1958 Thomas Cup
thomas cup competition international team tournament supremacy men badminton female counterpart uber cup beginning – held every three year held every two year thereafter nineteen team contested thomas cup season defending champion malaya malaysia exempt conclusive tie team match called challenge round eighteen team divided four qualifying zone asia australasia europe pan america winner intrazone competition advancing interzone competition singapore determine challenger malaya detailed description thomas cup format see wikipedias general article thomas cup winner previous two asian zone competition india decisively beaten – first round fast improving thailand thailand went win zone shutting pakistan – australasian zone first time participant indonesia served notice international badminton future shutting new zealand australia advance interzone play denmark advanced easily european zone dane boasted newly crowned allengland single champion erland kops along finn kobbero two exceptionally talented player early twenty third straight time united state canada contested pan america zone allcalifornian u squad shut canadian team whose best player past meeting two either long year losing interest following team shown region qualified thomas cup defending champion host malaya automatically qualified defend title three year previously tangkistripodcom mike badminton populorum archived wayback machine badminton great herbert scheele ed international badminton federation handbook canterbury kent england j jennings ltd – pat davis guinness book badminton enfield middlesex england