Lius Pongoh


Lius Pongoh 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. On the international badminton circuit Pongoh's wins included the Swedish, Indonesia, and Chinese Taipei Opens, the 1981 Copenhagen Cup, 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.
Pongoh played second singles for the Indonesian Thomas Cup 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 in the '86 series.

Achievements

[IBF World Championships]

Men's Singles
Men's Singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
1981Swedish Open Morten Frost18–14, 15–3 Champion
1981Japan Open Rudy Hartono9–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1982Indonesia Open Icuk Sugiarto9–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1984Indonesia Open Hastomo Arbi15–5, 10–15, 15–13 Champion
1984Victor Cup Darren Hall15–4, 15–3 Champion
1985Chinese Taipei Open Prakash Padukone5–15, 15–9, 15–10 Champion
1985Scandinavian Open Morten Frost5–15, 8–15 Runner-up
1988Indonesia Open Icuk Sugiarto6–15, 4–15 Runner-up
1988Chinese Taipei Open Icuk Sugiarto8–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1988US Open Sze Yu15–11, 5–15, 16–17 Runner-up

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
1981Japan Open Christian Hadinata Flemming Delfs
Prakash Padukone		15–4, 15–5 Champion
1982Denmark Open Christian Hadinata Park Joo-bong
Kim Moon-soo		6–15, 11–15 Runner-up
1982Swedish Open Christian Hadinata Thomas Kihlström
Stefan Karlsson		15–11, 15–8 Champion
1987Canadian Open Richard Mainaky Lee Deuk-choon
Lee Sang-bok		15–11, 8–15, 13–15 Runner-up
1988US Open Christian Hadinata Liem Swie King
Prakash Padukone		7–15, 15–11, 15–13 Champion