo Bo Zaw Aung Ni Htay Zar 0 Canada Sri Lanka PhilSports Arena 17 February 1998 4 1 Mike Beres 2 Thushara Edirisinghe 1 Bobby Milroy 2 Duminda Jayakody 1 Brian Abra 1 Niroshan Wijekoon 2 Iain Sydie Darryl Yung 2 Thushara Edirisinghe Palinda Halangoda 0 Mike Beres Bryan Moody 2 Duminda Jayakody Niroshan Wijekoon 0 Myanmar 1974 Macau municipal PhilSports Arena 17 February 1998 5 0 Zaw Win 2 Joaquim Lobo 0 (15–1, 15–2) Lwin Aung 2 Iong Heng Chi 0 (15–3, 15–3) Ni Htay Zar 2 Leong Pui Lin 0 (15–3, 15–3) Lwin Aung Zaw Win 2 Joaquim Lobo Leong Chak Kuan 0 (15–1, 15–5) Bo Bo Zaw Aung Ni Htay Zar 2 Leong Pui Lin Lo Ka Lon 0 (15–5, 15–6) Second round Group X main Custom 7 pld win loss MF Matches for MA Matches against MD Match difference points 0 0 diff_col4_col5 yes 0 1 CHN KOR 1997 TPE CAN International Badminton Federation complete 3 3 0 14 1 3 3 2 1 9 6 2 3 1 2 7 8 1 3 0 3 0 15 0 CHN KOR TPE CAN Q green1 Advance to knockout stage QF QF China Chinese Taipei PhilSports Arena 18 February 19981998-02-19 Korea, China rout foes, share lead Atencio Peter https://books.google.com.my/books?id=Ux4iAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA104&article_id=2757,2336774&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi2udGCiJGVAxXHsFYBHS1eM8YQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false 2026-06-18 Manila Standard en 5 0 Sun Jun 2 Liu En-hung 0 Dong Jiong 2 Lee Mou-chou 0 Luo Yigang 2 Chien Yu-hsiu 0 Liu Yong Zhang Wei 2 Chien Yu-hsiu Horng Shin-jeng 0 Yang Ming Zhang Jun 2 Lee Sung-yuan Lee Wei-jen 0 South Korea 1997 Canada PhilSports Arena 18 February 1998 5 0 Hwang Sun-ho 2 Mike Beres 0 (15–13, 15–4) Jang Chun-woong 2 Bobby Milroy 1 (16–17, 15–6, 15–8) Ahn Jae-chang 2 Brian Abra 0 (15–5, 15–2) Ha Tae-kwon Lee Dong-soo 2 Iain Sydie Darryl Yung 0 (15–5, 15–4) Kim Dong-moon Yim Bang-eun 2 Mike Beres Bryan Moody 0 (15–2, 15–7) China Canada PhilSports Arena 19 February 19981998-02-20 SCORES AND STATISTICS https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19980220-1.2.55.8 2026-06-18 The Straits Times 40 en NewspaperSG 5 0 Sun Jun 2 Mike Beres 0 Luo Yigang 2 Bobby Milroy 0 Chen Gang 2 Brian Abra 0 Liu Yong Zhang Wei 2 Iain Sydie Darryl Yung 0 Yang Ming Zhang Jun 2 Mike Beres Brian Moody 0 South Korea 1997 Chinese Taipei PhilSports Arena 19 February 1998 3 2 Hwang Sun-ho 1 Liu En-hung 2 Jang Chun-woong 1 Lee Mou-chou 2 Ahn Jae-chang 2 Chien Yu-hsiu 0 Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung 2 Chien Yu-hsiu Horng Shin-jeng 0 Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon 2 Lee Sung-yuan Lee Wei-jen 0 China South Korea 1997 PhilSports Arena 20 February 19981998-02-21 Badminton https://books.google.com.my/books?id=VB4iAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA13&article_id=1661,2535874&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiovbfdg5GVAxVcm1YBHQfvHAAQ6AF6BAgIEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false 2026-06-18 Manila Standard en 4 1 Sun Jun 2 Hwang Sun-ho 0 (15–10, 15–0) Dong Jiong 2 Jang Chun-woong 1 (15–6, 15–1) Luo Yigang 2 Jun Jong-bae 0 (15–12, 15–4) Liu Yong Zhang Wei 0 Ha Tae-kwon Lee Dong-soo 2 (12–15, 12–15) Yang Ming Zhang Jun 2 Kim Dong-moon Yim Bang-eun 0 (15–7, 15–9) Chinese Taipei Canada PhilSports Arena 20 February 1998 5 0 Liu En-hung 2 Mike Beres 0 (15–3, 15–11) Lee Mou-chou 2 Bobby Milroy 0 (15–8, 15–5) Chien Yu-hsiu 1 Brian Moody 2 (15–0, 15–0) Chien Yu-hsiu Horng Shin-jeng 2 Bobby Milroy Darryl Yung 1 (15–6, 15–11) Lee