1955 Thomas Cup qualification

1955 Thomas Cup qualification

Tournament details
Dates	27 June 1954 – 6 May 1955
Location	Asian zone: Bangkok Bombay Colombo Hong Kong Karachi American zone: Winnipeg European zone: Bonn Cardiff Dublin Dunfermline Le Havre Malmö Stoke-on-Trent Australasian zone: Melbourne
← 1952 1958 →

The qualifying process for the 1955 Thomas Cup took place from 27 June 1954 to 6 May 1955 to decide the final teams which will play in the final tournament.

Qualification process

Previously, the qualification process was divided into three regions, the Pacific Zone, the American Zone and the European Zone. More countries competed in qualifying for the Cup, resulting in the process being 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 Singapore. ^[1]

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

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Final appearance
Malaya	1952 Thomas Cup winners	1 June 1952	3rd
India	Asian Zone winners	10 April 1955	2nd
Denmark	European Zone winners	2 April 1955	3rd
United States	American Zone winners	13 March 1955	3rd
Australia	Australasian Zone winners	6 May 1955	1st

Asian Zone

Bracket

	First round				Semi-finals				Final
	27 June 1954 – Colombo
	Pakistan	9
					20 November 1954 – Karachi
	Ceylon	0
					Pakistan	0
	30 July 1954 – Bangkok
					India	9
	India	6
									9 April 1955 – Bombay
	Thailand	3
									India	9
	August 1954 – Rangoon
									Hong Kong	0
	Burma
					11 November 1954 – Hong Kong
	Hong Kong	w/o
					Hong Kong	6
					Japan	3
	Japan
	Bye

First round

Pakistan 9	Colombo, Ceylon 27–28 June 1954 [2]		Ceylon 0
1 2 3 1 Shamshad Ali Sam Schoorman 15 2 15 5     2 Nazir Rajput Raife Jansz 15 9 15 7     3 Latif Gani  /  Mennen Soares P. Sivalingam  /  R. P. Nadarajah 15 5 15 7     4 Shamshad Ali  /  Rustam Bharucha N. Suganadeva  /  V. Narendra 15 4 15 4     5 Saeed Malik P. Sivalingam 15 3 15 6     6 Shamshad Ali Raife Jansz 15 7 15 0     7 Nazir Rajput Sam Schoorman 15 5 15 7     8 Latif Gani  /  Mennen Soares N. Suganadeva  /  V. Narendra 18 14 15 5     9 Shamshad Ali  /  Rustam Bharucha P. Sivalingam  /  R. P. Nadarajah 15 9 15 8

India 6	Bangkok, Thailand 30–31 July 1954 [3] [4]		Thailand 3
1 2 3 1 Trilok Nath Seth Direk Khadjadbhye 15 8 15 4     2 Nandu Natekar Chinda Promsirintha 15 1 15 5     3 P.S. Chawla  /  Trilok Nath Seth Sunthorn Subabandhu  /  Kamal Sudthivanich 14 18 10 15     4 Ravindra Dongre  /  Nandu Natekar Sanguan Anandhanonda  /  Pinit Pattabongse 15 6 11 15 15 12   5 Nandu Natekar Direk Khadjadbhye 6 15 18 13 15 7   6 Trilok Nath Seth Chinda Promsirintha 15 8 15 3     7 Amrit Lal Dewan Pinit Pattabongse 18 14 6 15 6 15   8 Ravindra Dongre  /  Nandu Natekar Sunthorn Subabandhu  /  Kamal Sudthivanich 15 10 15 7     9 P.S. Chawla  /  Trilok Nath Seth Sanguan Anandhanonda  /  Pinit Pattabongse 3 15 9 15

Semi-finals

India 9	Karachi, Pakistan 20–21 November 1954 [5] [6]		Pakistan 0
1 2 3 1 Nandu Natekar Nazir Rajput 15 8 15 2     2 Trilok Nath Seth Shamshad Ali 15 13 15 10     3 Ravindra Dongre  /  Nandu Natekar Latif Gani  /  Mennen Soares 15 5 15 7     4 Manoj Guha  /  Gajanan Hemmady Shamshad Ali  /  Irshad Ahmed 11 15 15 7 15 4   5 Gajanan Hemmady Irshad Ahmed 15 5 11 15 15 12   6 Nandu Natekar Shamshad Ali 18 14 15 5     7 Trilok Nath Seth Nazir Rajput 15 12 15 4     8 Manoj Guha  /  Gajanan Hemmady Latif Gani  /  Mennen Soares 15 3 15 7     9 Ravindra Dongre  /  Nandu Natekar Shamshad Ali  /  Irshad Ahmed 15 8 15 3

