Kunshan, China (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian team failed to win Thomas Cup 2016 or the 14th of its kind after being defeated by mens squad of Denmark at the final round of the championship here on Sunday.

The Indonesian team was defeated 2-3 by mens players of Denmark after the latters athletes beat all the three mens singles of Indonesia.

It was the fourth meeting of the Indonesias team with Denmarks squad in the Thomas Cup final match after their meetings in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan, in 1973 and 1979 in Jakarta and in 1996 in Hong Kong.

The last time of Indonesias team to grab the Thomas Cup was in 2002 in Guangzhou, China after winning 3-2 over Malaysia in the finals.

Earlier, the Indonesians Uber Cup 2016 team failed to proceed to the semi-final round after its progress was halted by the South Korean team on Thursday.(*)

Editor: Heru Purwanto
Copyright © ANTARA 2016