1964 Thomas Cup qualification

1964 Thomas Cup qualification

Tournament details
Dates	29 July 1963 – 22 March 1964
Location	Asian zone: Taipei American zone: Kingston Mexico City Vancouver Victoria European zone: Belfast Copenhagen Dublin Edinburgh Euskirchen Haarlem Halmstad Oslo Rotherham Australasian zone: Auckland Invercargill Perth Wellington
← 1961 1967 →

The qualifying process for the 1964 Thomas Cup took place from 6 September 1963 to 22 March 1964 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 Tokyo. ^[1]

Indonesia 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
Indonesia	1958 Thomas Cup winners	11 June 1961	3rd
Thailand	Asian Zone winners	26 January 1964	3rd
Denmark	European Zone winners	22 March 1964	6th
Japan	American Zone winners	14 March 1964	1st
Malaysia	Australasian Zone winners	22 September 1963	5th

Asian Zone

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	September 1963 – Colombo
	Republic оf China	w/o
					25 January 1964 – Taipei
	Ceylon
					Republic of China	0
	December 1963 – Bangkok
					Thailand	9
	Hong Kong
	Thailand	w/o

Semi-finals

Thailand and the Republic of China automatically qualified for the Asian zone final after Ceylon and Hong Kong withdrew from the competition.

Final

Thailand 9	Taipei, Taiwan 25–26 January 1964 [2]		Republic оf China 0
1 2 3 1 Charoen Wattanasin Wang Yuan-lin 15 6 15 7     2 Sangob Rattanusorn Liang Ching-yu 15 11 15 8     3 Narong Bhornchima  /  Raphi Kanchanaraphi Lu Wen-hui  /  Wang Yuan-lin 15 6 15 6     4 Chavalert Chumkum  /  Chuchart Vatanatham Chen Yu-chieh  /  Ho Wen-ming 15 3 15 3     5 Sangob Rattanusorn Wang Yuan-lin 15 4 15 1     6 Charoen Wattanasin Liang Ching-yu 15 5 15 6     7 Narong Bhornchima Lu Wen-hui 15 13 10 15 15 1   8 Chavalert Chumkum  /  Chuchart Vatanatham Lu Wen-hui  /  Wang Yuan-lin 15 11 15 5     9 Narong Bhornchima  /  Raphi Kanchanaraphi Chen Yu-chieh  /  Ho Wen-ming 15 3 15 3

American Zone

Bracket

	First round				Semi-finals				Final
	United States
					7 February 1964 – Kingston
	Bye
					United States	9
					Jamaica	0
	Jamaica
									13 March 1964 – Victoria
	Bye
									United States	2
	22 February 1964 – Mexico City
									Japan	7
	Japan	9
					6 March 1964 – Vancouver
	Mexico	0
					Japan	8
					Canada	1
	Bye
	Canada

First round

Japan 9	Mexico City, Mexico 22–23 February 1964 [3] [4]		Mexico 0
1 2 3 1 Yoshio Komiya Sergio Fraustro 15 2 15 11     2 Takeshi Miyanaga Antonio Rangel 18 13 11 15 15 7   3 Eiichi Nagai  /  Eiichi Sakai Guillermo Allier  /  Oscar Lujan 15 4 15 2     4 Yoshinori Itagaki  /  Yoshio Komiya Antonio Rangel  /  Raúl Rangel 15 1 15 3     5 Takeshi Miyanaga Raúl Rangel 15 4 15 6     6 Yoshio Komiya Antonio Rangel 13 15 15 12 15 11   7 Eiichi Nagai Oscar Lujan 15 3 13 18 15 8   8 Yoshinori Itagaki  /  Yoshio Komiya Guillermo Allier  /  Oscar Lujan 15 4 15 4     9 Eiichi Nagai  /  Eiichi Sakai Manuel Ordorica  /  Antonio Rangel 15 1 15 3

