1961 Thomas Cup qualification

Badminton tournament

1961 Thomas Cup qualificationTournament details

Dates| 22 July 1960 – 29 March 1961
Location| Asian zone:
Bangkok
Hong Kong
Lahore

American zone:
Toronto
European zone:
Greenock
Derry
Paris
Southend-on-Sea
Stockholm
Trollhättan

Australasian zone:
Feilding
Melbourne
| ← 1958 | 1964 →

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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[edit]

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]

### Qualified teams[edit]

Country  | Qualified as  | Qualified on  | Final appearance

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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

## Asian Zone[edit]

### Bracket[edit]

| First round| | Semi-finals| | Final

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|  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| |

### First round[edit]

Thailand
6 | Bangkok, Thailand
19–20 December 1960
[2] |
India
3 |

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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 |

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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 |  |

### Semi-finals[edit]

Malaya
2 | Bangkok, Thailand
23–24 December 1960
[4] |
Thailand
7 |

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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  |

### Final[edit]

Thailand
8 | Lahore, Pakistan
28–29 March 1961
[5][6] |
Pakistan
1 |

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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 |  |

## American Zone[edit]

### Bracket[edit]

| Final

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|  |

| 24 February 1961 – Toronto

|  United States| 7

|  Canada| 2

### Final[edit]

United States
7 | Toronto, Canada
24–25 February 1961
[7][8] |
Canada
2 |

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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 |
| Manny 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 |
| Manny Armendariz
Bert Fergus | 7
15  | 17
16 | 2
15  |
8 |
| Joey Alston / Wynn Rogers
Herbert Kirkconnell / John Martin | 15
0 | 15
8 |  |
9 |
| Manny Armendariz / Jim Poole
Bert Fergus / Beverley Westcott | 8
15  | 15
12 | 7
15  |

## European Zone[edit]

### Bracket[edit]

| First round| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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| |

### First round[edit]

England
9 | Paris, France
14 November 1960
[9] |
France
0 |

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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 |

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|  |  |  | 1  | 2  | 3  |

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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 |

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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 |  |

### Semi-finals[edit]

England
4 | Stockholm, Sweden
11–12 January 1961
[12] |
Sweden
5 |

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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 |

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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 |  |

### Final[edit]

Denmark
9 | Southend-on-Sea, England
12–13 March 1961
[14] |
England
0 |

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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 |  |

## Australasian Zone[edit]

### Bracket[edit]

| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  |  |  |  |  |

| 22 July 1960 – Feilding| |

|  Australia| 8

| December 1960 – Melbourne

|  New Zealand| 1 |

|  Australia| w/o

| |  Japan|

| Bye|

|  Japan| |

### Semi-finals[edit]

Australia
8 | Feilding, New Zealand
22–23 July 1960
[15][16] |
New Zealand
1 |

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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 |  |

### Final[edit]

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

## References[edit]

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4. ^ "Badminton". The Straits Times. 22 December 1960. p. 19. Retrieved 22 May 2024 - via NewspaperSG.
5. ^ "Thais lead in Thomas Cup tie". The Straits Times. 30 March 1961. p. 15. Retrieved 22 May 2024 - via NewspaperSG.
6. ^ "Thailand gain 8-1 Cup victory". The Straits Times. 31 March 1961. p. 16. Retrieved 22 May 2024 - via NewspaperSG.
7. ^ "Canada shuttlers crashed". The Calgary Herald. 27 February 1961. p. 11. Retrieved 22 May 2024 - via Google Books.
8. ^ "MacDonnell breaks ankle, Canada crushed in badminton play". The Leader-Post. 27 February 1961. p. 23. Retrieved 22 May 2024 - via Google Books.
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1949–1982|

| Thomas Cup|

* Preston 1949
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* Jakarta 1973
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* Jakarta 1979
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* Philadelphia 1960
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