1964 Thomas Cup knockout stage

Badminton tournament The knockout stage for the 1964 Thomas Cup began on 14 May 1964 with the first-round knockout and ended on 22 May with the final tie. Qualified teams The teams that won their zonal tie qualified for the final knockout stage. GroupWinnersCHINAASTHAAMJPN 1870AUMASEUDEN Bracket main Bracket First round Second round Challenge round y INA Bye 14 May 1964 – Tokyo MAS 2 DEN 7 14 May 1964 – Tokyo JPN 1870 3 THA 6 INA Bye 17 May 1964 – Tokyo DEN 6 THA 3 21 May 1964 – Tokyo INA 5 DEN 4 First round Collectively, the players contesting in Tokyo in mid May were probably the strongest group that had yet appeared at the final venue of the Thomas Cup competition. Even "third string" singles matches often pitted true world class opponents against each other. With more difficulty than might have been expected, Thailand eliminated the host country's team 6–3. Ratanaseangsuang and Wattanasin won hard-fought singles matches, but the vaunted Thai doubles teams could earn only a split with their equally quick and aggressive Japanese counterparts. Yoshinori Itagaki had a hand in two winning matches for Japan. In the other first round match, Denmark's powerful singles lineup shutout Malaya's, though individual matches were competitive. Eighteen-year-old Tan Aik Huang served notice of future achievement by earning twenty-six points from Erland Kops. Denmark advanced 7–2 with Malaya's wins coming against the Danish "second string" doubles. Thailand vs Japan Thailand Japan 1870 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium 14–15 May 196415 May 1964 Thailand held to 2-2 by Japan https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19640515-1.2.131.8 24 June 2024 limited The Straits Times 18 en NewspaperSG16 May 1964 Thailand fight off great bid by Japan https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19640516-1.2.127.35 24 June 2024 limited The Straits Times 23 en NewspaperSG 6 3 Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 10 15 15 Yoshio Komiya 15 8 7 Charoen Wattanasin 15 15 Takeshi Miyanaga 9 5 Narong Bhornchima Raphi Kanchanaraphi 15 11 13 Eiichi Nagai Eiichi Sakai 11 15 15 Chavalert Chumkum Sangob Rattanusorn 7 11 Yoshinori Itagaki Yoshio Komiya 15 15 Charoen Wattanasin 17 15 Yoshio Komiya 14 7 Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 18 15 Takeshi Miyanaga 13 11 Sangob Rattanusorn 15 15 7 Yoshinori Itagaki 6 17 15 Narong Bhornchima Raphi Kanchanaraphi 6 15 15 Yoshinori Itagaki Yoshio Komiya 15 10 10 Chavalert Chumkum Sangob Rattanusorn 15 10 15 Eiichi Nagai Eiichi Sakai 12 15 4 Denmark vs Malaysia Denmark Malaysia Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium 14–15 May 196415 May 1964 Malaysia's bad start https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19640515-1.2.15 24 June 2024 The Straits Times 1 en NewspaperSG16 May 1964 It's 7-2 for Denmark https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19640516-1.2.127.34 24 June 2024 limited The Straits Times 23 en NewspaperSG 7 2 Erland Kops 15 15 Teh Kew San 8 9 Knud Aage Nielsen 15 15 Tan Aik Huang 12 2 Jørgen Hansen Finn Kobberø 15 15 Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan 11 8 Erland Kops Poul-Erik Nielsen 9 17 2 Lim Say Hup Teh Kew San 15 14 15 Knud Aage Nielsen 15 10 15 Teh Kew San 10 15 12 Erland Kops 17 15 Tan Aik Huang 16 10 Henning Borch 15 15 Yew Cheng Hoe 11 8 Jørgen Hansen Finn Kobberø 15 13 15 Lim Say Hup Teh Kew San 7 18 12 Erland Kops Poul-Erik Nielsen 15 9 Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan 17 15 Consolation playoff The teams that were defeated in the first round were relegated to a consolation playoff. Malaysia, who lost to Denmark in the first round, defeated hosts Japan, who were defeated by Thailand in the second round. Malaysia vs Japan Malaysia Japan 1870 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium 17–18 May 196418 May 1964 Malaya and Japan level on the first day https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19640518-1.2.111.4 24 June 2024 limited The Straits Times 20 en NewspaperSG19 May 1964 Malayans sweep through to 7-2 https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19640519-1.2.116.2 24 June 2024 limited The Straits Times 18 en NewspaperSG 7 2 Tan Aik Huang 18 15 Yoshio Komiya 15 3 Billy Ng 15 11 Takeshi Miyanaga 17 15 Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan 15 15 Eiichi Nagai Eiichi Sakai 3 3 Lim Say Hup Teh Kew San 15 8 6 Yoshinori Itagaki Yoshio Komiya 10 15 15 Teh Kew San 15 15 Yoshinori Itagaki 9 4 Billy Ng 15 15 Yoshio Komiya 12 10 Tan Aik Huang 15 15 Takeshi Miyanaga 3 10 Lim Say Hup Teh Kew San 6 15 15 Eiichi Nagai Eiichi Sakai 15 6 12 Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan 11 17 15 Yoshinori Itagaki Yoshio Komiya 15 14 2 Second round Denmark vs Thailand The inter-zone final between Denmark and Thailand was a fierce struggle featuring five three game matches. Denmark won four of the