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1964 Thomas Cup

The 1964 Thomas Cup competition is an international team tournament for supremacy in men's badminton (its female counterpart is the Uber Cup). Beginning in 1948–49 it was held every three years until 1982 and thereafter it has been held every two years. Twenty-six national teams, each (except the defending champion nation) starting from one of four qualifying zones (Asia, Australasia, Europe, and Pan America), vied for the Thomas Cup during the 1963-1964 badminton season. Qualifying zone winners played-off in Tokyo, Japan for the right to face defending champion Indonesia, which was exempt from earlier ties (team matches), in a conclusive challenge round tie. Prior to 1964 the defending champion nation had regularly hosted both the inter-zone playoffs and the challenge round, but a rules change effective that year prevented the same defending champion nation from having this advantage for two successive Thomas Cup seasons. For a more detailed description of the Thomas Cup format see Wikipedia's general article on the Thomas Cup.

1964 Thomas Cup
Location Tokyo, Japan
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Intra-zone summary edit

With Malaya and India competing in the Australasian zone, and Japan competing in the Pan American zone, Thailand, the 1961 Thomas Cup runner-up, won the Asian zone by shutting out Taiwan (9–0). After missing the 1960-1961 series, Charoen Wattanasin had returned to the team, while Thailand's other top singles player, Channarong Ratanaseangsuang (living in California) would rejoin the team for the inter-zone matches.

In the Australasian zone a rebuilding Malaya (soon to be Malaysia), with no hold-overs from its champion teams of the 1950s, defeated India (8–1) and Australia (9–0) to advance to the inter-zone playoffs. All-rounder Teh Kew San went eight for eight in this set of ties. Previously the domain of only the USA and Canada, the Pan American zone welcomed Jamaica, Mexico, and "outsider" Japan. The Japanese, however, proved their mettle by shutting out Mexico and by defeating Canada 8–1. In the zone final against the USA, which had won all previous Pan American zone qualifications, Japan prevailed 7–2, despite two singles victories by American stalwart Jim Poole. Playing doubles and third singles, Japan's team captain, Eiichi Nagai won all of his nine matches in this series of ties.

Denmark again won the European zone handily, brushing aside England 8–1 in the final. The Danish lineup boasted five time All-England singles champion Erland Kops (still only 27), the reigning All-England champion Knud Aage Nielsen, the All-England singles runner-up, Henning Borch, and the reigning and six time All-England doubles champions, Finn Kobbero and Jorgen Hammergaard Hansen. With the final ties scheduled for temperate Tokyo rather than equatorial and partisan Jakarta, many observers thought that this would be Denmark's "year."

Inter-zone playoffs edit

5 teams from 4 regions took part in this edition. As defending champion, Indonesia was exempt until the Challenge Round.

Australasia
Asia
Europe
Americas

Collectively, the players contesting in Tokyo in mid May were probably the strongest group that had yet appeared at the final venue of the Thomas Cup competition. Even "third string" singles matches often pitted true world class opponents against each other. With more difficulty than might have been expected, Thailand eliminated the host country's team 6–3. Ratanaseangsuang and Wattanasin won hard-fought singles matches, but the vaunted Thai doubles teams could earn only a split with their equally quick and aggressive Japanese counterparts. Yoshinori Itagaki had a hand in two winning matches for Japan. In the other semifinal Denmark's powerful singles lineup shutout Malaya's, though individual matches were competitive. Eighteen-year-old Tan Aik Huang served notice of future achievement by earning twenty-six points from Erland Kops. Denmark advanced 7–2 with Malaya's wins coming against the Danish "second string" doubles.

The inter-zone final between Denmark and Thailand was a fierce struggle featuring five three game matches. Denmark won four of the five to avenge its 1961 defeat and squeeze past Thailand 6–3. Kobbero and Hammergaard Hansen "got even" with the same pairs (Bhornchima and Kanchanaraphi; Chumkum and Vatanatham) that had defeated them in '61. Kops won three game singles matches against both Ratanaseangsuang and Wattanasin. As had happened against Malaya, however, he lost both of his doubles matches paired with P. E. Nielsen. The result of the Danish strategy of using Erland Kops in the maximum number of matches in all ties was that he had now played 20 pressure filled games (twice as many as any of his teammates) without losing a singles match but without winning a doubles. This strategy was not altered, however, for the decisive Challenge Round against Indonesia.

Semifinal round edit

Final round edit

Challenge round edit

Though Indonesia's doubles teams had contributed to its Thomas Cup successes in 1958 and in 1961, its singles players had led the way by losing only two matches in thirty and none in either Challenge Round. By 1964, however, "big guns" Tan Joe Hok and Ferry Sonneville were seemingly past their primes. Though only 26, Tan Joe Hok had been busy with studies and had played tournaments only infrequently and not very successfully over the previous two seasons. Sonneville was 33 and his last major tournament victories were also about two years old.

