2006 Thomas & Uber Cup

The 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup was held from 28 April to 7 May in Sendai and Tokyo, Japan. It was the 24th tournament of Thomas Cup and 21st tournament of Uber Cup, men's and women's badminton tournaments.

Sendai hosted all of the group stage and play-off matches while Tokyo hosted the event starting from the quarter-finals until the final.

This was first time the Thomas & Uber Cup was played with a three-game 21-point scoring system.

China emerged as champions of both tournaments after beating Denmark and Netherlands in the men's and women's competitions respectively.

Host city selection

Japan, which was competing with Indonesia and the United States for hosting the 2004 Thomas and Uber Cup finals, was awarded with this event.

Venues

• Sendai Gymnasium
• Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium

Teams

The following nations from five continents, shown by region, qualified for the 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup. Of the sixteen nations, defending champion of both tournaments China and host Japan qualified automatically and did not play the qualification round.

Thomas & Uber Cup

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Thomas Cup

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Uber Cup

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Medal summary

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thomas Cup	China Lin Dan Chen Hong Bao Chunlai Chen Jin Xia Xuanze Cai Yun Fu Haifeng Xie Zhongbo Guo Zhendong Zheng Bo	Denmark Peter Gade Kenneth Jonassen Niels Christian Kaldau Joachim Persson Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen Jonas Rasmussen Lars Paaske Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Indonesia Taufik Hidayat Sony Dwi Kuncoro Simon Santoso Markus Wijanu Candra Wijaya Sigit Budiarto Alvent Yulianto Luluk Hadiyanto Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan
	Malaysia Lee Chong Wei Wong Choong Hann Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Kuan Beng Hong Chan Chong Ming Koo Kien Keat Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah Chew Choon Eng Tan Boon Heong
Uber Cup	China Zhang Ning Xie Xingfang Jiang Yanjiao Lu Lan Gao Ling Huang Sui Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen Yu Yang Du Jing	Netherlands Mia Audina Yao Jie Judith Meulendijks Rachel van Cutsen Karina de Wit Paulien van Dooremalen Ginny Severien	Germany Xu Huaiwen Juliane Schenk Petra Overzier Nicole Grether Carina Mette Birgit Overzier Kathrin Piotrowski Sandra Marinello Michaela Peiffer
	Chinese Taipei Cheng Shao-chieh Chien Yu-chin Huang Chia-hsin Pai Min-jie Hung Shih-chieh Chou Chia-chi Cheng Wen-hsing Ku Pei-ting

Thomas Cup

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Bracket

2006 Thomas Cup knockout stage

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Final

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Uber Cup

Group stage

Group W

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Group X

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Group Y

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Group Z

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Knockout stage

Bracket

2006 Uber Cup knockout stage

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Final

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External links

• Official Website