five to avenge its 1961 defeat and squeeze past Thailand 6–3. Kobbero and Hammergaard Hansen "got even" with the same pairs (Bhornchima and Kanchanaraphi; Chumkum and Vatanatham) that had defeated them in 61 minutes. Kops won three game singles matches against both Ratanaseangsuang and Wattanasin. As had happened against Malaya, however, he lost both of his doubles matches paired with Poul-Erik Nielsen. The result of the Danish strategy of using Erland Kops in the maximum number of matches in all ties was that he had now played 20 pressure filled games (twice as many as any of his teammates) without losing a singles match but without winning a doubles. This strategy was not altered, however, for the decisive challenge round against Indonesia. Thailand Denmark Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium 17–18 May 196418 May 1964 Danes outlast the Thais https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19640518-1.2.111.3 24 June 2024 limited The Straits Times 20 en NewspaperSG19 May 1964 Kops tires out the gallant Charoen to get winning point https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19640519-1.2.116.1 24 June 2024 limited The Straits Times 18 en NewspaperSG 3 6 Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 11 15 4 Erland Kops 15 13 15 Charoen Wattanasin 15 12 10 Knud Aage Nielsen 12 15 15 Chavalert Chumkum Chuchart Vatanatham 12 11 Jørgen Hansen Finn Kobberø 15 15 Narong Bhornchima Raphi Kanchanaraphi 17 18 Erland Kops Poul-Erik Nielsen 14 14 Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 15 15 Knud Aage Nielsen 10 2 Charoen Wattanasin 15 9 5 Erland Kops 11 15 15 Narong Bhornchima 5 16 Henning Borch 15 17 Chavalert Chumkum Chuchart Vatanatham 15 1 15 Erland Kops Henning Borch 9 15 6 Narong Bhornchima Raphi Kanchanaraphi 13 15 12 Finn Kobberø Jørgen Hansen 15 5 15 Challenge round Indonesia vs Denmark Though Indonesia's doubles teams had contributed to its Thomas Cup successes in 1958 and in 1961, its singles players had led the way by losing only two matches in thirty and none in either Challenge Round. By 1964, however, "big guns" Tan Joe Hok and Ferry Sonneville were seemingly past their primes. Though only 26, Tan Joe Hok had been busy with studies and had played tournaments only infrequently and not very successfully over the previous two seasons. Sonneville was 33 and his last major tournament victories were also about two years old. The Thomas Cup competition, however, brought out the best in these two players. It also brought out the worst in some of Indonesia's fans in Tokyo whose behavior crossed the line from rabid cheering and barracking to outright interference with play. Especially egregious was the deliberate use of flash photography when Danish players were facing their cameras. Ultimately, Denmark's Erland Kops became something of a "goat" losing to both Tan Joe Hok and Ferry Sonneville, despite being 14–6 up in the second game against Sonneville after winning the first. Sonneville also beat All-England champion Knud Aage Nielsen who was able to gain a split by defeating Tan in three games. With the victory of Indonesia's "secret weapon" Ang Tjin Siang (later known as Muljadi) over Borch, the Indonesians, against form, took four of the five singles matches. Nevertheless, with the brilliant Kobbero and Hammergaard Hansen unbeaten throughout the entire campaign, the Danes still had a chance at 3–4 when Erland Kops and Borch met Tan King Gwan and Abdul Patah Unang in the eighth match of the tie. When the Danes won the first game at 15-12 crowd dissension became so intense that play was delayed for 20 minutes. After it resumed the Indonesians gradually gained control of the match to win it 15–6 in the third. The Cup, once again, had eluded Denmark's grasp. An official Danish protest against the result was eventually denied by the International Badminton Federation (now the Badminton World Federation).Indonesia Denmark Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium 21–22 May 196422 May 1964 Thomas Cup: Denmark, Indonesia seri 2-2 https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/beritaharian19640522-1.2.84 24 June 2024 limited Berita Harian 8 en NewspaperSG23 May 1964 Indonesia keep Thomas Cup https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19640523-1.2.121.1 24 June 2024 limited The Straits Times 22 en NewspaperSG 5 4 Tan Joe Hok 5 15 15 Erland Kops 15 1 9 Ferry Sonneville 12 15 15 Knud Aage Nielsen 15 6 6 Tan King Gwan Abdul Patah Unang 5 6 Jørgen Hansen Finn Kobberø 15 15 Ferry Sonneville Tutang Djamaluddin 12 2 Erland Kops Henning Borch 15 15 Ang Tjin Siang 15 15 Henning Borch 10 5 Tan Joe Hok 15 14 9 Knud Aage Nielsen 11 17 15 Ferry Sonneville 13 17 17 Erland Kops 18 14 14 Tan King Gwan Abdul Patah Unang 12 15 15 Erland Kops Henning Borch 15 12 6 Ferry Sonneville Tutang Djamaluddin 14 5 Jørgen Hansen Finn Kobberø 17 15 References 2 Category:Thomas & Uber Cup Category:1964 in badminton