Thomas Cup competition, however, brought out the best in these two players. It also brought out the worst in some of Indonesia's fans in Tokyo whose behavior crossed the line from rabid cheering and barracking to outright interference with play. Especially egregious was the deliberate use of flash photography when Danish players were facing their cameras. Ultimately, Denmark's Erland Kops became something of a "goat" losing to both Tan Joe Hok and Ferry Sonneville, despite being 14-6 up in the second game against Sonneville after winning the first. Sonneville also beat All-England champion Knud Aage Nielsen who was able to gain a split by defeating Tan in three games. With the victory of Indonesia's "secret weapon" Ang Tjin Siang (later known as Muljadi) over Borch, the Indonesians, against form, took four of the five singles matches. Nevertheless, with the brilliant Kobbero and Hammergaard Hansen unbeaten throughout the entire campaign, the Danes still had a chance at 3–4 when Erland Kops and Borch met Tan King Gwan and Abdul Patah Unang in the eighth match of the tie. When the Danes won the first game at 15-12 crowd dissension became so intense that play was delayed for 20 minutes. After it resumed the Indonesians gradually gained control of the match to win it 15-6 in the third. The Cup, once again, had eluded Denmark's grasp. An official Danish protest against the result was eventually denied by the International Badminton Federation (now the Badminton World Federation).

1964 Thomas Cup Champions
 
Indonesia
Third title

References edit

  • Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1967) 82–87.
  • Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 122, 123.
  • Mike's Badminton Populorum 2016-03-30 at the Wayback Machine