Semi-finals

Japan 8	Vancouver, Canada 22–23 February 1964 [5]		Canada 1
1 2 3 1 Yoshio Komiya Wayne Macdonnell 12 15 15 11 15 18   2 Takeshi Miyanaga Bruce Rollick 12 15 15 11 15 8   3 Yoshinori Itagaki  /  Yoshio Komiya Edward Paterson  /  Rolf Paterson 11 15 15 5 15 3   4 Eiichi Nagai  /  Eiichi Sakai Bert Fergus  /  Wayne Macdonnell 15 5 15 2     5 Takeshi Miyanaga Wayne Macdonnell 15 10 11 15 18 15   6 Yoshio Komiya Bruce Rollick 15 3 15 3     7 Eiichi Nagai Bert Fergus 15 5 15 2     8 Yoshinori Itagaki  /  Yoshio Komiya Bert Fergus  /  Wayne Macdonnell 15 1 15 6     9 Eiichi Nagai  /  Eiichi Sakai Edward Paterson  /  Rolf Paterson 15 12 15 12

United States 9	Kingston, Jamaica 22–23 February 1964 [6]		Jamaica 0
1 2 3 1 Donald C. Paup Keith Palmer 15 1 15 4     2 Manuel Armendariz Ernest Hew 15 1 15 1     3 Jim Lynch  /  Donald C. Paup Nigel Casserley  /  Keith Palmer 15 9 15 4     4 Joey Alston  /  Michael Hartgrove Brendan Clear  /  Ernest Hew 15 2 15 5     5 Manuel Armendariz Keith Palmer 15 3 15 0     6 Donald C. Paup Ernest Hew 15 11 15 4     7 Richard Gorman Richard Roberts 15 12 15 7     8 Jim Lynch  /  Donald C. Paup Brendan Clear  /  Ernest Hew 15 9 15 5     9 Joey Alston  /  Michael Hartgrove Nigel Casserley  /  Keith Palmer 15 2 15 1

Final

United States 2	Victoria, Canada 13–14 March 1964 [7]		Japan 7
1 2 3 1 Jim Poole Yoshio Komiya 15 11 18 13     2 Manuel Armendariz Takeshi Miyanaga 2 15 2 15     3 Michael Hartgrove  /  Donald C. Paup Eiichi Nagai  /  Eiichi Sakai 13 15 15 8 9 15   4 Joey Alston  /  Wynn Rogers Yoshinori Itagaki  /  Yoshio Komiya 7 15 7 15     5 Manuel Armendariz Yoshio Komiya 5 15 4 15     6 Jim Poole Takeshi Miyanaga 15 5 15 5     7 Donald C. Paup Eiichi Nagai 1 15 14 18     8 Joey Alston  /  Wynn Rogers Eiichi Nagai  /  Eiichi Sakai 15 8 15 15 16 18   9 Michael Hartgrove  /  Donald C. Paup Yoshinori Itagaki  /  Yoshio Komiya 7 15 15 10 9 15

European Zone

Bracket

First round

Second round

Third round

Semi-finals

Final

Denmark

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Denmark

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Denmark

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Bye

Bye

Bye

Bye

Bye

26 February 1964 – Dublin

Bye

Denmark

9

Ireland

0

Ireland

16 November 1963 – Haarlem

Bye

Ireland

8

Netherlands

1

Bye

24 January 1964 – Belfast

Bye

Ireland

5

West Germany

4

Belgium

7 December 1963 – Euskirchen

Bye

Belgium

0

West Germany

9

West Germany

21 March 1964 – Copenhagen

Bye

Denmark

8

England

1

Scotland

4 December 1963 – Edinburgh

Bye

Scotland

4

Sweden

5

Sweden

13 January 1964 – Halmstad

Bye

Sweden

9

Norway

0

Norway

November 1963 – Oslo

Bye

Norway

w/o

16 November 1963 – Valletta

Malta

Pakistan

19 February 1964 – Rotherham

Malta

w/o

Sweden

4

England

5

Bye

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Bye

Bye

Bye

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England

Bye

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Bye

England

Bye

England

First round

The first round match between Pakistan and Malta was scheduled to be held on 16 and 17 November 1963 in Valletta. ^[8] The match was later cancelled as Pakistan decided to pull out of the competition. ^{[9] [10]}