Sung-yuan Lee Wei-jen 2 Mike Beres Brian Moody 0 (15–9, 15–10) Group Y main Custom 7 pld win loss MF Matches for MA Matches against MD Match difference points 0 0 diff_col4_col5 yes 0 1 MAS JPN 1870 THA SGP International Badminton Federation complete 3 3 0 14 1 3 3 2 1 7 8 2 3 1 2 6 9 1 3 0 3 3 12 0 MAS JPN THA SGP Q green1 Advance to knockout stage QF QF Malaysia Thailand PhilSports Arena 18 February 19981998-02-19 SCORES AND STATISTICS https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19980219-1.2.56.6 2026-06-18 The Straits Times 43 en NewspaperSG 5 0 Ong Ewe Hock 2 Anuphap Theeraratsakul 0 Rashid Sidek 2 Krid Chuaynarong 0 Roslin Hashim 2 Natapol Sarawan 0 Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock 2 Siripong Siripool Pramote Teerawiwatana 0 Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah 2 Natapol Sarawan Khunakorn Sudhisodhi 0 Japan 1870 Singapore PhilSports Arena 18 February 19981998-02-19 Brilliant Zhao fails to stop Singapore falling to Japan https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19980219-1.2.56.3.1 2026-06-18 The Straits Times 43 en NewspaperSG 3 2 Keita Masuda 2 Patrick Lau 1 (13–18, 15–4, 15–4) Shinji Ōta 0 Zhao Jianhua 2 (5–15, 9–15) Fumihiko Machida 2 Faris Mawardi 0 (15–3, 15–5) Yuzo Kubota Shinji Ōta 1 Patrick Lau Zhao Jianhua 2 (10–15, 15–12, 12–15) Tadashi Ōtsuka Seiichi Watanabe 2 Faris Mawardi Tan Sian Peng 0 (15–7, 8–15, 15–9) Malaysia Singapore PhilSports Arena 19 February 19981998-02-20 Singapore fails to make semis https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19980220-1.2.55.5 2026-06-18 The Straits Times 40 en NewspaperSG 5 0 Yong Hock Kin 2 Tan Sian Peng 0 (15–1, 15–3) Rashid Sidek 2 Toh Wee Kai 0 (15–1, 15–0) Roslin Hashim 2 Noor Izwan Paini 0 (15–0, 15–1) Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock 2 Kevin Lim Tan Sian Peng 0 (15–3, 15–2) Rosman Razak Tan Kim Her 2 Patrick Lau Faris Mawardi 0 (15–9, 15–0) Japan 1870 Thailand PhilSports Arena 19 February 19981998-02-21 SCORES AND STATISTICS https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19980221-1.2.66.4 2026-06-18 The Straits Times 51 en NewspaperSG 2 3 Keita Masuda 1 Anuphap Theeraratsakul 2 Shinji Ōta 2 Krid Chuaynarong 1 Fumihiko Machida 2 Natapol Sarawan 0 Yuzo Kubota Shinji Ōta 0 Siripong Siripool Pramote Teerawiwatana 2 Tadashi Ōtsuka Seiichi Watanabe 2 Natapol Sarawan Khunakorn Sudhisodhi 0 Malaysia Japan 1870 PhilSports Arena 20 February 19981998-02-21 China, Malaysia score big semis wins https://books.google.com.my/books?id=kUsbAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA12&article_id=3455,2431436&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjeyNrr_pCVAxVSSmwGHcYUFfw4ChDoAXoECA0QAw#v=onepage&q&f=false 2026-06-18 Manila Standard en 5 0 Ong Ewe Hock 2 Keita Masuda 0 (15–2, 15–5) Rashid Sidek 2 Fumihiko Machida 0 (15–7, 15–7) Roslin Hashim 2 Yuzo Kubota 0 (15–10, 15–6) Rosman Razak Tan Kim Her 2 Fumihiko Machida Keita Masuda 0 (15–7, 15–11) Chan Chong Ming Jeremy Gan 2 Tadashi Ōtsuka Seiichi Watanabe 0 (15–11, 15–9) Thailand Singapore PhilSports Arena 20 February 19981998-02-21 Singapore ends campaign on low note https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19980221-1.2.66.6 2026-06-19 The Straits Times 51 en NewspaperSG 4 1 Anuphap Theeraratsakul 2 Tan Sian Peng 0 (15–10, 15–3) Krid Chuaynarong 1 Patrick Lau 2 (6–15, 15–8, 8–15) Natapol Sarawan 2 Faris Mawardi 0 (17–14, 15–12) Siripong Siripool Pramote Teerawiwatana 2 Patrick