2002 Thomas & Uber Cup

{{Short description|Biennial international badminton team championship}} {{infobox badminton event |name = 2002 Thomas & Uber Cup<br/><small>2002年汤姆斯杯和尤伯杯</small> |image = Logo tuc02.jpg |size = |caption = |dates = 9 May–19 May 2002 |number_edition = 22nd (Thomas Cup)<br />19th (Uber Cup) |level = 1 |prize_money = |other = |venue = Tianhe Sports Center |location = Guangzhou, China |previous = 2000 Kuala Lumpur |next = 2004 Jakarta }}

The '''2002 Thomas & Uber Cup''' was held in Guangzhou, China from May 9 to May 19, 2002. It was the 22nd tournament of World Men's Team Badminton Championships of Thomas Cup and 19th tournament of World Women's Team Badminton Championships of Uber Cup.

It is the only Thomas & Uber Cup that was played in a 7 points / 5 sets scoring system.

Indonesia won the Thomas Cup for the fifth time in a row and China won the Uber Cup for the third time in a row.

==Host city selection== Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, New Delhi and Tokyo were among the cities interested to host the events.<ref>{{cite web|title=Korn Dabbaransi new IBF President|url=http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2001&dt=0604&pub=Utusan_Express&sec=Sports&pg=sp_05.htm|website=Utusan Online|access-date=10 April 2017|page=4 June 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410214750/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2001&dt=0604&pub=Utusan_Express&sec=Sports&pg=sp_05.htm|archive-date=10 April 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, after a long discussion with Chinese Badminton Association,<ref>{{cite web|title=China to host its first ever Thomas & Uber Cup Finals? |url=http://www.worldbadminton.net/getstory.asp?id=453 |website=World Badminton |access-date=10 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020606091102/http://www.worldbadminton.net/getstory.asp?id=453 |archive-date=6 June 2002 |date=24 October 2001 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Guangzhou was confirmed as host in January 2002.<ref>{{cite web|title=Guangzhou to Host Thomas and Uber Badminton Cup Finals|url=http://en.people.cn/200201/15/eng20020115_88702.shtml|website=en.people.cn|access-date=10 April 2017}}</ref>

==Qualification== China qualified automatically as hosts. Indonesia qualified for the Thomas Cup as title holders.

===Thomas Cup=== {{main|2002 Thomas Cup qualification}} {| class="wikitable" width="900" ! width="30%" |Means of qualification ! width="22%" |Date ! width="20%" |Venue ! width="6%" |Slot ! width="22%" |Qualified teams |- |Host country |15 January 2002 |Beijing | align="center" |1 |{{bd|CHN}} |- |2000 Thomas Cup |11 – 21 May 2000 |Kuala Lumpur | align="center" |1 |{{bd|INA}} |- | rowspan="3" |European Zone | rowspan="3" |15 – 18 February 2002 | rowspan="3" |Eindhoven | rowspan="3" align="center" |3 |{{bd|DEN}} |- |{{bd|GER}} |- |{{bd|SWE}} |- | rowspan="3" |Oceania Zone | rowspan="3" |20 – 24 February 2002 | rowspan="3" |Melbourne | rowspan="3" align="center" |3 |{{bd|MAS}} |- |{{bd|KOR|variant=1997}} |- |{{bd|THA}} |- ! colspan="3" |Total !8 ! |}

===Uber Cup=== {{main|2002 Uber Cup qualification}} {| class="wikitable" width="900" ! width="30%" |Means of qualification ! width="22%" |Date ! width="20%" |Venue ! width="6%" |Slot ! width="22%" |Qualified teams |- |Host country |15 January 2002 |Beijing | align="center" |1 |{{bd|CHN}} |- | rowspan="3" |European Zone | rowspan="3" |15 – 18 February 2002 | rowspan="3" |Eindhoven | rowspan="3" align="center" |3 |{{bd|DEN}} |- |{{bd|GER}} |- |{{bd|NED}} |- | rowspan="4" |Oceania Zone | rowspan="4" |20 – 24 February 2002 | rowspan="4" |Melbourne | rowspan="4" align="center" |4 |{{bd|HKG}} |- |{{bd|INA}} |- |{{bd|JPN}} |- |{{bd|KOR|variant=1997}} |- ! colspan="3" |Total !8 ! |}

