Lius Pongoh (born 3 December 1960, in Jakarta; ) 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."2nd World Championship." World Badminton, September 1980, 15. 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.Hans Christian Moller, "Substitute wins two events at the Swedish Open, Malmo." World Badminton, June 1981, 7.Steve Baddeley, "Indonesian Open," World Badminton, September 1984, 3.Steve Baddeley, "Chinese-Taipei Masters," World Badminton, March 1985, 21.Ciro Ciniglio, "Korean girl is a new star," World Badminton, March 1981, 6, 7.
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
International Open Tournaments (9 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 1981 Swedish Open Morten Frost 18–14, 15–3 Winner 1981 Japan Open Rudy Hartono 9–15, 8–15 Runner-up 1982 India Open Icuk Sugiarto 15–12, 15–5 Winner 1982 Indonesia Open Icuk Sugiarto 9–15, 8–15 Runner-up 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 1988 Chinese Taipei Open Icuk Sugiarto 8–15, 11–15 Runner-up 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 9–15, 15–11, 16–18 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
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