2006 Thomas Cup group stage

The 2006 Thomas Cup group stage was held at Sendai Gymnasium in Sendai, Japan, from 28 to 30 April 2006.

The group stage was first stage of the tournament where the group winner advanced to the quarter-finals while the remaining teams advanced to the round of 16 in the knockout stages.

Draw

The original draw for the tournament was conducted in 26 February 2006. The 12 teams will be drawn into four groups each containing three teams.^[1]^[2]

Group composition

Group
Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
China Germany India	Indonesia South Korea New Zealand	Denmark Japan (Host) South Africa	England Malaysia United States

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	10	0	+10	20	2	+18	459	271	+188	2	Quarter-finals
2	India	2	1	1	3	7	−4	7	16	−9	340	443	−103	1	Round of 16
3	Germany	2	0	2	2	8	−6	7	16	−9	355	440	−85	0	Round of 16

Source: BadmintonCN

China vs India

China
5

Sendai Gymnasium, Court 2
28 April 2006, 14:00 UTC+9
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India
0

		1	2	3
1	Lin Dan Chetan Anand	21 8	21 23	21 11
2	Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng Valiyaveetil Diju / Rupesh Kumar K. T.	21 5	21 16
3	Chen Jin Anup Sridhar	21 14	21 10
4	Guo Zhendong / Zheng Bo Thomas Kurian / Jaseel P. Ismail	21 6	21 10
5	Xia Xuanze Arvind Bhat	21 15	21 10

Germany vs India

Germany
2

Sendai Gymnasium, Court 2
29 April 2006, 14:00 UTC+9
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India
3

		1	2	3
1	Björn Joppien Chetan Anand	21 17	21 12
2	Conrad Hückstädt Anup Sridhar	20 22	21 14	6 21
3	Roman Spitko Arvind Bhat	14 21	21 17	16 21
4	Kristof Hopp / Ingo Kindervater Thomas Kurian / Jaseel P. Ismail	21 9	21 16
5	Michael Fuchs / Roman Spitko Valiyaveetil Diju / Rupesh Kumar K. T.	18 21	12 21

China vs Germany

China
5

Sendai Gymnasium, Court 2
30 April 2006, 14:00 UTC+9
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Germany
0

		1	2	3
1	Lin Dan Björn Joppien	22 20	21 7
2	Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng Kristof Hopp / Ingo Kindervater	21 8	21 13
3	Bao Chunlai Roman Spitko	22 20	21 18
4	Guo Zhendong / Xie Zhongbo Tim Dettmann / Michael Fuchs	21 12	21 12
5	Chen Jin Marcel Reuter	16 21	21 7	21 5

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	2	2	0	8	2	+6	16	5	+11	406	313	+93	2	Quarter-finals
2	South Korea	2	1	1	7	3	+4	15	7	+8	423	323	+100	1	Round of 16
3	New Zealand	2	0	2	0	10	−10	0	19	−19	206	399	−193	0	Round of 16

Source: BadmintonCN.com

South Korea vs New Zealand

South Korea
5

Sendai Gymnasium, Court 4
28 April 2006, 14:00 UTC+9
^[3]

New Zealand
0

		1	2
1	Lee Hyun-il John Moody	21 16	21 13
2	Shon Seung-mo Henry Tam	21 10	21 7
3	Park Sung-hwan Craig Cooper	21 10	21 7
4	Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae John Moody / Henry Tam	21 9	21 6
5	Han Sang-hoon / Hwang Ji-man Craig Cooper / Daniel Shirley	21 12	21 16

Indonesia vs New Zealand

Indonesia
5

Sendai Gymnasium, Court 2
29 April 2006, 17:00 UTC+9
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New Zealand
0

		1	2
1	Taufik Hidayat John Moody	21 19	21 15
2	Sony Dwi Kuncoro Henry Tam	21 10	21 1
3	Simon Santoso Craig Cooper	21 11	21 7
4	Luluk Hadiyanto / Alvent Yulianto John Moody / Henry Tam	21 12	21 7
5	Sigit Budiarto / Candra Wijaya Craig Cooper / Daniel Shirley	21 18		retired

South Korea vs Indonesia

South Korea
2

Sendai Gymnasium, Court 2
30 April 2006, 17:00 UTC+9
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Indonesia
3

		1	2	3
1	Lee Hyun-il Taufik Hidayat	16 21	21 10	21 8
2	Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae Sigit Budiarto / Candra Wijaya	21 16	21 14
3	Shon Seung-mo Sony Dwi Kuncoro	9 21	15 21
4	Han Sang-hoon / Hwang Ji-man Luluk Hadiyanto / Alvent Yulianto	24 22	17 21	14 21
5	Park Sung-hwan Simon Santoso	18 21	16 21

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	2	2	0	10	0	+10	20	2	+18	451	285	+166	2	Quarter-finals
2	Japan (H)	2	1	1	5	5	0	12	10	+2	403	339	+64	1	Round of 16
3	South Africa	2	0	2	0	10	−10	0	20	−20	190	420	−230	0	Round of 16

