1970 Thomas Cup
thomas cup eighth tournament thomas cup important men badminton team competition world final set tie team match held kuala lumpur malaysia indonesia fourth title beating malaysia final round team took part competition australasian zone asian zone european zone pan american zone defending champion malaysia received bye zone qualification first round interzone tie played directly second round interzone tie semifinal round entire tournament new zealand led purser brother richard bryan australasian zone first time beating australia singapore denmark prevailed european zone closest tie came zone semifinal england dane six match three thanks largely svend pris three victory three win jamie paulson also instrumental canada first ever victory – usa pan american zone greatest drama came asian zone contained several strongest team entire competition indonesia fighting regain cup relinquished began quest defeating india became embroiled yet another highly controversial tie time one indonesia rather opponent nation claimed victim partisanship facing thailand bangkok three match two indonesia removed player muljadi court first game sixth match refused continue though thailand initially awarded tie ibf upheld indonesian protest ordered tie continued three match japan zone final scheduled played thailand refused comply indonesia awarded match zone final indonesia faced japanese team boasted one strongest lineup single player ippei kojima masao akiyama junji honma tournament indonesia finally prevailed largely rudy hartonos four victory following team shown region qualified thomas cup defending champion host malaysia automatically qualified defend title tangkistripodcom mike badminton populorum archived wayback machine