1964 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 twentysix national team except defending champion nation starting one four qualifying zone asia australasia europe pan america vied thomas cup badminton season qualifying zone winner playedoff tokyo japan right face defending champion indonesia exempt earlier tie team match conclusive challenge round tie prior defending champion nation regularly hosted interzone playoff challenge round rule change effective year prevented defending champion nation advantage two successive thomas cup season detailed description thomas cup format see wikipedias general article thomas cup malaya india competing australasian zone japan competing pan american zone thailand thomas cup runnerup asian zone shutting taiwan – missing series charoen wattanasin returned team thailand top single player channarong ratanaseangsuang living california would rejoin team interzone match australasian zone rebuilding malaya soon malaysia holdover champion team defeated india – australia – advance interzone playoff allrounder teh kew san went eight eight set tie previously domain usa canada pan american zone welcomed jamaica mexico outsider japan japanese however proved mettle shutting mexico defeating canada – zone final usa previous pan american zone qualification japan prevailed – despite two single victory american stalwart jim poole playing double third single japan team captain eiichi nagai nine match series tie denmark european zone handily brushing aside england – final danish lineup boasted five time allengland single champion erland kops still reigning allengland champion knud aage nielsen allengland single runnerup henning borch reigning six time allengland double champion finn kobbero jorgen hammergaard hansen final tie scheduled temperate tokyo rather equatorial partisan jakarta many observer thought would denmark year following team shown region qualified thomas cup defending champion host indonesia automatically qualified defend title tangkistripodcom herbert scheele ed international badminton federation handbook canterbury kent england j jennings ltd – pat davis guinness book badminton enfield middlesex england guinness superlative ltd mike badminton populorum archived wayback machine