1961 Thomas Cup qualification

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.

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.^[1]

Indonesia were the champions of the last Thomas Cup, therefore the team automatically qualified for the inter-zone play-offs.^[1]

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Final appearance
Indonesia	1958 Thomas Cup winners	15 June 1958	2nd
Thailand	Asian Zone winners	29 March 1961	2nd
Denmark	European Zone winners	13 March 1961	5th
United States	American Zone winners	25 February 1961	5th
Australia	Australasian Zone winners	21 January 1961	2nd

	First round				Semi-finals				Final
	Hong Kong
					January 1961 – Hong Kong
	Bye
					Hong Kong
	30 July 1960 – Lahore
					Pakistan	w/o
	Pakistan	9
									28 March 1961 – Lahore
	Ceylon	0
									Pakistan	1
	19 December 1960 – Bangkok
									Thailand	8
	India	3
					23 December 1960 – Bangkok
	Thailand	6
					Thailand	7
					Malaya	2
	Bye
	Malaya

Thailand 6	Bangkok, Thailand 19–20 December 1960 [2]		India 3
1 2 3 1 Channarong Ratanaseangsuang Suresh Goel 15 10 15 1     2 Somsook Boonyasukhanonda Nandu Natekar 8 15 5 15     3 Narong Bhornchima / Raphi Kanchanaraphi Chandrakant Deoras / Nandu Natekar 6 15 9 15     4 Chavalert Chumkum / Chuchart Vatanatham Amrit Lal Dewan / Dipu Ghosh 15 5 17 14     5 Somsook Boonyasukhanonda Suresh Goel 15 13 15 11     6 Channarong Ratanaseangsuang Nandu Natekar 10 15 9 15     7 Narong Bhornchima Amrit Lal Dewan 15 7 15 11     8 Chavalert Chumkum / Chuchart Vatanatham Chandrakant Deoras / Nandu Natekar 15 7 15 9     9 Narong Bhornchima / Raphi Kanchanaraphi Amrit Lal Dewan / Dipu Ghosh 15 8 15 4

Pakistan 9	Lahore, Pakistan 30–31 July 1960 [3]		Ceylon 0
1 2 3 1 Shamshad Ali Nagalingam Rasalingam 15 3 15 3     2 Akram Baig Sam Chandrasena 15 4 15 6     3 Tahir Karamat / Naqi Mohsin Sam Chandrasena / A. R. L. Wijesekera 15 7 15 5     4 Wajahat Ali / Masood Khan Gerry Chandrasena / Nagalingam Rasalingam 15 3 15 2     5 Akram Baig Nagalingam Rasalingam 15 10 15 3     6 Shamshad Ali Sam Chandrasena 15 11 15 8     7 Tahir Karamat V. Sriskandarajah 6 15 15 3 15 9   8 Wajahat Ali / Masood Khan Sam Chandrasena / A. R. L. Wijesekera 15 6 15 5     9 Tahir Karamat / Naqi Mohsin Gerry Chandrasena / Nagalingam Rasalingam 15 12 15 10

Malaya 2	Bangkok, Thailand 23–24 December 1960 [4]		Thailand 7
1 2 3 1 Teh Kew San Narong Bhornchima 17 14 15 12     2 Eddy Choong Somsook Boonyasukhanonda 12 15 9 15     3 Lim Say Hup / Teh Kew San Narong Bhornchima / Raphi Kanchanaraphi 2 15 10 15     4 Ng Boon Bee / Tan Yee Khan Chavalert Chumkum / Chuchart Vatanatham 12 15 15 4 14 18   5 Eddy Choong Somsook Boonyasukhanonda 1 15 7 15     6 Teh Kew San Narong Bhornchima 9 15 8 15     7 Tan Yee Khan Channarong Ratanaseangsuang 18 17 8 15 8 15   8 Lim Say Hup / Teh Kew San Chavalert Chumkum / Chuchart Vatanatham 15 9 15 8     9 Ng Boon Bee / Tan Yee Khan Narong Bhornchima / Raphi Kanchanaraphi 9 15 15 10 7 15

