1973 Thomas Cup qualification

1973 Thomas Cup qualification 12 September 1972 – 21 April 1973 Asian zone:BangkokLahoreSingaporeTokyo American zone:Mexico CityMontrealOttawa European zone:AberdeenBarsinghausenHelsinkiMelkshamMülheimStockholm Australasian zone:AucklandTauranga 1970 1976 The qualifying process for the 1973 Thomas Cup took place from 12 September 1972 to 21 April 1973 to decide the final teams which will play in the final tournament. Qualification process The qualification process is 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 Jakarta.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 Indonesia 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 INA1970 Thomas Cup winners 6 June 1970 6thTHAAsian Zone winners24 February 1973 4th DENEuropean Zone winners4 March 1973 9th CANAmerican Zone winners 21 April 1973 2ndINDAustralasian Zone winners7 October 19723rd Asian Zone Bracket main Bracket First round Semi-finals Final y 21 October 1972 – Singapore SIN 2 THA 7 November 1972 PAK w/o SRI JPN 1870 Bye MAS Bye 25 December 1972 – Lahore THA 8 PAK 1 7 October 1972 – Tokyo JPN 1870 4 MAS 5 23 February 1973 – Bangkok THA 5 MAS 4 First round Thailand Singapore Singapore 21–22 October 197222 October 1972 Badminton: Thai dahului Singapura https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/beritaharian19721022-1.2.6 13 July 2024 Berita Harian 1 ms NewspaperSG23 October 1972 Thailand berjaya menangi kawasan Asia Barat tewaskan S'pura https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/beritaharian19721022-1.2.6 13 July 2024 Berita Harian 8 ms NewspaperSG 7 2 Bandid Jaiyen 15 15 Ng Chor Yau 5 6 Sangob Rattanusorn 15 18 Yeo Ah Seng 8 14 Bandid Jaiyen Sangob Rattanusorn 15 7 15 Ahmad Abu Bakar Baghrib Yeo Ah Seng 3 15 7 Thongchai Phongful Sila Ulao 9 15 15 Cheong Cheng Swee Wee Kin 15 9 5 Sangob Rattanusorn 11 Ng Chor Yau 15 2 Bandid Jaiyen 18 15 Yeo Ah Seng 16 3 Pichai Kongsirithavorn 16 9 Wee Kin 8 6 Thongchai Phongful Sila Ulao 17 15 Ahmad Abu Bakar Baghrib Yeo Ah Seng 16 8 Bandid Jaiyen Pichai Kongsirithavorn 10 13 Cheong Cheng Swee Wee Kin 15 15 Semi-finals Thailand Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan 25–26 December 197227 December 1972 Thais overwhelm Paks 8-1 in Asian zone tie https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newnation19721227-1.2.108 13 July 2024 New Nation 20 en NewspaperSG 8 1 Pichai Kongsirithavorn 5 4 Javed Iqbal 15 15 Bandid Jaiyen 15 15 Hassan Shaheed 6 5 Chirasak Champakao Pornchai Sakuntaniyom 15 15 Khawaja Salahuddin Anwar Saeed 7 10 Sangob Rattanusorn Sila Ulao 7 18 18 Javed Iqbal Hassan Shaheed 15 13 13 Bandid Jaiyen 15 15 Javed Iqbal 6 8 Pichai Kongsirithavorn 3 15 18 Hassan Shaheed 15 4 13 Sangob Rattanusorn 15 15 Fazal Haq 0 10 Chirasak Champakao Pornchai Sakuntaniyom 15 15 Javed Iqbal Hassan Shaheed 8 8 Sangob Rattanusorn Sila Ulao 15 15 Khawaja Salahuddin Hassan Shaheed 5 3 Malaysia Japan 1870 Tokyo, Japan 7–8 October 19728 October 1972 Malaysians take a commanding 3-1 lead https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19721008-1.2.97.5 