Introduction of Thomas Cup Badminton Competition
Thomas cup badminton (Chinese abbreviation? Soup cup? ) is the highest level men's badminton team competition in the world, namely the World Men's Badminton Team Championship, which was founded by the former International Badminton Federation on 1948. It is held every two years. 1934 when the international badminton Federation was founded, George, an Englishman? George Thomas was elected chairman. Five years later, Thomas proposed at the International Badminton Federation Congress that the time was ripe to organize a world men's team competition, and said that he would donate a trophy for this competition. Thomas cup? .
Origin of Thomas Cup Badminton Trophy
Like Davis Cup in tennis, world badminton also has the highest honor cup in men's team competition? Thomas Cup Badminton Tournament was donated by Thomas, a famous British badminton player.
1934 when the international badminton Federation was founded, George, an Englishman? George Thomas was elected chairman. Five years later, Thomas proposed at the International Badminton Federation Congress that the time was ripe to organize a world men's team competition, and said that he would donate a trophy for this competition. Thomas cup? . This proposal was approved by the General Assembly, but due to the outbreak of World War II, the cup originally scheduled for around 194 1 was postponed. After World War II, the International Badminton Federation finally held the first Thomas Cup in England between 1948 and 1949, and Malaysia became the first country to engrave its name on the Thomas Cup. Since 1982, the team competition has been held every two years, and the competition system has changed from 9 wins in the past two days (5 singles and 4 doubles) to 3 wins in 5 games a day (3 singles and 2 doubles). By 1998, the Cup has been held for 20 times, and the Champions Cup has been circulated among Indonesian, Malaysian and China teams in Asia. Among them, Indonesia has the best record, winning *** 1 1 time; Malaysia won the championship five times; China started to participate in the Thomas Cup on 1982, and got back the Thomas Cup four times in nine games.
Thomas Cup is 28 cm high and 16 cm wide including the handle. It consists of a base, a cup and a cover, and the top of the cover has a model of an athlete. The front of this cup is engraved with the following words: George? Thomas? Bart presented the International Badminton Champion Challenge Cup 1939 organized by the International Badminton Federation? . It is said that this cup was made of platinum in London and was worth 50 thousand pounds at that time.
Thomas' full name is George? Thomas was a famous British badminton player and won the British badminton championship many times. He won four consecutive men's singles titles, nine men's doubles titles and six mixed doubles titles in the All England Badminton Championships. 2 1 year-old began to win the championship, and there is a championship record every year. The last time he won the championship was 4 1. 1934 When the International Badminton Federation was founded in July, he was elected as the first president.
History of Thomas Cup Badminton Match
The first Thomas Cup was postponed to 1948 due to World War II, when 10 countries and regions participated. Thomas Cup is a mobile cup, and the champion team of each competition will? Soup cup? Take it back to China and leave it for the next session? Soup cup? The game begins. Therefore, the Thomas Cup competition is also called? International Badminton Challenge Cup? .
Starting from 1984, the tournament is held every two years. The competition is divided into three stages: preliminaries, semi-finals and finals, from 1 1 one year before the finals to June 30th of the final year. Six teams qualified for the semi-finals in the corresponding regions, plus the host country that entered the finals directly and the last champion ***8 pairs of competitions that entered the finals. If the host country is also the winner of the last champion, then seven teams will enter the final in the semi-final. The eight final teams are divided into two groups, and winning points is the biggest victory. If the scores are the same, the number of games won ranks first. So the group match is more than five games. If the number of games is still the same, the ranking will be decided by drawing lots. All participating teams need to select 4 to 65,438+00 athletes 65,438+04 days before the competition. According to the world ranking at that time, the names of the first singles, second singles, third singles, first doubles, second doubles and substitutes were listed. Each athlete can only participate in one singles and one doubles competition at most. Top players in the world are absolutely not allowed to take up singles or doubles positions. 1996, 56 countries and regions participated in this activity. In the 27 competitions that have been held, Indonesian/KLOC-won the cup 0/3 times, China won the championship 9 times and Malaysian won the gold medal 5 times.
Thomas Cup Badminton Classic
1986 Thomas Cup and Uber Cup were both held in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, but the China team has made up its mind to have their teeth pulled out. After the women's team defeated Indonesian team 3-2 to win the championship for the second time, the coaches of China team prepared a bold formation for the Thomas Cup final: considering that Han Jian was physically exhausted, he lost to Malaysian Misburn and Danish Frost, while other young players didn't lose until the semi-final. They are determined to take Yang Yang as the first singles and use all the young players. As the Indonesian team once ranked second in singles against the Danish team, China decided to beat Ding Qiqing in the Japanese Yonex Cup in June 5438+ 10, and made a steady performance in the third singles match. Grinding? Bear.
It is rare to change the final to the first singles in badminton history. Some people in Indonesian badminton also asked whether China would not use Han Jian, but the conclusion was that China would not take the risk. This formation was later called Ming Pao in Hong Kong? The wisest and most carefully planned gambling in badminton history? .
After exchanging names, I found that Indonesia ranked third in singles, avoiding Ding Qiqing, who had defeated him, and pushed it to the fledgling bear. The teammates all sweated for the bear.
The result of the first game was not unexpected. Yang Yang easily defeated Sukarto with 15 to 7 and 15 to 1. Then China's second singles Ding Qiqing lost to Indonesian team Lius Pongoh with a score of 1 ratio 1.
As soon as Lin Shuijing, the hero of Indonesian fans, appeared, the cheers in the stadium suddenly reached a climax. Bear, height1.82m, stepped onto the stage and looked around. He felt darkness around him. Shouts, horns and knocks filled his ears. Bao Guo the bear had never experienced such a scene, and he shook his hand disobediently. At the beginning of the game, the ball flew past and the bear suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. In front of his eyes, only the flying badminton, everything disappeared. 15 is 13, and another 15 is 13! Bao Guo Bear couldn't restrain his excitement, so he crossed the net and rushed to Lin Shuijing to shake hands with him. Coach Hou Jiachang was equally excited. He ran into the arena and hugged the bear.
There are two identical Arabic numerals hanging on the big scoreboard on the sidelines? 2? Zhang Qiang and Zhou lost to Chen Caifu respectively, and China and Indonesian drew again.
The audience is boiling again. Less than 40 minutes after Lin Shuijing came off the court, he only changed his jersey. Before the sweat on his head was completely dry, he got up and played the last doubles match with Ye Zhongming. The audience seemed to forget his recent failure and greeted him with songs and applause again. A fan jumped down from the stands, unfurled an Indonesian flag and held Lin Shuijing tightly in his arms. Lin Shuijing gently closed his eyes, silently kissed the national flag, and then turned to play.
It's time to decide the fate of both sides. Standing opposite is China's best doubles team, Li Yongbo Hotan. In the first game, Li Yongbo and Hotan took the lead with 14-5, but the other team played harder. They both served *** 16 times, but they couldn't get this point, and the other team's score rose steadily. Finally 15 compared with 12, China team won the crucial first game and took the initiative. In the second game, Li Hetian once again took the lead with 14. Lin Shuijing and Ye Zhongming regained the right to serve again and again, and once again they fought fiercely. In front of China's young players, Lin Shuijing's battle was tragic, but it didn't bring people hope. The audience has already left, maybe they can't bear to see the hero's failure. With Li Yongbo's heavy dunk, China's victory is a foregone conclusion.
At the final awarding ceremony, Indonesian badminton president gave China Thomas Cup with red eyes. When people asked him to express his impression, he said with a heavy tone. Our players did their best and we lost to a better team. ?