Thailand 8	Lahore, Pakistan 28–29 March 1961 [5][6]		Pakistan 1
1 2 3 1 Somsook Boonyasukhanonda Nazir Rajput 15 5 15 13     2 Channarong Ratanaseangsuang Masood Khan 15 15 15 15     3 Narong Bhornchima / Raphi Kanchanaraphi Naqi Mohsin / Nazir Rajput 15 8 15 2     4 Chavalert Chumkum / Chuchart Vatanatham Wajahat Ali / Masood Khan 15 8 15 9     5 Channarong Ratanaseangsuang Nazir Rajput 15 4 15 1     6 Somsook Boonyasukhanonda Masood Khan 10 15 14 18     7 Narong Bhornchima Naqi Mohsin 15 7 15 9     8 Chavalert Chumkum / Chuchart Vatanatham Naqi Mohsin / Nazir Rajput 15 11 15 3     9 Narong Bhornchima / Raphi Kanchanaraphi Wajahat Ali / Masood Khan 15 3 15 3

	Final
	24 February 1961 – Toronto
	United States	7
	Canada	2

United States 7	Toronto, Canada 24–25 February 1961 [7][8]		Canada 2
1 2 3 1 Jim Poole James Carnwath 15 10 15 0     2 Bill Berry Wayne Macdonnell 12 15 15 10 15 4   3 Joey Alston / Wynn Rogers Bert Fergus / Beverley Westcott 15 4 15 1     4 Manuel Armendariz / Jim Poole Herbert Kirkconnell / John Martin 15 1 15 11     5 Bill Berry James Carnwath 15 7 15 7     6 Jim Poole Beverley Westcott 15 4 15 3     7 Manuel Armendariz Bert Fergus 7 15 17 16 2 15   8 Joey Alston / Wynn Rogers Herbert Kirkconnell / John Martin 15 0 15 8     9 Manuel Armendariz / Jim Poole Bert Fergus / Beverley Westcott 8 15 15 12 7 15

	First round				Semi-finals				Final
	14 November 1960 – Paris
	England	9
					11 January 1961 – Stockholm
	France	0
					England	5
	3 December 1960 – Trollhättan
					Sweden	4
	Sweden	9
									12 March 1961 – Southend-on-Sea
	Norway	0
									England	0
	16 December 1960 – Derry
									Denmark	9
	Denmark	9
					19 December 1960 – Greenock
	Ireland	0
					Denmark	8
					Scotland	1
	Bye
	Scotland

England 9	Paris, France 14 November 1960 [9]		France 0
1 2 3 1 Trevor Coates Alain Groéné 15 2 15 5     2 Peter Waddell Christian Badou 15 1 15 1     3 Hugh Findlay / Ron Lockwood Maurice Mathieu / Henri Pellizza 15 6 15 1     4 Trevor Coates / Anthony Jordan Paul Ailloud / Christian Badou 15 7 15 7     5 Peter Waddell Alain Groéné 15 4 15 5     6 Trevor Coates Christian Badou 15 3 15 8     7 Hugh Findlay Paul Ailloud 15 3 15 6     8 Trevor Coates / Anthony Jordan Maurice Mathieu / Henri Pellizza 15 7 15 4     9 Hugh Findlay / Ron Lockwood Paul Ailloud / Christian Badou 15 4 15 6

Sweden 9	Trollhättan, Sweden 3–4 December 1960 [10]		Norway 0
1 2 3 1 Bertil Glans Harald Nettli 15 3 15 2     2 Ingemar Eliasson Per Corneliussen 15 4 15 3     3 Bengt-Åke Jönsson / Göran Wahlqvist Erik Kjølberg / Arne Hagene 15 5 15 3     4 Bertil Glans / Ingemar Eliasson Per Corneliussen / Harald Nettli 15 6 15 2     5 Ingemar Eliasson Harald Nettli 15 11 15 3     6 Bertil Glans Per Corneliussen 15 2 15 2     7 Leif Ekedahl Kåre Samuelsen 15 9 15 10     8 Bertil Glans / Ingemar Eliasson Erik Kjølberg / Arne Hagene 18 2 17 5     9 Bengt-Åke Jönsson / Göran Wahlqvist Per Corneliussen / Harald Nettli 15 5 15 9

Denmark 9	Derry, Northern Ireland 16–17 December 1960 [11]		Ireland 0
1 2 3 1 Erland Kops James Doyle 15 1 15 1     2 Finn Kobberø Lennox Robinson 15 1 15 4     3 Finn Kobberø / Arne Rasmussen Samuel Blair / Kenneth Carlisle 15 5 15 9     4 Erland Kops / Poul-Erik Nielsen Charles McCormack / Winston Wilkinson 15 5 15 3     5 Finn Kobberø James Doyle 15 4 15 8     6 Erland Kops Lennox Robinson 15 3 15 0     7 Henning Borch Samuel Blair 15 7 15 2     8 Finn Kobberø / Arne Rasmussen Charles McCormack / Winston Wilkinson 15 2 15 5     9 Erland Kops / Poul-Erik Nielsen Samuel Blair / Kenneth Carlisle 15 6 15 6