13 July 2024 The Straits Times 30 en NewspaperSG9 October 1972 Malaysia scrape past Japan in Thomas Cup tie https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19721009-1.2.112.18 13 July 2024 The Straits Times 30 en NewspaperSG 5 4 Tan Aik Huang 5 15 15 Masao Akiyama 15 6 7 Tan Aik Mong 18 13 Ippei Kojima 13 11 Punch Gunalan Ng Boon Bee 9 15 15 Nobutaka Ikeda Shōichi Toganoo 15 12 9 Ng Tat Wai Tan Aik Huang 11 15 2 Junji Honma Tsutomu Imaizumi 15 4 15 Tan Aik Mong 15 16 6 Masao Akiyama 8 17 15 Tan Aik Huang 15 14 8 Ippei Kojima 7 18 15 Punch Gunalan 15 11 17 Junji Honma 10 15 16 Ng Tat Wai Tan Aik Huang 15 15 Nobutaka Ikeda Shōichi Toganoo 12 8 Punch Gunalan Ng Boon Bee 5 15 6 Junji Honma Tsutomu Imaizumi 15 8 15 Final Malaysia Thailand Bangkok, Thailand 23–24 February 197324 February 1973 Malaysia leads 3-1 in Cup tie https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19730224-1.2.98.17 13 July 2024 The Straits Times 26 en NewspaperSG25 February 1973 Thais score great Cup win https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19730225-1.2.94 13 July 2024 The Straits Times 24 en NewspaperSG 4 5 Tan Aik Mong 15 15 Bandid Jaiyen 8 12 Tan Aik Huang 15 6 15 Sangob Rattanusorn 7 15 4 Punch Gunalan Ng Boon Bee 15 15 Chirasak Champakao Pornchai Sakuntaniyom 7 10 Abdul Rahman Mohamed Tan Aik Huang 2 Bandid Jaiyen Sangob Rattanusorn 9 2 Tan Aik Huang 5 2 Bandid Jaiyen 15 15 Tan Aik Mong 7 10 Sangob Rattanusorn 15 15 Punch Gunalan 15 15 Pichai Kongsirithavorn 3 8 Abdul Rahman Mohamed Tan Aik Huang 9 18 4 Chirasak Champakao Pornchai Sakuntaniyom 15 16 15 Punch Gunalan Ng Boon Bee 1 10 Bandid Jaiyen Sangob Rattanusorn 15 15 American Zone Bracket main Bracket Semi-finals Final 3 March 1973 – Mexico City MEX 5 USA 4 8 December 1972 – Ottawa CAN 9 PER 0 20 April 1973 – Montreal MEX 3 CAN 6 Semi-finals Canada Peru Ottawa, Canada 8–9 December 19729 December 1972 Canada leads Peru 4-0 in shuttle playdowns https://books.google.com/books?id=j21kAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA34 13 July 2024 The Calgary Herald 34 en11 December 1972 Canada badminton team clicks https://books.google.com/books?id=KaBjAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA20 13 July 2024 The Windsor Star 20 en 9 0 Jamie McKee 15 15 Héctor Maynetto 0 4 Jamie Paulson 15 15 Guillermo Zavala 6 2 Dave Charron Jim Lynch 15 15 Jorge Gallegos Ricardo Newton 7 9 Doug McGillivray Jamie Paulson 15 15 Miguel Argüelles Guillermo Zavala 6 7 Jamie Paulson 15 15 Ricardo Newton 2 3 Jamie McKee 15 15 Guillermo Zavala 4 1 Vic Conley 15 15 Miguel Argüelles 5 5 Doug McGillivray Jamie Paulson 15 15 Jorge Gallegos Ricardo Newton 3 9 Dave Charron Jim Lynch 18 15 Miguel Argüelles Guillermo Zavala 6 3 United States Mexico Mexico City, Mexico 3–4 March 19736 Mar 1973 Thomas Cup: Shock win by Mexico https://books.google.com/books?id=Mt0qAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA11 13 July 2024 The Straits Times 11 en 4 5 Chris Kinard 8 1 Roy Díaz González 15 15 Charles Coakley 13 18 9 Victor Jaramillo 15 16 15 Mike