1979 Thomas Cup knockout stage

Badminton tournament The knockout stage for the 1979 Thomas Cup began on 24 May 1979 with the first-round knockout and ended on 2 June with the final tie. Qualified teams The teams that won their zonal tie qualified for the final knockout stage. GroupWinnersCHINAASINDAMCANAUJPN 1870EUDEN Bracket main Bracket First round Second round Challenge round y INA Bye 24 May 1979 – Jakarta CAN 1 JPN 1870 8 DEN Bye Bye IND 28 May 1979 – Jakarta INA 9 JPN 1870 0 26 May 1979 – Jakarta DEN 7 IND 2 1 June 1979 – Jakarta INA 9 DEN 0 First round The inter-zone ties (team matches) were hosted by defending champion Indonesia at Jakarta in late May and early June. Contesting in an out-bracket tie for the right to play Indonesia in the semifinals, Japan decisively defeated Canada 8–1, U.S. born Pat Tryon scoring the lone point for the Canadians. Canada vs Japan Canada Japan 1870 Istora Senayan 24–25 May 197925 May 1979 Japan outplay Canada https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19790525-1.2.111.12 limited 9 August 2024 The Straits Times 35 en NewspaperSG27 May 1979 Jepun alahkan Canada https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/beritaharian19790527-1.2.47 limited 9 August 2024 The Straits Times 10 en NewspaperSG 1 8 Pat Tryon 10 6 Kinji Zeniya 15 15 John Czich 7 11 Masao Tsuchida 15 15 Ian Johnson Bob MacDougall 8 8 Mikio Ozaki Toshihiro Tsuji 15 15 David deBelle Paul Johnson 4 9 Yoshitaka Iino Masao Tsuchida 15 15 Paul Johnson 15 11 10 Hiroyuki Hasegawa 11 15 15 Pat Tryon 15 15 Masao Tsuchida 9 12 John Czich 16 15 15 Kinji Zeniya 18 4 18 Ian Johnson Bob MacDougall 3 1 Yoshitaka Iino Masao Tsuchida 15 15 David deBelle Paul Johnson 4 14 Mikio Ozaki Toshihiro Tsuji 15 15 Second round The first semifinal tie pitted Denmark against India in what might have been expected to have been a very close encounter. Typically talented, Danish squads had also, typically, struggled in the tropical heat and humidity. This time, however, Denmark came through in the uncongenial climate 7–2; the pivotal match probably being wily veteran Svend Pri's inspiring victory over the much younger Prakash Padukone (less than a year before Padukone's triumph at the All-England Championships). The second semifinal presented Japan with the daunting task of facing a powerhouse Indonesian squad in an Indonesian setting. Moreover, these Japanese players, especially in singles, were not as internationally accomplished as the highly competitive Japanese stars of a decade earlier. It came as quite a surprise, then, when Japan's number one singles player, Kinji Zeniya, began the series by racing off to a 14–9 lead on reigning All-England champion Liem Swie King. This, however, was as close to a victory as Japan came. King recovered to win the game 17–16 and nearly blanked Zeniya in the second game. Fighting hard throughout, the Japanese were successively worn down by better players who were also more accustomed to the tropical conditions. It was the first time that Japan had been on the losing side of a Thomas Cup shut-out. Thus for the fourth time, the third in a championship tie, Indonesia and Denmark squared-off in Thomas Cup competition.Davis, 126, 128."Indonesia Smashes Denmark 9–0," World Badminton, October 1979, 4, 5. Denmark vs India Denmark India Istora Senayan 26–27 May 197927 May 1979 Danes take 3-1 lead https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19790527-1.2.126.6 limited 9 August 2024 The Straits Times 30 en NewspaperSG28 May 1979 Danes in final https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19790528-1.2.101.8 limited 9 August 2024 The Straits Times 35 en NewspaperSG 