remember old time....always hard for indonesian competed with Malaysian in National Stadium of Malaysia. it's just a game, we are brother, i respect my country, i respect Malaysia as our neighboor. Special respect to Sidek's Family, who always hard to defeat by Indonesian.

I saw this in 1992...congrats

Tahun 1992 , seharusnya Indonesia sangat sangat punya kaans untuk membawa pulang Piala Thomas. Namun, 2 pemain tunggal putra Indonesia, Ardi Wiranata dan Alan Budikusuma, kalah lawan Rashid Sidek dan Foo Kok Keong. Padahal dua pemain Malaysia ini, biasanya kalah lawan pemain kita. Dukungan supporter memang sangat kuat untuk tuan rumah Malaysia hingga China pun dilibas habis

Li yong bo pas jd pemain lumayan lh prestasinya, ga jelek juga, tapi bgt jadi pelatih kepala tim cina malah sukses besar, di era nya cina bgt superior di ajang ajang prestisius kaya thomas uber cup, sudirman cup, kejuaraan dunia, all england, asean games dll

It was indeed the perfect tonic to face Indonesia in the final with this win over defending champions China in the semifinals of the 1992 Thomas Cup at Stadium Negara. China had twice beaten Malaysia for the Thomas Cup in 1988 at KL and the in 1990 at Tokyo but this time around with ferocious and partisan support from Malaysian fans China were dethroned and sent packing. It was Rashid Sidek who set the momentum going and the impetus for Malaysia to upset China with his brilliant three sets win over 1985 All England champion Zhao Jian Hua.

Fantastis, fanatisme suporter badminton seperti ini mungkin hanya ada di Malaysia dan di Indonesia.

It had not looked good when Malaysia had suffered a shock 3-2 defeat to South Korea in a group match and because of this defeat it had condemned the home team to playing favourites and defending champions China in the semifinals.The Indonesians on the other hand had the easiest task of facing South Korea in the other semifinal. But then the spirit of the Malaysians had been uplifted followed a morale boosting 5-0 win over Denmark.It was this crushing defeat of the Danes that the stage was set for a semifinal showdown with mighty China who had the mercurial Zhao Jian Hua. And Jian Hua and Rashid Sidek fought out a closed match with Rashid prevailing by 15-12 in the rubber set. But China tied the score at 1-1 winning the second singles. So it was left for Malaysia to win the next two doubles ties which the home team did admirably in three games. The Sidek duo of Jalaini and Razif had to dig out their reserves to tame their nemesises Tian Bingyi and Li Yongbo 15-5,10-15 and 15-5 to put Malaysia 2-1 up. Then Cheah Soon Kit and Soo Beng Kiang did not disappoint with an emphatic 15-9,18-14 victory Huang Zhan Zhong and Zheng Yu Min. And for the first time since their 3-2 defeat to Indonesia in the 1984 Thomas Cup final China had to concede defeat.

But defending champions China were weakened with the retirement of the brilliant southpaw Yang Yang who had been one of the architects of China's hat-trick of Thomas Cup wins from 1986-1990. And Li Yongbo and Tian Bingyi were on the wane and not the force they were a few years back.China too had to do without Xiang Guo Bao who had played a sterling role in China's hat-trick of Thomas Cup wins. Without two of their aces what with their top doubles pair on the decline China had to yield in defeat to Malaysia in a highly charged semi final.