The worlds biggest team championships, Thomas Cup and Uber Cup Finals are going to start from next week, May 20th to 27th.
The participant teams for the final tournaments will be determined by the round robin. The Day 3 will be an exciting day for badminton fan because major countries, which have star players, will face each other, such as Denmark vs. Malaysia and Indonesia vs. China in the Thomas Cup, Japan vs. Denmark in the Uber Cup.
We will update YONEX playersf news such as Lee Chong Wei(VTZF) of Malaysia, Peter Gade(VTZF) of Denmark and Taufik Hidayat(ARC10) of Indonesia during the tournament.
YONEX feather shuttlecock is of course used by both Thomas Cup & Uber Cup the same as other major tournaments. Lee Chong Wei commented, gShuttlecock is very important for the game. YONEX shuttlecock is the best." And his friend Taufik Hidayat said gThe balance of YONEX shuttlecock is consistent. The quality is always the same."
Tournament Schedule [Round Robin]
Thomas Cup
Day 1 [May 20th]
Group A: China vs. England
Group B: Japan vs. New Zealand
Group C: Denmark vs. South Africa
Group D: Korea vs. USA
Day 2 [May 21st]
Group A: Indonesia vs. England
Group B: Russia vs. New Zealand
Group C: Malaysia vs. South Africa
Group D: Germany vs. USA
Day 3 [May 22nd]
Group A: China vs. Indonesia
Group B: Japan vs. Russia
Group C: Denmark vs. Malaysia
Group D: Korea vs. Germany
Uber Cup
Day 1 [May 20th]
Group A: China vs. South Africa
Group B: Chinese Taipei vs. Netherlands
Group C: Korea vs. Australia
Group D: Japan vs. USA
Day 2 [May 21st]
Group A: Indonesia vs. South Africa
Group B: Thailand vs. Netherlands
Group C: Germany vs. Australia
Group D: Denmark vs. USA
Day 3 [May 22nd]
Group A: China vs. Indonesia
Group B: Chinese Taipei vs. Thailand
Group C: Korea vs. Germany
Group D: Japan vs. Denmark