1996 Thomas Cup group stage

Badminton team Tournament in Hong Kong The 1996 Thomas Cup group stage was held at Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong from 17 to 21 May 1996.1996-05-16 印尼夺汤杯机会最高将面对中韩马丹挑战 https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/lhzb19960516-1.2.51.11.1 2024-06-24 Lianhe Zaobao 26 NewspaperSG The group stage was first stage of the tournament where only the two highest-placing teams in each of the two groups advanced to the knockout stage. Draw The 8 teams were drawn into two groups each containing four teams. Group composition GroupGroup AGroup BCHN ENG INA SWE DEN HKG 1959 (Host) KOR 1984 MAS Group A main Badminton team The Straits Times no Group A INA INA CHN CHN SWE SWE ENG ENG complete 3 0 13 2 28 8 504 303 2 1 12 3 25 11 483 352 1 2 4 11 13 24 363 488 0 3 1 14 6 29 298 505 INA, CHN, SWE, ENG Q QF QF green1 Advance to semi-finals Indonesia vs China Indonesia China Queen Elizabeth Stadium 17 May 1996, 12:00 81996-05-18 Kusuma stars as Indonesia wins https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19960518-1.2.58.7.1 2024-06-25 The Straits Times 39 NewspaperSG 3 2 Joko Suprianto 15 7 8 Dong Jiong 10 15 15 Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja 15 15 Huang Zhanzhong Jiang Xin 6 5 Hariyanto Arbi 15 7 5 Sun Jun 8 15 15 Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono 15 15 Liu Jianjun Liu Yong 7 11 Alan Budikusuma 14 15 18 Lin Liwen 17 3 15 Sweden vs England Sweden England Queen Elizabeth Stadium 17 May 1996, 12:00 8 4 1 Jens Olsson 15 15 Darren Hall 10 9 Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson 13 15 15 Julian Robertson Nathan Robertson 15 8 6 Rickard Magnusson 15 15 Peter Knowles 5 4 Henrik Andersson Johan Tholinsson 15 12 5 James Anderson Chris Hunt 8 15 15 Jesper Olsson 17 10 15 Peter Bush 15 15 10 Indonesia vs Sweden Indonesia Sweden Queen Elizabeth Stadium 19 May 1996, 12:00 81996-05-20 Hoyer-Larsen leads Denmark to crucial win over S. Korea https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19960520-1.2.49.3 2024-06-25 The Straits Times 31 NewspaperSG 5 0 Joko Suprianto 16 15 15 Jens Olsson 17 3 7 Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja 15 15 Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson 7 3 Alan Budikusuma 12 15 15 Tomas Johansson 15 5 2 Rudy Gunawan Bambang Suprianto 15 15 Henrik Andersson Johan Tholinsson 4 3 Ardy Wiranata 15 15 Rickard Magnusson 5 12 China vs England China England Queen Elizabeth Stadium 19 May 1996, 18:30 8 5 0 Dong Jiong 15 15 Darren Hall 5 6 Ge Cheng Tao Xiaoqiang 15 15 Julian Robertson Nathan Robertson 6 2 Lin Liwen 15 15 Peter Knowles 11 8 Huang Zhanzhong Liu Yong 16 15 15 James Anderson Chris Hunt 17 4 8 Chen Gang 15 15 Colin Haughton 11 7 Indonesia vs England Indonesia England Queen Elizabeth Stadium 21 May 1996, 12:00 81996-05-22 Superb Danes knock out the Malaysians https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19960522-1.2.51.13 2024-06-25 The Straits Times 33 NewspaperSG 5 0 Hariyanto Arbi 15 15 Darren Hall 8 2 Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja 15 15 Julian Robertson Nathan Robertson 6 6 Alan Budikusuma 15 15 Peter Bush 12 5 Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono 15 15 James Anderson Chris Hunt 5 10 Ardy Wiranata 12 15 15 Colin Haughton 15 3 6 China vs Sweden China Sweden Queen Elizabeth Stadium 21 May 1996, 12:00 