Second round

Sweden 5	Edinburgh, Scotland 4–5 December 1963 [11] [12]		Scotland 4
1 2 3 1 Berndt Dahlberg Robert S. McCoig 4 15 6 15     2 Göran Wahlqvist John Barrie 15 5 15 6     3 Berndt Dahlberg  /  Bertil Glans Robert S. McCoig  /  W. Frank Shannon 9 15 16 17     4 Bengt-Åke Jönsson  /  Göran Wahlqvist Neil Gilchrist  /  Mac Henderson 6 15 15 5 11 15   5 Göran Wahlqvist Robert S. McCoig 15 10 14 15 2 15   6 Berndt Dahlberg John Barrie 15 0 15 5     7 Sture Johnsson W. Frank Shannon 15 6 15 4     8 Berndt Dahlberg  /  Bertil Glans Neil Gilchrist  /  Mac Henderson 18 8 17 12     9 Bengt-Åke Jönsson  /  Göran Wahlqvist Robert S. McCoig  /  W. Frank Shannon 15 10 15 18 15 12

Ireland 8	Haarlem, Netherlands 16 November 1963 [13]		Netherlands 1
1 2 3 1 Robert Harris Henk Weys 14 17 15 9 15 7   2 David McCullough Cees Broedelet 11 15 15 8 15 9   3 Samuel Blair  /  Kenneth Carlisle Boudewijn Ridder  /  Ronny van Wijk 15 1 15 5     4 James Doyle  /  Winston Wilkinson Rommert Delsing  /  Henk Weys 15 3 15 2     5 David McCullough Henk Weys 15 10 7 15 8 15   6 Robert Harris Cees Broedelet 15 8 15 10     7 James Doyle Herman van Hemmert-Starkenburg 15 3 15 3     8 Samuel Blair  /  Kenneth Carlisle Rommert Delsing  /  Henk Weys 15 4 15 6     9 James Doyle  /  Winston Wilkinson Boudewijn Ridder  /  Ronny van Wijk 15 4 15 0

West Germany 9	Euskirchen, West Germany 7–8 November 1963 [14]		Belgium 0
1 2 3 1 Friedhelm Wulff Anton Verstoep 15 10 15 3     2 Franz Beinvogl Roger van Meerbeek 15 7 15 6     3 Peter Birtel  /  Friedhelm Wulff Roger van Meerbeek  /  Herman Moens 15 7 15 12     4 Franz Beinvogl  /  Kurt Jendroska Bella Rudas  /  Jack Stuart 15 4 15 6     5 Franz Beinvogl Anton Verstoep 15 3 15 1     6 Friedhelm Wulff Roger van Meerbeek 18 13 15 5     7 Kurt Jendroska Herman Moens 15 2 15 1     8 Peter Birtel  /  Friedhelm Wulff Bella Rudas  /  Jack Stuart 15 2 15 3     9 Franz Beinvogl  /  Kurt Jendroska Roger van Meerbeek  /  Herman Moens 15 10 17 14

Third round

Sweden 9	Halmstad, Sweden 13 January 1964 [15]		Norway 0
1 2 3 1 Göran Wahlqvist Hans Sperre 15 4 15 5     2 Berndt Dahlberg Harald Nettli 15 4 10 15 15 2   3 Bengt-Åke Jönsson  /  Göran Wahlqvist Per Corneliussen  /  Kåre Samuelsen 15 2 15 5     4 Berndt Dahlberg  /  Bertil Glans Harald Nettli  /  Hans Sperre 15 6 15 9     5 Berndt Dahlberg Hans Sperre 15 11 15 9     6 Göran Wahlqvist Harald Nettli 15 8 15 6     7 Sture Johnsson Kåre Samuelsen 15 12 15 9     8 Bengt-Åke Jönsson  /  Göran Wahlqvist Per Corneliussen  /  Kåre Samuelsen 18 3 17 7     9 Berndt Dahlberg  /  Bertil Glans Harald Nettli  /  Hans Sperre 15 6 15 9

