1955 Thomas Cup
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 24 May – 5 June 1955 | ||
| Edition | 3rd | ||
| Level | International | ||
| Nations | 5 | ||
| Venue | Singapore Badminton Stadium | ||
| Location | Singapore | ||
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The1955 Thomas Cupcompetition is an international team tournament for supremacy in men'sbadminton(its female counterpart is theUber Cup). Beginning in1948–49,it was held every three years until1982and has been held every two years thereafter. Twenty-one national teams officially entered the third Thomas Cup series in 1954-1955 but two of these, Belgium and Burma, defaulted their openingties(team matches). Four qualifying zones were established: Asia, Australasia, Europe and Pan America. Winners from each zone played-off in Singapore in late May and early June for the right to playMalayawhich, as defending champion, was exempt until it met a challenger in a conclusivechallenge roundtie. For a more detailed description of the Thomas Cup format see Wikipedia's general article on theThomas Cup.
Qualification
[edit]| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Slot | Qualified teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 Thomas Cup | 24 May – 1 June 1952 | Singapore | 1 |  Malaya
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| Asian Zone | 27 June 1954 – 9 April 1955 | Bangkok Bombay Colombo Hong Kong Karachi |
1 |  India
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| American Zone | 12 – 13 March 1955 | Winnipeg | 1 |  United States
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| European Zone | 14 November 1954 – 3 April 1955 | Bonn Cardiff Dublin Dunfermline Le Havre Malmö Stoke-on-Trent |
1 |  Denmark
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| Australasian Zone | 5 – 6 May 1955 | Melbourne | 1 |  Australia
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| Total | 5 | |||
As it had in the1951-1952 series,Indiawon the Asian zone, its toughest competition coming in its opening contest against an improvingThailand6–3. In EuropeDenmark,now boasting nineteen-year-old prodigyFinn Kobbero,beat three opponents with the loss of only one individual match. In the Pan American zone theUSAlost 4 of 5 singles matches to Canada but won the tie by sweeping the doubles. In the Australasian zoneJ. E. Robson's singles victories were not enough to keep hisNew Zealandteam from falling toAustralia2–7.
Squads
[edit]Knockout stage
[edit]The following teams, shown by region, qualified for the 1955 Thomas Cup. Defending champion and host Malaya automatically qualified to defend the title it had won three years previously.
Bracket
[edit]| First round | Second round | Challenge round | ||||||||
| Malaya | ||||||||||
| Bye | ||||||||||
| Malaya | ||||||||||
| Bye | ||||||||||
| 4 June 1955 – Singapore | ||||||||||
| Malaya | 8 | |||||||||
| 24 May 1955 – Singapore | ||||||||||
| Denmark | 1 | |||||||||
| United States | 3 | |||||||||
| 31 May 1955 – Singapore | ||||||||||
| India | 6 | |||||||||
| India | 3 | |||||||||
| 27 May 1955 – Singapore | ||||||||||
| Denmark | 6 | |||||||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||||||
| Denmark | 9 | |||||||||
First round
[edit]Second round
[edit]Final
[edit]
| 1955 Thomas Cup winner |
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 Malaya Third title |
References
[edit]- tangkis.tripod.com
- Mike's Badminton PopulorumArchived2016-03-30 at theWayback Machine
- Herbert Scheele ed., TheInternational Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967(Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1967) 69–73.
- Pat Davis, TheGuinness Book of Badminton(Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 121.
