2006 Thomas & Uber Cup

2006 Thomas & Uber Cup

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
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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]

• Sendai Gymnasium
• Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

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.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thomas Cup	China Lin Dan Chen Hong Bao Chunlai Chen Jin Xia Xuanze Cai Yun Fu Haifeng Xie Zhongbo Guo Zhendong Zheng Bo	Denmark Peter Gade Kenneth Jonassen Niels Christian Kaldau Joachim Persson Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen Jonas Rasmussen Lars Paaske Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Indonesia Taufik Hidayat Sony Dwi Kuncoro Simon Santoso Markus Wijanu Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto Alvent Yulianto Luluk Hadiyanto Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan
	Malaysia Lee Chong Wei Wong Choong Hann Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Kuan Beng Hong Chan Chong Ming Koo Kien Keat Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah Chew Choon Eng Tan Boon Heong
Uber Cup	China Zhang Ning Xie Xingfang Jiang Yanjiao Lu Lan Gao Ling Huang Sui Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen Yu Yang Du Jing	Netherlands Mia Audina Yao Jie Judith Meulendijks Rachel van Cutsen Karina de Wit Paulien van Dooremalen Ginny Severien	Germany Xu Huaiwen Juliane Schenk Petra Overzier Nicole Grether Carina Mette Birgit Overzier Kathrin Piotrowski Sandra Marinello Michaela Peiffer
	Chinese Taipei Cheng Shao-chieh Chien Yu-chin Huang Chia-hsin Pai Min-jie Hung Shih-chieh Chou Chia-chi Cheng Wen-hsing Ku Pei-ting

  *   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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	20	2	+18	459	271	+188	2	Quarter-finals
2	India	2	1	1	7	16	−9	340	443	−103	1	Round of 16
3	Germany	2	0	2	7	16	−9	355	440	−85	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	2	2	0	16	5	+11	406	313	+93	2	Quarter-finals
2	South Korea	2	1	1	15	7	+8	423	323	+100	1	Round of 16
3	New Zealand	2	0	2	0	19	−19	206	399	−193	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	2	2	0	20	2	+18	451	285	+166	2	Quarter-finals
2	Japan (H)	2	1	1	12	10	+2	403	339	+64	1	Round of 16
3	South Africa	2	0	2	0	20	−20	190	420	−230	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malaysia	2	2	0	20	2	+18	462	298	+164	2	Quarter-finals
2	England	2	1	1	8	14	−6	383	435	−52	1	Round of 16
3	United States	2	0	2	5	17	−12	337	449	−112	0

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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

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2006 Thomas Cup winner
China Sixth title

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	20	1	+19	444	193	+251	2	Quarter-finals
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	11	10	+1	347	337	+10	1	Round of 16
3	United States	2	0	2	0	20	−20	159	420	−261	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hong Kong	2	2	0	13	7	+6	377	329	+48	2	Quarter-finals
2	Netherlands	2	1	1	15	9	+6	454	412	+42	1	Round of 16
3	England	2	0	2	4	16	−12	306	396	−90	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	2	2	0	16	4	+12	425	317	+108	2	Quarter-finals
2	Germany	2	1	1	7	12	−5	357	383	−26	1	Round of 16
3	Singapore	2	0	2	7	14	−7	325	407	−82	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	2	2	0	20	0	+20	420	145	+275	2	Quarter-finals
2	New Zealand	2	1	1	10	10	0	306	332	−26	1	Round of 16
3	South Africa	2	0	2	0	20	−20	171	420	−249	0

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Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

China

Bye

China

3

Singapore

0

Singapore

3

New Zealand

0

China

3

Germany

0

Hong Kong

Bye

Hong Kong

2

Germany

3

Germany

3

South Africa

0

China

3

Netherlands

0

Chinese Taipei

3

England

0

Chinese Taipei

3

South Korea

2

Bye

South Korea

Chinese Taipei

0

Netherlands

3

Netherlands

3

United States

0

Netherlands

3

Japan

2

Bye

Japan

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2006 Uber Cup winner
China Tenth title

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