1980 Badminton World Cup

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]

1980 Badminton World Cup
Tournament details
Dates20–22 January
Edition2nd
LocationKyoto, Japan
← 1979 Tokyo 1981 Kuala Lumpur →

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 Mikio Ozaki
Japan Nobutake Ikeda
Japan Yoshitaka Iino
Japan Masao Tsuchida
Women's doubles Japan Atsuko Tokuda
Japan Yoshiko Yonekura		 Indonesia Verawaty Wiharjo
Indonesia Imelda Wiguno		 Japan Saori Kondo
Japan Mikiko Takada
England Jane Webster
England Nora Perry

Semifinal results
  • Below are the semifinal results for the World Cup.[4]
Discipline Winner Runner-up Score
Men's singles Indonesia Liem Swie King India Prakash Padukone 15–12, 15–6
Japan Masao Tsuchida Denmark Flemming Delfs 15–10, 15–13
Women's singles Denmark Lene Køppen Japan Yoshiko Yonekura 11–8, 11–5
Japan Hiroe Yuki Denmark Kirsten Larsen 11–7, 11–5
Men's doubles Indonesia Ade Chandra
& Christian Hadinata		 Japan Mikio Ozaki
& Nobutake Ikeda		 15–10, 15–7
Denmark Flemming Delfs
& Steen Skovgaard		 Japan Yoshitaka Iino
& Masao Tsuchida		 15–10, 15–10
Women's doubles Indonesia Verawaty Fadjrin
& Imelda Wiguno		 Japan Saori Kondo
& Mikiko Takada		 15–9, 11–15, 15–3
Japan Atsuko Tokuda
& Yoshiko Yonekura		 England Nora Perry
& Jane Webster		 15–4, 16–17, 15–5

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.
  4. "林水鏡兩局輕取土田 蟬聯世界羽球單打銜, 丹科彭击败日汤木再登女冠军座". 南洋商报 (in Simplified Chinese). 21 January 1980. p. 13. Retrieved 14 September 2023 – via NewspaperSG.
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