Thomas Cup 1970

The eighth edition of the Thomas Cup , the world championship for men's badminton teams , took place in 1970 . The winner was the team from Indonesia, which was able to return the favor for the controversial defeat against Malaysia in the last edition in 1967.

Teams

Australasia zone  New Zealand  Australia  Singapore

Asia zone  Malaysia  Japan  Hong Kong  Thailand  Pakistan  Ceylon  Indonesia  India

European zone  Ireland  Netherlands  Sweden  Scotland  England  Germany  Norway  South Africa  Denmark

Pan American Zone  United States  Peru  Mexico  Canada  Jamaica

qualification

Australasia zone

1 round

New Zealand	8-1	Australia	Melbourne , Australia
Singapore	bye

Final round

New Zealand

7-2

Singapore

Christchurch , New Zealand

Asia zone

Japan	9-0	Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Thailand	9-0	Pakistan	Bangkok , Thailand

Thailand	9-0	Ceylon	Colombo , Ceylon
Indonesia	7-2	India	Jaipur , India

Indonesia

6–3

Thailand

Bangkok , Thailand

Final round

Indonesia

5-4

Japan

Kyoto , Japan

European zone

1 round

Ireland	5-4	Netherlands	Ballymena , Northern Ireland
Sweden	7-2	Scotland	Gothenburg , Sweden
England	7-2	Germany	Bracknell , England
Norway	bye

2nd round

Sweden	9-0	Ireland	Ballymena , Northern Ireland
England	9-0	Norway	Wells , England

3rd round

Sweden	7-2	South Africa	Haarlem , the Netherlands
Denmark	6–3	England	Blackburn , England

Final round

Denmark

8-1

Sweden

Copenhagen , Denmark

Pan American Zone

1 round

United States	8-1	Peru	Lima , Peru
Mexico	bye
Canada	bye
Jamaica	bye

2nd round

United States	7-2	Mexico	San Diego , USA
Canada	WHERE	Jamaica

Final round

Canada

6–3

United States

Calgary , Canada

Interzonal tournament

1 round

Indonesia	9-0	New Zealand

2nd round

Indonesia	9-0	Canada
Malaysia	5-4	Denmark

final

Indonesia 7	Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia June 5th and 6th, 1970	Malaysia 2
1 2 3 1 Muljadi Punch Gunalan 15 9 15 5     2 Rudy Hartono Abdul Rahman Mohamed 15 12 15 2     3 Rudy Hartono  /  Indra Gunawan Tan Aik Huang  /  Ng Tat Wai 15 9 15 11     4th Indratno  /  Mintarja Ng Boon Bee  /  Punch Gunalan 7 15 15 13 10 15   5 Darmadi Tan Aik Huang 12 15 12 15     6th Muljadi Abdul Rahman Mohamed 15 5 15 5     7th Rudy Hartono Punch Gunalan 17 16 12 15 15 3   8th Rudy Hartono  /  Indra Gunawan Ng Boon Bee  /  Punch Gunalan 9 15 17 16 15 6   9 Indratno  /  Mintarja Tan Aik Huang  /  Ng Tat Wai 10 15 18 16 15 10

credentials

• Pages from tangkis.tripod.com ( Memento from December 14, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
• Mike's Badminton Populorum