1988 Thomas Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage for the 1988 Thomas Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia began on 30 May 1988 with the semi-finals and ended on 4 June 1988 with the final.^[1]

Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the two groups qualified for this stage.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	China	Malaysia
B	Indonesia	Denmark

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final



China	5

Denmark	0
		China	4

		Malaysia	1
Malaysia	3

Indonesia	2
		Third place



		Denmark	0

		Indonesia	5

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

China
5

Stadium Negara
30 May 1988, 19:30 UTC+8
^[2]

Denmark
0

		1	2	3
1	Yang Yang Morten Frost	15 3	15 5
2	Xiong Guobao Ib Frederiksen	15 1	15 10
3	Zhao Jianhua Torben Carlsen	15 11	15 7
4	Li Yongbo / Tian Bingyi Max Gandrup / Thomas Lund	15 7	15 8
5	Chen Hongyong / Chen Kang Jan Paulsen / Henrik Svarrer	12 15	15 0	15 10

Semi-final 2

Indonesia
2

Stadium Negara
31 May 1988, 19:30 UTC+8
^[3]

Malaysia
3

		1	2	3
1	Icuk Sugiarto Misbun Sidek	15 3	13 15	15 3
2	Eddy Kurniawan Foo Kok Keong	15 9	15 7
3	Ardy Wiranata Rashid Sidek	13 18	9 15
4	Gunawan / Eddy Hartono Jalani Sidek / Razif Sidek	15 9	6 15	6 15
5	Bobby Ertanto / Liem Swie King Cheah Soon Kit / Ong Beng Teong	17 14	1 15	12 15

Third place

Indonesia
5

Stadium Negara
2 June 1988, 19:30 UTC+8
^[4]

Denmark
0

		1	2
1	Eddy Kurniawan Jens Peter Nierhoff	15 3	15 6
2	Ardy Wiranata Ib Frederiksen	15 2	15 1
3	Alan Budikusuma Torben Carlsen	15 2	15 4
4	Gunawan / Eddy Hartono Jan Paulsen / Henrik Svarrer	15 9	15 6
5	Liem Swie King / Icuk Sugiarto Morten Frost / Thomas Lund	17 15	15 5

Final

China
4

Stadium Negara
4 June 1988, 19:30 UTC+8
^[5]

Malaysia
1

		1	2
1	Yang Yang Misbun Sidek	15 2	15 2
2	Li Yongbo / Tian Bingyi Jalani Sidek / Razif Sidek	12 15	1 15
3	Xiong Guobao Foo Kok Keong	15 2	15 11
4	Chen Hongyong / Chen Kang Cheah Soon Kit / Ong Beng Teong	15 12	15 12
5	Zhao Jianhua Rashid Sidek	15 12	15 9

References

^ "Singapore to bid for 1990 Thomas Cup qualifying competition". The Straits Times. 1988-05-29. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-08-17 – via NewspaperSG.
^ "A Chinese whitewash". The Straits Times. 1988-05-31. p. 31. Retrieved 2024-08-17 – via NewspaperSG.
^ "THOMAS CUP". The Straits Times. 1988-06-01. p. 39. Retrieved 2024-08-17 – via NewspaperSG.
^ "Indonesians sweep past Danes". The Straits Times. 1988-06-03. p. 47. Retrieved 2024-08-17 – via NewspaperSG.
^ "CHINA 4 MALAYSIA 1". The Straits Times. 1988-06-05. p. 30. Retrieved 2024-08-17 – via NewspaperSG.

[1] "Singapore to bid for 1990 Thomas Cup qualifying competition". The Straits Times. 1988-05-29. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-08-17 – via NewspaperSG.

[2] "A Chinese whitewash". The Straits Times. 1988-05-31. p. 31. Retrieved 2024-08-17 – via NewspaperSG.

[3] "THOMAS CUP". The Straits Times. 1988-06-01. p. 39. Retrieved 2024-08-17 – via NewspaperSG.

[4] "Indonesians sweep past Danes". The Straits Times. 1988-06-03. p. 47. Retrieved 2024-08-17 – via NewspaperSG.

[5] "CHINA 4 MALAYSIA 1". The Straits Times. 1988-06-05. p. 30. Retrieved 2024-08-17 – via NewspaperSG.

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