1986 Thomas Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage for the 1986 Thomas Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia began on 29 April 1986 with the semi-finals and ended on 4 May 1986 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	Indonesia	Denmark
B	China	Malaysia

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	Indonesia	4
	Malaysia	1
					Indonesia	2
					China	3
	Denmark	1
	China	4
					Third place
					Malaysia	3
					Denmark	2

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

China 4	Istora Senayan 29 April 1986, 19:30 UTC+7 [2]		Denmark 1
1 2 3 1 Han Jian Morten Frost 8 15 3 15     2 Yang Yang Ib Frederiksen 15 10 15 8     3 Xiong Guobao Michael Kjeldsen 18 17 15 1     4 Li Yongbo / Tian Bingyi Steen Fladberg / Jesper Helledie 15 6 15 2     5 Zhang Qiang / Zhou Jincan Mark Christiansen / Morten Frost 15 4 15 11

Semi-final 2

Indonesia 4	Istora Senayan 30 April 1986, 19:30 UTC+7 [3]		Malaysia 1
1 2 3 1 Icuk Sugiarto Misbun Sidek 15 5 15 1     2 Lius Pongoh Ong Beng Teong 15 3 15 4     3 Liem Swie King Foo Kok Keong 15 3 8 15 15 9   4 Hadibowo / Christian Hadinata Ong Beng Teong / Rashid Sidek 15 13 15 3     5 Bobby Ertanto / Liem Swie King Jalani Sidek / Razif Sidek 15 5 6 15 14 15

Third place

Denmark 2	Istora Senayan 2 May 1986, 19:30 UTC+7 [4]		Malaysia 3
1 2 3 1 Morten Frost Misbun Sidek 13 15     retired   2 Ib Frederiksen Ong Beng Teong 1 15 15 12 15 8   3 Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Foo Kok Keong 3 15 5 15     4 Jesper Helledie / Steen Fladberg Jalani Sidek / Razif Sidek 10 15 15 4 9 15   5 Mark Christiansen / Michael Kjeldsen Ong Beng Teong / Rashid Sidek 15 12 15 8

Final

Indonesia 2	Istora Senayan 4 May 1986, 19:30 UTC+7 [5]		China 3
1 2 3 1 Icuk Sugiarto Yang Yang 7 15 1 15     2 Lius Pongoh Ding Qiqing 15 12 11 15 15 1   3 Liem Swie King Xiong Guobao 13 15 13 15     4 Hadibowo / Christian Hadinata Zhang Qiang / Zhou Jincan 15 13 15 8     5 Bobby Ertanto / Liem Swie King Li Yongbo / Tian Bingyi 12 15 9 15