1955 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 twentyone national team officially entered third thomas cup series two belgium burma defaulted opening tie team match four qualifying zone established asia australasia europe pan america winner zone playedoff singapore late may early june right play malaya defending champion exempt met challenger conclusive challenge round tie detailed description thomas cup format see wikipedias general article thomas cup series india asian zone toughest competition coming opening contest improving thailand – europe denmark boasting nineteenyearold prodigy finn kobbero beat three opponent loss one individual match pan american zone usa lost single match canada tie sweeping double australasian zone j e robsons single victory enough keep new zealand team falling australia – 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 herbert scheele ed international badminton federation handbook canterbury kent england j jennings ltd – pat davis guinness book badminton enfield middlesex england guinness superlative ltd