The 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 25th tournament of the

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and 22nd tournament of the

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, the men's and women's team competition in

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, respectively. It was held in

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, from May 11 to May 18, 2008.

Host city selection

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, and the

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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

Seedings

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Squads

Medal summary

Medalists

Medal table

Thomas Cup

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

Uber Cup

Groups

Group W

Group X

Group Y

Group Z

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

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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

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and

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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

External links

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