Lau Zhao Jianhua 0 (15–5, 15–8) Krid Chuaynarong Khunakorn Sudhisodhi 2 Kevin Lim Faris Mawardi 0 (15–4, 15–5) Knockout stage N4 white-space:nowrap yes high yes Semi-finals Final Third place CHN 5 JPN 1870 0 KOR 1997 0 MAS 5 CHN 4 MAS 1 JPN 1870 0 KOR 1997 5 Semi-finals China Japan 1870 PhilSports Arena 21 February 19981998-02-23 Badminton https://books.google.com.my/books?id=VR4iAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA13&article_id=901,2647975&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiTyvXdqpGVAxWmqFYBHQxbBTkQ6AF6BAgOEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false 2026-06-19 Manila Standard en 5 0 Sun Jun 2 Keita Masuda 0 (15–4, 15–4) Luo Yigang 2 Fumihiko Machida 0 (15–9, 15–2) Chen Gang 2 Yuzo Kubota 0 (15–1, 17–14) Liu Yong Zhang Wei 2 Keita Masuda Shinji Ōta 0 (15–6, 15–5) Ge Cheng Tao Xiaoqiang 2 Tadashi Ōtsuka Seiichi Watanabe 0 (15–4, 15–1) Malaysia South Korea 1997 PhilSports Arena 21 February 1998 5 0 Ong Ewe Hock 2 Jang Chun-woong 0 (15–5, 15–5) Yong Hock Kin 2 Yim Bang-eun 0 (15–3, 15–1) Rashid Sidek 2 Jun Jong-bae 0 (15–5, 15–2) Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock 2 Hwang Sun-ho Yoo Yong-sung 0 (15–8, 15–5) Rosman Razak Tan Kim Her 0 Jun Jong-bae Yim Bang-eun 2 (15–9, 15–1) Third place South Korea 1997 Japan 1870 PhilSports Arena 22 February 19981998-02-23 세계단체선수권대회에 배드민턴 본선 진출 https://www.munhwa.com/article/10099605 2026-06-19 Munhwa Ilbo ko 5 0 Hwang Sun-ho 2 Keita Masuda 0 Jang Chun-woong 2 Shinji Ōta 1 Ahn Jae-chang 2 Fumihiko Machida 1 Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung 2 Yuzo Kubota Shinji Ōta 0 Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon 2 Tadashi Ōtsuka Seiichi Watanabe 0 Final China Malaysia PhilSports Arena 22 February 19981998-02-23 No surprises among Asian qualifiers https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19980223-1.2.52.2 2026-06-19 The Straits Times 37 en NewspaperSG 4 1 Sun Jun 2 Ong Ewe Hock 0 (15–5, 15–7) Dong Jiong 1 Yong Hock Kin 2 (12–15, 15–9, 7–15) Luo Yigang 2 Roslin Hashim 0 (15–5, 15–1) Liu Yong Zhang Wei 2 Rosman Razak Tan Kim Her 0 (15–11, 15–12) Yang Ming Zhang Jun 2 Chan Chong Ming Jeremy Gan 0 (15–12, 15–2) European Zone The European qualifying rounds were held in the Slagenhallen for first round matches and in the Jotunhallen starting from the second round in Sandefjord, Norway. First round Group A main Custom 7 pld win loss MF Matches for MA Matches against MD Match difference points 0 0 diff_col4_col5 yes 0 1 0 POR ITA KAZ ZAM GEO 1990 International Badminton Federation complete 4 4 0 20 0 4 4 3 1 14 6 3 4 2 2 10 10 2 4 1 3 5 15 1 4 0 4 1 19 0 POR ITA KAZ ZAM GEO Q green1 Advance to second round QF Portugal Zambia Slagenhallen 14 February 19981998-02-17 欧洲区预赛 https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/lhwb19980217-1.2.28.9.4 2026-07-03 registration Lianhe Wanbao 19 en British Newspaper Archive 5 0 Fernando Silva 2 Mubanga Kaite 0 Marco Vasconcelos 2 Stanley Mwangulu 0 Ricardo Fernandes 2 Juma Muwowo 0 Hugo Rodrigues Fernando Silva 2 Mubanga Kaite Stanley Mwangulu 0 Ricardo Fernandes Marco Vasconcelos 2 Lucio Mambwe Juma Muwowo 0 Italy Georgia 1990 Slagenhallen 14 February 1998 5 0 Ying Liyong 2 Malkhaz Mjavia 0 Klaus Raffeiner 2 Tevan Donadze 0 Gianmarco La Rosa 2 Mamuka Sarjevadze 0 Klaus Raffeiner Alexander Theiner 2 Tevan Donadze Malkhaz Mjavia 0 Gianmarco La Rosa Simone Vincenzi 2 Mamuka Sarjevadze Vadim Sarkisyan 0 Kazakhstan Georgia 1990 