2006 Thomas & Uber Cup
thomas uber cup held april may sendai tokyo japan th tournament thomas cup st tournament uber cup men womens badminton tournament sendai hosted group stage playoff match tokyo hosted event starting quarterfinal final first time thomas uber cup played threegame point scoring system china emerged champion tournament beating denmark netherlands men womens competition respectively japan competing indonesia united state hosting thomas uber cup final awarded event sendai gymnasium tokyo metropolitan gymnasium following nation five continent shown region qualified thomas uber cup sixteen nation defending champion tournament china host japan qualified automatically play qualification round host nation japan group time local utc group b time local utc group c time local utc group time local utc semi final final group w time local utc group x time local utc group time local utc group z time local utc semi final final official website