1955 Thomas Cup qualification

1955 Thomas Cup qualification 27 June 1954 – 6 May 1955 Asian zone:BangkokBombayColomboHong KongKarachi American zone:Winnipeg European zone:BonnCardiffDublinDunfermlineLe HavreMalmöStoke-on-Trent Australasian zone:Melbourne 1952 1958 The qualifying process for the 1955 Thomas Cup took place from 27 June 1954 to 6 May 1955 to decide the final teams which will play in the final tournament. Qualification process Previously, the qualification process was divided into three regions, the Pacific Zone, the American Zone and the European Zone. More countries competed in qualifying for the Cup, resulting in the process being divided into four regions, the Asian Zone, the American Zone, the European Zone and the Australasian Zone. Teams in their respective zone will compete in a knockout format. Teams will compete for two days, with two singles and doubles played on the first day and three singles and two doubles played on the next day. The teams that win their respective zone will earn a place in the final tournament to be held in Singapore.Mike's Badminton Populorum http://www2.sbg.ac.at/populorum/badminton/archiv_thomascup.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160330231130/http://www2.sbg.ac.at/populorum/badminton/archiv_thomascup.htm 2016-03-30 2011-06-05 Malaya were the champions of the last Thomas Cup, therefore the team automatically qualified for the inter-zone play-offs. Qualified teams Country Qualified as Qualified on Final appearance MAS Malaya 1948 1952 Thomas Cup winners 1 June 1952 3rdINDAsian Zone winners10 April 19552nd DEN European Zone winners 2 April 1955 3rd USA 1912 American Zone winners 13 March 19553rdAUSAustralasian Zone winners6 May 19551st Asian Zone Bracket main Bracket First round Semi-finals Final y 27 June 1954 – Colombo PAK 9 CEY 0 30 July 1954 – Bangkok IND 6 THA 3 August 1954 – Rangoon MYA 1948 Burma HKG 1876 w/o JPN 1870 Bye 20 November 1954 – Karachi PAK 0 IND 9 11 November 1954 – Hong Kong HKG 1876 6 JPN 1870 3 9 April 1955 – Bombay IND 9 HKG 1876 0 First round Pakistan Ceylon Colombo, Ceylon 27–28 June 1954Pakistan vs Ceylon 9 0 Shamshad Ali 15 15 Sam Schoorman 2 5 Nazir Rajput 15 15 Raife Jansz 9 7 Latif Gani Mennen Soares 15 15 P. Sivalingam R. P. Nadarajah 5 7 Shamshad Ali Rustam Bharucha 15 15 N. Suganadeva V. Narendra 4 4 Saeed Malik 15 15 P. Sivalingam 3 6 Shamshad Ali 15 15 Raife Jansz 7 0 Nazir Rajput 15 15 Sam Schoorman 5 7 Latif Gani Mennen Soares 18 15 N. Suganadeva V. Narendra 14 5 Shamshad Ali Rustam Bharucha 15 15 P. Sivalingam R. P. Nadarajah 9 8 India Thailand Bangkok, Thailand 30–31 July 1954India vs ThailandIndia vs Thailand 6 3 Trilok Nath Seth 15 15 Direk Khadjadbhye 8 4 Nandu Natekar 15 15 Chinda Promsirintha 1 5 P.S. Chawla Trilok Nath Seth 14 10 Sunthorn Subabandhu Kamal Sudthivanich 18 15 Ravindra Dongre Nandu Natekar 15 11 15 Sanguan Anandhanonda Pinit Pattabongse 6 15 12 Nandu Natekar 6 18 15 Direk Khadjadbhye 15 13 7 Trilok Nath Seth 15 15 Chinda Promsirintha 8 3 Amrit Lal Dewan 18 6 6 Pinit Pattabongse 14 15 15 Ravindra Dongre Nandu Natekar 15 15 Sunthorn Subabandhu Kamal Sudthivanich 10 7 P.S. Chawla Trilok Nath Seth 3 9 Sanguan Anandhanonda Pinit Pattabongse 15 15 Semi-finals India Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan 20–21 November 1954India vs PakistanIndia vs Pakistan 9 0 Nandu Natekar 15 15 Nazir Rajput 8 2 Trilok Nath Seth 15 15 Shamshad Ali 13 10 Ravindra Dongre Nandu Natekar 15 15 Latif Gani Mennen Soares 5 7 Manoj Guha Gajanan Hemmady 11 15 15 