Slagenhallen 14 February 1998 5 0 Maxim Kruglik 2 Malkhaz Mjavia 0 Anuar Musafirov 2 Tevan Donadze 0 Igor Dmitriev 2 Mamuka Sarjevadze 0 Igor Dmitriev Maxim Kruglik 2 Tevan Donadze Malkhaz Mjavia 0 Barzhas Akhmetbekov Anuar Musafirov 2 Mamuka Sarjevadze Vadim Sarkisyan 0 Portugal Georgia 1990 Slagenhallen 15 February 1998 5 0 Fernando Silva 2 Malkhaz Mjavia 0 Marco Vasconcelos 2 Tevan Donadze 0 Ricardo Fernandes 2 Mamuka Sarjevadze 0 Hugo Rodrigues Fernando Silva 2 Tevan Donadze Malkhaz Mjavia 0 Ricardo Fernandes Marco Vasconcelos 2 Mamuka Sarjevadze Vadim Sarkisyan 0 Kazakhstan Zambia Slagenhallen 15 February 1998 4 1 Maxim Kruglik 2 Mubanga Kaite 0 Anuar Musafirov 2 Stanley Mwangulu 1 Barzhas Akhmetbekov 2 Juma Muwowo 1 Igor Dmitriev Maxim Kruglik 1 Mubanga Kaite Stanley Mwangulu 2 Barzhas Akhmetbekov Anuar Musafirov 2 Lucio Mambwe Juma Muwowo 0 Portugal Kazakhstan Slagenhallen 15 February 1998 5 0 Fernando Silva 2 Maxim Kruglik 0 Marco Vasconcelos 2 Anuar Musafirov 0 Ricardo Fernandes 2 Barzhas Akhmetbekov 0 Hugo Rodrigues Fernando Silva 2 Igor Dmitriev Maxim Kruglik 0 Ricardo Fernandes Marco Vasconcelos 2 Barzhas Akhmetbekov Anuar Musafirov 0 Italy Zambia Slagenhallen 15 February 1998 5 0 Ying Liyong 2 Mubanga Kaite 0 Klaus Raffeiner 2 Juma Muwowo 0 Gianmarco La Rosa 2 Lucio Mambwe 0 Klaus Raffeiner Alexander Theiner 2 Mubanga Kaite Stanley Mwangulu 0 Gianmarco La Rosa Simone Vincenzi 2 Lucio Mambwe Juma Muwowo 0 Italy Kazakhstan Slagenhallen 16 February 19981998-02-18 SCORES AND STATISTICS https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19980218-1.2.50.10 2026-07-03 The Straits Times 39 en NewspaperSG 4 1 Ying Liyong 2 Maxim Kruglik 0 Klaus Raffeiner 2 Anuar Musafirov 0 Gianmarco La Rosa 0 Igor Dmitriev 2 Klaus Raffeiner Alexander Theiner 2 Igor Dmitriev Maxim Kruglik 1 Gianmarco La Rosa Simone Vincenzi 2 Barzhas Akhmetbekov Anuar 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Koch 1 Pascal Bircher Thomas Wapp 2 (15–3, 4–15, 13–18) Spain Mexico Slagenhallen 16 February 1998 5 0 Luis Lopezllera 2 Luis Lopezllera 0 José Antonio Crespo 2 Gustavo Mere 0 Sergio Llopis 2 Luis Suárez 0 Ernesto García Arturo Ruiz 2 Luis Lopezllera Bernardo Monreal 1 José Antonio Crespo Sergio Llopis 2 Erick Betancourt Enrique Pallares 0 Second round Group W main Custom 7 pld win loss MF Matches for MA Matches against MD Match difference points 0 0 diff_col4_col5 yes 0 1 0 DEN RUS SCO NOR International Badminton Federation complete 3 3 0 14 1 3 3 1 2 7 8 1 3 1 2 6 9 1 3 1 2 5 10 1 DEN RUS SCO NOR Q green1 Advance to knockout stage QF Denmark Norway Jotunhallen 17 February 19981998-02-18 Badminton https://www.nb.no/items/03ace20c1c5a0ff0fe17a2f2ec426afd?page=43 2026-08-27 Dagsavisen Arbeiderbladet 43 no National Library of Norway 5 0 Peter Gade 2 Hans Sperre Jr. 0 (15–8, 15–5) Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen 2 Børge Larsen 0 (15–9, 15–9) Martin Lundgaard Hansen 2 Jim Ronny Andersen 1 (9–15, 15–12, 15–8) Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen 2 Jim Ronny Andersen Trond Wåland 1 (15–3, 9–15, 15–12) Martin Lundgaard Hansen Michael Søgaard 2 Thomas Andersen Stian Thorsen 0 (15–3, 15–10) Russia Scotland Jotunhallen 17 February 19981998-02-19 SPORTS ROUND-UP https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.com/image-viewer?issue=BL/0000564/19980219&page=0024&article=286 2026-08-27 subscription Dundee Courier 24 en British Newspaper Archive 3 2 Stanislav Pukhov 1 Bruce Flockhart 2 (7–15, 