Hong Kong 6	Kowloon, Hong Kong 11–12 November 1954 [7] [8]		Japan 3
1 2 3 1 Ramon Young Yoshiaki Sato 15 8 15 9     2 Bill Funk Humio Mochizuki 15 6 15 7     3 Robert Tay  /  Patrick Wong Michiaki Oka  /  Yoshiaki Sato 15 12 15 12     4 Low Keat Soo  /  Ramon Young Humio Mochizuki  /  Hiroshi Sugita 15 6 15 12     5 Ramon Young Humio Mochizuki 8 15 10 15     6 Bill Funk Yoshiaki Sato 11 15 15 11 10 15   7 Junior Pomeroy Michiaki Oka 8 15 8 15     8 Robert Tay  /  Patrick Wong Humio Mochizuki  /  Hiroshi Sugita 11 15 15 11 15 13   9 Low Keat Soo  /  Ramon Young Michiaki Oka  /  Yoshiaki Sato 15 4 15 2

Final

India 9	Bombay, India 9–10 April 1955 [9] [10]		Hong Kong 0
1 2 3 1 Nandu Natekar Ramon Young 15 1 15 7     2 Amrit Lal Dewan Junior Pomeroy 15 1 15 0     3 Ravindra Dongre  /  Nandu Natekar Robert Tay  /  Patrick Wong 15 3 15 9     4 Manoj Guha  /  Gajanan Hemmady Low Keat Soo  /  Junior Pomeroy 15 3 15 4     5 Amrit Lal Dewan Ramon Young 15 7 15 4     6 Nandu Natekar Junior Pomeroy 15 3 15 4     7 P.S. Chawla Robert Tay 15 6 15 2     8 Manoj Guha  /  Gajanan Hemmady Robert Tay  /  Patrick Wong 15 6 15 5     9 Ravindra Dongre  /  Nandu Natekar Low Keat Soo  /  Junior Pomeroy 15 9 15 1

American Zone

Bracket

	Final
	12 March 1955 – Winnipeg
	United States	5
	Canada	4

Final

United States 5	Winnipeg, Canada 12–13 March 1955 [11] [12]		Canada 4
1 2 3 1 Dick Mitchell Donald Smythe 17 16 8 15 15 3   2 Joey Alston David McTaggart 4 15 15 6 11 15   3 Carl Loveday  /  Bob Williams T. Darryl Thompson  /  Gordon Simpson 15 7 15 9     4 Joey Alston  /  Wynn Rogers Budd Porter  /  Donald Smythe 18 17 15 9     5 Dick Mitchell David McTaggart 4 15 15 9 7 15   6 Joey Alston Donald Smythe 15 7 16 17 14 17   7 Bill Berry Beverley Westcott 11 15 12 15     8 Carl Loveday  /  Bob Williams Budd Porter  /  Donald Smythe 15 11 15 12     9 Joey Alston  /  Wynn Rogers T. Darryl Thompson  /  Gordon Simpson 15 8 15 5

