In the second semifinal, Indonesia's men shrugged off a defeat for former World Champion Heryanto Arbi in the opening rubber to beat China. Arbi, suffering from an injured right-calf, went down 18-17, 4-15, 1-15 against Sun Jun.

RESULTS

Indonesia beat China 3-2 (Heryanto Arbi lost to Sun Jun 18-17, 4-15, 1-15), Ricky Subagja/Rexy Mainaky bt Liu Yong/Zhang Wei 15-6, 15-2; Hendrawan bt Luo Yigang 15-9, 15-4; Candra Wijaya/Budiarto Sigit bt Yang Ming/Yu Jinhao 15-3, 15-6; Indra Wijaya lost to Dong Jiong 10-15, 15-17.

Malaysia bt Denmark 3-2 (Ong Ewe Hock lost to Peter Gade Christensen 7-15, 10-15 Chean Soon Kit/Choong Tan Fook bt Jon Holst-Christensin/ Michael Sogaard 15-11, 12-15, 18-14 Yong Hock Kin bt Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen 15-11, 14-18, 15-11; Yap Kim Hock/Tan Kim Her lost to Jens Eriksen/Jesper Larsen16-17, 12-15; Roslin Hashim bt Kenneth Jonassen 15-18, 15-5, 15-8.