Shamshad Ali Irshad Ahmed 15 7 4 Gajanan Hemmady 15 11 15 Irshad Ahmed 5 15 12 Nandu Natekar 18 15 Shamshad Ali 14 5 Trilok Nath Seth 15 15 Nazir Rajput 12 4 Manoj Guha Gajanan Hemmady 15 15 Latif Gani Mennen Soares 3 7 Ravindra Dongre Nandu Natekar 15 15 Shamshad Ali Irshad Ahmed 8 3 Hong Kong 1876 Japan 1870 Kowloon, Hong Kong 11–12 November 1954Hong Kong vs JapanHong Kong vs Japan 6 3 Ramon Young 15 15 Yoshiaki Sato 8 9 Bill Funk 15 15 Humio Mochizuki 6 7 Robert Tay Patrick Wong 15 15 Michiaki Oka Yoshiaki Sato 12 12 Low Keat Soo Ramon Young 15 15 Humio Mochizuki Hiroshi Sugita 6 12 Ramon Young 8 10 Humio Mochizuki 15 15 Bill Funk 11 15 10 Yoshiaki Sato 15 11 15 Junior Pomeroy 8 8 Michiaki Oka 15 15 Robert Tay Patrick Wong 11 15 15 Humio Mochizuki Hiroshi Sugita 15 11 13 Low Keat Soo Ramon Young 15 15 Michiaki Oka Yoshiaki Sato 4 2 Final India Hong Kong 1876 Bombay, India 9–10 April 1955India vs Hong KongIndia vs Hong Kong 9 0 Nandu Natekar 15 15 Ramon Young 1 7 Amrit Lal Dewan 15 15 Junior Pomeroy 1 0 Ravindra Dongre Nandu Natekar 15 15 Robert Tay Patrick Wong 3 9 Manoj Guha Gajanan Hemmady 15 15 Low Keat Soo Junior Pomeroy 3 4 Amrit Lal Dewan 15 15 Ramon Young 7 4 Nandu Natekar 15 15 Junior Pomeroy 3 4 P.S. Chawla 15 15 Robert Tay 6 2 Manoj Guha Gajanan Hemmady 15 15 Robert Tay Patrick Wong 6 5 Ravindra Dongre Nandu Natekar 15 15 Low Keat Soo Junior Pomeroy 9 1 American Zone Bracket main Bracket Final 12 March 1955 – Winnipeg USA 1912 5 CAN 1921 4 Final United States Canada 1912 1921 Winnipeg, Canada 12–13 March 1955United States vs CanadaUnited States vs Canada 5 4 Dick Mitchell 17 8 15 Donald Smythe 16 15 3 Joey Alston 4 15 11 David McTaggart 15 6 15 Carl Loveday Bob Williams 15 15 T. Darryl Thompson Gordon Simpson 7 9 Joey Alston Wynn Rogers 18 15 Budd Porter Donald Smythe 17 9 Dick Mitchell 4 15 7 David McTaggart 15 9 15 Joey Alston 15 16 14 Donald Smythe 7 17 17 Bill Berry 11 12 Beverley Westcott 15 15 Carl Loveday Bob Williams 15 15 Budd Porter Donald Smythe 11 12 Joey Alston Wynn Rogers 15 15 T. Darryl Thompson Gordon Simpson 8 5 European Zone Bracket main Bracket First round Second round Semi-finals Final y no SWE Bye FRA 1830 Bye 13 November 1954 – Bonn ENG 9 GER West Germany 0 BEL Bye Bye DEN Bye WAL 1953 Bye SCO Bye IRL 18 December 1954 – Le Havre SWE 9 FRA 1830 0 November 1954 – Brussels ENG w/o BEL 7 December 1954 – Cardiff DEN 9 WAL 1953 0 26 November 1954 – Dunfermline SCO 3 IRL 6 28 February 1955 – Stoke SWE 7 ENG 2 10 December 1954 – Dublin DEN 9 IRL 0 1 April 1955 – Stockholm SWE 1 DEN 8 First round England Germany West Germany Bonn, West Germany 13–14 November 1954England vs West Germany 9 0 John D. McColl 15 15 Hans Walbrück 2 6 F. John Shaw 15 15 Hans Grashof 6 9 John Best Warwick Shute 15 15 Hans Riegel Hans Walbrück 5 6 Anthony Jordan John D. McColl 15 15 Hans Eschweiler Günter Ropertz 2 4 F. John Shaw 15 15 Hans Walbrück 1 7 Anthony Jordan 15 15 Hans Eschweiler 2 3 John D. McColl 15 15 Hans Grashof 5 4 John Best Warwick Shute 15 15 Hans Eschweiler Günter Ropertz 5 7 Anthony Jordan John D. McColl 15 15 Hans Riegel Hans Walbrück 5 4 Second round Ireland Scotland Dunfermline, Scotland 26–27 November 1954Ireland vs ScotlandIreland vs Scotland 6 3 Frank Peard 15 7 5 Alastair Russell 10 15 15 James Doyle 15 15 W. Ross 2 1 Jim Fitzgibbon Frank Peard 15 18 Donald Ross W. Ross 11 14 James Doyle S. S. J. Huey 15 15 J. C. McKay Alastair Russell 8 7 James Doyle 15 10 8 Alastair Russell 12 15 15 J. A. D. Lack 4 2 Ian Hutchinson 15 15 Frank Peard 15 15 W. Ross 