European Zone

Bracket

First round

Second round

Semi-finals

Final

Sweden

18 December 1954 – Le Havre

Bye

Sweden

9

France

0

France

28 February 1955 – Stoke

Bye

Sweden

7

13 November 1954 – Bonn

England

2

England

9

November 1954 – Brussels

West Germany

0

England

w/o

Belgium

Belgium

1 April 1955 – Stockholm

Bye

Sweden

1

Denmark

8

Bye

7 December 1954 – Cardiff

Denmark

Denmark

9

Wales

0

Bye

10 December 1954 – Dublin

Wales

Denmark

9

Ireland

0

Bye

26 November 1954 – Dunfermline

Scotland

Scotland

3

Ireland

6

Bye

Ireland

First round

England 9	Bonn, West Germany 13–14 November 1954 [13]		West Germany 0
1 2 3 1 John D. McColl Hans Walbrück 15 2 15 6     2 F. John Shaw Hans Grashof 15 6 15 9     3 John Best  /  Warwick Shute Hans Riegel  /  Hans Walbrück 15 5 15 6     4 Anthony Jordan  /  John D. McColl Hans Eschweiler  /  Günter Ropertz 15 2 15 4     5 F. John Shaw Hans Walbrück 15 1 15 7     6 Anthony Jordan Hans Eschweiler 15 2 15 3     7 John D. McColl Hans Grashof 15 5 15 4     8 John Best  /  Warwick Shute Hans Eschweiler  /  Günter Ropertz 15 5 15 7     9 Anthony Jordan  /  John D. McColl Hans Riegel  /  Hans Walbrück 15 5 15 4

Second round

Ireland 6	Dunfermline, Scotland 26–27 November 1954 [14] [15]		Scotland 3
1 2 3 1 Frank Peard Alastair Russell 15 10 7 15 5 15   2 James Doyle W. Ross 15 2 15 1     3 Jim Fitzgibbon  /  Frank Peard Donald Ross  /  W. Ross 15 11 18 14     4 James Doyle  /  S. S. J. Huey J. C. McKay  /  Alastair Russell 15 8 15 7     5 James Doyle Alastair Russell 15 12 10 15 8 15   6 J. A. D. Lack Ian Hutchinson 4 15 2 15     7 Frank Peard W. Ross 15 3 15 7     8 James Doyle  /  S. S. J. Huey Donald Ross  /  W. Ross 15 9 15 10     9 J. Lacy  /  Frank Peard J. C. McKay  /  Alastair Russell 15 13 15 6

Denmark 9	Cardiff, Wales 7–8 December 1954 [16]		Wales 0
1 2 3 1 Finn Kobberø F. Griffith 15 8 12 15 15 9   2 Jørn Skaarup J. C. Morgan 15 4 15 3     3 Jørgen Hansen  /  Finn Kobberø P. R. Davis  /  F. Griffith 15 10 15 4     4 Palle Granlund  /  Poul-Erik Nielsen J. C. Morgan  /  H. Richards 15 10 15 4     5 Finn Kobberø J. C. Morgan 15 0 15 0     6 Jørgen Hansen H. Richards 15 0 15 5     7 Jørn Skaarup F. Griffith 15 1 15 1     8 Jørgen Hansen  /  Finn Kobberø J. C. Morgan  /  H. Richards 15 2 15 6     9 Poul-Erik Nielsen  /  Jørn Skaarup P. R. Davis  /  F. Griffith 15 4 15 0

Sweden 9	Le Havre, France 18–19 December 1954 [17] [18]		France 0
1 2 3 1 Berndt Dahlberg Henri Pellizza 15 3 15 3     2 Bertil Glans Paul Ailloud 15 1 15 5     3 Bertil Glans  /  Berndt Dahlberg Henri Pellizza  /  Paul Ailloud 15 4 15 6     4 Nils Jonson  /  Stellan Mohlin Ghislain Vasseur  /  Pierre Lenoir 15 4 15 3     5 Bertil Glans Henri Pellizza 15 0 15 0     6 Berndt Dahlberg Paul Ailloud 15 1 15 4     7 Nils Jonson Ghislain Vasseur 15 1 15 0     8 Nils Jonson  /  Stellan Mohlin Henri Pellizza  /  Paul Ailloud 15 4 15 12     9 Bertil Glans  /  Berndt Dahlberg Ghislain Vasseur  /  Pierre Lenoir 15 8 15 12

Semi-finals

Sweden 7	Stoke-on-Trent, England 28 February–1 March 1955 [19] [20]		England 2
1 2 3 1 Nils Jonson John D. McColl 15 8 13 15 15 4   2 Bertil Glans Anthony Jordan 15 11 15 2     3 Inge Blomberg  /  Knut Malmgren John Best  /  Warwick Shute 11 15 0 15     4 Nils Jonson  /  Stellan Mohlin Anthony Jordan  /  John D. McColl 15 9 9 15 15 8   5 Inge Blomberg John Best 15 7 15 5     6 Nils Jonson Anthony Jordan 15 9 15 13     7 Bertil Glans John D. McColl 15 8 15 10     8 Nils Jonson  /  Stellan Mohlin John Best  /  Warwick Shute 13 15 4 15     9 Inge Blomberg  /  Knut Malmgren Anthony Jordan  /  John D. McColl 15 13 15 6