Adams Thomas Carmichael 18 15 9 Jorge Palazuelos Francisco Sañudo 13 18 15 Donald C. Paup Jim Poole 15 15 Roy Díaz González Victor Jaramillo 9 2 Charles Coakley 15 16 6 Roy Díaz González 5 18 15 Chris Kinard 3 15 3 Victor Jaramillo 15 10 15 Jim Poole 10 15 15 José Icaza 15 8 11 Mike Adams Thomas Carmichael 15 17 Roy Díaz González Victor Jaramillo 6 16 Donald C. Paup Jim Poole 15 15 Jorge Palazuelos Francisco Sañudo 1 9 Final Canada Mexico Montreal, Canada 20–21 April 197323 April 1973 Canada captures zone final https://books.google.com/books?id=2S9mAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA25 13 July 2024 The Sun 25 en 6 3 Jamie Paulson 10 15 8 Roy Díaz González 15 8 15 Bruce Rollick 6 14 José Icaza 15 17 Raphi Kanchanaraphi Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 15 15 Jorge Palazuelos Francisco Sañudo 5 3 Yves Paré Jamie Paulson 15 15 Roy Díaz González Ricardo Jaramillo 2 1 Wayne Macdonnell 15 15 Jorge Palazuelos 2 7 Jamie Paulson 15 15 José Icaza 2 2 Bruce Rollick 8 11 Roy Díaz González 15 15 Yves Paré Jamie Paulson 15 15 Jorge Palazuelos Francisco Sañudo 7 7 Raphi Kanchanaraphi Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 15 15 Roy Díaz González Ricardo Jaramillo 2 3 European Zone Bracket main Bracket First round Second round Semi-finals Final y no 18 October 1972 – Melksham ENG 9 NED 0 24 November 1972 – Mülheim FRG 9 IRL 0 DEN Bye Bye Bye 25 November 1972 – Helsinki FIN 0 SCO 9 AUT Bye Bye Bye Bye SWE 29 December 1972 – Barsinghausen ENG 4 FRG 5 DEN Bye January 1972 SCO w/o AUT Bye SWE 23 February 1973 – Mülheim FRG 2 DEN 7 26 January 1973 – Aberdeen SCO 4 SWE 5 3 March 1973 – Stockholm DEN 8 SWE 1 First round England Netherlands Melksham, England 18–19 October 197220 October 1972 BADMINTON https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19721020/414/0019 registration 14 July 2024 The Scotsman 19 en British Newspaper Archive21 October 1972 Badminton-nederlaag https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=KBPERS01:002879018:mpeg21:a00443 14 July 2024 Algemeen Handelsblad 45 nl Delpher 9 0 Derek Talbot 15 15 Rob Ridder 8 4 Ray Stevens 15 15 Clemens Wortel 2 6 Elliot Stuart Derek Talbot 15 15 Rob Ridder Guus de Vogel 4 4 David Eddy Eddy Sutton 15 15 Boudewijn Ridder Clemens Wortel 4 6 Ray Stevens 15 15 Rob Ridder 9 11 Derek Talbot 15 15 Clemens Wortel 4 11 David Eddy 15 15 Guus de Vogel 6 3 Elliot Stuart Derek Talbot 15 18 Boudewijn Ridder Clemens Wortel 3 15 David Eddy Eddy Sutton 15 15 Rob Ridder Guus de Vogel 4 6 Ireland West Germany Mülheim an der Ruhr, West Germany 24–25 November 197225 November 1972 Germans swamp Ireland https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005119/19721125/284/0012 registration 14 July 2024 Belfast News-Letter 12 en British Newspaper Archive 0 9 Colin Bell 6 5 Wolfgang Bochow 15 15 Adrian Bell 3 4 Michael Schnaase 15 15 John McCloy Peter Moore 16 8 Karl-Heinz Garbers Gerhard Kucki 18 15 David Doherty Colin Bell 13 7 Horst Lösche Roland Maywald 15 15 Adrian Bell 2 6 Wolfgang Bochow 15 5 18 Colin Bell 7 6 Michael Schnaase 