3 7 James Doyle S. S. J. Huey 15 15 Donald Ross W. Ross 9 10 J. Lacy Frank Peard 15 15 J. C. McKay Alastair Russell 13 6 Denmark Wales 1953 Cardiff, Wales 7–8 December 1954Denmark vs Wales 9 0 Finn Kobberø 15 12 15 F. Griffith 8 15 9 Jørn Skaarup 15 15 J. C. Morgan 4 3 Jørgen Hansen Finn Kobberø 15 15 P. R. Davis F. Griffith 10 4 Palle Granlund Poul-Erik Nielsen 15 15 J. C. Morgan H. Richards 10 4 Finn Kobberø 15 15 J. C. Morgan 0 0 Jørgen Hansen 15 15 H. Richards 0 5 Jørn Skaarup 15 15 F. Griffith 1 1 Jørgen Hansen Finn Kobberø 15 15 J. C. Morgan H. Richards 2 6 Poul-Erik Nielsen Jørn Skaarup 15 15 P. R. Davis F. Griffith 4 0 Sweden France 1830 Le Havre, France 18–19 December 1954Ireland vs ScotlandIreland vs Scotland 9 0 Berndt Dahlberg 15 15 Henri Pellizza 3 3 Bertil Glans 15 15 Paul Ailloud 1 5 Bertil Glans Berndt Dahlberg 15 15 Henri Pellizza Paul Ailloud 4 6 Nils Jonson Stellan Mohlin 15 15 Ghislain Vasseur Pierre Lenoir 4 3 Bertil Glans 15 15 Henri Pellizza 0 0 Berndt Dahlberg 15 15 Paul Ailloud 1 4 Nils Jonson 15 15 Ghislain Vasseur 1 0 Nils Jonson Stellan Mohlin 15 15 Henri Pellizza Paul Ailloud 4 12 Bertil Glans Berndt Dahlberg 15 15 Ghislain Vasseur Pierre Lenoir 8 12 Semi-finals Sweden England Stoke-on-Trent, England 28 February–1 March 1955Sweden vs EnglandSweden vs England 7 2 Nils Jonson 15 13 15 John D. McColl 8 15 4 Bertil Glans 15 15 Anthony Jordan 11 2 Inge Blomberg Knut Malmgren 11 0 John Best Warwick Shute 15 15 Nils Jonson Stellan Mohlin 15 9 15 Anthony Jordan John D. McColl 9 15 8 Inge Blomberg 15 15 John Best 7 5 Nils Jonson 15 15 Anthony Jordan 9 13 Bertil Glans 15 15 John D. McColl 8 10 Nils Jonson Stellan Mohlin 13 4 John Best Warwick Shute 15 15 Inge Blomberg Knut Malmgren 15 15 Anthony Jordan John D. McColl 13 6 Denmark Ireland Dublin, Ireland 10–11 December 1954Denmark vs IrelandDenmark vs Ireland 9 0 Finn Kobberø 15 15 Frank Peard 1 3 Jørn Skaarup 15 15 James Doyle 3 3 Jørgen Hansen Finn Kobberø 15 15 Jim Fitzgibbon Frank Peard 5 7 Palle Granlund Poul-Erik Nielsen 15 15 James Doyle S. S. Huey 13 6 Finn Kobberø 15 15 James Doyle 0 3 Jørn Skaarup 12 15 15 Frank Peard 15 5 4 Palle Granlund 15 17 Charles McCormack 2 3 Jørgen Hansen Finn Kobberø 10 15 15 James Doyle S. S. Huey 15 9 3 Palle Granlund Poul-Erik Nielsen 15 7 18 Jim Fitzgibbon Frank Peard 12 15 16 Final Denmark Sweden Stockholm, Sweden 1–2 April 1955Denmark vs SwedenDenmark vs Sweden 8 1 Jørn Skaarup 18 17 Leif Ekedahl 13 14 Finn Kobberø 15 15 Bertil Glans 10 11 Ove Eilertsen Ole Mertz 15 15 Nils Jonson Stellan Mohlin 11 7 Jørgen Hansen Finn Kobberø 15 15 Inge Blomberg Knut Malmgren 1 4 Jørgen Hansen 15 15 Nils Jonson 8 1 Finn Kobberø 15 15 Leif Ekedahl 10 6 Jørn Skaarup 15 4 4 Bertil Glans 9 15 15 Ove Eilertsen Ole Mertz 15 15 Inge Blomberg Knut Malmgren 3 9 Jørgen Hansen Finn Kobberø 15 15 Nils Jonson Stellan Mohlin 2 7 Australasian Zone Bracket main Bracket Final 5 May 1955 – Melbourne AUS 7 NZL 2 Final Australia New Zealand Melbourne, Australia 5–6 May 1955Australia vs New ZealandAustralia vs New Zealand 7 2 Don Murray 15 17 15 Paul Skelt 2 18 5 Stan Russell 11 13 Jeff Robson 15 15 Cliff Cutt Don Murray 15 15 Anthony T. Skelt Paul Skelt 6 2 Allan McCabe Stan Russell 15 15 Jeff Robson Leith Shand 11 7 Cliff Cutt 15 15 Leith Shand 6 8 Don Murray 7 9 Jeff Robson 7 17 17 Stan Russell 15 15 Paul Skelt 5 10 Cliff Cutt Don Murray 15 15 Jeff Robson Leith Shand 10 9 Allan McCabe Stan Russell 15 15 Anthony T. Skelt Paul Skelt 6 9 References Category:1955 in badminton Category:Thomas & Uber Cup