1961 Thomas Cup qualification

1961 Thomas Cup qualification 22 July 1960 – 29 March 1961 Asian zone:BangkokHong KongLahore American zone:Toronto European zone:GreenockDerryParisSouthend-on-SeaStockholmTrollhättan Australasian zone:FeildingMelbourne 1958 1964 The qualifying process for the 1961 Thomas Cup took place from 22 July 1960 to 29 March 1961 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 INA 1958 Thomas Cup winners 15 June 1958 2ndTHAAsian Zone winners29 March 19612nd DEN European Zone winners 13 March 1961 5th USA American Zone winners 25 February 19615thAUSAustralasian Zone winners21 January 19612nd Asian Zone Bracket main Bracket First round Semi-finals Final y HKG 1959 Bye 30 July 1960 – Lahore PAK 9 CEY 0 19 December 1960 – Bangkok IND 3 THA 6 Bye MAS 1948 Malaya January 1961 – Hong Kong HKG 1959 PAK w/o 23 December 1960 – Bangkok THA 7 MAS 1948 Malaya 2 28 March 1961 – Lahore PAK 1 THA 8 First round Thailand India Bangkok, Thailand 19–20 December 196022 December 1960 Badminton https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19601222-1.2.148.7 22 May 2024 The Straits Times 19 en NewspaperSG 6 3 Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 15 15 Suresh Goel 10 1 Somsook Boonyasukhanonda 8 5 Nandu Natekar 15 15 Narong Bhornchima Raphi Kanchanaraphi 6 9 Chandrakant Deoras Nandu Natekar 15 15 Chavalert Chumkum Chuchart Vatanatham 15 17 Amrit Lal Dewan Dipu Ghosh 5 14 Somsook Boonyasukhanonda 15 15 Suresh Goel 13 11 Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 10 9 Nandu Natekar 15 15 Narong Bhornchima 15 15 Amrit Lal Dewan 7 11 Chavalert Chumkum Chuchart Vatanatham 15 15 Chandrakant Deoras Nandu Natekar 7 9 Narong Bhornchima Raphi Kanchanaraphi 15 15 Amrit Lal Dewan Dipu Ghosh 8 4 Pakistan CEY Lahore, Pakistan 30–31 July 19602 August 1960 9-0 sweep by Pakistan https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19600802-1.2.109 22 May 2024 The Straits Times 15 en NewspaperSG 9 0 Shamshad Ali 15 15 Nagalingam Rasalingam 3 3 Akram Baig 15 15 Sam Chandrasena 4 6 Tahir Karamat Naqi Mohsin 15 15 Sam Chandrasena A. R. L. Wijesekera 7 5 Wajahat Ali Masood Khan 15 15 Gerry Chandrasena Nagalingam Rasalingam 3 2 Akram Baig 15 15 Nagalingam Rasalingam 10 3 Shamshad Ali 15 15 Sam Chandrasena 11 8 Tahir Karamat 6 15 15 V. Sriskandarajah 15 3 9 Wajahat Ali Masood Khan 15 15 Sam Chandrasena A. R. L. Wijesekera 6 5 Tahir Karamat Naqi Mohsin 15 15 Gerry Chandrasena Nagalingam Rasalingam 12 10 Semi-finals Malaysia 1948 Malaya Thailand Bangkok, Thailand 23–24 December 196022 December 1960 Badminton https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19601222-1.2.148.7 22 May 2024 The Straits Times 19 en NewspaperSG 2 7 Teh Kew San 17 15 Narong Bhornchima 14 12 Eddy Choong 12 9 Somsook Boonyasukhanonda 15 15 Lim Say Hup Teh Kew San 2 10 Narong Bhornchima Raphi Kanchanaraphi 15 15 Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan 12 15 14 Chavalert Chumkum Chuchart Vatanatham 15 4 18 Eddy Choong 1 7 Somsook Boonyasukhanonda 15 15 Teh Kew San 9 8 Narong Bhornchima 15 15 Tan Yee Khan 18 8 8 Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 17 15 15 Lim Say Hup Teh Kew San 15 15 Chavalert Chumkum Chuchart Vatanatham 9 8 Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan 9 15 7 Narong Bhornchima Raphi Kanchanaraphi 15 10 15 Final Thailand Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan 28–29 March 196130 March 1961 Thais lead in Thomas Cup tie https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19610330-1.2.153 22 May 2024 The Straits Times 15 en NewspaperSG31 March 1961 Thailand gain 8-1 Cup victory https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19610331-1.1.16 limited 22 May 2024 The Straits Times 16 en NewspaperSG 8 1 Somsook Boonyasukhanonda 15 15 Nazir Rajput 5 13 Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 15 15 Masood