1952 Thomas Cup
thomas cup competition international team tournament supremacy men badminton female counterpart uber cup beginning – held every three year thereafter held every two year twelve national team contested thomas cup badminton season tournament second edition according rule place malaya exempt earlier tie team match needing defend title conclusive challenge round tie contestant divided three regional qualifying zone pacific europe pan america early tie winner zone playedoff malaya right face malaya challenge round detailed description thomas cup format see wikipedias general article thomas cup india qualified pacific zone beating newcomer thailand australia without loss match thus – case six twelve team tournament contested european zone denmark emerged victorious without tough fight sweden – zone semifinal pan american zone two team united state defeated canada – trumping fine performance canada smythe following four team shown region qualified thomas cup defending champion host malaya automatically qualified defend title three year previously tangkistripodcom mike badminton populorum archived wayback machine herbert scheele ed international badminton federation handbook canterbury kent england j jennings ltd – pat davis guinness book badminton enfield middlesex england guinness superlative ltd