1979 Badminton World Cup

The 1979 Badminton World Cup was the 1st edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in Tokyo, Japan from 20 January to 22 January 1979. Competitions for mixed doubles were not conducted. Indonesia won men's singles and men's doubles events while Japan won women's doubles and Denmark won women's singles event.

1979 Badminton World Cup
Tournament details
Dates20 January – 22 January 1979
Edition1st
LocationTokyo, Japan
1980 Kyoto

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles Liem Swie King Iie Sumirat Kevin Jolly
Flemming Delfs
Women's singles Lene Køppen Hiroe Yuki Ivana Lie
Verawaty Wiharjo
Men's doubles Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata
Yoshitaka Iino
Masao Tsuchida
Derek Talbot
David Eddy
Flemming Delfs
Steen Skovgaard
Women's doubles Emiko Ueno
Yoshiko Yonekura
Verawaty Wiharjo
Imelda Wiguna
Kazuko Sekine
Sonoe Ōtsuka
Atsuko Tokuda
Mikiko Takada

Men's singles

Finals

Semi-finalsFinal
          
Liem Swie King1515
Kevin Jolly75
Liem Swie King1515
Iie Sumirat88
Iie Sumirat1515
Flemming Delfs77

Women's singles

Finals

Semi-finalsFinal
          
Lene Køppen12311
Verawaty Wiharjo11117
Lene Køppen1111
Hiroe Yuki76
Ivana Lie23
Hiroe Yuki1111

Men's doubles

Finals

Semi-finalsFinal
          
Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata
1515
David Eddy
Derek Talbot
58
Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata
1515
Masao Tsuchida
Yoshitaka Iino
83
Masao Tsuchida
Yoshitaka Iino
1515
Flemming Delfs
Steen Skovgaard
1310

Women's doubles

Finals

Semi-finalsFinal
          
Imelda Wiguna
Verawaty Wiharjo
1518
Atsuko Tokuda
Mikiko Takada
615
Imelda Wiguna
Verawaty Wiharjo
37
Emiko Ueno
Yoshiko Yonekura
1515
Kazuko Sekine
Sonoe Ōtsuka
27
Emiko Ueno
Yoshiko Yonekura
1515

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