Ireland 5	Belfast, Northern Ireland 24–25 January 1964 [16]		West Germany 4
1 2 3 1 Robert Harris Friedhelm Wulff 15 12 3 15 9 15   2 James Doyle Franz Beinvogl 10 15 15 7 2 15   3 Samuel Blair  /  Kenneth Carlisle Peter Birtel  /  Friedhelm Wulff 15 4 15 5     4 Noel Henderson  /  Winston Wilkinson Franz Beinvogl  /  Kurt Jendroska 15 6 15 9     5 James Doyle Friedhelm Wulff 14 17 8 15     6 Robert Harris Franz Beinvogl 10 15 6 15     7 Winston Wilkinson Kurt Jendroska 10 15 15 12 18 16   8 Samuel Blair  /  Kenneth Carlisle Franz Beinvogl  /  Kurt Jendroska 15 12 15 3     9 James Doyle  /  Winston Wilkinson Peter Birtel  /  Friedhelm Wulff 15 2 15 11

Semi-finals

England 5	Rotherham, England 19–20 February 1964 [17]		Sweden 4
1 2 3 1 Hugh Findlay Berndt Dahlberg 11 15 9 15     2 Colin Beacom Göran Wahlqvist 8 5       retired 3 Hugh Findlay  /  Anthony Jordan Berndt Dahlberg  /  Bertil Glans 15 10 18 14     4 Bill Havers  /  John Havers Bengt-Åke Jönsson  /  Willy Lund 15 6 6 15 15 5   5 Colin Beacom Berndt Dahlberg 12 15 16 17     6 Hugh Findlay Bertil Glans 8 15 5 15     7 Roger Mills Sture Johnsson 15 7 15 9     8 Hugh Findlay  /  Anthony Jordan Bengt-Åke Jönsson  /  Willy Lund 8 15 15 4 15 6   9 Bill Havers  /  John Havers Berndt Dahlberg  /  Bertil Glans 11 15 8 15

Denmark 9	Dublin, Ireland 26–27 February 1964 [18] [19]		Ireland 0
1 2 3 1 Erland Kops Robert Harris 15 5 15 0     2 Knud Aage Nielsen James Doyle 15 2 15 0     3 Jørgen Hansen  /  Finn Kobberø Samuel Blair  /  Kenneth Carlisle 15 7 15 10     4 Erland Kops  /  Poul-Erik Nielsen Noel Henderson  /  Winston Wilkinson 15 10 15 9     5 Knud Aage Nielsen Robert Harris 15 3 15 10     6 Erland Kops James Doyle 15 0 15 4     7 Henning Borch Winston Wilkinson 15 3 15 2     8 Jørgen Hansen  /  Finn Kobberø Noel Henderson  /  Winston Wilkinson 15 2 15 4     9 Erland Kops  /  Poul-Erik Nielsen Samuel Blair  /  Kenneth Carlisle 18 16 15 1

Final

Denmark 8	Copenhagen, Denmark 21–22 March 1964 [20]		England 1
1 2 3 1 Erland Kops Colin Beacom 15 12 15 3     2 Knud Aage Nielsen Roger Mills 15 4 15 7     3 Erland Kops  /  Poul-Erik Nielsen Hugh Findlay  /  Anthony Jordan 15 7 15 2     4 Henning Borch  /  Jørgen Hansen Bill Havers  /  John Havers 15 4 15 4     5 Knud Aage Nielsen Colin Beacom 15 2 11 15 15 6   6 Erland Kops Roger Mills 15 9 15 4     7 Henning Borch Bill Havers 15 2 10 1 17   8 Erland Kops  /  Poul-Erik Nielsen Bill Havers  /  John Havers 15 0 15 9     9 Henning Borch  /  Jørgen Hansen Hugh Findlay  /  Anthony Jordan 15 12 7 15 11 15

