1979 Badminton World Cup

The 1979 Badminton World Cup was the 1st edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Tokyo, Japan from 20 January to 22 January 1979. Competitions for mixed doubles were not conducted. Indonesia won men's singles and men's doubles events while Japan won women's doubles and Denmark won women's singles event.

1979 Badminton World Cup
Tournament details
Dates20 January – 22 January 1979
Edition1st
LocationTokyo, Japan
1981 Kuala Lumpur

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Liem Swie King Iie Sumirat Kevin Jolly
Flemming Delfs
Women's singles Lene Køppen Hiroe Yuki Ivana Lie
Verawaty Wiharjo
Men's doubles Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata
Yoshitaka Iino
Masao Tsuchida
Derek Talbot
David Eddy
Flemming Delfs
Steen Skovgaard
Women's doubles Emiko Ueno
Yoshiko Yonekura
Verawaty Wiharjo
Imelda Wiguna
Kazuko Sekine
Sonoe Ōtsuka
Atsuko Tokuda
Mikiko Takada

Men's singles

Finals

Semi-finals Final
          
Liem Swie King 15 15
Kevin Jolly 7 5
Liem Swie King 15 15
Iie Sumirat 8 8
Iie Sumirat 15 15
Flemming Delfs 7 7

Women's singles

Finals

Semi-finals Final
          
Lene Køppen 12 3 11
Verawaty Wiharjo 11 11 7
Lene Køppen 11 11
Hiroe Yuki 7 6
Ivana Lie 2 3
Hiroe Yuki 11 11

Men's doubles

Finals

Semi-finals Final
          
Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata
15 15
David Eddy
Derek Talbot
5 8
Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata
15 15
Masao Tsuchida
Yoshitaka Iino
8 3
Masao Tsuchida
Yoshitaka Iino
15 15
Flemming Delfs
Steen Skovgaard
13 10

Women's doubles

Finals

Semi-finals Final
          
Imelda Wiguna
Verawaty Wiharjo
15 18
Atsuko Tokuda
Mikiko Takada
6 15
Imelda Wiguna
Verawaty Wiharjo
3 7
Emiko Ueno
Yoshiko Yonekura
15 15
Kazuko Sekine
Sonoe Ōtsuka
2 7
Emiko Ueno
Yoshiko Yonekura
15 15

References

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