15–9, 11–15) Artur Khachaturyan 2 Jim Mailer 0 (17–16, 15–11) Andrey Antropov 2 David Gilmour 0 (15–11, 15–9) Andrey Antropov Nikolai Zuyev 2 Russell Hogg Kenny Middlemiss 0 (15–6, 15–7) Artur Khachaturyan Sergey Melnikov 0 Alastair Gatt Craig Robertson 2 (15–18, 8–15) Denmark Scotland Jotunhallen 18 February 1998 4 1 Peter Gade 2 Bruce Flockhart 0 (15–9, 15–0) Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen 2 Jim Mailer 0 (15–7, 15–2) Kenneth Jonassen 2 David Gilmour 0 (15–6, 15–6) Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen 1 Russell Hogg Kenny Middlemiss 2 (15–8, 11–15, 15–17) Martin Lundgaard Hansen Michael Søgaard 2 Alastair Gatt Craig Robertson 0 (15–8, 15–5) Russia Norway Jotunhallen 18 February 19981998-02-19 Badminton https://www.nb.no/items/1e3f10be9d08b08bbf52a57a01d53909?page=13 2026-08-27 Sandefjords Blad 13 no National Library of Norway 2 3 Stanislav Pukhov 0 Hans Sperre Jr. 2 (3–15, 14–17) Artur Khachaturyan 0 Børge Larsen 2 (5–15, 8–15) Sergey Melnikov 0 Jim Ronny Andersen 2 (13–18, 10–15) Andrey Antropov Nikolai Zuyev 2 Jim Ronny Andersen Trond Wåland 0 (15–10, 15–7) Artur Khachaturyan Sergey Melnikov 2 Thomas Andersen Stian Thorsen 0 (15–7, 15–12) Denmark Russia Jotunhallen 19 February 19981998-02-20 BADMINTON https://nordjyske-avisarkiv.dk/laes/148874/26 2026-08-27 limited Vendsyssel Tidende 26 da 5 0 Peter Gade 2 Stanislav Pukhov 0 (15–2, 15–1) Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen 2 Artur Khachaturyan 0 (15–0, 15–11) Kenneth Jonassen 2 Andrey Antropov 0 (15–3, 15–1) Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen 2 Artur Khachaturyan Sergey Melnikov 0 (15–13, 15–2) Jon Holst-Christensen Michael Søgaard 2 Andrey Antropov Nikolai Zuyev 0 (15–9, 15–7) Scotland Norway Jotunhallen 19 February 19981998-02-21 Badminton https://www.nb.no/items/9207ed553a8fa04d6f0944c11bf9e202?page=51 2026-08-27 Dagsavisen Arbeiderbladet 51 no National Library of Norway 3 2 Bruce Flockhart 2 Hans Sperre Jr. 0 (15–10, 15–11) Jim Mailer 1 Børge Larsen 2 (15–5, 8–15, 0–15) David Gilmour 0 Jim Ronny Andersen 2 (7–15, 5–15) Russell Hogg Kenny Middlemiss 2 Jim Ronny Andersen Trond Wåland 0 (15–8, 15–4) Alastair Gatt Craig Robertson 2 Thomas Andersen Stian Thorsen 0 (15–8, 15–8) Group X main Custom 7 pld win loss MF Matches for MA Matches against MD Match difference points 0 0 diff_col4_col5 yes 0 1 0 ENG GER FIN SUI International Badminton Federation complete 3 3 0 13 2 3 3 2 1 9 6 2 3 1 2 6 9 1 3 0 3 2 13 0 ENG GER FIN SUI Q green1 Advance to knockout stage QF England Finland Jotunhallen 17 February 19981998-02-20 BADMINTON https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.com/image-viewer?issue=BL/0002139/19980220&page=0093&article=093 2026-08-27 subscription Birmingham Mail 93 en British Newspaper Archive 4 1 Darren Hall 2 Pontus Jäntti 1 (5–15, 15–9, 15–5) Colin Haughton 2 Ilkka Nyqvist 0 (15–9, 15–12) Mark Constable 1 Lasse Lindelöf 2 (15–9, 10–15, 2–15) Simon Archer Chris Hunt 2 Ville Kinnunen Antti Viitikko 0 (15–10, 15–8) Julian Robertson Nathan Robertson 2 Jyri Aalto Ilkka Nyqvist 0 (18–13, 18–15) Germany Switzerland Jotunhallen 17 February 19981998-02-18 Niederlagen der Schweizer Badminton-Teams https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=NZZ19980218-01.2.72.14.1&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN--------0----- 2026-08-27 Neue Zürcher Zeitung 58 de e-newspaperarchives.ch 4 1 Oliver Pongratz 1 Thomas Wapp 2 (11–15, 15–7, 11–15) Conrad Hückstädt 