Lius Pongoh

Lius Pongoh (born December 3, 1960 in Jakarta; Chinese: 劉邦高) is an Indonesian former badminton player.

Lius Pongoh
Personal information
Country Indonesia
Born (1960-12-03) 3 December 1960
Jakarta, Indonesia
Handednessright handed
Medal record
Representing  Indonesia
Men's badminton
World Championships
1980 Jakarta Men's singles
Thomas Cup
1979 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
1982 London Men's team
1986 Jakarta Men's team

Career

Pongoh played singles at a world class level in the 1980s. At nineteen he was a bronze medalist at the 1980 IBF World Championships in Jakarta, losing in the semifinals to fellow countryman Liem Swie King.[1] On the international badminton circuit Pongoh's wins included the Swedish (1981), Indonesia (1984), and Chinese Taipei (1985) Opens, the 1981 Copenhagen Cup (forerunner of the Copenhagen Masters), and the 1982 Indian Masters. He won men's doubles at the 1981 Japan Open with doubles maestro Christian Hadinata where he was also runner-up in singles to the great Rudy Hartono.[2][3][4][5]

Pongoh played second singles for the Indonesian Thomas Cup (men's international) teams of 1982 and 1986, both of which suffered the narrowest of final round losses to arch-rival China. He dropped both of his matches in the '82 series final, but won his only match (under a revised best of five match format) in the '86 series.

Achievements

IBF World Championships

Men's Singles

1980 IBF World Championships – Men's Singles
Round Opponent Score Result
First round Peter Cooper 15–6, 15–1 Win
Second round Billy Gilliland 15–0, 15–1 Win
Third round Syed Modi 15–3, 15–3 Win
Quarterfinal Morten Frost 15–11, 15–6 Win
Semifinal Liem Swie King 3–15, 3–15 Bronze

Open Tournament

Men's Singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1981 Swedish Open Morten Frost 18–14, 15–3 Champion
1981 Japan Open Rudy Hartono 9–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1982 Indonesia Open Icuk Sugiarto 9–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1984 Indonesia Open Hastomo Arbi 15–5, 10–15, 15–13 Champion
1984 Victor Cup Darren Hall 15–4, 15–3 Champion
1985 Chinese Taipei Open Prakash Padukone 5–15, 15–9, 15–10 Champion
1985 Scandinavian Open Morten Frost 5–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1988 Indonesia Open Icuk Sugiarto 6–15, 4–15 Runner-up
1988 Chinese Taipei Open Icuk Sugiarto 8–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1988 US Open Sze Yu 15–11, 5–15, 16–17 Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1981 Japan Open Christian Hadinata Flemming Delfs
Prakash Padukone		 15–4, 15–5 Champion
1982 Denmark Open Christian Hadinata Park Joo-bong
Kim Moon-soo		 6–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1982 Swedish Open Christian Hadinata Thomas Kihlström
Stefan Karlsson		 15–11, 15–8 Champion
1987 Canadian Open Richard Mainaky Lee Deuk-choon
Lee Sang-bok		 15–11, 8–15, 13–15 Runner-up
1988 US Open Christian Hadinata Liem Swie King
Prakash Padukone		 7–15, 15–11, 15–13 Champion

References
  1. "2nd World Championship." World Badminton, September 1980, 15.
  2. Hans Christian Moller, "Substitute wins two events at the Swedish Open, Malmo." World Badminton, June 1981, 7.
  3. Steve Baddeley, "Indonesian Open," World Badminton, September 1984, 3.
  4. Steve Baddeley, "Chinese-Taipei Masters," World Badminton, March 1985, 21.
  5. Ciro Ciniglio, "Korean girl is a new star," World Badminton, March 1981, 6, 7.
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