Badminton World Cup

The World Cup in badminton was an annual tournament organized by the International Management Group (IMG). It was held between 1981 and 1997. After the tournament ceased for seven years, Badminton World Federation decided to bring it back as invitational tournament in 2005. However, it is not going to return for 2007.

Locations

Year No. Host City Country 1981 I Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 1982 II Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 1983 III Hongkong China 1984 IV Anaheim United States 1985 V Jakarta Indonesia 1986 VI Jakarta Indonesia 1987 VII Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 1988 VIII Bangkok Thailand 1989 IX Guangzhou China 1990 X Tokyo Japan

Year No. Host City Country 1991 XI Macau Macau 1992 XII Guangzhou China 1993 XIII New Delhi India 1994 XIV Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 1995 XV Jakarta Indonesia 1996 XVI Jakarta Indonesia 1997 XVII Yogyakarta Indonesia 2005 XVIII Yiyang China 2006 XIX Yiyang China

Past winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1981	Prakash Padukone	Chen Ruizhen
1982	Liem Swie King	Lene Køppen
1983	Han Jian	Han Aiping	Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo	Li Lingwei Han Aiping	Martin Dew Gillian Gilks
1984		Li Lingwei	Liem Swie King Hariamanto Kartono	Lin Ying Wu Dixi	Thomas Kihlström Nora Perry
1985	Icuk Sugiarto				Christian Hadinata Ivana Lie
1986			Liem Swie King Bobby Ertanto	Li Lingwei Han Aiping	Eddy Hartono Verawaty Fajirn
1987	Zhao Jianhua		Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo		Wang Pengren Shi Fangjing
1988	Yang Yang	Han Aiping	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Lin Ying Guan Weizhen
1989		Susi Susanti	Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo		Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee
1990	Alan Budikusuma	Sarwendah Kusumawardhani	Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek	Yao Fen Lai Caiqin	Gunawan Rosiana Tendean
1991	Ardy Wiranata	Huang Hua		Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young
1992	Joko Suprianto	Tang Jiuhong	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	Yao Fen Lin Yan Fen
1993	Alan Budi Kusuma	Susi Susanti	Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky	Lim Xiaoqing Christine Magnusson	Peter Axelsson Gillian Gowers
1994	Hariyanto Arbi		Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang	Lili Tampi Finarsih	Thomas Lund Catrine Bengtsson
1995	Joko Suprianto	Ye Zhaoying	Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky		Trikus Heryanto Minarti Timur
1996	Hariyanto Arbi	Susi Susanti	Denny Kantono Antonius Ariantho	Resiana Zelin Eliza Nathanael	Sandiarto Minarti Timur
1997	Sun Jun		Ricky Subagja Rexy Mainaky	Ge Fei Gu Jun	Liu Yong Ge Fei
2005	Lin Dan	Xie Xingfang	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen
2006		Wang Yihan	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Gao Ling Huang Sui	Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir

Performances by nation

	Nation	MS	WS	MD	WD	XD	Total
1	China	8	12	2	11	4	37
2	Indonesia	10	6	8	3	8	35
3	Malaysia			4			4
	Korea			2	1	1	4
	Sweden				1	1,5	2,5
6	Denmark		1			0,5	1,5
7	England					1	1
8	India	1					1

External links

• http://www.sportsrecords.co.uk/badminton/index.htm
• http://com4.runboard.com/bsportsworld.fswimming.t155
• Smash: World Cup