2002 Thomas Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage for the 2002 Thomas Cup in Guangzhou began on 16 May 2002 with the semi-finals and ended on 19 May 2002 with the final.^[1]

Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the two groups qualified for this stage.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
A	China	Denmark
B	Indonesia	Malaysia

China
1

Tianhe Sports Center
16 May 2002, 19:30 UTC+8
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		1	2	3	4	5
1	Xia Xuanze Wong Choong Hann	6 8	8 6	7 5	8 6
2	Bao Chunlai Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	7 1	4 7	5 7	7 1	5 7
3	Chen Qiqiu / Zhang Wei Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah	7 1	8 6	1 7	3 7	3 7
4	Wang Wei / Zhang Jun Chan Chong Ming / Chew Choon Eng	4 7	5 7	2 7
5	Lin Dan Lee Tsuen Seng						not played

Tianhe Sports Center
17 May 2002, 19:30 UTC+8
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		1	2	3	4	5
1	Marleve Mainaky Kenneth Jonassen	3 7	6 8	7 5	7 0	7 2
2	Sigit Budiarto / Candra Wijaya Jens Eriksen / Martin Lundgaard Hansen	7 1	7 2	6 8	7 4
3	Taufik Hidayat Anders Boesen	6 8	3 7	7 5	7 3	7 1
4	Halim Haryanto / Tri Kusharyanto Lars Paaske / Jonas Rasmussen						not played
5	Hendrawan Peter Rasmussen						not played

Tianhe Sports Center
19 May 2002, 13:30 UTC+8
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		1	2	3	4	5
1	Marleve Mainaky Wong Choong Hann	5 7	5 7	1 7
2	Sigit Budiarto / Candra Wijaya Chan Chong Ming / Chew Choon Eng	7 3	7 4	7 2
3	Taufik Hidayat Lee Tsuen Seng	7 1	5 7	2 7	7 2	3 7
4	Halim Haryanto / Tri Kusharyanto Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah	8 7	7 8	7 1	7 3
5	Hendrawan Roslin Hashim	8 7	7 2	7 1