1979 Badminton World Cup

1979 Badminton World Cup
Tournament details
Dates20 January – 22 January 1979
Edition1st
LocationTokyo, Japan
1980 Kyoto

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.

Medalists

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

Men's singles

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Finals

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

Women's singles

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Finals

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

Men's doubles

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Finals

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

Women's doubles

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Finals

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

References

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