== Squads == {{details|2002 Thomas & Uber Cup squads}}

==Medal summary== ===Medalists=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}} |- | rowspan="2" | Thomas Cup | rowspan=2;align="left" | {{bd|INA}} | rowspan=2;align="left" | {{bd|MAS}} | align="left" | {{bd|DEN}} |- | align="left" | {{bd|CHN}} |- | rowspan="2" | Uber Cup | rowspan=2;align="left" | {{bd|CHN}} | rowspan=2;align="left" | {{bd|KOR}} | align="left" | {{bd|HKG}} |- | align="left" | {{bd|NED}} |- |}

===Medal table=== {{Medals table | caption = | host = China | flag_template = bd | event = | team = | gold_CHN = 1 | silver_CHN = 0 | bronze_CHN = 1 |host_CHN=yes | gold_INA = 1 | silver_INA = 0 | bronze_INA = 0 | gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 1 | bronze_KOR = 0 | gold_MAS= 0 | silver_MAS = 1 | bronze_MAS = 0 | gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 1 | gold_HKG = 0 | silver_HKG = 0 | bronze_HKG = 1 | gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 0 | bronze_DEN = 1 }}

== Thomas Cup ==

=== Group stage === {{main|2002 Thomas Cup group stage}} ====Group A==== {{:2002 Thomas Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group A|show_matches=no}} {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|9|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|CHN}} | score = 5–0 | team2 = {{bd|SWE}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20240521012342/http://www.bbeshop.com/news/2002/news_20020510h.htm }} {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|9|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|DEN}} | score = 3–2 | team2 = {{bd|KOR|1997}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20240521012342/http://www.bbeshop.com/news/2002/news_20020510h.htm }} ---- {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|11|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|KOR|1997}} | score = 5–0 | team2 = {{bd|SWE}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20220627030601/http://bbeshop.com/news/2002/news_20020512z.htm }} {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|11|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|CHN}} | score = 3–2 | team2 = {{bd|DEN}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20220627030601/http://bbeshop.com/news/2002/news_20020512z.htm }} ---- {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|14|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|DEN}} | score = 5–0 | team2 = {{bd|SWE}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20240526131012/http://www.bbeshop.com/news/2002/news_20020515c.htm }} {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|14|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|CHN}} | score = 4–1 | team2 = {{bd|KOR|1997}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20240526131012/http://www.bbeshop.com/news/2002/news_20020515c.htm }}

====Group B==== {{:2002 Thomas Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group B|show_matches=no}} {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|10|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|INA}} | score = 5–0 | team2 = {{bd|THA}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20040301074346/http://www.chinabadminton.com/news2002/mar/tyb0511tfkxynryt.shtml }} {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|10|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|MAS}} | score = 5–0 | team2 = {{bd|GER}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20040301074346/http://www.chinabadminton.com/news2002/mar/tyb0511tfkxynryt.shtml }} ---- {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|12|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|INA}} | score = 4–1 | team2 = {{bd|MAS}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20040419092401/http://www.chinabadminton.com/news2002/may/tyb0512ybzgshgsxj4qtbmlxygzqf.shtml }} {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|12|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|THA}} | score = 4–1 | team2 = {{bd|GER}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20040419092401/http://www.chinabadminton.com/news2002/may/tyb0512ybzgshgsxj4qtbmlxygzqf.shtml }} ---- {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|14|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|MAS}} | score = 5–0 | team2 = {{bd|THA}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20160910110950/http://bbeshop.com/news/2002/news_20020515f.htm }} {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|14|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|INA}} | score = 5–0 | team2 = {{bd|GER}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20220702233954/http://bbeshop.com/news/2002/news_20020515j.htm }}

===Knockout stage=== {{main|2002 Thomas Cup knockout stage}} ====Bracket==== {{:2002 Thomas Cup knockout stage}}

====Semi-finals==== {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|16|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|CHN}} | score = 1–3 | team2 = {{bd|MAS}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20240526120839/http://www.bbeshop.com/news/2002/news_20020517a.htm }} {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|17|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|INA}} | score = 3–0 | team2 = {{bd|DEN}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20240526113517/http://www.bbeshop.com/news/2002/news_20020518a.htm }}

