Uber Cup
The Uber Cup is the World Team Championship in badminton for women 's national teams. In tennis would be the comparable event the Fed Cup. The Uber Cup is one of the world's five tournaments of the 7 * category.
History
In 1950, the idea of hosting a World Cup, the national teams of women in badminton for the first time to the former IBF (International Badminton Federation), today's Badminton World Federation ( BWF) has been approached with. From mainly for financial reasons this idea was not immediately put into action, though it at this time a corresponding event of the masters, the Thomas Cup, already existed.
The tournament is named after the English national team Betty Uber, which stimulated competition and has donated the trophy, and has been held since 1956.
Initially the Uber Cup was played every 3 years. What has changed is the 1984th Since then, the Uber Cup was held simultaneously with the Thomas Cup. Since that time the Uber Cup also has the same mode in the host as the Thomas Cup.
During the first three editions were won by the Americans, the trophy was handed since this time only in Asia back and forth. Since 1984, this event is dominated by participants from China, who were always in the final and only in the successive editions of 1994 and 1996 placed second. 2006 lost the winner of the entire tournament is not a game.
The trophy
The design of the winner 's trophy by Betty Uber personally. Was made of the Cup of the famous silversmith Mappin & Webb in London. Made is the 50 cm high cup made of silver. The base is mounted a rotating globe, which is crowned by a standing on a badminton badminton player.
On the basis of the Cup the following words are engraved: " The Ladies ' International Badminton Championships Challenge Trophy presented to the International Badminton Federation by Mrs. HS Uber, 1956. "
Mode
To reach the finals of the Uber Cup, the national teams have to play in regionally organized groups against each other first. The best teams of these groups then fighting in the finals for the win. Since the mode has been taken over by the Thomas Cup 1984, which is also described in more detail there.
In the first 8 issues of the Uber Cup 7 games were played each encounter. Then once was played with 9 games. Since 1984, the 10th Cup, to this day are only 5 games, namely 3 singles and 2 doubles played. However, not all games are only played in the group stage, from the quarter- finals a meeting is completed, and has a side reaches 3 wins.
Venues and years, Finalist
Web link / sources
- Extensive documentation on the Cup
Lancashire 1957 | Philadelphia 1960 | Wilmington 1963 | Wellington 1966 | 1969 Tokyo | Tokyo 1972 | Jakarta 1975 | Auckland 1978 | Tokyo 1981 | Kuala Lumpur 1984 | Jakarta 1986 | Kuala Lumpur 1988 | Nagoya & Tokyo 1990 | Kuala Lumpur 1992 | Jakarta 1994 | Hong Kong 1996 | Hong Kong 1998 | Kuala Lumpur 2000 | Guangzhou 2002 | Jakarta 2004 | Sendai and Tokyo 2006 | Jakarta, 2008 | Kuala Lumpur 2010 | Wuhan, 2012 | New Delhi 2014