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Sudirman Cup: Final Team Standings

** This NEW SHUTTLENWS report is presented by YANG YANG Badminton Products and their Western USA agents BADMINTON ALLEY. **

May 15, 1999 (NEW SHUTTLENWS) - Following are the final team standings at the 1999 Sudirman Cup world mixed team badminton championships that was held this week in Brondby, Denmark near Copenhagen:

Sudirman Cup winners - China (defeated Denmark 3-1 in today's final)
2. Denmark
3. Korea and Indonesia
5. Sweden
6. Malaysia (relegated to the second division)

Second Division
7. England (promoted to the championship division)
8. Thailand
9. Netherlands
10. Japan
11. Germany
12. Scotland
13. Taiwan
14. Russia (relegated to the third division)

Third Division
15. Ukraine (promoted to the second division)
16. India
17. Hong Kong
18. Canada
19. Australia
20. Finland
21. Austria
22. Norway (relegated to the fourth division)

Fourth Division
23. Wales (promoted to the third division)
24. Iceland
25. Bulgaria
26. Switzerland
27. Poland
28. USA
29. Belarus
30. Czechia (relegated to the fifth division)

Fifth Division
31. France (promoted to the fourth division)
32. Belgium
33. Spain
34. Peru
35. Portugal
36. Israel
37. Sri Lanka
38. Kazakhstan (relegated to the sixth division)

Sixth Division
39. Mauritius (promoted to the fifth division)
40. South Africa
41. Slovakia
42. Brazil
43. Lithuania
44. Cyprus
45. Mexico
46. Luxembourg (relegated to the seventh division)

Seventh Division
47. Estonia (promoted to the sixth division)
48. Nigeria
49. Latvia
50. Argentina

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