1976 Thomas Cup qualification

1976 Thomas Cup qualification 27 August 1975 – 3 April 1976 Asian zone:ColomboKuala LumpurLahoreLudhianaSingaporeTokyo American zone:LimaManhattan BeachMexico City European zone:CopenhagenEdinburghGeldropHelsinkiMariestad Australasian zone:Hobart 1973 1979 The qualifying process for the 1976 Thomas Cup took place from 26 September 1975 to 3 April 1976 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 Bangkok.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 30 March 2016 5 June 2011 Indonesia were the champions of the last Thomas Cup, therefore the team automatically qualified for the inter-zone play-offs. Thailand also qualified for the final tournament as hosts. Qualified teams Country Qualified as Qualified on Final appearanceTHA1976 Thomas Cup hosts13 July 19755th INA1973 Thomas Cup winners3 June 19737thMASAsian Zone winners3 April 19768th DENEuropean Zone winners21 March 197610th CANAmerican Zone winners15 February 19763rdNZLAustralasian Zone winners27 September 19752nd Asian Zone Bracket main Bracket First round Second round Semi-finals Final y no HKG 1959 Bye JPN 1870 Bye KOR 1949 Bye Bye Bye July 1975 PAK w/o MYA 1974 Burma IND Bye 27 August 1975 – Colombo SRI 0 SIN 9 Bye MAS 20 September 1975 – Tokyo HKG 1959 0 JPN 1870 9 KOR 1949 Bye 29 November 1975 – Lahore PAK 4 IND 5 5 December 1975 – Singapore SIN 1 MAS 8 24 January 1976 – Tokyo JPN 1870 9 KOR 1949 0 14 February 1976 – Ludhiana IND 4 MAS 5 2 April 1976 – Kuala Lumpur JPN 1870 3 MAS 6 First round Singapore Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka 27–28 August 197528 August 1975 S'pore 4 up in Thomas Cup https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newnation19750828-1.2.36.8 21 July 2024 New Nation 23 en NewspaperSG29 August 1975 Thomas Cup: It's 9-0 sweep by S'pore https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newnation19750829-1.2.32.8 21 July 2024 New Nation 18 en NewspaperSG 9 0 Tan Ban Chew 15 15 Ravi Kuruppu 6 4 Ng Chor Yau 15 15 Ajith Perera 3 5 Tan Eng Han Yeo Ah Seng 15 15 Ravi Kuruppu Rohan Perera 2 4 Kok Peng Hon Lee Ah Ngo 15 15 Lal Anthonis Sumith Guruge 1 3 Tan Ban Chew 15 18 Ajith Perera 2 13 Ng Chor Yau 15 18 Ravi Kuruppu 3 9 Lee Ah Ngo 15 15 Rohan Perera 0 11 Tan Eng Han Yeo Ah Seng 15 15 Lal Anthonis Sumith Guruge 4 1 Kok Peng Hon Lee Ah Ngo 15 15 Ravi Kuruppu Rohan Perera 1 3 Second round Japan 1870 Hong Kong 1959 Tokyo, Japan 20–21 September 197521 September 1975 Japan take 4-0 lead https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750921-1.2.83 21 July 2024 The Straits Times 21 en NewspaperSG22 September 1975 A clean sweep by Japan https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750922-1.2.100.4 21 July 2024 The Straits Times 28 en NewspaperSG 9 0 Ippei Kojima 15 15 Yang Mei Liang 5 6 Kinji Zeniya 15 15 Wong Man Hing 3 6 Nobutaka Ikeda Shoichi Toganoo 15 15 Haw Wan Cheong Wang Hung Ping 8 11 Yoshitaka Iino Masao Tsuchida 15 10 15 Chen Kwok Ming Wong Man Hing 6 15 6 Kinji Zeniya 15 18 Yang Mei Liang 4 16 Ippei Kojima 15 18 Wong Man Hing 4 16 Masao Tsuchida 16 9 Haw Wan Cheong 8 6 Nobutaka Ikeda Shoichi Toganoo 17 15 Chen Kwok Ming Wong Man Hing 6 10 Yoshitaka Iino Masao Tsuchida 15 15 Haw Wan Cheong Wang Hung Ping 5 6 India Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan 29–30 November 1975Scheele Herbert World Badminton No. 24 International Badminton Federation 1976 4 5 4 Davinder Ahuja 5 8 Javed Iqbal 15 15 Prakash Padukone 15 15 Hassan Shaheed 13 8 Prakash Padukone Asif Parpia 15 15 Hassan Shaheed Tariq Wadood 9 6 Partho Ganguli Suresh Goel 15 15 Javed Iqbal Anwar Saeed 11 6 Prakash Padukone 15 18 Javed Iqbal 12 9 Davinder Ahuja 10 12 Hassan Shaheed 15 15 Suresh Goel 15 5 10 Tariq Wadood 9 15 15 Prakash Padukone Asif Parpia 15 15 Javed Iqbal Anwar Saeed 11 4 Partho Ganguli Suresh Goel 10 11 Hassan Shaheed Tariq Wadood 15 15 Malaysia Singapore Singapore 5–6 December 19756 December 1975 MALAYSIANS TAKE 3-1 LEAD https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19751206-1.2.137.6 21 July 2024 The Straits Times 30 en NewspaperSG7 December 1975 MALAYSIANS MAKE IT CRUSHING 8-1 TRIUMPH https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19751207-1.2.91 21 July 2024 The Straits Times 28 en NewspaperSG 8 1 Saw Swee Leong 6 15 15 Ng Chor Yau 15 8 5 Moo Foot Lian 15 6 15 Lee Ah Ngo 10 15 8 James Selvaraj Lim Cheng Hoe 10 16 Tan Eng Han Yeo Ah Seng 15 18 Cheah Hong Chong Dominic Soong 15 15 Kok Peng Hon Lee Ah Ngo 7 10 Saw Swee Leong 15 15 Lee Ah Ngo 7 5 Moo Foot Lian 15 15 Ng Chor Yau 12 9 Cheah Hong Chong 5 15 4 Tan Ban Chew 15 3 8 4 Cheah Hong Chong Dominic Soong 12 15 15 Tan Eng Han Yeo Ah Seng 15 10 6 James Selvaraj Lim Cheng Hoe 15 15 Kok Peng Hon Ng Chor Yau 5 13 Semi-finals Japan 1870 South Korea 1949 Tokyo, Japan 24–25 January 197625 January 1976 배드민턴 日(일)에 敗北(패배) https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1976012500239108012&editNo=1&printCount=1&publishDate=1976-01-25&officeId=00023&pageNo=8&printNo=16862&publishType=00010 21 July 2024 Chosun Ilbo 8 ko26 January 1976 토마스컵배드민턴 韓國(한국)티임完全脫落(완전탈락) https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.naver?articleId=1976012600209208009&editNo=2&printCount=1&publishDate=1976-01-26&officeId=00020&pageNo=8&printNo=16711&publishType=00020 21 July 2024 Dong-A Ilbo 8 ko 9 0 Kinji Zeniya 15 15 Han Sung-ki 6 1 Ippei Kojima 15 18 Lee Eun-ku 9 13 Yoshitaka Iino Masao Tsuchida 15 15 Han Sung-ki Kim Bong-sub 4 2 Nobutaka Ikeda Shoichi Toganoo 15 15 Kim Eui-gon Lee Ok-hyun 3 1 Kinji Zeniya 15 18 Lee Eun-ku 4 4 Ippei Kojima 15 18 Han Sung-ki 4 8 Masao Tsuchida 16 9 Lee Ok-hyun 3 5 Nobutaka Ikeda Shoichi Toganoo 15 15 Han Sung-ki Kim Bong-sub 5 8 Yoshitaka Iino Masao Tsuchida 15 15 Kim Eui-gon Lee Ok-hyun 2 1 Malaysia India Ludhiana, India 14–15 February 1976Scheele Herbert World Badminton No. 25 International Badminton Federation 1976 6 5 4 Saw Swee Leong 4 3 Prakash Padukone 15 15 Phua Ah Hua 15 5 13 Dinesh Khanna 11 15 18 James Selvaraj Moo Foot Lian 5 15 12 Prakash Padukone Asif Parpia 15 12 15 Cheah Hong Chong Dominic Soong 15 15 Davinder Ahuja Partho Ganguli 6 9 Saw Swee Leong 17 17 Dinesh Khanna 15 15 Phua Ah Hua 4 8 Prakash Padukone 15 15 James Selvaraj 15 15 Iqbal Manindergi 2 8 Cheah Hong Chong Dominic Soong 17 15 15 Prakash Padukone Asif Parpia 14 18 7 James Selvaraj Moo Foot Lian 18 15 Davinder Ahuja Partho Ganguli 16 7 Final Malaysia Japan 1870 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2–3 April 19763 April 1976 Malaysians lead 3-1 