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The 1964 Thomas Cup competition is an international team tournament for supremacy in men s badminton its female counterpart is the Uber Cup Beginning in 1948 49 it was held every three years until 1982 and thereafter it has been held every two years Twenty six national teams each except the defending champion nation starting from one of four qualifying zones Asia Australasia Europe and Pan America vied for the Thomas Cup during the 1963 1964 badminton season Qualifying zone winners played off in Tokyo Japan for the right to face defending champion Indonesia which was exempt from earlier ties team matches in a conclusive challenge round tie Prior to 1964 the defending champion nation had regularly hosted both the inter zone playoffs and the challenge round but a rules change effective that year prevented the same defending champion nation from having this advantage for two successive Thomas Cup seasons For a more detailed description of the Thomas Cup format see Wikipedia s general article on the Thomas Cup 1964 Thomas CupLocationTokyo Japan 19611967 Contents 1 Intra zone summary 2 Inter zone playoffs 2 1 Semifinal round 2 2 Final round 3 Challenge round 4 ReferencesIntra zone summary editWith Malaya and India competing in the Australasian zone and Japan competing in the Pan American zone Thailand the 1961 Thomas Cup runner up won the Asian zone by shutting out Taiwan 9 0 After missing the 1960 1961 series Charoen Wattanasin had returned to the team while Thailand s other top singles player Channarong Ratanaseangsuang living in California would rejoin the team for the inter zone matches In the Australasian zone a rebuilding Malaya soon to be Malaysia with no hold overs from its champion teams of the 1950s defeated India 8 1 and Australia 9 0 to advance to the inter zone playoffs All rounder Teh Kew San went eight for eight in this set of ties Previously the domain of only the USA and Canada the Pan American zone welcomed Jamaica Mexico and outsider Japan The Japanese however proved their mettle by shutting out Mexico and by defeating Canada 8 1 In the zone final against the USA which had won all previous Pan American zone qualifications Japan prevailed 7 2 despite two singles victories by American stalwart Jim Poole Playing doubles and third singles Japan s team captain Eiichi Nagai won all of his nine matches in this series of ties Denmark again won the European zone handily brushing aside England 8 1 in the final The Danish lineup boasted five time All England singles champion Erland Kops still only 27 the reigning All England champion Knud Aage Nielsen the All England singles runner up Henning Borch and the reigning and six time All England doubles champions Finn Kobbero and Jorgen Hammergaard Hansen With the final ties scheduled for temperate Tokyo rather than equatorial and partisan Jakarta many observers thought that this would be Denmark s year Inter zone playoffs edit5 teams from 4 regions took part in this edition As defending champion Indonesia was exempt until the Challenge Round Australasia nbsp Malaya nbsp Indonesia exempt until Challenge Round Asia nbsp ThailandEurope nbsp DenmarkAmericas nbsp JapanCollectively the players contesting in Tokyo in mid May were probably the strongest group that had yet appeared at the final venue of the Thomas Cup competition Even third string singles matches often pitted true world class opponents against each other With more difficulty than might have been expected Thailand eliminated the host country s team 6 3 Ratanaseangsuang and Wattanasin won hard fought singles matches but the vaunted Thai doubles teams could earn only a split with their equally quick and aggressive Japanese counterparts Yoshinori Itagaki had a hand in two winning matches for Japan In the other semifinal Denmark s powerful singles lineup shutout Malaya s though individual matches were competitive Eighteen year old Tan Aik Huang served notice of future achievement by earning twenty six points from Erland Kops Denmark advanced 7 2 with Malaya s wins coming against the Danish second string doubles The inter zone final between Denmark and Thailand was a fierce struggle featuring five three game matches Denmark won four of the five to avenge its 1961 defeat and squeeze past Thailand 6 3 Kobbero and Hammergaard Hansen got even with the same pairs Bhornchima and Kanchanaraphi Chumkum and Vatanatham that had defeated them in 61 Kops won three game singles matches against both Ratanaseangsuang and Wattanasin As had happened against Malaya however he lost both of his doubles matches paired with P E Nielsen The result of the Danish strategy of using Erland Kops in the maximum number of matches in all ties was that he had now played 20 pressure filled games twice as many as any of his teammates without losing a singles match but without winning a doubles This strategy was not altered however for the decisive Challenge Round against Indonesia Semifinal round edit Thailand nbsp 6 3 nbsp JapanDenmark nbsp 7 2 nbsp MalayaFinal round edit Denmark nbsp 6 3 nbsp ThailandChallenge round editThough Indonesia s doubles teams had contributed to its Thomas Cup successes in 1958 and in 1961 its singles players had led the way by losing only two matches in thirty and none in either Challenge Round By 1964 however big guns Tan Joe Hok and Ferry Sonneville were seemingly past their primes Though only 26 Tan Joe Hok had been busy with studies and had played tournaments only infrequently and not very successfully over the previous two seasons Sonneville was 33 and his last major tournament victories were also about two years old Thomas Cup competition however brought out the best in these two players It also brought out the worst in some of Indonesia s fans in Tokyo whose behavior crossed the line from rabid cheering and barracking to outright interference with play Especially egregious was the deliberate use of flash photography when Danish players were facing their cameras Ultimately Denmark s Erland Kops became something of a goat losing to both Tan Joe Hok and Ferry Sonneville despite being 14 6 up in the second game against Sonneville after winning the first Sonneville also beat All England champion Knud Aage Nielsen who was able to gain a split by defeating Tan in three games With the victory of Indonesia s secret weapon Ang Tjin Siang later known as Muljadi over Borch the Indonesians against form took four of the five singles matches Nevertheless with the brilliant Kobbero and Hammergaard Hansen unbeaten throughout the entire campaign the Danes still had a chance at 3 4 when Erland Kops and Borch met Tan King Gwan and Abdul Patah Unang in the eighth match of the tie When the Danes won the first game at 15 12 crowd dissension became so intense that play was delayed for 20 minutes After it resumed the Indonesians gradually gained control of the match to win it 15 6 in the third The Cup once again had eluded Denmark s grasp An official Danish protest against the result was eventually denied by the International Badminton Federation now the Badminton World Federation nbsp Indonesia5 Tokyo JapanMay 21 amp May 22 1964 nbsp Denmark41 2 31 nbsp nbsp Tan Joe HockErland Kops5 1515 115 9 2 nbsp nbsp Ferry SonnevilleKnud Aage Nielsen12 1515 615 6 3 nbsp nbsp Tan King Gwan Abdul Patah UnangFinn Kobbero Jorgen Hammergaard Hansen5 156 15 4 nbsp nbsp Ferry Sonneville Tutang DjamaludinErland Kops Henning Borch12 152 15 5 nbsp nbsp Ang Tjin SiangHenning Borch15 1015 5 6 nbsp nbsp Tan Joe HockKnud Aage Nielsen15 1114 179 15 7 nbsp nbsp Ferry SonnevilleErland Kops13 1817 1417 14 8 nbsp nbsp Tan King Gwan Abdul Patah UnangErland Kops Henning Borch12 1515 1215 6 9 nbsp nbsp Ferry Sonneville Tutang DjamaludinFinn Kobbero Jorgen Hammergaard Hansen14 175 15 1964 Thomas Cup Champions nbsp Indonesia Third titleReferences edittangkis tripod com Herbert Scheele ed The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 Canterbury Kent England J A Jennings Ltd 1967 82 87 Pat Davis The Guinness Book of Badminton Enfield Middlesex England Guinness Superlatives Ltd 1983 122 123 Mike s Badminton Populorum Archived 2016 03 30 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1964 Thomas Cup amp oldid 1157027199, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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