2 Morten Bundgaard 1 (17–14, 1–15, 15–7) Marek Bujak 2 Stephan Baeriswyl 0 (15–1, 15–0) Michael Helber Björn Siegemund 2 Morten Bundgaard Rémy Matthey de l'Etang 0 (15–11, 15–5) Michael Keck Christian Mohr 2 Pascal Bircher Thomas Wapp 0 (15–13, 15–6) England Switzerland Jotunhallen 18 February 19981998-02-19 Schweizer waren gegen England chancenlos https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=TTB19980219-01.2.31.20.1&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN--------0----- 2026-08-27 Thuner Tagblatt 19 de e-newspaperarchives.ch 5 0 Darren Hall 2 Thomas Wapp 0 (15–3, 15–2) Colin Haughton 2 Rémy Matthey de l'Etang 0 (15–5, 15–11) Peter Bush 2 Stephan Baeriswyl 0 (15–6, 15–2) Simon Archer Chris Hunt 2 Morten Bundgaard Rémy Matthey de l'Etang 0 (15–5, 15–8) Ian Pearson John Quinn 2 Pascal Bircher Thomas Wapp 0 (15–1, 15–3) Germany Finland Jotunhallen 18 February 19981998-02-19 Suomelle kaksi tappiota MM-karsinnassa https://www.hs.fi/urheilu/art-2000003696886.html Helsingin Sanomat fi 4 1 Conrad Hückstädt 1 Antti Viitikko 2 (10–15, 15–1, 7–15) Oliver Pongratz 2 Pontus Jäntti 1 (10–15, 15–5, 15–9) Marek Bujak 2 Lasse Lindelöf 0 (18–16, 15–2) Michael Helber Björn Siegemund 2 Ville Kinnunen Ilkka Nyqvist 0 (15–3, 15–4) Michael Keck Christian Mohr 2 Jyri Aalto Lasse Lindelöf 0 (15–11, 15–5) England Germany Jotunhallen 19 February 1998 4 1 Darren Hall 2 Oliver Pongratz 0 Colin Haughton 2 Conrad Hückstädt 1 Peter Bush 1 Marek Bujak 2 Simon Archer Chris Hunt 2 Michael Helber Björn Siegemund 0 Ian Pearson John Quinn 2 Michael Keck Christian Mohr 0 Finland Switzerland Jotunhallen 19 February 19981998-02-20 Schweizer Niederlagen https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=FZG19980220-01.2.84&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN--------0----- 2026-08-27 Freiburger Nachrichten 12 de e-newspaperarchives.ch 4 1 Pontus Jäntti 2 Thomas Wapp 0 (15–0, 15–11) Ilkka Nyqvist 0 Morten Bundgaard 2 (13–15, 9–15) Antti Viitikko 2 Rémy Matthey de l'Etang 0 (18–15, 15–4) Ville Kinnunen Ilkka Nyqvist 2 Morten Bundgaard Rémy Matthey de l'Etang 0 (15–6, 15–6) Jyri Aalto Lasse Lindelöf 2 Pascal Bircher Thomas Wapp 0 (15–3, 15–4) Group Y main Custom 7 pld win loss MF Matches for MA Matches against MD Match difference points 0 0 diff_col4_col5 yes 0 1 0 NED UKR POR ISL International Badminton Federation complete 3 3 0 11 4 3 3 2 1 10 5 2 3 1 2 6 9 1 3 0 3 3 12 0 NED UKR POR ISL Q green1 Advance to knockout stage QF Netherlands Portugal Jotunhallen 17 February 19981998-02-18 UITSLAGEN https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=KBPERS01:003155015:mpeg21:a00213 2026-08-28 Algemeen Dagblad 24 nl Delpher 4 1 Jeroen van Dijk 2 Fernando Silva 1 (18–16, 9–15, 15–10) Dicky Palyama 2 Marco Vasconcelos 0 (15–9, 18–14) Gerben Bruijstens 2 Ricardo Fernandes 0 (15–9, 15–6) Dennis Lens Quinten van Dalm 2 Hugo Rodrigues Fernando Silva 0 (15–9, 15–10) Norbert van Barneveld Jurgen van Leeuwen 1 Ricardo Fernandes Marco Vasconcelos 2 (15–5, 3–15, 10–15) Ukraine Iceland Jotunhallen 17 February 19981998-02-18 Badminton https://timarit.is/page/1898781?iabr=on#page/n3/mode/2up 2026-08-28 Morgunblaðið 1 is Timarit.is 5 0 Konstantin Tatranov 2 Tryggvi Nielsen 0 Vladislav Druzchenko 2 Broddi Kristjánsson 0 Dmitry Miznikov 2 Sveinn Sölvason 0 Vladislav Druzchenko Mykhailo Mizin 2 Árni Þór Hallgrímsson Broddi Kristjánsson 0 Dmitry Miznikov Konstantin Tatranov 2 Njörður Ludvigsson Tryggvi Nielsen 0 Netherlands