1973 Helvetia Cup

1973 Helvetia Cup
Helvetia-Cup 1973

Tournament details
Dates	27 – 28 April
Edition	11
Venue	Graz Badminton Centre
Location	Graz, Austria
← 1971 1975 →

The 1973 Helvetia Cup was the eleventh edition of the Helvetia Cup mixed team badminton tournament. This was the second time Austria have hosted the tournament. New countries were introduced and made their debut in the tournament following the absence of powerhouses West Germany and the Netherlands.

Czechoslovakia made history by winning the Helvetia Cup for the first time, defeating Norway and Austria in the final stage. ^{[1] [2]} In the classification rounds, Yugoslavia placed first in their group by defeating Switzerland and Hungary while Finland won their group by defeating Wales and Belgium. ^[3]

Tournament

The 1973 Helvetia Cup was scheduled to be held from 27 to 28 April 1973 with nine countries participating in the tournament. Hungary and Yugoslavia made their debut in the tournament, replacing the two slots that were originally for West Germany and the Netherlands.

Venue

This tournament was held at the Graz Badminton Centre in Graz, Austria.

Draw

The draw was announced on 23 April 1973. The group stage consists of 3 groups, Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3. ^[4]

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Belgium   Norway   Yugoslavia	Austria   Hungary   Wales	Czechoslovakia    Switzerland   Finland

Group stage

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

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	2	2	0	9	5	+4	2	Final
2	Yugoslavia	2	1	1	6	8	−2	1	4th–6th place
3	Belgium	2	0	2	6	8	−2	0	7th–9th place

Source: National Library of Norway

Belgium   v   Yugoslavia

28 April 1973 (1973-4-28)

Belgium	4–3	Yugoslavia
Report

Graz Badminton Centre, Austria

Norway   v   Yugoslavia

28 April 1973 (1973-4-28)

Norway	4–3	Yugoslavia
Report

Graz Badminton Centre, Austria

Belgium   v   Norway

28 April 1973 (1973-4-28)

Belgium	2–5	Norway
Report

Graz Badminton Centre, Austria

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria (H)	2	2	0	13	1	+12	2	Final
2	Hungary	2	1	1	7	7	0	1	4th–6th place
3	Wales	2	0	2	1	13	−12	0	7th–9th place

Source: National Library of Norway
(H) Host

Austria   v   Hungary

28 April 1973 (1973-4-28)

Austria	6–1	Hungary
Report

Graz Badminton Centre, Austria

Wales   v   Hungary

28 April 1973 (1973-4-28)

Wales	1–6	Hungary
Report

Graz Badminton Centre, Austria

Austria   v   Wales

28 April 1973 (1973-4-28)

Austria	7–0	Wales
Report

Graz Badminton Centre, Austria

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	11	3	+8	2	Final
2	Switzerland	2	1	1	7	7	0	1	4th–6th place
3	Finland	2	0	2	3	11	−8	0	7th–9th place

Source: National Library of Norway

Finland   v   Czechoslovakia

28 April 1973 (1973-4-28)

Finland	1–6	Czechoslovakia
Report

Graz Badminton Centre, Austria

Switzerland   v   Czechoslovakia

28 April 1973 (1973-4-28)

Switzerland	2–5	Czechoslovakia
Report

Graz Badminton Centre, Austria

Finland   v    Switzerland

28 April 1973 (1973-4-28)

Finland	2–5	Switzerland
Report

Graz Badminton Centre, Austria

Classification round

7th–9th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	2	2	0	8	6	+2	2	Seventh place
2	Wales	2	1	1	7	7	0	1	Eighth place
3	Belgium	2	0	2	6	8	−2	0	Ninth place

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch

Belgium   v   Wales

29 April 1973 (1973-4-29)

Belgium	3–4	Wales
Report

Graz Badminton Centre, Austria

Finland   v   Wales

29 April 1973 (1973-4-29)

Finland	4–3	Wales
Report

Graz Badminton Centre, Austria

Belgium   v   Finland

29 April 1973 (1973-4-29)

Belgium	3–4	Finland
Report

Graz Badminton Centre, Austria

4th–6th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	2	2	0	13	1	+12	2	Fourth place
2	Switzerland	2	1	1	4	10	−6	1	Fifth place
3	Hungary	2	0	2	4	10	−6	0	Sixth place

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch

Switzerland vs Yugoslavia

Switzerland 0	Graz Badminton Centre 29 April 1973 [5]		Yugoslavia 7
1 2 3 1 Edy Andrey Stane Koprivšek 11 15 11 15     2 Kurt Achleitner Gregor Berden 5 15 8 15     3 Anton Sauter Danče Pohar 7 15 5 15     4 Liselotte Blumer Lučka Križman 10 12 11 8 7 11   5 Edy Andrey  /  Hubert Riedo Jani Čaleta  /  Stane Koprivšek 8 15 12 15     6 Liselotte Blumer  /  José Carrel Vita Bohinc  /  Lučka Križman 5 15 5 15     7 Hubert Riedo  /  José Carrel Gregor Berden  /  Marta Amf 9 15 3 15