Khan 6 11 Narong Bhornchima Raphi Kanchanaraphi 15 15 Naqi Mohsin Nazir Rajput 8 2 Chavalert Chumkum Chuchart Vatanatham 15 15 Wajahat Ali Masood Khan 8 9 Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 15 15 Nazir Rajput 4 1 Somsook Boonyasukhanonda 10 14 Masood Khan 15 18 Narong Bhornchima 15 15 Naqi Mohsin 7 9 Chavalert Chumkum Chuchart Vatanatham 15 15 Naqi Mohsin Nazir Rajput 11 3 Narong Bhornchima Raphi Kanchanaraphi 15 15 Wajahat Ali Masood Khan 3 3 American Zone Bracket main Bracket Final 24 February 1961 – Toronto USA 7 CAN 1957 2 Final United States Canada 1957 Toronto, Canada 24–25 February 196127 February 1961 Canada shuttlers crashed https://books.google.com/books?id=FWJkAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22thomas+cup%22+canada&pg=PA11&article_id=1171,5651833 22 May 2024 The Calgary Herald 11 en Google Books27 February 1961 MacDonnell breaks ankle, Canada crushed in badminton play https://books.google.com/books?id=3qFUAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22thomas+cup%22+canada&pg=PA23&article_id=5615,5396207 22 May 2024 The Leader-Post 23 en Google Books 7 2 Jim Poole 15 15 James Carnwath 10 0 Bill Berry 12 15 15 Wayne Macdonnell 15 10 4 Joey Alston Wynn Rogers 15 15 Bert Fergus Beverley Westcott 4 1 Manuel Armendariz Jim Poole 15 15 Herbert Kirkconnell John Martin 1 11 Bill Berry 15 15 James Carnwath 7 7 Jim Poole 15 15 Beverley Westcott 4 3 Manuel Armendariz 7 17 2 Bert Fergus 15 16 15 Joey Alston Wynn Rogers 15 15 Herbert Kirkconnell John Martin 0 8 Manuel Armendariz Jim Poole 8 15 7 Bert Fergus Beverley Westcott 15 12 15 European Zone Bracket main Bracket First round Semi-finals Final y no 14 November 1960 – Paris ENG 9 FRA 1830 0 3 December 1960 – Trollhättan SWE 9 NOR 0 16 December 1960 – Derry DEN 9 IRL 0 Bye SCO 11 January 1961 – Stockholm ENG 5 SWE 4 19 December 1960 – Greenock DEN 8 SCO 1 12 March 1961 – Southend-on-Sea ENG 0 DEN 9 First round England France 1830 Paris, France 14 November 196015 November 1960 9-0 for England in badminton cup tie https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003295/19601115/141/0008 registration 21 May 2024 Halifax Evening Courier 8 en British Newspaper Archive 9 0 Trevor Coates 15 15 Alain Groéné 2 5 Peter Waddell 15 15 Christian Badou 1 1 Hugh Findlay Ron Lockwood 15 15 Maurice Mathieu Henri Pellizza 6 1 Trevor Coates Anthony Jordan 15 15 Paul Ailloud Christian Badou 7 7 Peter Waddell 15 15 Alain Groéné 4 5 Trevor Coates 15 15 Christian Badou 3 8 Hugh Findlay 15 15 Paul Ailloud 3 6 Trevor Coates Anthony Jordan 15 15 Maurice Mathieu Henri Pellizza 7 4 Hugh Findlay Ron Lockwood 15 15 Paul Ailloud Christian Badou 4 6 Sweden Norway Trollhättan, Sweden 3–4 December 19605 December 1960 Svenskene helt over i badminton https://www.nb.no/items/5477c8d1febe25b9717cdfd4a82d2e12 21 May 2024 Friheten 5 en National Library of Norway 9 0 Bertil Glans 15 15 Harald Nettli 3 2 Ingemar Eliasson 15 15 Per Corneliussen 4 3 Bengt-Åke Jönsson Göran Wahlqvist 15 15 Erik Kjølberg Arne Hagene 5 3 Bertil Glans Ingemar Eliasson 15 15 Per Corneliussen Harald Nettli 6 2 Ingemar Eliasson 15 15 Harald Nettli 11 3 Bertil Glans 15 15 Per Corneliussen 2 2 Leif Ekedahl 15 15 Kåre Samuelsen 9 10 Bertil Glans Ingemar Eliasson 18 17 Erik Kjølberg Arne Hagene 2 5 Bengt-Åke Jönsson Göran Wahlqvist 15 15 Per Corneliussen Harald Nettli 5 9 Denmark Ireland Derry, Northern Ireland 16–17 December 196021 December 1960 Irish team were outclassed at badminton https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001480/19601221/291/0022 registration 21 May 2024 Londonderry Sentinel 22 en British Newspaper Archive 9 0 Erland Kops 15 15 James Doyle 1 1 Finn Kobberø 15 15 Lennox Robinson 1 4 Finn Kobberø Arne Rasmussen 15 15 Samuel Blair Kenneth Carlisle 5 9 Erland Kops Poul-Erik Nielsen 15 15 Charles McCormack Winston Wilkinson 5 3 Finn Kobberø 