Iceland Jotunhallen 18 February 19981998-02-19 UITSLAGEN https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=KBPERS01:003155016:mpeg21:a00181 2026-08-28 Algemeen Dagblad 16 nl Delpher 4 1 Jeroen van Dijk 2 Tryggvi Nielsen 0 (15–7, 15–10) Dicky Palyama 2 Sveinn Sölvason 0 (15–6, 15–8) Gerben Bruijstens 2 Guðmundur Adolfsson 0 (15–11, 15–0) Dennis Lens Quinten van Dalm 0 Árni Þór Hallgrímsson Broddi Kristjánsson 2 (15–6, 15–5) Norbert van Barneveld Jurgen van Leeuwen 1 Njörður Ludvigsson Tryggvi Nielsen 2 (15–11, 15–17, 10–15) Ukraine Portugal Jotunhallen 18 February 1998 3 2 Konstantin Tatranov 1 Fernando Silva 2 Vladislav Druzchenko 2 Marco Vasconcelos 1 Dmitry Miznikov 2 Ricardo Fernandes 1 Vladislav Druzchenko Mykhailo Mizin 2 Hugo Rodrigues Fernando Silva 1 Dmitry Miznikov Konstantin Tatranov 1 Ricardo Fernandes Marco Vasconcelos 2 Netherlands Ukraine Jotunhallen 19 February 19981998-02-20 UITSLAGEN https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=KBPERS01:003155017:mpeg21:a00196 2026-08-28 Algemeen Dagblad 20 nl Delpher 3 2 Jeroen van Dijk 2 Konstantin Tatranov 0 (15–9, 18–15) Dicky Palyama 0 Vladislav Druzchenko 2 (12–15, 9–15) Gerben Bruijstens 2 Dmitry Miznikov 0 (15–7, 15–11) Norbert van Barneveld Jurgen van Leeuwen 1 Vladislav Druzchenko Mykhailo Mizin 2 (12–15, 15–6, 7–15) Dennis Lens Quinten van Dalm 2 Dmitry Miznikov Konstantin Tatranov 0 (15–7, 15–9) Portugal Iceland Jotunhallen 19 February 19981998-02-21 Badminton https://timarit.is/page/1899027?iabr=on#page/n1/mode/2up 2026-08-28 Morgunblaðið 2 is Timarit.is 3 2 Fernando Silva 2 Tryggvi Nielsen 0 (15–10, 15–2) Marco Vasconcelos 0 Broddi Kristjánsson 2 (1–15, 13–15) Ricardo Fernandes 2 Sveinn Sölvason 1 (6–15, 15–3, 15–10) Hugo Rodrigues Fernando Silva 1 Árni Þór Hallgrímsson Broddi Kristjánsson 2 (14–17, 15–13, 14–15) Ricardo Fernandes Marco Vasconcelos 2 Njörður Ludvigsson Tryggvi Nielsen 0 (15–4, 15–11) Group Z main Custom 7 pld win loss MF Matches for MA Matches against MD Match difference points 0 0 diff_col4_col5 yes 0 1 0 SWE BUL USA POL International Badminton Federation complete 3 3 0 14 1 3 3 2 1 7 8 2 3 1 2 5 10 1 3 0 3 4 11 0 SWE BUL USA POL Q green1 Advance to knockout stage QF Sweden Poland Jotunhallen 17 February 1998https://stelterbadminton.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/badmintonpolska-nr-111998.pdf Badminton Polska Polski Związek Badmintona 1998 11 9 pl 4 1 Rickard Magnusson 1 Jacek Niedźwiedzki 2 (12–15, 15–7, 5–15) Henrik Bengtsson 2 Michał Łogosz 0 (15–4, 15–5) Tomas Johansson 2 Kamil Turonek 0 (15–10, 15–4) Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson 2 Michał Łogosz Damian Pławecki 0 (15–7, 15–11) Henrik Andersson Jens Olsson 2 Jacek Niedźwiedzki Kamil Turonek 0 (15–4, 15–3) Bulgaria United States Jotunhallen 17 February 1998 3 2 Boris Kesov 0 Kevin Han 2 (6–15, 2–15) Mihail Popov 2 Ignatius Rusli 1 (5–15, 15–10, 15–8) Ivan Sotirov 0 Mark Manha 2 (6–15, 11–15) Mihail Popov Svetoslav Stoyanov 2 Howard Bach Mark Manha 0 (15–9, 15–6) Boris Kesov Ivan Sotirov 2 Kevin Han Ignatius Rusli 1 (10–15, 15–11, 15–10) Sweden United States Jotunhallen 18 February 1998 5 0 Rickard Magnusson 2 Kevin Han 0 (15–13, 15–10) Tomas Johansson 2 Howard Bach 0 (15–8, 15–1) Daniel Eriksson 2 Mark Manha 0 (15–4, 15–9) Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson 2 Howard Bach Mark Manha 0 (15–12, 15–10) Henrik Andersson Fredrik Bergström 2 Kevin Han Ignatius Rusli 0 (15–3, 15–2) Bulgaria Poland