https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19760403-1.2.146 21 July 2024 The Straits Times 31 en NewspaperSG6 April 1976 Thomas Cup: Phua's crucial victories https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/newnation19760406-1.2.98 21 July 2024 New Nation 17 en NewspaperSG 6 3 Saw Swee Leong 17 15 Kinji Zeniya 14 6 Phua Ah Hua 15 6 15 Ippei Kojima 11 15 10 James Selvaraj Moo Foot Lian 16 15 7 Nobutaka Ikeda Shoichi Toganoo 18 8 15 Cheah Hong Chong Dominic Soong 7 15 18 Yoshitaka Iino Masao Tsuchida 15 4 15 Saw Swee Leong 15 16 11 Ippei Kojima 11 17 15 Phua Ah Hua 8 15 15 Kinji Zeniya 15 3 6 James Selvaraj 11 15 15 Masao Tsuchida 15 10 18 James Selvaraj Moo Foot Lian 15 18 Yoshitaka Iino Masao Tsuchida 5 17 Moo Foot Lian Dominic Soong 15 15 Nobutaka Ikeda Shoichi Toganoo 5 6 American Zone Bracket main Bracket Semi-finals Final 24 January 1976 – Manhattan Beach CAN 6 USA 3 13 December 1975 – Lima MEX 8 PER 1 14 February 1976 – Mexico City CAN 6 MEX 3 Semi-finals Mexico Peru Lima, Peru 13–14 December 1975 8 1 José Icaza 15 15 Guillermo Zavala 4 5 Roy Díaz González 15 15 Ricardo Newton 5 2 Ricardo Jaramillo Victor Jaramillo 15 15 Federico Valdez Germán Valdez 8 5 Roy Díaz González Jorge Palazuelos 8 15 13 Ricardo Newton Guillermo Zavala 15 12 18 Roy Díaz González 15 15 Guillermo Zavala 12 1 José Icaza 15 12 15 Ricardo Newton 4 15 4 Victor Jaramillo 15 15 Federico Valdez 12 5 Ricardo Jaramillo Victor Jaramillo 17 15 Ricardo Newton Guillermo Zavala 16 8 Roy Díaz González Jorge Palazuelos 15 18 Federico Valdez Germán Valdez 7 15 Canada United States Manhattan Beach, United States 24–25 January 1976Badminton U.S.A. No. 3 1976 USA Badminton Massman Bea 35 4 6 3 Jamie McKee 13 15 15 Mike Walker 15 8 2 Wayne Macdonnell 15 15 Charles Coakley 12 11 Raphi Kanchanaraphi Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 17 8 Bob Dickie Gary Higgins 18 15 David Gibson Jamie McKee 5 15 6 Jim Poole Mike Walker 15 8 15 Jamie McKee 13 15 15 Charles Coakley 15 3 5 Wayne Macdonnell 15 15 Mike Walker 8 6 Mike Epstein 10 15 15 Mike Adams 15 6 4 David Gibson Jamie McKee 8 12 Bob Dickie Gary Higgins 15 15 Raphi Kanchanaraphi Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 15 15 Jim Poole Mike Walker 5 10 Final Canada Mexico Mexico City, Mexico 14–15 February 1976 6 3 Mike Epstein 9 10 Roy Díaz González 15 15 Jamie McKee 15 15 José Icaza 3 11 Raphi Kanchanaraphi Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 15 15 Ricardo Jaramillo Victor Jaramillo 2 4 Jamie McKee Jamie Paulson 12 15 15 Roy Díaz González Jorge Palazuelos 15 11 6 Jamie McKee 2 9 Roy Díaz González 15 15 Mike Epstein 15 15 José Icaza 12 2 Wayne Macdonnell 13 15 Victor Jaramillo 15 18 Raphi Kanchanaraphi Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 15 15 Roy Díaz González Jorge Palazuelos 12 1 Jamie McKee Jamie Paulson 15 15 Ricardo Jaramillo Victor Jaramillo 5 3 European Zone Bracket main Bracket First round Second round Semi-finals Final y no NED Bye 4 November 1975 – Edinburgh SCO 0 ENG 9 DEN Bye Bye Bye FIN Bye FRG Bye Bye Bye Bye SWE 2 December 1975 – Geldrop NED 0 ENG 9 DEN Bye 22 November 1975 – Helsinki FIN 0 FRG 9 Bye SWE 31 January 1976 – Copenhagen ENG 3 DEN 6 3 January 1976 – Mariestad FRG 1 SWE 8 20 March 1976 – Copenhagen DEN 5 SWE 4 First round England Scotland