Badminton at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's team

The Badminton men's team event at the 1998 Asian Games was scheduled from 8 - 11 December 1998 at Thamassat University Sports Complex, Bangkok, Thailand.

Men's team at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Gymnasium 2
Dates	8–11 December
Nations	9
Medalists
Indonesia Tony Gunawan, Hendrawan, Taufik Hidayat, Tri Kusharjanto, Rexy Mainaky, Budi Santoso, Ricky Subagja, Candra Wijaya    China Chen Gang, Dong Jiong, Liu Yong, Luo Yigang, Sun Jun, Yu Jinhao, Zhang Jun, Zhang Wei    South Korea Ahn Jae-chang, Ha Tae-kwon, Hwang Sun-ho, Kang Kyung-jin, Kim Dong-moon, Lee Dong-soo, Park Sung-woo, Yoo Yong-sung    Malaysia Chan Chong Ming, Cheah Soon Thoe, James Chua, Jeremy Gan, Roslin Hashim, Pang Cheh Chang, Wong Choong Hann, Yong Hock Kin

Defending champion, Indonesia successfully retained their gold medal after defeating China 4 - 0 in the final. It was in this event, the Indonesian team had introduced their future star, The Enigma Taufik Hidayat for the first time. Being just at 17, Hidayat clinched the winning point in the 2nd singles match to earn Indonesia the gold medal. Below are the summaries and results for the Semifinals and Final matches of the event.

Schedule

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Tuesday, 8 December 1998	13:00	1st round
	13:00	Quarterfinals
Wednesday, 9 December 1998	13:00	Quarterfinals
Thursday, 10 December 1998	13:00	Semifinals
Friday, 11 December 1998	13:00	Final

Results

	1st round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						1	China	5
							Japan	0
											1	China	3
											4	South Korea	2
						4	South Korea	4
							Thailand	1
																1	China	0
		Iran	0													3	Indonesia	4
		Hong Kong	5				Hong Kong	0
						3	Indonesia	5
											3	Indonesia	4
											2	Malaysia	1
							Chinese Taipei	1
						2	Malaysia	4

1st round

8 December

Iran

0–5

Hong Kong

Quarterfinals

8 December

China

5–0

Japan

Sun Jun		2–0	Shinji Ota	15–2, 15–5
Zhang Jun / Zhang Wei		2–0	Fumihiko Machida / Seiichi Watanabe	15–9, 15–5
Dong Jiong		2–0	Kazuhiro Shimogami	15–3, 15–8
Liu Yong / Yu Jinhao		2–0	Shinji Ota / Hidetaka Yamada	15–2, 15–3
Chen Gang		2–0	Hidetaka Yamada	15–5, 15–3

8 December

South Korea

4–1

Thailand

9 December

Hong Kong

0–5

Indonesia

Tam Kai Chuen		1–2	Hendrawan	15–13, 4–15, 1–15
Chow Kin Man / Yau Kwun Yuen		0–2	Candra Wijaya / Tony Gunawan	6–15, 1–15
Liu Kwok Wa		1–2	Taufik Hidayat	5–15, 15–11, 6–15
Ma Che Kong / Liu Kwok Wa		0–2	Ricky Subagja / Rexy Mainaky	5–15, 7–15
Ng Wei		0–2	Budi Santoso	7–15, 5–15

9 December

Chinese Taipei

1–4

Malaysia

Chen Feng		0–2	Yong Hock Kin	13–15, 11–15
Horng Shin-jeng / Lee Wei-jen		2–1	Pang Cheh Chang / Cheah Soon Thoe	15–10, 5–15, 12–15
Lee Mou-chou		0–2	Roslin Hashim	7–15, 9–15
Lee Sung-yuan / Lin Wei-hsiang		0–2	Chan Chong Ming / Jeremy Gan	14–17, 6–15
Chien Yu-hsiu		0–2	Wong Choong Hann	10–15, 9–15

Semifinals

10 December

China

3–2

South Korea

Sun Jun		2–0	Hwang Sun-ho	15–6, 15–10
Zhang Jun / Zhang Wei		2–1	Lee Dong-soo / Yoo Yong-sung	15–6, 11–15, 15–13
Luo Yigang		2–0	Ahn Jae-chang	15–11, 15–9
Liu Yong / Yu Jinhao		1–2	Ha Tae-kwon / Kang Kyung-jin
Dong Jiong		0–2	Park Sung-woo

10 December

Indonesia

4–1

Malaysia

Hendrawan		2–0	Yong Hock Kin	15–4, 15–7
Ricky Subagja / Rexy Mainaky		2–0	Pang Cheh Chang / Cheah Soon Thoe	15–5, 15–5
Taufik Hidayat		0–2	Roslin Hashim	10–15, 14–17
Candra Wijaya / Tony Gunawan		2–0	Chan Chong Ming / Jeremy Gan	15–5, 15–4
Budi Santoso		2–0	Wong Choong Hann	15–9, 15–9

Final

11 December

China

0–4

Indonesia

Sun Jun		0–2	Hendrawan	7–15, 6–15
Zhang Jun / Zhang Wei		0–2	Ricky Subagja / Rexy Mainaky	11–15, 8–15
Luo Yigang		0–2	Taufik Hidayat	6–15, 5–15
Liu Yong / Yu Jinhao		0–2	Candra Wijaya / Tony Gunawan	0–15, 11–15

References

• "XIII Asian Games, Bangkok (ASIAD 98) - Event Results - Badminton". SADEC. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110820173312/http://www2.sbg.ac.at/populorum/badminton/asia.htm