Yugoslavia vs Hungary

Yugoslavia 6	Graz Badminton Centre 29 April 1973 [5]		Hungary 1
1 2 3 1 Stane Koprivšek László Rammer 12 15 15 3 15 12   2 Gregor Berden András Révész 15 10 15 8     3 Danče Pohar Tibor Jován 15 2 15 2     4 Vita Bohinc Éva Cserni 3 11 8 11     5 Jani Čaleta  /  Stane Koprivšek Tibor Jován  /  József Papp 15 7 15 7     6 Vita Bohinc  /  Lučka Križman Gertrúd Ladányi  /  Erzsébet Wolf 15 6 15 4     7 Gregor Berden  /  Marta Amf János Cserni  /  Éva Cserni 15 11 17 18 15 11

Switzerland vs Hungary

Switzerland 4	Graz Badminton Centre 29 April 1973 [5]		Hungary 3
1 2 3 1 Edy Andrey János Cserni 15 12 11 15 2 15   2 Kurt Achleitner László Rammer 15 12 15 9     3 Anton Sauter József Papp 18 14 15 13     4 Liselotte Blumer Ildikó Szabó 11 5 11 3     5 Edy Andrey  /  Hubert Riedo László Rammer  /  József Papp 15 2 15 3     6 Liselotte Blumer  /  José Carrel Éva Cserni  /  Gertrúd Ladányi 1 15 15 17     7 Hubert Riedo  /  José Carrel János Cserni  /  Éva Cserni 9 15 11 15

Final

Round robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	9	5	+4	2	Champions
2	Norway	2	1	1	6	8	−2	1	Runners-up
3	Austria (H)	2	0	2	6	8	−2	0	Third place

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch
(H) Host

Czechoslovakia vs Norway

Czechoslovakia 5	Graz Badminton Centre 29 April 1973 [6]		Norway 2
1 2 3 1 Petr Lacina Hans Sperre 15 8 15 9     2 Miroslav Kokojan Harald Nettli 15 10 15 6     3 Konstantin Holobradý Gunnar Dæhlin 11 15 15 4 15 5   4 Alena Poboráková Kari Histøl 11 12 11 4 11 5   5 Miroslav Kokojan  /  Petr Lacina Pål Øian  /  Hans Sperre 13 18 7 15     6 Jaroslava Krahulcová  /  Alena Poboráková Kari Histøl  /  Elisabeth Sommerfeldt 15 2 15 5     7 Konstantin Holobradý  /  Jaroslava Krahulcová Harald Nettli  /  Elisabeth Sommerfeldt 5 15 11 15

Austria vs Norway

Austria 3	Graz Badminton Centre 29 April 1973 [6]		Norway 4
1 2 3 1 Hermann Fröhlich Knut Engebretsen 3 15 8 15     2 Alfred Hofer Pål Øian 15 8 15 6     3 Reinhold Pum Gunnar Dæhlin 15 8 15 0     4 Britta Kirchhofer Kari Histøl 3 11 2 11     5 Alfred Hofer  /  Dieter Hofer Harald Nettli  /  Hans Sperre 5 15 6 15     6 Brigitte Reichmann  /  Elisabeth Schechtner Kari Histøl  /  Wenche Tønnesen 17 14 15 13     7 Hermann Fröhlich  /  Lore König Harald Nettli  /  Elisabeth Sommerfeldt 1 15 5 15

Austria vs Czechoslovakia

Austria 3	Graz Badminton Centre 29 April 1973 [6]		Czechoslovakia 4
1 2 3 1 Hermann Fröhlich Petr Lacina 12 15 12 15     2 Alfred Hofer Miroslav Kokojan 15 5 15 7     3 Reinhold Pum Konstantin Holobradý 15 3 15 8     4 Britta Kirchhofer Alena Poboráková 6 11 5 11     5 Alfred Hofer  /  Dieter Hofer Miroslav Kokojan  /  Petr Lacina 12 15 9 15     6 Brigitte Reichmann  /  Elisabeth Schechtner Jaroslava Krahulcová  /  Alena Poboráková 13 15 15 10 7 15   7 Hermann Fröhlich  /  Lore König Konstantin Holobradý  /  Jaroslava Krahulcová 15 11 15 8

1973 Helvetia Cup winner
Czechoslovakia First title

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	Final result
	Czechoslovakia	4	4	0	4	+12	Champions
	Norway	4	3	1	3	+2	Runners-up
	Austria (H)	4	2	2	2	+10	Third place
4	Yugoslavia	4	3	1	3	+10	Fourth place
5	Switzerland	4	2	2	2	−6	Fifth place
6	Hungary	4	1	3	1	−6	Sixth place
7	Finland	4	2	2	2	−6	Seventh place
8	Wales	4	1	3	1	−12	Eighth place
9	Belgium	4	0	4	0	−4	Ninth place

References

1. "Badmintonu" . Pochodeň . 1973-04-30. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-06-14.
2. "Seier og tap i badminton". Kongsberg Tidende. 1973-05-02. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-06-14– via National Library of Norway.
3. "Tschechoslowakei gewann Helvetia-Cup in Graz". Der Bund . 1973-04-30. p. 33. Retrieved 2024-06-14– via e-newspaperarchvies.ch.
4. Scheele, H. A. E. (1973). World Badminton (10th ed.). International Badminton Federation. p. 6.
5. A magyar sport évkönyve (in Hungarian). 1973. p. 161.
6. "Badmintonsporten i medvind - Norge blant Europas ti beste". Sandefjords Blad . 1973-05-03. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-06-14– via National Library of Norway.