1990 Thomas Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage for the 1990 Thomas Cup in Tokyo, Japan began on 30 May 1990 with the semi-finals and ended on 3 June 1990 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	Malaysia
B	Indonesia	Denmark

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
30 May 1990, 16:00 UTC+9
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		1	2	3
1	Yang Yang Morten Frost	7 15	15 12	15 11
2	Xiong Guobao Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	15 17	15 1	15 8
3	Zhao Jianhua Jens Peter Nierhoff	15 8	15 9
4	Li Yongbo / Tian Bingyi Jan Paulsen / Henrik Svarrer	16 18	15 7	15 2
5	Chen Kang / Chen Hongyong Max Gandrup / Thomas Lund	15 5	15 5

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
31 May 1990, 16:00 UTC+9
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		1	2	3
1	Rashid Sidek Alan Budikusuma	6 15	7 15
2	Foo Kok Keong Joko Suprianto	15 8	17 18	15 9
3	Kwan Yoke Meng Ardy Wiranata	15 11	14 15	8 15
4	Razif Sidek / Jalani Sidek Eddy Hartono / Rudy Gunawan	15 8	15 4
5	Cheah Soon Kit / Soo Beng Kiang Icuk Sugiarto / Richard Mainaky	15 8	15 11

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
3 June 1990, 16:00 UTC+9
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		1	2
1	Yang Yang Rashid Sidek	15 10	15 10
2	Xiong Guobao Foo Kok Keong	15 6	15 4
3	Zhao Jianhua Kwan Yoke Meng	15 10	15 6
4	Tian Bingyi / Li Yongbo Razif Sidek / Jalani Sidek	8 15	6 15
5	Chen Kang / Chen Hongyong Cheah Soon Kit / Soo Beng Kiang	15 7	15 12