Denmark 9	Dublin, Ireland 10–11 December 1954 [21] [22]		Ireland 0
1 2 3 1 Finn Kobberø Frank Peard 15 1 15 3     2 Jørn Skaarup James Doyle 15 3 15 3     3 Jørgen Hansen  /  Finn Kobberø Jim Fitzgibbon  /  Frank Peard 15 5 15 7     4 Palle Granlund  /  Poul-Erik Nielsen James Doyle  /  S. S. Huey 15 13 15 6     5 Finn Kobberø James Doyle 15 0 15 3     6 Jørn Skaarup Frank Peard 12 15 15 5 15 4   7 Palle Granlund Charles McCormack 15 2 17 3     8 Jørgen Hansen  /  Finn Kobberø James Doyle  /  S. S. Huey 10 15 15 9 15 3   9 Palle Granlund  /  Poul-Erik Nielsen Jim Fitzgibbon  /  Frank Peard 15 12 7 15 18 16

Final

Denmark 8	Stockholm, Sweden 1–2 April 1955 [23] [24]		Sweden 1
1 2 3 1 Jørn Skaarup Leif Ekedahl 18 13 17 14     2 Finn Kobberø Bertil Glans 15 10 15 11     3 Ove Eilertsen  /  Ole Mertz Nils Jonson  /  Stellan Mohlin 15 11 15 7     4 Jørgen Hansen  /  Finn Kobberø Inge Blomberg  /  Knut Malmgren 15 1 15 4     5 Jørgen Hansen Nils Jonson 15 8 15 1     6 Finn Kobberø Leif Ekedahl 15 10 15 6     7 Jørn Skaarup Bertil Glans 15 9 4 15 4 15   8 Ove Eilertsen  /  Ole Mertz Inge Blomberg  /  Knut Malmgren 15 3 15 9     9 Jørgen Hansen  /  Finn Kobberø Nils Jonson  /  Stellan Mohlin 15 2 15 7

Australasian Zone

Bracket

	Final
	5 May 1955 – Melbourne
	Australia	7
	New Zealand	2

Final

Australia 7	Melbourne, Australia 5–6 May 1955 [25] [26]		New Zealand 2
1 2 3 1 Don Murray Paul Skelt 15 2 17 18 15 5   2 Stan Russell Jeff Robson 11 15 13 15     3 Cliff Cutt  /  Don Murray Anthony T. Skelt  /  Paul Skelt 15 6 15 2     4 Allan McCabe  /  Stan Russell Jeff Robson  /  Leith Shand 15 11 15 7     5 Cliff Cutt Leith Shand 15 6 15 8     6 Don Murray Jeff Robson 7 7 9 17     7 Stan Russell Paul Skelt 15 5 15 10     8 Cliff Cutt  /  Don Murray Jeff Robson  /  Leith Shand 15 10 15 9     9 Allan McCabe  /  Stan Russell Anthony T. Skelt  /  Paul Skelt 15 6 15 9

References

1. "Mike's Badminton Populorum". Archived from the original on 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
2. Pakistan vs Ceylon
3. India vs Thailand
4. India vs Thailand
5. India vs Pakistan
6. India vs Pakistan
7. Hong Kong vs Japan
8. Hong Kong vs Japan
9. India vs Hong Kong
10. India vs Hong Kong
11. United States vs Canada
12. United States vs Canada
13. England vs West Germany
14. Ireland vs Scotland
15. Ireland vs Scotland
16. Denmark vs Wales
17. Ireland vs Scotland
18. Ireland vs Scotland
19. Sweden vs England
20. Sweden vs England
21. Denmark vs Ireland
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24. Denmark vs Sweden
25. Australia vs New Zealand
26. Australia vs New Zealand