# 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup

The 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 25th tournament of the Thomas Cup and 22nd tournament of the Uber Cup, the men's and women's team competition in badminton, respectively. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from May 11 to May 18, 2008.

## Host city selection

China, Indonesia, and the United States 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

| Confederation | Qualifier(s) | Qualifier(s) |
| Confederation | Thomas Cup | Uber Cup |
| Asia | Malaysia Thailand Japan South Korea | South Korea Japan Malaysia Hong Kong |
| Africa | Nigeria | South Africa |
| Europe | Denmark England Germany | Denmark Netherlands Germany |
| Oceania | New Zealand | New Zealand |
| Americas | Canada | United States |
| Defending Champions | China | China |
| Host nation | Indonesia | Indonesia |

## Seedings

All the seeding list based on February 28, 2008 world rankings as the draw was conducted on March 11, 2008. The top four seeding teams is in first pot, follow by next four teams in the second pot and the bottom four teams was put in the third pot.

## Medal summary
### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Thomas Cup | China Lin Dan Bao Chunlai Chen Jin Chen Yu Cai Yun Fu Haifeng Xie Zhongbo Guo Zhendong He Hanbin Shen Ye | South Korea Park Sung-hwan Lee Hyun-il Shon Seung-mo Hong Ji-hoon Lee Jae-jin Jung Jae-sung Hwang Ji-man Lee Yong-dae | Malaysia Lee Chong Wei Wong Choong Hann Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Mohd Arif Abdul Latif Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif |
| Thomas Cup | Indonesia Sony Dwi Kuncoro Taufik Hidayat Simon Santoso Tommy Sugiarto Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan Joko Riyadi Hendra Aprida Gunawan Candra Wijaya Nova Widianto |
| Uber Cup | China Xie Xingfang Lu Lan Zhu Lin Jiang Yanjiao Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen Wei Yili Zhang Yawen Gao Ling Zhao Tingting | Indonesia Maria Kristin Yulianti Adriyanti Firdasari Pia Zebadiah Fransisca Ratnasari Lilyana Natsir Vita Marissa Greysia Polii Jo Novita Rani Mundiasti Endang Nursugianti | South Korea Hwang Hye-youn Lee Yun-hwa Jang Soo-young Bae Youn-joo Lee Kyung-won Lee Hyo-jung Kim Min-jung Ha Jung-eun |
| Uber Cup | Germany Xu Huaiwen Juliane Schenk Janet Köhler Carola Bott Karin Schnaase Nicole Grether Carina Mette Birgit Overzier Michaela Peiffer Kathrin Piotrowski |

### Medal table

* Host nation (Indonesia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Indonesia* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |

## Thomas Cup
### Groups
#### Group A

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L |
| China | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Canada | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Nigeria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008-05-11 |||
| China | 5–0 | Nigeria |
| Canada | 5–0 | Nigeria |
| 2008-05-12 |||
| China | 5–0 | Canada |

#### Group B

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L |
| Malaysia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| England | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| South Korea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008-05-11 |||
| Malaysia | 5–0 | England |
| 2008-05-12 |||
| South Korea | 1–4 | England |
| Malaysia | 4–1 | South Korea |

#### Group C

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L |
| Denmark | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Japan | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008-05-11 |||
| Denmark | 5–0 | New Zealand |
| 2008-05-12 |||
| Japan | 5–0 | New Zealand |
| Denmark | 3–2 | Japan |

#### Group D

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L |
| Indonesia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Thailand | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008-05-11 |||
| Germany | 2–3 | Thailand |
| Indonesia | 3–2 | Thailand |
| 2008-05-12 |||
| Indonesia | 5–0 | Germany |

### Knockout stage

| Wild-Card 13 May 2022 | Wild-Card 13 May 2022 | Wild-Card 13 May 2022 | Quarterfinals 14 May 2022 | Quarterfinals 14 May 2022 | Quarterfinals 14 May 2022 | Semifinals 16 May 2022 | Semifinals 16 May 2022 | Semifinals 16 May 2022 | Final 18 May 2022 | Final 18 May 2022 | Final 18 May 2022 |
| | | | China | China | 3 | | | | | | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 0 | Thailand | Thailand | 0 | | | | | | |
| Thailand | Thailand | 3 | | | | China | China | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | Malaysia | Malaysia | 2 | | | |
| | | | Malaysia | Malaysia | 3 | | | | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 3 | Japan | Japan | 0 | | | | | | |
| Germany | Germany | 2 | | | | | | | China | China | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 1 |
| | | | Denmark | Denmark | 2 | | | | | | |
| Canada | Canada | 0 | South Korea | South Korea | 3 | | | | | | |
| South Korea | South Korea | 3 | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | Indonesia | Indonesia | 0 | | | |
| | | | Indonesia | Indonesia | 3 | | | | | | |
| England | England | 3 | England | England | 0 | | | | | | |
| Nigeria | Nigeria | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
* 2008 Thomas Cup champion
* China Seventh title

## Uber Cup
### Groups
#### Group W

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L |
| China | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Germany | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| United States | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008-05-11 |||
| China | 5–0 | United States |
| Germany | 5–0 | United States |
| 2008-05-12 |||
| China | 4–1 | Germany |

#### Group X

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L |
| South Korea | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| South Africa | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008-05-11 |||
| South Korea | 5–0 | South Africa |
| 2008-05-12 |||
| Hong Kong | 5–0 | South Africa |
| South Korea | 5–0 | Hong Kong |

#### Group Y

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L |
| Denmark | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008-05-11 |||
| Malaysia | 5–0 | New Zealand |
| Denmark | 4–1 | New Zealand |
| 2008-05-12 |||
| Malaysia | 2–3 | Denmark |

#### Group Z

| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L |
| Indonesia | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008-05-11 |||
| Japan | 1–4 | Indonesia |
| 2008-05-12 |||
| Japan | 2–3 | Netherlands |
| Indonesia | 5–0 | Netherlands |

### Knockout stage

| Wild-Card 13 May 2008 | Wild-Card 13 May 2008 | Wild-Card 13 May 2008 | Quarterfinals 14 May 2008 | Quarterfinals 14 May 2008 | Quarterfinals 14 May 2008 | Semifinals 15 May 2008 | Semifinals 15 May 2008 | Semifinals 15 May 2008 | Final 17 May 2008 | Final 17 May 2008 | Final 17 May 2008 |
| | | | China | China | 3 | | | | | | |
| New Zealand | New Zealand | 0 | Netherlands | Netherlands | 2 | | | | | | |
| Netherlands | Netherlands | 3 | | | | China | China | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 1 | | | |
| | | | South Korea | South Korea | 3 | | | | | | |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | 3 | Malaysia | Malaysia | 1 | | | | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 0 | | | | | | | China | China | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | Indonesia | Indonesia | 0 |
| | | | Denmark | Denmark | 0 | | | | | | |
| Germany | Germany | 3 | Germany | Germany | 3 | | | | | | |
| South Africa | South Africa | 0 | | | | Germany | Germany | 1 | | | |
| | | | | | | Indonesia | Indonesia | 3 | | | |
| | | | Indonesia | Indonesia | 3 | | | | | | |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 3 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 0 | | | | | | |
| United States | United States | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
* 2008 Uber Cup champion
* China Eleventh title

## 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 Badminton World Federation 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 England and Malaysia 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.