Source: BadmintonCN.com
(H) Host

Denmark vs South Africa

Denmark
5

Sendai Gymnasium, Court 4
28 April 2006, 17:00 UTC+9
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South Africa
0

		1	2
1	Peter Gade Chris Dednam	21 6	21 9
2	Niels Christian Kaldau Roelof Dednam	21 5	21 12
3	Joachim Persson Willem Viljoen	21 7	21 12
4	Jens Eriksen / Martin Lundgaard Chris Dednam / Roelof Dednam	21 12	21 13
5	Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen Dorian James / Willem Viljoen	21 5	21 11

Japan vs South Africa

Japan
5

Sendai Gymnasium, Court 3
29 April 2006, 14:00 UTC+9
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South Africa
0

		1	2
1	Shōji Satō Chris Dednam	21 7	21 11
2	Yousuke Nakanishi Roelof Dednam	21 13	21 11
3	Sho Sasaki Willem Viljoen	21 5	21 10
4	Keita Masuda / Tadashi Ōtsuka Chris Dednam / Roelof Dednam	21 16	21 10
5	Keishi Kawaguchi / Shuichi Nakao Dorian James / Willem Viljoen	21 7	21 8

Denmark vs Japan

Denmark
5

Sendai Gymnasium, Court 3
30 April 2006, 17:00 UTC+9
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Japan
0

		1	2	3
1	Peter Gade Shōji Satō	21 9	21 11
2	Jens Eriksen / Martin Lundgaard Hansen Shintaro Ikeda / Shuichi Sakamoto	21 14	14 21	21 18
3	Kenneth Jonassen Yousuke Nakanishi	21 17	21 19
4	Lars Paaske / Jonas Rasmussen Keishi Kawaguchi / Shuichi Nakao	21 16	17 21	21 17
5	Niels Christian Kaldau Koichi Saeki	21 14	21 16

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malaysia	2	2	0	10	0	+10	20	2	+18	462	298	+164	2	Quarter-finals
2	England	2	1	1	3	7	−4	8	14	−6	383	435	−52	1	Round of 16
3	United States	2	0	2	2	8	−6	5	17	−12	337	449	−112	0	Round of 16

Source: BadmintonCN.com

Malaysia vs United States

Malaysia
5

Sendai Gymnasium, Court 2
28 April 2006, 17:00 UTC+9
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United States
0

		1	2	3
1	Lee Chong Wei Raju Rai	21 9	21 11
2	Wong Choong Hann Eric Go	21 14	21 9
3	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Howard Shu	21 3	21 7
4	Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah Howard Bach / Tony Gunawan	23 21	22 24	21 17
5	Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong Eric Go / Ronald Sou	21 8	21 7

England vs United States

England
3

Sendai Gymnasium, Court 3
29 April 2006, 17:00 UTC+9
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United States
2

		1	2	3
1	Andrew Smith Raju Rai	21 23	9 21
2	Nicholas Kidd Eric Go	21 18	21 15
3	Rajiv Ouseph Khan Malaythong	21 13	21 15
4	Ian Palethorpe / Kristian Roebuck Howard Bach / Tony Gunawan	29 27	13 21	17 21
5	Chris Langridge / David Lindley Khan Malaythong / Raju Rai	21 17	21 16

Malaysia vs England

Malaysia
5

Sendai Gymnasium, Court 4
30 April 2006, 14:00 UTC+9
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England
0

		1	2	3
1	Wong Choong Hann Shōji Satō	21 16	21 10
2	Chan Chong Ming / Koo Kien Keat Ian Palethorpe / Kristian Roebuck	21 5	21 17
3	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Nicholas Kidd	24 22	21 14
4	Chew Choon Eng / Tan Boon Heong Chris Langridge / David Lindley	21 16	21 13
5	Kuan Beng Hong Rajiv Ouseph	21 18	15 21	21 16

References

^ "Badminton: Thomas & Uber Cup Japan (Apr.28-May7) -- china.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 2025-02-27.
^ "Match Schedule". yonex-tuc.com. Archived from the original on 2006-04-23. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Results". The Straits Times. 2006-04-29. p. 24. Retrieved 2025-02-26 – via NewspaperSG.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Scoresheet". The Straits Times. 2006-04-30. p. 40. Retrieved 2025-02-26 – via NewspaperSG.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Results". The Straits Times. 2006-05-01. p. 26. Retrieved 2025-02-26 – via NewspaperSG.

[1] "Badminton: Thomas & Uber Cup Japan (Apr.28-May7) -- china.org.cn". www.china.org.cn. Retrieved 2025-02-27.

[2] "Match Schedule". yonex-tuc.com. Archived from the original on 2006-04-23. Retrieved 2025-02-28.

[:0-3] "Results". The Straits Times. 2006-04-29. p. 24. Retrieved 2025-02-26 – via NewspaperSG.

[:1-4] "Scoresheet". The Straits Times. 2006-04-30. p. 40. Retrieved 2025-02-26 – via NewspaperSG.

[:2-5] "Results". The Straits Times. 2006-05-01. p. 26. Retrieved 2025-02-26 – via NewspaperSG.

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