1980 Badminton World Cup

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1980 Badminton World Cup
Tournament details
DatesJanuary
Edition2nd
LocationKyoto, Japan
1979 Tokyo 1981 Kuala Lumpur

The 1980 Badminton World Cup was the second edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Kyoto, Japan in the month of January.[1] Competitions for mixed doubles were not conducted.[2] Indonesia won men's singles and men's doubles events while Japan won women's doubles and Denmark won women's singles event.[3]

Medalists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Indonesia Liem Swie King Japan Masao Tsuchida India Prakash Padukone
Denmark Flemming Delfs
Women's singles Denmark Lene Køppen Japan Hiroe Yuki Japan Yoshiko Yonekura
Denmark Kirsten Larsen
Men's doubles Indonesia Ade Chandra
Indonesia Christian Hadinata
Denmark Flemming Delfs
Denmark Steen Skovgaard
Japan
Japan
Women's doubles Japan Atsuko Tokuda
Japan Yoshiko Yonekura
Indonesia Verawaty Wiharjo
Indonesia Imelda Wiguno
Japan Saori Kondo
Japan
England Jane Webster
England Nora Perry

Final results[]

Discipline Winner Finalist Score
Men's singles Indonesia Liem Swie King Japan Masao Tsuchida 15–6, 15–10
Women's singles Denmark Lene Køppen Japan Hiroe Yuki 11–4, 12–10
Men's doubles Indonesia Ade Chandra
Indonesia Christian Hadinata
Denmark Flemming Delfs
Denmark Steen Skovgaard
15–6, 15–3
Women's doubles Japan Atsuko Tokuda
Japan Yoshiko Yonekura
Indonesia Verawaty Wiharjo
Indonesia Imelda Wiguno
15–12, 17–14

References[]

  1. ^ "Ah, So Gwan progresses". The Straits Times. 19 January 1980. p. 29.
  2. ^ "Liem, Delfs enter semifinals". The Straits Times. 20 January 1980. p. 28.
  3. ^ "Liem proves too strong for Japan's Tsuchida". The Straits Times. 21 January 1980. p. 32.
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