1967 Thomas Cup

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1967 Thomas Cup
Piala Thomas 1967
Tournament details
Dates31 May – 10 June 1967
Edition7th
LevelInternational
Nations5
Venue Istora Gelora Bung Karno
Location Jakarta, Indonesia
1964 1970

The 1967 Thomas Cup was the seventh tournament of Thomas Cup, the most important men's badminton team competition in the world. The inter-zone matches and Challenge Round finale were held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Contents

Malaysia won its fourth title after beating Indonesia in the Challenge Round under unusual circumstances. With Malaysia leading Indonesia 4 matches to 3 in the best of nine series, play was suspended during the eighth match due to unruly crowd behavior (see Challenge round below).

This contest was noteworthy for other reasons as well: the old met the new. Indonesia's Rudy Hartono, not yet 18, burst onto the scene as did other new stars such as Denmark's Svend Andersen (Pri) and Japan's Ippei Kojima. It was the last Thomas Cup, and a sad exit, for Hartono's teammate Ferry Sonneville who was more than twice Hartono's age. It was also the last time Erland Kops played in the inter-zone matches and the last inter-zone appearance for other veterans such as Malaysia's Teh Kew San and the USA's Jim Poole. [1]

Qualification

Means of qualificationDateVenueSlotQualified teams
1964 Thomas Cup 14 – 22 May 1964 Tokyo 1Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Asian Zone27 September 1966 – 25 February 1967 Kuala Lumpur
Lahore
Panagoda
1Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
American Zone11 February 1967 – 19 March 1967 Manhattan Beach
Mexico City
New Orleans
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States
European Zone9 November 1966 – 21 March 1967 Ayr
Belfast
Copenhagen
Dunfermline
Hanover
Malmö
Wallasey
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Australasian Zone26 August – 15 September 1966 Adelaide
Dunedin
1Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Total5

The competition initially involved 23 nations, though two of these, East Germany and Thailand (a major men's badminton power at that time) declined to play their opening ties (sets of matches). The draw was made up of four zones; Asian, European, American, and Australasian; with the winners of each zone then competing for the right to play defending champion Indonesia in the Challenge Round.

A powerful Malaysian team coasted through the Asian zone by beating India and then Pakistan, each with the loss of one match (8-1). The European zone provided the largest number of closely fought ties. In one zone semifinal Sweden nearly upset perennial zone winner Denmark, losing the last two matches to go down 4 matches to 5. South Africa upset England 6 to 3 in the other semifinal, but was no match for Denmark (1-8) in the final. In the final of the American zone the USA narrowly defeated Canada 5 to 4. Japan easily defeated New Zealand (9-0) and Australia (9-0) in the Australasian zone to reserve its place in the inter-zone competition. [2] [3]

Squads

Knockout stage

The following teams, shown by region, qualified for the 1967 Thomas Cup. Defending champion and host Indonesia automatically qualified to defend their title.

Bracket

 
First round Second round Challenge round
 
          
 
 
 
 
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
 
 
 
Bye
 
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
 
 
 
Bye
 
 
 
9 June 1967 – Jakarta
 
 
 
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 3
 
31 May 1967 – Jakarta
 
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 6
 
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 7
 
5 June 1967 – Jakarta
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2
 
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 3
 
31 May 1967 – Jakarta
 
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 6
 
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2
 
 
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 7
 

First round

31 May 1967 (1967-05-31)
1 June 1967 (1967-06-01)
Japan  Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg 7–2 Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Report
Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Indonesia
31 May 1967 (1967-05-31)
1 June 1967 (1967-06-01)
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg 2–7 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Report
Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Indonesia

Second round

5 June 1967 (1967-06-05)
6 June 1967 (1967-06-06)
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg 6–3 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan
Report
Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Indonesia

Final

9 June 1967 (1967-06-09)
10 June 1967 (1967-06-10)
Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svg 3–6 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Report
Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Indonesia
 1967 Thomas Cup winner 
Flag of Malaysia.svg
Malaysia
Fourth title

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