15 15 James Doyle 4 8 Erland Kops 15 15 Lennox Robinson 3 0 Henning Borch 15 15 Samuel Blair 7 2 Finn Kobberø Arne Rasmussen 15 15 Charles McCormack Winston Wilkinson 2 5 Erland Kops Poul-Erik Nielsen 15 15 Samuel Blair Kenneth Carlisle 6 6 Semi-finals England Sweden Stockholm, Sweden 11–12 January 196114 January 1961 England in zone final https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19610114-1.2.119 limited 22 May 2024 The Straits Times 14 en NewspaperSG 5 4 Peter Waddell 9 15 13 Bertil Glans 15 8 15 Roger Mills 11 18 15 Ingemar Eliasson 15 15 10 Anthony Jordan Peter Waddell 8 15 15 Bengt-Åke Jönsson Göran Wahlqvist 15 13 10 Hugh Findlay Ron Lockwood 15 18 Bertil Glans Ingemar Eliasson 4 16 Roger Mills 3 8 Bertil Glans 15 15 Peter Waddell 6 15 9 Ingemar Eliasson 15 5 15 Trevor Coates 5 5 Leif Ekedahl 15 15 Anthony Jordan Peter Waddell 15 15 Bertil Glans Ingemar Eliasson 5 12 Hugh Findlay Ron Lockwood 17 3 15 Bengt-Åke Jönsson Göran Wahlqvist 15 15 9 Denmark Scotland Greenock, Scotland 19–20 December 196021 December 1960 Denmark's big win, Scotland beaten 8-1 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19601221/367/0012 registration 22 May 2024 The Scotsman 12 en British Newspaper Archive 8 1 Erland Kops 15 15 Robert S. McCoig 2 3 Finn Kobberø 15 15 John Barrie 5 4 Finn Kobberø Arne Rasmussen 6 15 15 Mac Henderson Donald Ross 15 12 13 Erland Kops Poul-Erik Nielsen 15 17 Robert S. McCoig W. Frank Shannon 6 14 Finn Kobberø 13 15 15 Robert S. McCoig 18 8 4 Erland Kops 15 15 John Barrie 3 4 Henning Borch 15 15 W. Frank Shannon 11 1 Finn Kobberø Arne Rasmussen 10 10 Robert S. McCoig W. Frank Shannon 15 15 Erland Kops Poul-Erik Nielsen 15 15 Mac Henderson Donald Ross 6 0 Final Denmark England Southend-on-Sea, England 12–13 March 196114 March 1961 Badminton https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000769/19610314/062/0011 registration 22 May 2024 Coventry Evening Telegraph 11 en British Newspaper Archive 9 0 Erland Kops 15 15 Trevor Coates 9 8 Finn Kobberø 15 15 Peter Waddell 7 10 Jørgen Hansen Finn Kobberø 15 15 Anthony Jordan Peter Waddell 12 6 Erland Kops Poul-Erik Nielsen 15 15 Hugh Findlay Ron Lockwood 8 11 Finn Kobberø 15 15 Trevor Coates 9 5 Erland Kops 15 15 Peter Waddell 13 4 Henning Borch 15 10 17 Hugh Findlay 9 15 14 Jørgen Hansen Finn Kobberø 12 15 15 Hugh Findlay Ron Lockwood 15 7 8 Erland Kops Poul-Erik Nielsen 15 15 Anthony Jordan Peter Waddell 4 1 Australasian Zone Bracket main Bracket Semi-finals Final 22 July 1960 – Feilding AUS 8 NZL 1 Bye JPN 1870 December 1960 – Melbourne AUS w/o JPN 1870 Semi-finals Australia New Zealand Feilding, New Zealand 22–23 July 196023 July 1960 Aussies ahead 3-1 in Thomas Cup https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/freepress19600723-1.2.104.16 22 May 2024 The Singapore Free Press 15 en NewspaperSG24 July 1960 Kiwis win 8-1 https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19600724-1.2.113 22 May 2024 The Straits Times 19 en NewspaperSG 8 1 Ken Turner 11 15 15 Jeff Robson 15 12 10 Stan Russell 15 15 Alban M. Stephens 9 6 Don Murray Ken Turner 15 15 Jeff Robson Paul Skelt 9 11 Ian Hutchinson Stan Russell 15 15 Grenville Hinton Raymond Reid 8 8 Stan Russell 10 15 15 Jeff Robson 15 10 4 Ken Turner 15 15 Alban M. Stephens 3 6 Don Murray 18 6 15 Don Higgins 13 15 10 Ian Hutchinson Stan Russell 15 10 11 Jeff Robson Paul Skelt 10 15 15 Don Murray Ken Turner 15 15 Grenville Hinton Raymond Reid 11 4 Final In the final of the Australasian zone qualifiers, Japan conceded a walkover to Australia. Therefore, Australia qualified for the Thomas Cup by default.21 January 1961 Australian Thomas Cup team in training for big June contest https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/freepress19610121-1.2.85 22 May 2024 The Singapore Free Press 10 References Category:1961 in badminton Category:Thomas & Uber Cup