1958 Thomas Cup

1958 Thomas Cup 5 – 15 June 1958 4th 1 5 Singapore Badminton Stadium Singapore 1955 1961 The 1958 Thomas Cup competition is an international team tournament for supremacy in men's badminton (its female counterpart is the Uber Cup). Beginning in 1948–49 it was held every three years until 1982 and has been held every two years thereafter. Nineteen teams contested for the Thomas Cup during the 1957-1958 season. As defending champion Malaya (now Malaysia) was exempt until the conclusive tie (team match) called the challenge round. The other eighteen teams were divided into four qualifying zones; Asia, Australasia, Europe, and Pan America; with the winners of each intra-zone competition advancing to inter-zone competition in Singapore to determine a challenger to Malaya. For a more detailed description of the Thomas Cup format see Wikipedia's general article on the Thomas Cup. Qualification 1958 Thomas Cup qualification Means of qualificationDateVenueSlotQualified teams1955 Thomas Cup24 May – 5 June 1955Singapore1Malaysia 1948 MalayaAsian Zone19 July 1957 – 27 March 1958BangkokColomboHong KongRangoon1THAAmerican Zone28 February – 1 March 1958Long Beach1USA 1912European Zone16 November 1957 – 11 March 1958BelfastBoråsCopenhagenLe Havre1DENAustralasian Zone11 – 18 October 1957InvercargillMelbourne1INATotal5 Winner of the previous two Asian zone competitions, India was decisively beaten 8–1 in the first round by a fast improving Thailand. Thailand went on to win the zone by shutting out Pakistan (9–0). In the Australasian zone, first time participant Indonesia served notice of international badminton's future by shutting out both New Zealand and Australia to advance to inter-zone play. Denmark again advanced easily through the European zone. The Danes now had newly crowned All-England singles champion Erland Kops along with Finn Kobbero, both in their early twenties. For the third straight time only United States and Canada contested in the Pan America zone. The all-Californian U.S. squad shut out a Canadian team whose best players in past meetings between the two were now either long in years or losing interest. Squads 1958 Thomas Cup squads Knockout stage 1958 Thomas Cup knockout stage The following teams, shown by region, qualified for the 1958 Thomas Cup. Defending champion and host Malaya automatically qualified to defend the title it had won three years previously. Bracket Bracket First round 1958 6 5 y1958 6 6 y USA 1912 2–7 THA Singapore Badminton Stadium, Singapore https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19580607-1.2.147 1958 6 7 y1958 6 8 y DEN 3–6 INA Singapore Badminton Stadium, Singapore https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19580609-1.2.136 Second round 1958 6 10 y1958 6 11 y INA 8–1 THA Singapore Badminton Stadium, Singapore https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19580612-1.2.116 Final 1958 6 14 y1958 6 15 y MAS 1948 Malaya 3–6 INA Singapore Badminton Stadium, Singapore https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19580616-1.2.16 bd 1958 Thomas Cup winner Indonesia First References tangkis.tripod.com Mike's Badminton Populorum https://web.archive.org/web/20160330231130/http://www2.sbg.ac.at/populorum/badminton/archiv_thomascup.htm 2016-03-30 Our Badminton Greats Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1967) 74–78. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: 1983) 121, 122. Thomas Cup Category:Thomas & Uber Cup T Thom Thomas Cup