Australasian Zone

Bracket

	First round				Semi-finals				Final
	Malaya
					13 September 1963 – Wellington
	Bye
					Malaya	8
	6 September 1963 – Invercargill
					India	1
	India	7
									21 September 1963 – Perth
	South Africa	2
									Malaya	9
									Australia	0
	New Zealand
					29 July 1963 – Auckland
	Bye
					New Zealand	4
					Australia	5
	Bye
	Australia

First round

India 7	Invercargill, New Zealand 6–7 September 1963 [21] [22]		South Africa 2
1 2 3 1 Trilok Nath Seth Alan Parsons 17 15 10 15 15 18   2 Dinesh Khanna David Powell 15 1 15 4     3 Chandrakant Deoras  /  Nandu Natekar Roy Farrell  /  William Kerr 15 0 15 10     4 Dipu Ghosh  /  Raman Ghosh Alan Parsons  /  David Powell 11 15 12 15     5 Dinesh Khanna Alan Parsons 13 15 15 6 15 9   6 Trilok Nath Seth David Powell 15 7 15 5     7 Dipu Ghosh William Kerr 15 9 15 12     8 Chandrakant Deoras  /  Nandu Natekar Alan Parsons  /  David Powell 10 15 15 3 15 10   9 Dipu Ghosh  /  Raman Ghosh Roy Farrell  /  William Kerr 15 8 15 10

Semi-finals

Malaya 8	Wellington, New Zealand 13–14 September 1963 [23] [24]		India 1
1 2 3 1 Teh Kew San Dinesh Khanna 15 9 15 0     2 Yew Cheng Hoe Nandu Natekar 10 15 15 3 3 15   3 Ng Boon Bee  /  Tan Yee Khan Dipu Ghosh  /  Raman Ghosh 17 16 15 3     4 Teh Kew San  /  George Yap Chandrakant Deoras  /  Nandu Natekar 15 6 15 7     5 Yew Cheng Hoe Dinesh Khanna 15 2 15 11     6 Teh Kew San Nandu Natekar 15 5 15 7     7 Wee Choon Seng Trilok Nath Seth 15 8 15 4     8 Ng Boon Bee  /  Tan Yee Khan Chandrakant Deoras  /  Nandu Natekar 15 7 15 10     9 Wee Choon Seng  /  George Yap Dipu Ghosh  /  Raman Ghosh 15 5 15 8

Australia 5	Auckland, New Zealand 29–30 July 1963 [25]		New Zealand 4
1 2 3 1 Ken Turner Jeff Robson 9 15 15 9 15 8   2 George Robotham Richard Purser 15 12 14 17 5 15   3 Edward Anderson  /  George Robotham Richard Purser  /  Jeff Robson 8 15 15 18     4 Graham Nelson  /  Ken Turner Don Higgins  /  Kevin Long 15 5 15 10     5 George Robotham Jeff Robson 15 3 15 8     6 Ken Turner Richard Purser 15 12 15 13     7 Ron Young Don Higgins 15 3 10 15 3 15   8 Edward Anderson  /  George Robotham Don Higgins  /  Kevin Long 15 6 10 17 11   9 Graham Nelson  /  Ken Turner Richard Purser  /  Jeff Robson 11 15 4 15

Final

Malaya 9	Perth, Australia 21–22 September 1963 [26]		Australia 0
1 2 3 1 Yew Cheng Hoe Ken Turner 15 8 17 14     2 Teh Kew San Ron Young 15 3 15 6     3 Ng Boon Bee  /  Tan Yee Khan George Robotham  /  Ken Turner 17 8 15 3     4 Teh Kew San  /  George Yap Edward Ireland  /  Graham Nelson 15 1 15 2     5 Teh Kew San Ken Turner 15 6 15 7     6 Yew Cheng Hoe Ron Young 15 5 15 2     7 Wee Choon Seng George Robotham 15 6 12 15 15 1   8 Ng Boon Bee  /  Tan Yee Khan Edward Ireland  /  Graham Nelson 15 1 15 3     9 Wee Choon Seng  /  George Yap George Robotham  /  Ken Turner 12 15 15 8 15 7

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