1966 Helvetia Cup

1966 Helvetia Cup
Helvetia-Beker 1966
Helvetia-Cup 1966
Coupe Helvétia 1966

Tournament details
Dates	24 – 25 April
Edition	5
Venue	Hall Sportif du Mayfair
Location	Brussels, Belgium
← 1965 1967 →

The 1966 Helvetia Cup was the fifth edition of the Helvetia Cup mixed team badminton tournament. The tournament was held in Brussels, Belgium.

West Germany won the title for a fifth consecutive time by defeating the Netherlands 8–0 in the final. ^[1] In the playoff for third place, Austria defeated Belgium 5–3. ^[2] In the playoffs for fifth place, Norway defeated Switzerland 6–2. ^[3]

Tournament

The 1966 Helvetia Cup was scheduled to be held from 24 to 25 April 1966 with the participation of six countries which were Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, West Germany and Norway. ^{[4] [5]}

Venue

This tournament was held at the Hall Sportif du Mayfair in Brussels, Belgium.

Draw

The draw was announced on 23 April 1966. The group stage consists of 2 groups, Group 1 and Group 2.

Group 1	Group 2
Netherlands   Belgium   Norway	Austria   West Germany    Switzerland

Group stage

All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	15	1	+14	2	Final
2	Belgium (H)	2	1	1	5	11	−6	1	3rd–4th place
3	Norway	2	0	2	4	12	−8	0	5th–6th place

Source: National Library of Norway
(H) Host

Netherlands   v   Belgium

24 April 1966 (1966-04-24)

Netherlands	7–1	Belgium
Report

Hall Sportif du Mayfair, Belgium

Netherlands   v   Norway

24 April 1966 (1966-04-24)

Netherlands	8–0	Norway
Report

Hall Sportif du Mayfair, Belgium

Belgium   v   Norway

24 April 1966 (1966-04-24)

Belgium	4–4	Norway
Report

Hall Sportif du Mayfair, Belgium

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	2	2	0	16	0	+16	2	Final
2	Austria	2	1	1	7	9	−2	1	3rd–4th place
3	Switzerland	2	0	2	1	15	−14	0	5th–6th place

Source: Delpher

West Germany   v   Austria

24 April 1966 (1966-04-24)

West Germany	8–0	Austria
Report

Hall Sportif du Mayfair, Belgium

West Germany   v    Switzerland

24 April 1966 (1966-04-24)

West Germany	8–0	Switzerland
Report

Hall Sportif du Mayfair, Belgium

Austria   v    Switzerland

24 April 1966 (1966-04-24)

Austria	7–1	Switzerland
Report

Hall Sportif du Mayfair, Belgium

Classification round

5th–6th place

Norway   v    Switzerland

25 April 1965 (1965-04-25)

Norway	6–2	Switzerland
Report

Hall Sportif du Mayfair, Belgium

3rd–4th place

Austria   v   Belgium

25 April 1965 (1965-04-25)

Austria	5–3	Belgium
Report

Hall Sportif du Mayfair, Belgium

Final

West Germany   v   Netherlands

25 April 1965 (1965-04-25)

West Germany	8–0	Netherlands
Report

Hall Sportif du Mayfair, Belgium

Fixture

West Germany 8	Hall Sportif du Mayfair 25 April 1966 [6]		Netherlands 0
1 2 3 1 Wolfgang Bochow Huub van Ginneken 15 8 15 9     2 Franz Beinvogl Ruud van Ginneken 12 15 15 11 15 2   3 Friedhelm Wulff Leo Kountul 15 17 15 9 15 6   4 Irmgard Latz Agnes Geene 11 7 8 11 11 2   5 Wolfgang Bochow  /  Friedhelm Wulff Leo Kountul  /  Huub van Ginneken 15 7 15 2     6 Franz Beinvogl  /  Siegfried Betz Henk Weys  /  Ruud van Ginneken 15 6 15 10     7 Irmgard Latz  /  Marieluise Wackerow Felice de Nooyer  /  Agnes Geene 13 18 15 1 15 8   8 Friedhelm Wulff  /  Marieluise Wackerow Leendert Boelen  /  Tonny Pannemans 15 10 11 15 15 2

1966 Helvetia Cup winner
West Germany Fifth title

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	Final result
	West Germany	3	3	0	3	+24	Champions
	Netherlands	3	2	1	2	+6	Runners-up
	Austria	3	2	1	2	0	Third place
4	Belgium (H)	3	0	2	1	−8	Fourth place
5	Norway	3	1	1	2	−12	Fifth place
6	Switzerland	3	0	3	0	−18	Sixth place

References

1. "Heerlen-dames handbalkampioen". Limburgsch dagblad. 1966-04-25. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
2. Badminton-Rundschau (PDF) (in German) (6th ed.). Badminton Landesverband NRW. 1966-06-05. p. 1.
3. "Aktueller Resultatspiegel - Badminton". Der Bund . 1966-04-26. p. 9 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
4. "Die erste Coupe des Nations". Die Tat . 1962-03-12. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-06-09– via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
5. "Sportaktualitäten". Der Bund . 1964-04-30. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-06-10– via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
6. "Twentsch dagblad Tubantia". Twentsch dagblad Tubantia. 1966-04-25. Retrieved 2024-06-11.