8 5 0 Dong Jiong 15 14 15 Jens Olsson 4 17 9 Huang Zhanzhong Jiang Xin 15 11 15 Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson 8 15 7 Sun Jun 15 15 Tomas Johansson 9 9 Ge Cheng Tao Xiaoqiang 15 15 Henrik Andersson Johan Tholinsson 11 3 Lin Liwen 15 15 Rickard Magnusson 2 9 Group B main Badminton team The Straits Times no Group B DEN DEN KOR 1984 KOR 1984 MAS MAS HKG 1959 HKG 1959 complete 3 0 11 4 25 11 481 364 2 1 10 5 23 10 433 335 1 2 9 6 18 17 437 376 0 3 0 15 2 30 198 474 H DEN, KOR, MAS, HKG Q QF QF green1 Advance to semi-finals Malaysia vs South Korea Malaysia South Korea 1984 Queen Elizabeth Stadium 17 May 1996, 18:30 81996-05-19 Strife-torn Malaysia may be knocked out early https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19960519-1.2.53.10 2024-06-25 The Straits Times 38 NewspaperSG 2 3 Rashid Sidek 10 9 Park Sung-woo 15 15 Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock 11 9 Kim Dong-moon Park Joo-bong 15 15 Ong Ewe Hock 12 15 17 Lee Gwang-jin 15 7 15 Soo Beng Kiang Tan Kim Her 15 11 15 Ha Tae-kwon Yoo Yong-sung 7 15 9 Pang Chen 9 5 Ahn Jae-chang 15 15 Denmark vs Hong Kong Denmark Hong Kong 1959 Queen Elizabeth Stadium 17 May 1996, 18:30 8 5 0 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen 14 15 15 Tam Kai Chuen 18 9 6 Michael Søgaard Henrik Svarrer 15 15 Chan Siu Kwong Tim He 4 7 Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen 15 15 Tam Lok Tin 6 4 Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Stavngaard 15 15 Chow Kin Man Ma Che Kong 5 10 Peter Rasmussen 15 10 15 Liu Kwok Wa 5 15 1 South Korea vs Denmark South Korea 1984 Denmark Queen Elizabeth Stadium 19 May 1996, 12:00 8 2 3 Park Sung-woo 8 5 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen 15 15 Ha Tae-kwon Kang Kyung-jin 15 15 Jon Holst-Christensen Jim Laugesen 10 5 Lee Gwang-jin 15 11 2 Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen 11 15 15 Kim Dong-moon Park Joo-bong 15 15 Michael Søgaard Henrik Svarrer 9 11 Ahn Jae-chang 9 15 Peter Rasmussen 15 18 Malaysia vs Hong Kong Malaysia Hong Kong 1959 Queen Elizabeth Stadium 19 May 1996, 18:30 8 5 0 Rashid Sidek 15 15 Tam Kai Chuen 4 2 Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock 15 15 Chan Siu Kwong Tim He 5 4 Ong Ewe Hock 15 15 Tam Lok Tin 6 6 Soo Beng Kiang Tan Kim Her 15 15 Chow Kin Man Ma Che Kong 7 5 Pang Chen 15 15 Liu Kwok Wa 4 7 Malaysia vs Denmark Malaysia Denmark Queen Elizabeth Stadium 21 May 1996, 18:30 81996-05-22 丹麦韩国进半决赛大马汤杯队遭淘汰 https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/lhzb19960522-1.2.43.7.1 limited 2024-06-25 Lianhe Zaobao 26 NewspaperSG 1 4 Rashid Sidek 18 13 6 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen 16 15 15 Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock 15 12 15 Jon Holst-Christensen Jim Laugesen 0 15 7 Ong Ewe Hock 12 6 Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen 15 15 Soo Beng Kiang Tan Kim Her 13 15 1 Michael Søgaard Henrik Svarrer 18 7 15 Pang Chen 12 11 Peter Rasmussen 15 15 South Korea vs Hong Kong South Korea 1984 Hong Kong 1959 Queen Elizabeth Stadium 21 May 1996, 18:30 8 5 0 Park Sung-woo 15 15 Tam Kai Chuen 11 8 Kim Dong-moon Park Joo-bong 15 15 Chan Siu Kwong Tim He 7 4 Lee Gwang-jin 15 15 Ng Wei 7 1 Ha Tae-kwon Yoo Yong-sung 15 15 Chow Kin Man Ma Che Kong 5 3 Ahn Jae-chang 15 15 Liu Kwok Wa 7 5 References Category:Thomas & Uber Cup Category:1996 in badminton