10 9 Peter Moore 8 12 Horst Lösche 15 15 John McCloy Peter Moore 12 15 2 Horst Lösche Roland Maywald 15 7 15 David Doherty Colin Bell 4 12 Karl-Heinz Garbers Gerhard Kucki 15 15 Scotland Finland Helsinki, Finland 25–26 November 197227 November 1972 SCOTLAND WIN https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003741/19721127/019/0019 registration 14 July 2024 Daily Record 19 en British Newspaper Archive 9 0 Robert S. McCoig 9 15 15 Lars-Henrik Nybergh 15 4 6 Nicol McCloy 15 15 Jouko Degerth 9 7 Fraser Gow Robert S. McCoig 15 15 Eero Läikkö Mårten Segercrantz 3 4 Jim Ansari John Britton 15 15 Jouko Degerth Henrik Kuningas 4 4 Nicol McCloy 15 15 Lars-Henrik Nybergh 8 5 Robert S. McCoig 15 15 Jouko Degerth 8 2 Fraser Gow 15 15 Carl-Johan Nybergh 10 7 Jim Ansari John Britton 15 15 Eero Läikkö Mårten Segercrantz 5 5 Fraser Gow Robert S. McCoig 15 15 Jouko Degerth Henrik Kuningas 3 6 Second round England West Germany Barsinghausen, West Germany 29–30 December 197230 December 1972 England trail in badminton https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005119/19721230/158/0008 registration 14 July 2024 Belfast News-Letter 8 en British Newspaper Archive1 January 1973 England lose https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19730101/456/0027 registration 14 July 2024 Birmingham Daily Post 27 en British Newspaper Archive 4 5 Derek Talbot 5 13 Wolfgang Bochow 15 15 Ray Stevens 17 7 14 Michael Schnaase 14 15 17 Elliot Stuart Derek Talbot 2 11 Karl-Heinz Garbers Gerhard Kucki 8 11 Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett 15 3 15 Willi Braun Roland Maywald 4 15 12 Derek Talbot 15 15 Michael Schnaase 7 12 Ray Stevens 5 13 Wolfgang Bochow 15 15 David Eddy 15 15 15 Gerhard Kucki 10 17 8 Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett 15 15 Karl-Heinz Garbers Gerhard Kucki 3 11 Elliot Stuart Derek Talbot 11 6 Willi Braun Roland Maywald 15 15 Semi-finals Denmark West Germany Mülheim an der Ruhr, West Germany 23–24 February 1973Badmintonbladet 4 (1973), p. 2 7 2 Elo Hansen 12 7 Wolfgang Bochow 15 15 Svend Pri 15 15 Michael Schnaase 8 7 Poul Petersen Svend Pri 10 9 Willi Braun Roland Maywald 15 15 Henning Borch Jørgen Mortensen 15 15 Karl-Heinz Garbers Gerhard Kucki 10 8 Elo Hansen 15 15 Michael Schnaase 11 10 Svend Pri 15 16 15 Wolfgang Bochow 7 17 11 Flemming Delfs 15 15 15 Gerhard Kucki 8 4 Henning Borch Jørgen Mortensen 15 15 Willi Braun Roland Maywald 7 10 Poul Petersen Svend Pri 15 15 Karl-Heinz Garbers Gerhard Kucki 3 8 Sweden Scotland Aberdeen, Scotland 26–27 January 197327 January 1973 McCoig puts Scots in winning position https://books.google.com/books?id=S-E9AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4 14 July 2024 The Glasgow Herald 4 en29 January 1973 Inexperience costs Scots success in Thomas Cup https://books.google.com/books?id=TOE9AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA5 14 July 2024 The Glasgow Herald 5 en 5 4 Sture Johnsson 15 15 Nicol McCloy 0 3 Kurt Johnsson 15 12 5 Robert S. McCoig 9 15 15 Sture Johnsson Tommy Theorin 11 3 Jim Ansari John