The 1998 Thomas & Uber Cup was the 20th tournament of the Thomas Cup, and the 17th tournament of the Uber Cup, which are the major international team competitions in world badminton.^[1][2][3]

China was originally selected as the host, with Shanghai as the competition site. IBF later moved the competition to Hong Kong due to sponsorship issues which preferred Hong Kong over Shanghai.^[4]

Hong Kong qualified automatically as hosts. Indonesia qualified as title holders of the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup.

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Slot	Qualified teams
Host country	11 December 1996	Hong Kong	1	Hong Kong
1996 Thomas Cup	16 – 25 May 1996	Hong Kong	1	Indonesia
European Zone	14 – 21 February 1998	Sandefjord	3	Denmark
				Netherlands
				Sweden
Asian Zone	15 – 22 February 1998	Manila	3	China
				Malaysia
				South Korea
Total			8

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Slot	Qualified teams
Host country	11 December 1996	Hong Kong	1	Hong Kong
1996 Uber Cup	16 – 25 May 1996	Hong Kong	1	Indonesia
European Zone	14 – 21 February 1998	Sandefjord	3	Denmark
				England
				Netherlands
Asian Zone	15 – 22 February 1998	Manila	3	China
				Japan
				South Korea
Total			8

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Thomas Cup	Indonesia Hariyanto Arbi Hendrawan Marleve Mainaky Indra Wijaya Joko Supriyanto Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja Sigit Budiarto Candra Wijaya	Malaysia Ong Ewe Hock Yong Hock Kin Roslin Hashim Wong Choong Hann Cheah Soon Kit Choong Tan Fook Yap Kim Hock Lee Wan Wah Tan Kim Her	China Sun Jun Luo Yigang Dong Jiong Chen Gang Liu Yong Yu Jinhao Zhang Jun Zhang Wei Yang Ming
	Denmark Peter Gade Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Peter Rasmussen Kenneth Jonassen Jon Holst-Christensen Michael Søgaard Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen Jim Laugesen Thomas Stavngaard
Uber Cup	China Ye Zhaoying Gong Zhichao Dai Yun Han Jingna Ge Fei Gu Jun Qin Yiyuan Tang Yongshu Liu Lu Qian Hong	Indonesia Susi Susanti Mia Audina Meiluawati Ellen Angelina Cindana Hartono Eliza Nathanael Zelin Resiana Indarti Issolina Deyana Lomban Finarsih	South Korea Kim Ji-hyun Lee Joo-hyun Lee Kyung-won Lee Soon-deuk Jang Hye-ock Ra Kyung-min Kim Mee-hyang Kim Shin-young Chung Jae-hee
	Denmark Camilla Martin Mette Pedersen Mette Sørensen Anne Søndergaard Rikke Olsen Marlene Thomsen Ann Jørgensen Majken Vange Pernille Harder Helene Kirkegaard

  *   Host nation (Hong Kong)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Indonesia	1	1	0	2
2	China	1	0	1	2
3	Malaysia	0	1	0	1
4	Denmark	0	0	2	2
5	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	4	8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	3	0	26	9	+17	503	330	+173	3	Advance to semi-finals
2	China	3	2	1	25	10	+15	473	337	+136	2
3	Sweden	3	1	2	13	23	−10	345	472	−127	1
4	Hong Kong (H)	3	0	3	6	28	−22	308	490	−182	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	3	3	0	27	5	+22	457	234	+223	3	Advance to semi-finals
2	Malaysia	3	2	1	21	11	+10	402	333	+69	2
3	South Korea	3	1	2	12	21	−9	327	415	−88	1
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	4	27	−23	234	438	−204	0

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	Semi-finals				Final
	Denmark	2
	Malaysia	3
					Malaysia	2
					Indonesia	3
	China	2
	Indonesia	3

1998 Thomas Cup winner
Indonesia Eleventh title

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	29	2	+27	371	141	+230	3	Advance to semi-finals
2	Denmark	3	2	1	19	13	+6	303	281	+22	2
3	Japan	3	1	2	13	22	−9	293	357	−64	1
4	Hong Kong (H)	3	0	3	5	29	−24	226	414	−188	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	3	3	0	24	11	+13	389	275	+114	3	Advance to semi-finals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	24	10	+14	370	279	+91	2
3	England	3	1	2	12	22	−10	280	371	−91	1
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	9	26	−17	293	407	−114	0

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	Semi-finals				Final
	China	5
	South Korea	0
					China	4
					Indonesia	1
	Denmark	1
	Indonesia	4

1998 Uber Cup winner
China Sixth title