====Final==== {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|19|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|INA}} | score = 3–2 | team2 = {{bd|MAS}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20220627031801/http://bbeshop.com/news/2002/news_20020520a.htm }}

==Uber Cup==

=== Group stage === {{main|2002 Uber Cup group stage}} ====Group A==== {{:2002 Uber Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group A|show_matches=no}} {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|11|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|DEN}} | score = 2–3 | team2 = {{bd|NED}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://www.badmintoncn.com/tournament_match.php?tid=953&date=2000-05-11 }} {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|11|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|INA}} | score = 2–3 | team2 = {{bd|HKG}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://www.badmintoncn.com/tournament_match.php?tid=953&date=2000-05-11 }} ---- {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|13|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|DEN}} | score = 2–3 | team2 = {{bd|HKG}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://www.badmintoncn.com/tournament_match.php?tid=953&date=2000-05-13 }} {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|13|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|INA}} | score = 2–3 | team2 = {{bd|NED}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://www.badmintoncn.com/tournament_match.php?tid=953&date=2000-05-13 }} ---- {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|15|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|NED}} | score = 3–2 | team2 = {{bd|HKG}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://www.badmintoncn.com/tournament_match.php?tid=953&date=2000-05-15 }} {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|15|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|DEN}} | score = 1–4 | team2 = {{bd|INA}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://www.badmintoncn.com/tournament_match.php?tid=953&date=2000-05-15 }}

====Group B==== {{:2002 Uber Cup group stage|transcludesection=Group B|show_matches=no}} {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|12|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|KOR|1997}} | score = 4–1 | team2 = {{bd|JPN}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://www.badmintoncn.com/tournament_match.php?tid=953&date=2000-05-12 }} {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|12|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|CHN}} | score = 5–0 | team2 = {{bd|GER}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://www.badmintoncn.com/tournament_match.php?tid=953&date=2000-05-12 }} ---- {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|14|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|CHN}} | score = 4–1 | team2 = {{bd|KOR|1997}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://www.badmintoncn.com/tournament_match.php?tid=953&date=2000-05-14 }} {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|14|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|JPN}} | score = 3–2 | team2 = {{bd|GER}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://www.badmintoncn.com/tournament_match.php?tid=953&date=2000-05-14 }} ---- {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|15|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|KOR|1997}} | score = 4–1 | team2 = {{bd|HKG}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://www.badmintoncn.com/tournament_match.php?tid=953&date=2000-05-15 }} {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|15|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|CHN}} | score = 5–0 | team2 = {{bd|JPN}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://www.badmintoncn.com/tournament_match.php?tid=953&date=2000-05-15 }}

===Knockout stage=== {{main|2002 Uber Cup knockout stage}} ====Bracket==== {{:2002 Uber Cup knockout stage}}

====Semi-finals==== {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|15|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|KOR|1997}} | score = 3–2 | team2 = {{bd|NED}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20240526210907/http://www.bbeshop.com/news/2002/news_20020516k.htm }} {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|15|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|19:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|CHN}} | score = 3–0 | team2 = {{bd|HKG}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20240521014251/http://www.bbeshop.com/news/2002/news_20020516a.htm }}

====Final==== {{badmintonbox2 | bg = | date = {{start date|2002|5|18|df=y}} | time = {{UTZ|13:30|8}} | team1 = {{bd-rt|CHN}} | score = 3–0 | team2 = {{bd|KOR|1997}} | stadium = Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20240526130836/http://www.bbeshop.com/news/2002/news_20020519a.htm }}

==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110511123702/http://www2.sbg.ac.at/populorum/badminton/archiv_ubercup.htm Mike's Badminton Populorum - Uber Cup] * [http://www2.sbg.ac.at/populorum/badminton/archiv_thomascup.htm Mike's Badminton Populorum - Thomas Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160330231130/http://www2.sbg.ac.at/populorum/badminton/archiv_thomascup.htm |date=2016-03-30 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061214221836/http://tangkis.tripod.com/thomas/final02.htm Smash: 2002 Thomas Cup - Final Round]

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