PINTU: Piece Information Nearly Thomas Uber

THE word “Pintu” in Bahasa means door. Pintu not Putin -see my opinion in this blog before. The door of Istora Senayan at Jakarta will be open at May 11 to 18, 2008, in order to be held tournament of the Thomas and Uber Cup. This article title is Pintu means “Piece Information Nearly to the peka event of Thomas and Uber Cup”. Quoted from badzine.com, hosts Indonesia have been seeded second for the Thomas Cup, the Men’s World Team Championship, while our women’s team are seeded fifth behind arch-rivals Malaysia for the Uber Cup, the Women’s World Team Championship in Jakarta from May 11 to 18, stated a press release from the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia (PBSI) or Association Badminton of Indonesia today.
Indonesia is hoping for a smooth ride through the early rounds of the prestigious Thomas Cup men's team badminton event from May 11 to 18 here after being drawn with Thailand and Germany, away from badminton heavyweights China, Malaysia and South Korea. Indonesia's Thomas Cup team manager is Lutfi Hamid and Uber Cup is Susy Susanty. Susy Susanty and her husband Alan Budi Kusuma are the winner of Olympic 92 gold medals in man and woman.
Ladies and Gentlemen, there is some facts about the tournament. FIRST fact, there is any negatif correlation between the Thomas Result and Olympic Gold Medal. In 1992 Thomas for Malay and Uber for China but gold medal in Olympic at Barcelona are gotten by Indonesia (2 medals), Korea (1 medal), and China (1).
1996 Thomas and Uber for Indonesia but gold medal in Olympic at Atlanta taken by Indonesia (1 medal), Korea (1), Denmark (1) and China (2)
2000 Thomas for Indonesia and Uber for China but gold medal in Olympic at Sydney are taken by Indonesia (1 medal), and China (4)
2004 Thomas and Uber are for China but gold medal in Olympic at Athens are taken by Indonesia (1 medal), Korea (1), and China (3).
The problem is to maintenance “peak performance”. SECCOND fact, always happen in Indonesia.
1986, 1994, and 2004: always the same country win both Thomas and Uber. In 1986 China is the winner, 1994 Indonesia, 2004 China.
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Annex:
Lufti Hamid, Indonesia's Thomas Cup team manager said Wednesday after the tournament's draw at a TransTV studio, to the Jakarta Post that “This is a good start for us, but it doesn't mean that it will be easy to beat those two countries (Thailand and Germany). We should be careful of not dropping any points," Indonesia's Thomas Cup team manager Lutfi Hamid said Wednesday after the tournament's draw at a TransTV studio, to the Jakarta Post.
Lutfi said Thailand could prove to be a dark horse in the group, while Germany, which represents Europe together with Denmark and England, has a strong men's doubles pair that must be reckoned with.

"We will focus on how to finish No. 1 in the Group D. We will decide later what we should do to achieve the ultimate target of claiming the Cup," said the 56-year-old team manager, who also led the Indonesian squad to the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup in 1994 and 1996.
Indonesia, once a dominant force in badminton, has won the biennial Thomas Cup 13 times since 1949, including a streak from 1994 to 2002 when it kept possession of the Cup. China won the Cup in 2004 and 2006.

Top seed China is in Group A along with minnows Canada and debutant Nigeria. Group B should be fiercely contested, with Malaysia, South Korea and England each seeking to book a spot in the next round. The group stage will be played in round-robin format. The group winner and runner-up will advance to the knock-out stage of the Cup. In the women's team Uber Cup, Indonesia was drawn in the same group with Japan and the Netherlands.
"I am happy with the draw as we are in the same group with seeded Japan. I think our shuttlers match up better with Japanese shuttlers than with shuttlers from other seeded countries, like China, Korea and Malaysia," said Uber Cup team manager Susy Susanti. According to the 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold medalist, Indonesia is stronger than Japan in the doubles and about equal in the singles. "I think our doubles have a better chance of winning. I believe that our shuttlers can deliver good results," she said. Susy, however, warned that the Netherlands could surprise Indonesia.
"We can't underestimate the Netherlands since they are stronger than the other 'weakest' teams in each group," she said.

The Indonesian Badminton Association or Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia PBSI has set different targets for the men's and women's teams. For the men's team, it hopes to capture the Thomas Cup, while the women have been set a more modest target of making the semifinals. Indonesia has won the Uber Cup twice, in 1994 and 1996.

A total of 12 nations will compete in each of the Thomas Cup and Uber Cup Finals. The draw was initially scheduled for March 8 but was postponed on the request of the Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia (PBSI) or Association Badminton of Indonesia due to a national holiday in Indonesia. Source: badzine.info, and thejakartapost