The 1998 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 20th tournament of the

Thomas Cup The Thomas Cup, sometimes referred as World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body. The championships h ...

, and the 17th tournament of the

Uber Cup The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams. First held in 1956–1957 and contested at three year intervals, it has been contes ...

, which are the major international team competitions in world

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

Host city selection

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

was originally selected as the host, with

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

as the competition site. IBF later moved the competition to

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

due to sponsorship issues which preferred Hong Kong over Shanghai.

Qualification

qualified automatically as hosts.

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

qualified as title holders of the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup.

Thomas Cup

Uber Cup

Squads

Medal summary

Medalists

Medal table

Thomas Cup

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

Uber Cup

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

References

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