With The Collection of 14 titles, Indonesia is King of the Thomas Cup
JAKARTA - Jonatan Christie's second single victory over Li Shi Feng 21-14, 18-21, 21-14 at Ceres Arena, Aarhus, Denmark, Sunday night Indonesian Western Time, ensured that Indonesia emerged as the 2020 Thomas Cup champion and dominated the list of champions.
The 2020 Thomas Cup was supposed to be held last year, but the COVID-19 pandemic forced the event for the world badminton supremacy to be postponed.
The victory of Fajar Alfian et al. over China to restore Indonesia's superiority in the Thomas Cup. Entering the final for the first time since 2016, Indonesia ended a 19-year title drought.
The appearance of Indonesia as a champion in this edition of the COVID-19 pandemic reaffirms Indonesia's dominance in the Thomas Cup.
Since it was first held, Indonesia has become the country that has won the Thomas Cup the most with 14 titles. China followed with 10 titles. Malaysia, which at the beginning of the event dominated, won 5 times. Meanwhile, Denmark and Japan have only won 1 title.
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Here is the list of Thomas Cup winners:
1949 Malaysia
1952 Malaysia
1955 Malaysia
1958 Indonesia
1961 Indonesia
1964 Indonesia
1967 Malaysia
1970 Indonesia
1973 Indonesia
1976 Indonesia
1979 Indonesia
1982 China
1984 Indonesia
1986 China
1988 China
1990 China
1992 Malaysia
1994 Indonesia
1996 Indonesia
1998 Indonesia
2000 Indonesia
2002 Indonesia
2004 China
2006 China
2008 China
2010 China
2012 China
2014 Jepang
2016 Denmark
2018 China