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2008 Thomas & Uber Cup

Field	Value
name	2008 Thomas & Uber Cup
Piala Thomas & Uber 2008
image	Thomasuber08.png
image_size	200px
dates	11–18 May
number_edition	25th (Thomas Cup)
22nd (Uber Cup)
level	1
venue	Istora Gelora Bung Karno
location	Jakarta, Indonesia
previous	2006 Sendai-Tokyo
next
2010 Kuala Lumpur

Piala Thomas & Uber 2008 22nd (Uber Cup) 2010 Kuala Lumpur

The 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 25th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 22nd tournament of the Uber Cup, the men's and women's team competition in badminton, respectively. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from May 11 to May 18, 2008.

Host city selection

China, Indonesia, and the United States submitted a bid for the event. International Badminton Federation selected Indonesia as the host for the event during a council meeting in December 2005.

Qualification

Main article: 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup qualification, 2008 Thomas Cup qualification, 2008 Uber Cup qualification

Confederation	Qualifier(s)	Thomas Cup	Uber Cup
Asia


Africa
Europe


Oceania
Americas
Defending Champions
Host nation

Seedings

All the seeding list based on February 28, 2008 world rankings as the draw was conducted on March 11, 2008. The top four seeding teams is in first pot, follow by next four teams in the second pot and the bottom four teams was put in the third pot. ;Thomas Cup 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. ;Uber Cup 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1.

Squads

Medal summary

Medalists


Xu Huaiwen
Juliane Schenk
Janet Köhler
Carola Bott
Karin Schnaase
Nicole Grether
Carina Mette
Birgit Overzier
Michaela Peiffer
Kathrin Piotrowski

Medal table

Thomas Cup

Groups

Main article: 2008 Thomas Cup group stage

Group A

Pts	Pld	W	L
2	2	2	0
1	2	1	1
0	2	0	2

	5–0

Group B

Pts	Pld	W	L
2	2	2	0
1	2	1	1
0	2	0	2

	4–1

Group C

Pts	Pld	W	L
2	2	2	0
1	2	1	1
0	2	0	2

	3–2

Group D

Pts	Pld	W	L
2	2	2	0
1	2	1	1
0	2	0	2

	5–0

Knockout stage

Uber Cup

Groups

Main article: 2008 Uber Cup group stage

Group W

Pts	Pld	W	L
2	2	2	0
1	2	1	1
0	2	0	2

	4–1

Group X

Pts	Pld	W	L
2	2	2	0
1	2	1	1
0	2	0	2

	5–0

Group Y

Pts	Pld	W	L
2	2	2	0
1	2	1	1
0	2	0	2

	2–3

Group Z

Pts	Pld	W	L
2	2	2	0
1	2	1	1
0	2	0	2

	5–0

Knockout stage

Controversies

The controversy arose when an unfair scheduling forced some of the teams to play twice a day. Most of the teams were unhappy with the Badminton World Federation decision, including the Indonesia Uber Cup team who threatened to pull out from the tournament due to the scheduling affair, forcing organisers to amend the schedule.

Another controversy cropped up in the tournament was the decision of Korea Thomas Cup team to throw both of their group matches to get a better opposition in the knockout stage. They lost 4–1 in both group matches against England and Malaysia and soon admitted they played to lose the game. However, Korean manager denied any fault on them and blamed on the format. This controversy forced the BWF to reexamine the rules and format for future tournaments.

References

"Transcorps Pegang Hak Komersial Piala Thomas dan Uber 2008".
"New scoring format for Thomas Cup".
(11 March 2008). "TUC 2008 – Final Seedings". Badzine.net.
(2008-03-12). "Easy for China, early test for Malaysia". [[Badminton World Federation.
(2008-05-11). "Be fair to everyone, team managers tell world body". The Star.
(2008-05-12). "Controversy as Koreans admit throwing badminton match". AFP.
(2008-05-12). "KOR". [[Reuters]].
(2008-05-13). "Badminton: Blame it on the format, says Korean manager". The Star.
(2008-05-12). "Rules to be reassessed after KOR". [[Reuters]].

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