Edinburgh, Scotland 4–5 November 19755 November 1975 Scots trail 0-4 in Thomas Cup https://books.google.com/books?id=Wo5AAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA19&article_id=3264,990883 23 July 2024 The Glasgow Herald 19 en6 November 1975 Clean sweep by England https://books.google.com/books?id=W45AAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA18&article_id=1972,1244069 23 July 2024 The Glasgow Herald 18 en 9 0 Ray Stevens 15 15 George Forbes 4 2 Paul Whetnall 15 15 Nicol McCloy 7 4 David Eddy Eddy Sutton 15 15 Fraser Gow Robert S. McCoig 11 8 Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett 15 15 Jim Ansari Billy Gilliland 5 6 Paul Whetnall 15 17 George Forbes 11 16 Ray Stevens 15 15 Nicol McCloy 0 4 Derek Talbot 15 15 Robert S. McCoig 5 6 David Eddy Eddy Sutton 15 18 Jim Ansari Billy Gilliland 13 15 Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett 15 15 Fraser Gow Robert S. McCoig 12 10 Second round West Germany Finland Helsinki, Finland 22–23 November 1975Scheele Herbert World Badminton No. 23 International Badminton Federation 1975 4 9 0 Roland Maywald 15 15 Jouko Degerth 12 5 Michael Schnaase 15 15 Lars-Henrik Nybergh 6 7 Karl-Heinz Garbers Gerhard Kucki 15 15 Dick Monthén Mårten Segercrantz 1 6 Willi Braun Roland Maywald 15 15 Jouko Degerth Lars-Henrik Nybergh 2 9 Roland Maywald 18 15 Lars-Henrik Nybergh 14 12 Michael Schnaase 15 15 Jouko Degerth 7 7 Torsten Winter 15 15 Carl-Johan Nybergh 3 11 Willi Braun Roland Maywald 15 15 Dick Monthén Mårten Segercrantz 5 10 Karl-Heinz Garbers Gerhard Kucki 15 15 15 Jouko Degerth Lars-Henrik Nybergh 6 18 10 England Netherlands Geldrop, Netherlands 2–3 December 19753 December 1975 Badminton https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?coll=ddd&identifier=KBNRC01:000031583:mpeg21:a0099 27 July 2024 Algemeen Handelsblad 9 nl Delpher4 December 1975 Clean sweep https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19751204/646/0028 registration 27 July 2024 Liverpool Echo 28 en British Newspaper Archive 9 0 Paul Whetnall 15 15 Rob Ridder 12 7 Derek Talbot 15 18 Piet Ridder 7 15 Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett 15 15 Boudewijn Ridder Rob Ridder 3 9 David Eddy Eddy Sutton 15 15 Piet Ridder Clemens Wortel 6 2 Paul Whetnall 15 15 Piet Ridder 3 4 Derek Talbot 15 15 Rob Ridder 4 8 Ray Stevens 15 15 Clemens Wortel 3 5 David Eddy Eddy Sutton 15 15 Boudewijn Ridder Rob Ridder 9 8 Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett 15 15 Guus de Vogel Guus van der Vlugt 4 1 Semi-finals Denmark England Copenhagen, Denmark 31 January – 1 February 19762 February 1976 Badminton defeat https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000271/19751204/646/0028 registration 27 July 2024 Coventry Evening Telegraph 8 en British Newspaper Archive 6 3 Svend Pri 11 15 11 Ray Stevens 15 12 15 Flemming Delfs 15 15 Paul Whetnall 11 6 Poul Petersen Per Walsøe 16 10 David Eddy Eddy Sutton 18 15 Flemming Delfs Elo Hansen 12 15 17 Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett 15 8 14 Elo Hansen 15 10 15 Derek Talbot 6 15 11 Svend Pri 18 15 Paul Whetnall 13 7 Flemming Delfs 15 10 15 Ray Stevens 11 15 3 Flemming Delfs Elo Hansen 15 15 David Eddy Eddy Sutton 8 12 Poul Petersen Per Walsøe 15 10 11 Ray Stevens Mike