The 1989 Badminton World Cup was the eleventh edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held in from 15 to 19 November 1989. China won the men's singles & women's doubles categories while South Korea secured titles in men's doubles & mixed doubles discipline. Indonesia's Susi won women's singles title.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Yang Yang	Foo Kok Keong	Zhao Jianhua
			Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen
Women's singles	Susi Susanti	Han Aiping	Tang Jiuhong
			Huang Hua
Men's doubles	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi	Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan
			Shinji Matsuura Shuji Matsuno
Women's doubles	Guan Weizhen Lin Ying	Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young	Sun Xiaoqing Zhou Lei
			Verawaty Fajrin Yanti Kusmiati
Mixed doubles[1]	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee	Kim Moon-soo Chung So-young	Jan-Eric Antonsson Maria Bengtsson
			Jiang Guoliang Nong Qunhua

Men's singles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Yang Yang		15	7	18
	Zhao Jianhua		9	15	13
								Yang Yang		17	15
								Foo Kok Keong		14	6
	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen		7	17
	Foo Kok Keong		15	18

Women's singles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Han Aiping		10	11	11
	Huang Hua		12	8	4
								Han Aiping		5	4
								Susi Susanti		11	11
	Susi Susanti		11	10	12
	Tang Jiuhong		4	12	11

Men's doubles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan		4	5
	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi		15	15
								Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi		10	11
								Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong		15	15
	Shinji Matsuura Shuji Matsuno		1	9
	Kim Moon-soo Park Joo-bong		15	15

Women's doubles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Guan Weizhen Lin Ying		15	15
	Sun Xiaoqing Zhou Lei		7	4
								Guan Weizhen Lin Ying		15	17
								Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young		2	15
	Verawaty Fajrin Yanti Kusmiati		11	6
	Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young		15	15

Mixed doubles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee		15	15
	Jan-Eric Antonsson Maria Bengtsson		2	8
								Park Joo-bong Chung Myung-hee		15	15
								Kim Moon-soo Chung So-young		5	9
	Jiang Guoliang Nong Qunhua		7	12
	Kim Moon-soo Chung So-young		15	15