7 2 Svend Pri 15 15 Syed Modi 11 6 Morten Frost 10 15 Prakash Padukone 15 18 Flemming Delfs Steen Skovgaard 17 12 15 Prakash Padukone Uday Pawar 14 15 6 Steen Fladberg Morten Frost 17 15 Partho Ganguli Pradeep Gandhe 14 5 Flemming Delfs 15 10 15 Partho Ganguli 10 15 5 Morten Frost 6 7 Syed Modi 15 15 Svend Pri 17 15 Prakash Padukone 14 3 Steen Fladberg Morten Frost 15 15 Prakash Padukone Uday Pawar 11 3 Flemming Delfs Steen Skovgaard 12 15 10 Partho Ganguli Pradeep Gandhe 15 8 15 Indonesia vs Japan Indonesia Japan 1870 Istora Senayan 28–29 May 197929 May 1979 Indonesia need one more point for final https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19790529-1.2.97.12 limited 9 August 2024 The Straits Times 27 en NewspaperSG30 May 1979 Indonesia's clean sweep https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newnation19790530-1.2.64.3 limited 9 August 2024 New Nation 15 en NewspaperSG 9 0 Liem Swie King 11 15 15 Kinji Zeniya 16 1 Lius Pongoh 15 18 Masao Tsuchida 5 13 Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi 15 15 Nobutaka Ikeda Shoichi Toganoo 6 4 Christian Hadinata Liem Swie King 15 15 Yoshitaka Iino Masao Tsuchida 2 5 Rudy Hartono 15 15 Toshihiro Tsuji 8 1 Liem Swie King 11 15 15 Masao Tsuchida 15 2 4 Lius Pongoh 11 15 15 Kinji Zeniya 15 7 4 Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi 15 15 Yoshitaka Iino Masao Tsuchida 8 6 Christian Hadinata Liem Swie King 15 15 Nobutaka Ikeda Shoichi Toganoo 4 5 Challenge round Though Svend Pri was 34 and by this time only the third ranked singles player in Denmark, his record of winning clutch singles matches in tropical conditions had earned him a slot in the top two singles positions. Indonesia might have placed the iconic Rudy Hartono (two months shy of 30) in a similar position in its lineup and thus effected a sequel to their long rivalry. It was not to be, as Indonesia placed Hartono in the third singles position. Nevertheless, in "veteran" Iie Sumirat, only a year younger than Hartono and, like Pri, something of a showman, Pri drew a worthy adversary. Their opening contest, the most interesting of the tie, was won by Sumirat 15–10 in the third game. Except for a three-game win by Sumirat over rising star Morten Frost on the second night, every other match was routinely taken by Indonesia. Flemming Delfs, whose play in the tropics was almost invariably a full level below its European standard, lost tamely to Hartono, and only one doubles game in eight was close.Davis, 128. Thus for the second straight time Indonesia shut-out its final opponent in Thomas Cup, thereby winning the Cup for the seventh time in eight attempts. Indonesia vs Denmark Indonesia Denmark Istora Senayan 1–2 June 19792 June 1979 After uneasy start, it's 4-0 lead for Indonesia https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19790602-1.2.123.1 limited 9 August 2024 The Straits Times 32 en NewspaperSG3 June 1979 P-Thomas: Indonesia https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/beritaharian19790603-1.2.6 9 August 2024 Berita Harian 1 ms NewspaperSG 9 0 Iie Sumirat 11 15 15 Svend Pri 15 7 10 Liem Swie King 15 15 Morten Frost 3 6 Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi 15 15 Flemming Delfs Steen Skovgaard 2 3 Christian Hadinata Liem Swie King 15 15 Steen Fladberg Morten Frost 8 2 Rudy Hartono 15 15 Flemming Delfs 10 2 Iie Sumirat 11 15 15 Morten Frost 15 9 8 Liem Swie King 15 15 Svend Pri 8 1 Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi 15 15 Steen Fladberg Morten Frost 9 5 Christian Hadinata Liem Swie King 17 15 Flemming Delfs Steen Skovgaard 16 4 References 2 Category:Thomas & Uber Cup Category:1979 in badminton