Britton 15 15 Bengt Fröman Gert Perneklo 17 10 Fraser Gow Robert S. McCoig 18 15 Sture Johnsson 15 15 Robert S. McCoig 12 3 Kurt Johnsson 15 15 Nicol McCloy 5 3 Tommy Theorin 15 15 George Forbes 12 7 Bengt Fröman Gert Perneklo 10 15 15 Jim Ansari John Britton 15 8 8 Sture Johnsson Tommy Theorin 3 12 Fraser Gow Robert S. McCoig 15 15 Final Denmark Sweden Stockholm, Sweden 3–4 March 19734 April 1970 STOCKHOLM: Thomas Cup Europafinal i badminton i Tibblehallen i Täby, Sverige—Danmark 0—4 efter första dagen https://tidningar.kb.se/r66rb1vjpwr0v7vk/part/2/page/8 14 July 2024 Arbetet 8 sv5 March 1973 STOCKHOLM Thomas Cup Europafinalen Sverige—Danmark 1—8 https://tidningar.kb.se/r936xqx347rd4kx/part/1/page/31 14 July 2024 Aftonbladet 31 sv 8 1 Flemming Delfs 15 15 Sture Johnsson 1 8 Svend Pri 15 15 Thomas Kihlström 5 3 Henning Borch Jørgen Mortensen 15 8 15 Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström 12 15 12 Poul Petersen Svend Pri 15 15 Sture Johnsson Gert Perneklo 4 11 Svend Pri 3 13 Sture Johnsson 15 18 Flemming Delfs 15 15 Thomas Kihlström 3 0 Elo Hansen 4 15 15 Kurt Johnsson 15 12 1 Henning Borch Jørgen Mortensen 15 15 Sture Johnsson Gert Perneklo 7 10 Poul Petersen Svend Pri 15 15 Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström 7 6 Australasian Zone Bracket main Bracket Semi-finals Final 12 September 1972 – Tauranga NZL 8 AUS 1 Bye IND 6 October 1972 – Auckland NZL 4 IND 5 Semi-finals New Zealand Australia Tauranga, New Zealand 12–13 September 197213 September 1972 NZ takes lead in badminton series https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/102003859 13 July 2024 The Canberra Times 33 en Trove13 September 1972 Kiwis routs Aussies https://books.google.com/books?id=DN0qAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA42 13 July 2024 The Straits Times 42 en 8 1 Richard Purser 15 15 Paul Tyrrell 4 2 Bryan Purser 15 15 Peter Cooper 6 8 Warren Johns Michael Stossel 18 15 3 John Clancy David Hoppen 17 17 15 Bryan Purser Richard Purser 15 15 Peter Cooper Chris Hardwick 7 7 Bryan Purser 15 7 15 Paul Tyrrell 6 15 4 Richard Purser 15 15 Peter Cooper 5 7 John Compton 15 15 Chris Hardwick 4 2 Warren Johns Michael Stossel 15 15 Peter Cooper Chris Hardwick 7 9 Paul Shirley John Compton 9 15 15 John Clancy Chris Hardwick 15 7 6 Final New Zealand India Auckland, New Zealand 6–7 October 19728 October 1972 India edge Kiwis in 5-4 thriller https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19721008-1.2.97.6 13 July 2024 The Straits Times 30 en NewspaperSG 4 5 Bryan Purser 9 15 11 Dipu Ghosh 15 9 15 Richard Purser 15 15 Dinesh Khanna 10 11 Bryan Purser Richard Purser 9 18 15 Prakash Padukone Asif Parpia 15 17 12 Warren Johns Michael Stossel 6 6 Dipu Ghosh Raman Ghosh 15 15 Bryan Purser 0 3 Dinesh Khanna 15 15 Richard Purser 15 15 Dipu Ghosh 5 3 John Compton 18 15 Davinder Ahuja 14 2 Bryan Purser Richard Purser 6 15 11 Dipu Ghosh Raman Ghosh 15 12 15 Warren Johns Michael Stossel 18 10 12 Prakash Padukone Asif Parpia 13 15 15 References Category:1973 in badminton Category:Thomas & Uber Cup