The 1990 Badminton World Cup was the twelfth edition of an international tournament Badminton World Cup. The event was held from 14 November to 18 November 1990. Competitions for group stage were conducted in Bandung while final matches were scheduled for Istora Senayan in Jakarta. Indonesia won the women's singles and mixed doubles events while China won the men's singles & women's doubles categories. Malaysia secured a title in men's doubles discipline.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Wu Wenkai	Zhao Jianhua	Yang Yang
			Ardy Wiranata
Women's singles	Sarwendah Kusumawardhani	Susi Susanti	Tang Jiuhong
			Huang Hua
Men's doubles	Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek	Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi
			Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang
Women's doubles	Lai Caiqin Yao Fen	Erma Sulistianingsih Rosiana Tendean	Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young
			Eline Coene Erica van den Heuvel
Mixed doubles	Rudy Gunawan Rosiana Tendean	Jan Paulsen Gillian Gowers	Henrik Svarrer Gillian Clark
			Aryono Miranat Erma Sulistianingsih

Men's singles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Zhao Jianhua		15	14	18
	Ardy Wiranata		10	15	16
								Zhao Jianhua		6	7
								Wu Wenkai		15	15
	Wu Wenkai		15	15
	Yang Yang		12	9

Women's singles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Tang Jiuhong		10	11	4
	Sarwendah Kusumawardhani		12	6	11
								Sarwendah Kusumawardhani		11	1	12
								Susi Susanti		5	11	11
	Huang Hua		8	11	2
	Susi Susanti		11	1	11

Men's doubles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek		15	15
	Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi		12	3
								Jalani Sidek Razif Sidek		14	15	15
								Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan		17	8	7
	Cheah Soon Kit Soo Beng Kiang		13	13
	Eddy Hartono Rudy Gunawan		18	18

Women's doubles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Lai Caiqin Yao Fen		12	15	15
	Chung So-young Hwang Hye-young		15	7	10
								Lai Caiqin Yao Fen		3	15	15
								Erma Sulistianingsih Rosiana Tendean		15	10	4
	Erma Sulistianingsih Rosiana Tendean		15	15
	Eline Coene Erica van den Heuvel		9	8

Mixed doubles

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	Rudy Gunawan Rosiana Tendean		15	15
	Henrik Svarrer Gillian Clark		11	9
								Rudy Gunawan Rosiana Tendean		11	15	15
								Jan Paulsen Gillian Gowers		15	9	3
	Aryono Miranat Erma Sulistianingsih		8	4
	Jan Paulsen Gillian Gowers		15	15