England 5	Stockholm, Sweden 11–12 January 1961 [12]		Sweden 4
1 2 3 1 Peter Waddell Bertil Glans 9 15 15 8 13 15   2 Roger Mills Ingemar Eliasson 11 15 18 15 15 10   3 Anthony Jordan / Peter Waddell Bengt-Åke Jönsson / Göran Wahlqvist 8 15 15 13 15 10   4 Hugh Findlay / Ron Lockwood Bertil Glans / Ingemar Eliasson 15 4 18 16     5 Roger Mills Bertil Glans 3 15 8 15     6 Peter Waddell Ingemar Eliasson 6 15 15 5 9 15   7 Trevor Coates Leif Ekedahl 5 15 5 15     8 Anthony Jordan / Peter Waddell Bertil Glans / Ingemar Eliasson 15 5 15 12     9 Hugh Findlay / Ron Lockwood Bengt-Åke Jönsson / Göran Wahlqvist 17 15 3 15 15 9

Denmark 8	Greenock, Scotland 19–20 December 1960 [13]		Scotland 1
1 2 3 1 Erland Kops Robert S. McCoig 15 2 15 3     2 Finn Kobberø John Barrie 15 5 15 4     3 Finn Kobberø / Arne Rasmussen Mac Henderson / Donald Ross 6 15 15 12 15 13   4 Erland Kops / Poul-Erik Nielsen Robert S. McCoig / W. Frank Shannon 15 6 17 14     5 Finn Kobberø Robert S. McCoig 13 18 15 8 15 4   6 Erland Kops John Barrie 15 3 15 4     7 Henning Borch W. Frank Shannon 15 11 15 1     8 Finn Kobberø / Arne Rasmussen Robert S. McCoig / W. Frank Shannon 10 15 10 15     9 Erland Kops / Poul-Erik Nielsen Mac Henderson / Donald Ross 15 6 15 0

Denmark 9	Southend-on-Sea, England 12–13 March 1961 [14]		England 0
1 2 3 1 Erland Kops Trevor Coates 15 9 15 8     2 Finn Kobberø Peter Waddell 15 7 15 10     3 Jørgen Hansen / Finn Kobberø Anthony Jordan / Peter Waddell 15 12 15 6     4 Erland Kops / Poul-Erik Nielsen Hugh Findlay / Ron Lockwood 15 8 15 11     5 Finn Kobberø Trevor Coates 15 9 15 5     6 Erland Kops Peter Waddell 15 13 15 4     7 Henning Borch Hugh Findlay 15 9 10 15 17 14   8 Jørgen Hansen / Finn Kobberø Hugh Findlay / Ron Lockwood 12 15 15 7 15 8   9 Erland Kops / Poul-Erik Nielsen Anthony Jordan / Peter Waddell 15 4 15 1

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 July 1960 – Feilding
	Australia	8
					December 1960 – Melbourne
	New Zealand	1
					Australia	w/o
					Japan
	Bye
	Japan

Australia 8	Feilding, New Zealand 22–23 July 1960 [15][16]		New Zealand 1
1 2 3 1 Ken Turner Jeff Robson 11 15 15 12 15 10   2 Stan Russell Alban M. Stephens 15 9 15 6     3 Don Murray / Ken Turner Jeff Robson / Paul Skelt 15 9 15 11     4 Ian Hutchinson / Stan Russell Grenville Hinton / Raymond Reid 15 8 15 8     5 Stan Russell Jeff Robson 10 15 15 10 15 4   6 Ken Turner Alban M. Stephens 15 3 15 6     7 Don Murray Don Higgins 18 13 6 15 15 10   8 Ian Hutchinson / Stan Russell Jeff Robson / Paul Skelt 15 10 10 15 11 15   9 Don Murray / Ken Turner Grenville Hinton / Raymond Reid 15 11 15 4

In the final of the Australasian zone qualifiers, Japan conceded a walkover to Australia. Therefore, Australia qualified for the Thomas Cup by default.^[17]