Lius Pongoh

Lius Pongoh
Personal information
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1960-12-03) 3 December 1960 (age 63) Jakarta, Indonesia
Handedness	right handed
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Indonesia World Championships 1980 Jakarta Men's singles Thomas Cup 1979 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 1982 London Men's team 1986 Jakarta Men's team Asian Games 1986 Seoul Men's team

Lius Pongoh (born December 3, 1960, in Jakarta; Chinese: 劉邦高) is an Indonesian former badminton player.

Career

Pongoh played singles at a world class level in the 1980s. At nineteen he was a bronze medalist at the 1980 IBF World Championships in Jakarta, losing in the semifinals to fellow countryman Liem Swie King.^[1] On the international badminton circuit Pongoh's wins included the Swedish (1981), Indonesia (1984), and Chinese Taipei (1985) Opens, the 1981 Copenhagen Cup (forerunner of the Copenhagen Masters), and the 1982 Indian Masters. He won men's doubles at the 1981 Japan Open with doubles maestro Christian Hadinata where he was also runner-up in singles to the great Rudy Hartono.^[2][3][4][5]

Pongoh played second singles for the Indonesian Thomas Cup (men's international) teams of 1982 and 1986, both of which suffered the narrowest of final round losses to arch-rival China. He dropped both of his matches in the '82 series final, but won his only match (under a revised best of five match format) in the '86 series.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
1980	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Liem Swie King	3–15, 3–15	Bronze	[6]

International Open Tournaments (8 titles, 8 runners-up)

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
1981	Copenhagen Cup	Hadiyanto	15–10, 15–9	Winner	[7]
1981	Swedish Open	Morten Frost	18–14, 15–3	Winner
1981	Japan Open	Rudy Hartono	9–15, 8–15	Runner-up	[8]
1982	Indonesia Open	Icuk Sugiarto	9–15, 8–15	Runner-up	[9]
1984	Indonesia Open	Hastomo Arbi	15–5, 10–15, 15–13	Winner
1984	Victor Cup	Darren Hall	15–4, 15–3	Winner
1985	Chinese Taipei Open	Prakash Padukone	5–15, 15–9, 15–10	Winner
1985	Scandinavian Open	Morten Frost	5–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1988	Indonesia Open	Icuk Sugiarto	6–15, 4–15	Runner-up	[10]
1988	Chinese Taipei Open	Icuk Sugiarto	8–15, 11–15	Runner-up	[11]
1988	US Open	Sze Yu	15–11, 5–15, 16–17	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
1981	Japan Open	Christian Hadinata	Flemming Delfs Prakash Padukone	15–4, 15–5	Winner
1982	Denmark Open	Christian Hadinata	Park Joo-bong Kim Moon-soo	6–15, 11–15	Runner-up
1982	Swedish Open	Christian Hadinata	Thomas Kihlström Stefan Karlsson	15–11, 15–8	Winner
1987	Canadian Open	Richard Mainaky	Lee Deuk-choon Lee Sang-bok	15–11, 8–15, 13–15	Runner-up
1988	US Open	Christian Hadinata	Liem Swie King Prakash Padukone	7–15, 15–11, 15–13	Winner

  IBF Grand Prix tournament

References

1. "2nd World Championship." World Badminton, September 1980, 15.
2. Hans Christian Moller, "Substitute wins two events at the Swedish Open, Malmo." World Badminton, June 1981, 7.
3. Steve Baddeley, "Indonesian Open," World Badminton, September 1984, 3.
4. Steve Baddeley, "Chinese-Taipei Masters," World Badminton, March 1985, 21.
5. Ciro Ciniglio, "Korean girl is a new star," World Badminton, March 1981, 6, 7.
6. "Weltmeisterschaften im Herreneinzel" (in German). badminton.de. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
7. "Lius juara lelaki badminton a-bangsa". Berita Harian (in Malay). 8 January 1981. p. 7. Retrieved 30 December 2022 – via NewspaperSG.
8. "Hartono wins Open, ... now for All-England". The Straits Times. 26 January 1981. p. 32. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
9. "Icuk sugiarto dari solo" (in Indonesian). Tempo. 28 August 1982. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
10. "Icuk, Lingwei juara Indonesia Open". Berita Harian. 26 July 1988. p. 9. Retrieved 27 October 2020 – via NewspaperSG.
11. "LATEST". The Straits Times. 18 January 1988. p. 26. Retrieved 16 April 2024.