Tredgett 9 15 15 Sweden West Germany Mariestad, Sweden 3–4 January 19764 January 1976 MARIESTAD: Thomas Cup i badminton, semifinal i Europazonen, Sverige— Västtyskland efter en av två speldagar 3—1 https://tidningar.kb.se/fzrv512r36tt5pp/part/1/page/23 28 July 2024 Aftonbladet 23 sv5 January 1976 MARIESTAD: Thomas Cup — Semifinal i Europazonen: Sverige—Västtyskland 8—1 https://tidningar.kb.se/xg8c4nl82g8twtc/part/1/page/14 28 July 2024 Aftonbladet 14 sv 8 1 Thomas Kihlström 15 15 Michael Schnaase 6 1 Sture Johnsson 15 15 Wolfgang Bochow 7 5 Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström 9 15 15 Willi Braun Roland Maywald 15 9 9 Sture Johnsson Claes Nordin 3 15 13 Karl-Heinz Garbers Gerhard Kucki 15 9 15 Sture Johnsson 15 15 Michael Schnaase 4 2 Thomas Kihlström 15 8 15 Wolfgang Bochow 7 15 13 Kurt Johnsson 4 15 15 Roland Maywald 15 7 6 Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström 15 15 Karl-Heinz Garbers Gerhard Kucki 11 3 Sture Johnsson Claes Nordin 15 16 15 Willi Braun Roland Maywald 8 18 10 Final Denmark Sweden Copenhagen, Denmark 20–21 March 197621 March 1976 KÖPENHAMN: Thomas Cup, final i Europazonen, Danmark—Sverige 2—2 efter första dagen https://tidningar.kb.se/zh9kqtf906rcr31/part/1/page/55 28 July 2024 Expressen 55 sv21 March 1976 KÖPENHAMN: Thomas Cup Danmark—Sverige 5—4 https://tidningar.kb.se/g0sw70ts3l19560/part/1/page/32 28 July 2024 Aftonbladet 32 sv 5 4 Flemming Delfs 15 6 16 Sture Johnsson 12 15 17 Svend Pri 12 15 15 Thomas Kihlström 15 4 6 Flemming Delfs Elo Hansen 15 15 Matts Andersson Lars Wengberg 6 9 Jesper Helledie Jørgen Mortensen 9 8 Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström 15 15 Svend Pri 15 15 Sture Johnsson 11 9 Flemming Delfs 8 8 Thomas Kihlström 15 15 Elo Hansen 11 15 8 Bruno Wackfelt 15 6 15 Flemming Delfs Elo Hansen 15 11 15 Bengt Fröman Thomas Kihlström 12 15 6 Jesper Helledie Jørgen Mortensen 15 15 Matts Andersson Lars Wengberg 8 11 Australasian Zone Bracket main Bracket Semi-finals Final August 1975 – Perth AUS w/o IRI 1964 July 1975 NZL w/o TWN Republic оf China 26 September 1975 – Hobart AUS 0 NZL 9 Semi-finals In August 1975, Australia and Iran were due to compete for a place in the Australasian zone final in Perth but Iran later withdrew from the event. New Zealand also qualified for the Australasian zone final following the withdrawal of the Republic of China.Scheele Herbert World Badminton No. 22 International Badminton Federation 1975 6 Final New Zealand Australia Hobart, Australia 26–27 September 197528 September 1975 NZ's hold big lead https://books.google.com/books?id=yARkAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA38&article_id=4168,7255463 27 July 2024 The Sydney Morning Herald 38 en 9 0 Bryan Purser 15 15 Peter Cooper 13 11 Ross Livingston 15 15 John Clancy 3 11 Warren Johns Ross Livingston 9 15 15 Peter Cooper Chris Hardwick 15 1 7 Bryan Purser Richard Purser 15 15 Cuthbert Berenger John Clancy 4 9 Ross Livingston 18 15 Peter Cooper 16 6 Bryan Purser 11 15 15 John Clancy 15 7 9 Richard Purser 18 15 Cuthbert Berenger 5 7 Bryan Purser Richard Purser 18 15 Peter Cooper Chris Hardwick 14 10 15 Warren Johns Ross Livingston 15 15 Cuthbert Berenger John Clancy 5 9 References Category:1976 in badminton Category:Thomas & Uber Cup