Jotunhallen 18 February 1998 4 1 Boris Kesov 2 Jacek Niedźwiedzki 0 Mihail Popov 1 Michał Łogosz 2 Konstantin Dobrev 2 Kamil Turonek 0 Mihail Popov Svetoslav Stoyanov 2 Michał Łogosz Damian Pławecki 0 Boris Kesov Ivan Sotirov 2 Jacek Niedźwiedzki Kamil Turonek 1 Sweden Bulgaria Jotunhallen 19 February 19981998-02-21 BADMINTON Thomas Cup Europakval grupp Z Sverige-Bulgarien 5-0 Svenska Dagbladet 40 sv National Library of Sweden 5 0 Rickard Magnusson 2 Boris Kesov 0 (15–7, 15–4) Henrik Bengtsson 2 Ivan Sotirov 0 (15–6, 15–5) Tomas Johansson 2 Konstantin Dobrev 0 (15–1, 17–14) Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson 2 Mihail Popov Svetoslav Stoyanov 0 (15–7, 15–4) Henrik Andersson Jens Olsson 2 Boris Kesov Ivan Sotirov 0 (15–6, 15–4) Poland United States Jotunhallen 19 February 1998 2 3 Jacek Niedźwiedzki 0 Kevin Han 2 (13–18, 5–15) Michał Łogosz 2 Howard Bach 1 (6–15, 15–3, 15–9) Kamil Turonek 0 Mark Manha 2 (11–15, 3–15) Michał Łogosz Damian Pławecki 2 Howard Bach Mark Manha 0 (15–12, 15–4) Jacek Niedźwiedzki Kamil Turonek 0 Kevin Han Ignatius Rusli 2 (13–15, 15–18) Knockout stage N4 white-space:nowrap yes high yes Semi-finals Final Third place DEN 5 ENG 0 NED 4 SWE 1 DEN 5 NED 0 ENG 2 SWE 3 Semi-finals Denmark England Jotunhallen 20 February 19981998 Badmintonbladet https://badmintonmuseet.dk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/1997-1998_15.pdf 2026-08-28 Badminton Denmark 9 5 0 Peter Gade 2 Colin Haughton 0 (15–0, 15–2) Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen 2 Mark Constable 0 (18–14, 15–7) Kenneth Jonassen 2 Peter Bush 0 (15–4, 15–6) Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen 2 Chris Hunt Nathan Robertson 1 (7–15, 15–3, 15–6) Martin Lundgaard Hansen Michael Søgaard 2 Ian Pearson Julian Robertson 1 (17–18, 17–14, 17–14) Sweden Netherlands Jotunhallen 20 February 19981998-02-21 UITSLAGEN https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=KBPERS01:003155018:mpeg21:a00235 2026-08-28 Algemeen Dagblad 34 nl Delpher 1 4 Rickard Magnusson 1 Jeroen van Dijk 2 (15–4, 12–15, 7–15) Henrik Bengtsson 1 Dicky Palyama 2 (15–6, 10–15, 13–15) Tomas Johansson 0 Gerben Bruijstens 1 (16r Retired–17) 1 Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson 0 Dennis Lens Quinten van Dalm 2 (8–15, 12–15) Henrik Andersson Jens Olsson 2 Norbert van Barneveld Jurgen van Leeuwen 0 (15–6, 15–9) Third place Sweden England Jotunhallen 21 February 19981998-02-22 BADMINTON https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.com/image-viewer?issue=BL/0005278/19980222&page=0053&article=519 2026-08-28 subscription Scotland on Sunday 53 en British Newspaper Archive 3 2 Rickard Magnusson 1 Darren Hall 2 (9–15, 15–9, 6–15) Henrik Bengtsson 2 Colin Haughton 0 (15–12, 15–6) Tomas Johansson 1 Peter Bush 2 (5–15, 15–9, 7–15) Peter Axelsson Henrik Andersson 2 Simon Archer Chris Hunt 0 (15–3, 15–13) Pär-Gunnar Jönsson Jens Olsson 2 Ian Pearson Julian Robertson 0 (15–8, 15–7) Final Denmark Netherlands Jotunhallen 21 February 1998 5 0 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen 2 Jeroen van Dijk 1 (15–4, 12–15, 15–10) Kenneth Jonassen 2 Dicky Palyama 0 (15–9, 15–12) Martin Lundgaard Hansen 2 Gerben Bruijstens 0 (15–12, 15–7) Jon-Holst Christensen Michael Søgaard 2 Dennis Lens Quinten van Dalm 0 (15–12, 15–6) Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen 2 Norbert van Barneveld Jurgen van Leeuwen 1 (15–8, 15–4) References Category:1998 in badminton Category:Thomas & Uber Cup