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
DatesJanuary
Edition2nd
LocationKyoto, Japan
1979 Tokyo 1981 Kuala Lumpur

Medalists

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

Final results

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