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Winners of Past Thomas and Uber Cups

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Amongst the highest honors to be won by a badminton player, the Thomas and Uber Cups are internationally renowned large scale team competitions, the Thomas Cup the men’s event and the Uber Cup the women’s. Originally held every three years, in 1981 the newly-formed Badminton World Federation (BWF) decided that, from 1984, the Thomas and Uber Cups would be held in the same place at the same time and would be held every two years from 1986. The joint holding of the two events gives fans a chance to see the best players from around the world at the same time and the Thomas and Uber Cups are always eagerly awaited by badminton fans everywhere.

The Korea’s Lee Yong Dae and Yoo Yeon Seong playing at the 2014 Thomas Cup

Indonesia has won the Thomas Cup 13 times

The Thomas Cup is also called the World Men's Team Badminton Championships. English player George Thomas was the first chairman of the International Badminton Federation when it was established in 1934 and actively promoted the development of an international men’s team competition. Thomas presented a cup for the competition and it was thus later named after him. Malaysia was the first winner and the first country to have its name engraved on the cup.

In the early days the Thomas Cup was held every three years. Nine matches (five singles and four doubles)were held over two days, the first team to gain five wins was the winner. From 1986 it has been held every two years and is now a one-day event, with five matches now played (three singles, two doubles,) the first team to win three matches the winner.

Up to 2014 the Thomas Cup has been held 27 times but only four countries have won the title, with Indonesia having won more than any other country, amassing 13 wins; China follows in second with nine wins, followed by Malaysia with five wins; Japan won for the first time in 2014. Denmark has recorded the best results of a European nation, with eight final appearances, but in each they have lost to an Asian team, taking eight second places. So far the Thomas Cup has been monopolized by Asian countries.

List of past Thomas Cup winners

No.	Year	Host city	Finalists			Semi-finalists
No.	Year	Host city	Champions	score	runner-up	Semi-finalists
1	1949	Preston	Malaya	8-1	Denmark
2	1952	Singapore	Malaya	7-2	USA
3	1955	Singapore	Malaya	8-1	Denmark
4	1958	Singapore	Indonesia	6-3	Malaya
5	1961	Jakarta	Indonesia	6-3	Thailand
6	1964	Tokyo	Indonesia	5-4	Denmark
7	1967	Jakarta	Malaysia	6-3	Indonesia
8	1970	Kuala Lumpur	Indonesia	7-2	Malaysia
9	1973	Jakarta	Indonesia	8-1	Denmark
10	1976	Bangkok	Indonesia	9-0	Malaysia
11	1979	Jakarta	Indonesia	9-0	Denmark
12	1982	London	China	5-4	Indonesia
13	1984	Kuala Lumpur	Indonesia	3-2	China	England	Korea
14	1986	Jakarta	China	3-2	Indonesia	Malaysia	Denmark
15	1988	Kuala Lumpur	China	4-1	Malaysia	Indonesia	Denmark
16	1990	Nagoya Tokyo	China	4-1	Malaysia	Denmark	Indonesia
17	1992	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	3-2	Indonesia	China	Korea
18	1994	Jakarta	Indonesia	3-0	Malaysia	Korea	China
19	1996	Hong Kong	Indonesia	5-0	Denmark	China	Korea
20	1998	Hong Kong	Indonesia	3-2	Malaysia	Denmark	China
21	2000	Kuala Lumpur	Indonesia	3-0	China	Korea	Denmark
22	2002	Guangzhou	Indonesia	3-2	Malaysia	Denmark	China
23	2004	Jakarta	China	3-1	Denmark	Korea	Indonesia
24	2006	Sendai , Tokyo	China	3-0	Denmark	Indonesia	Malaysia
25	2008	Jakarta	China	3-1	Korea	Malaysia	Indonesia
26	2010	Kuala Lumpu	China	3-0	Indonesia	Malaysia	Japan
27	2012	Wuhan	China	3-0	Korea	Japan	Denmark
28	2014	New Delhi	Japan	3-2	Malaysia	China	Indonesia

China has won the Uber Cup 13 times

The Uber Cup is also called the World Women's Team Badminton Championships. The cup was presented to the International Badminton Federation in 1956 by English player Betty Uber which is why the competition is so named. The first Uber Cup was held in 1957 in Lancashire in the UK and was won by the USA team.

The Korea’s Kim So Young/Jang Ye Na at the 2014 Uber Cup

First held in 1957, to begin with the Uber Cup was held every three years. In 1981 when the BWF was created by merging the two existing international badminton organizations, it was decided that, from 1986, it would be held every two years and held together with the men’s Thomas Cup.

Held 25 times to date, only five teams have ever won the Uber Cup, with China’s 13 wins leading the field, followed by Japan with five wins, Indonesia with three, the USA with three and Korea first-time winners in 2010. To date, the cup has only been –have reached the finals but have never won the title.

List of past Uber Cup winners

No.	Year	Host city	Finalists			Semi-finalists
No.	Year	Host city	Champions	score	runner-up	Semi-finalists
1	1957	Lancashire	USA	6-1	Demark
2	1960	Philadelphia	USA	5-2	Demark
3	1963	Wilmington	USA	4-3	England
4	1966	Wellington	Japan	5-2	USA
5	1969	Tokyo	Japan	6-1	Indonesia
6	1972	Tokyo	Japan	6-1	Indonesia
7	1975	Jakarta	Indonesia	5-2	Japan
8	1978	Auckland	Japan	5-2	Indonesia
9	1981	Tokyo	Japan	6-3	Indonesia
10	1984	Kuala Lumpur	China	5-0	England	Korea	Denmark
11	1986	Jakarta	China	3-2	Indonesia	Korea	Japan
12	1988	Kuala Lumpur	China	5-0	Korea	Indonesia	Japan
13	1990	Nagoya , Tokyo	China	3-2	Korea	Indonesia	Japan
14	1992	Kuala Lumpur	China	3-2	Korea	Sweden	Indonesia
15	1994	Jakarta	Indonesia	3-2	China	Sweden	Korea
16	1996	Hong Kong	Indonesia	4-1	China	Korea	Denmark
17	1998	Hong Kong	China	4-1	Indonesia	Denmark	Korea
18	2000	Kuala Lumpur	China	3-0	Denmark	Korea	Indonesia
19	2002	Guangzhou	China	3-1	Korea	Netherlands	Hong Kong
20	2004	Jakarta	China	3-1	Korea	Demark	Japan
21	2006	Sendai , Tokyo	China	3-0	Netherlands	Germany	Chinese Taipei
22	2008	Jakarta	China	3-0	Indonesia	Korea	Germany
23	2010	Kuala Lumpur	ROK	3-1	China	Japan	Indonesia
24	2012	Wuhan	China	3-0	Korea	Japan	Thailand
25	2014	New Delhi	China	3-1	Japan	Korea	India

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