1955 Thomas Cup qualification

Badminton tournament

Tournament details

Dates

27 June 1954 – 6 May 1955

Location

Asian zone:
Bangkok
Bombay
Colombo
Hong Kong
Karachi

American zone:
Winnipeg
European zone:
Bonn
Cardiff
Dublin
Dunfermline
Le Havre
Malmö
Stoke-on-Trent

Australasian zone:
Melbourne

← 1952

1958 →

The qualifying process for the 1955 Thomas Cup took place from 27 June 1954 to 6 May 1955 to decide the final teams which will play in the final tournament.

Qualification process

Previously, the qualification process was divided into three regions, the Pacific Zone, the American Zone and the European Zone. More countries competed in qualifying for the Cup, resulting in the process being divided into four regions, the Asian Zone, the American Zone, the European Zone and the Australasian Zone.

Teams in their respective zone will compete in a knockout format. Teams will compete for two days, with two singles and doubles played on the first day and three singles and two doubles played on the next day. The teams that win their respective zone will earn a place in the final tournament to be held in Singapore.

Malaya were the champions of the last Thomas Cup, therefore the team automatically qualified for the inter-zone play-offs.

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Final appearance
Malaya	1952 Thomas Cup winners	1 June 1952	3rd
India	Asian Zone winners	10 April 1955	2nd
Denmark	European Zone winners	2 April 1955	3rd
United States	American Zone winners	13 March 1955	3rd
Australia	Australasian Zone winners	6 May 1955	1st

Asian Zone

Bracket

First round		Semi-finals		Final

27 June 1954 – Colombo

Pakistan	9
		20 November 1954 – Karachi
Ceylon	0
		Pakistan	0
30 July 1954 – Bangkok
		India	9
India	6
				9 April 1955 – Bombay
Thailand	3
				India	9
August 1954 – Rangoon
				Hong Kong	0
Burma
		11 November 1954 – Hong Kong
Hong Kong	w/o
		Hong Kong	6

		Japan	3
Japan

Bye

First round

Pakistan
9

Colombo, Ceylon
27–28 June 1954

Ceylon
0

		1	2
1	Shamshad Ali Sam Schoorman	15 2	15 5
2	Nazir Rajput Raife Jansz	15 9	15 7
3	Latif Gani / Mennen Soares P. Sivalingam / R. P. Nadarajah	15 5	15 7
4	Shamshad Ali / Rustam Bharucha N. Suganadeva / V. Narendra	15 4	15 4
5	Saeed Malik P. Sivalingam	15 3	15 6
6	Shamshad Ali Raife Jansz	15 7	15 0
7	Nazir Rajput Sam Schoorman	15 5	15 7
8	Latif Gani / Mennen Soares N. Suganadeva / V. Narendra	18 14	15 5
9	Shamshad Ali / Rustam Bharucha P. Sivalingam / R. P. Nadarajah	15 9	15 8

India
6

Bangkok, Thailand
30–31 July 1954

Thailand
3

		1	2	3
1	Trilok Nath Seth Direk Khadjadbhye	15 8	15 4
2	Nandu Natekar Chinda Promsirintha	15 1	15 5
3	P.S. Chawla / Trilok Nath Seth Sunthorn Subabandhu / Kamal Sudthivanich	14 18	10 15
4	Ravindra Dongre / Nandu Natekar Sanguan Anandhanonda / Pinit Pattabongse	15 6	11 15	15 12
5	Nandu Natekar Direk Khadjadbhye	6 15	18 13	15 7
6	Trilok Nath Seth Chinda Promsirintha	15 8	15 3
7	Amrit Lal Dewan Pinit Pattabongse	18 14	6 15	6 15
8	Ravindra Dongre / Nandu Natekar Sunthorn Subabandhu / Kamal Sudthivanich	15 10	15 7
9	P.S. Chawla / Trilok Nath Seth Sanguan Anandhanonda / Pinit Pattabongse	3 15	9 15

Semi-finals

India
9

Karachi, Pakistan
20–21 November 1954

Pakistan
0

		1	2	3
1	Nandu Natekar Nazir Rajput	15 8	15 2
2	Trilok Nath Seth Shamshad Ali	15 13	15 10
3	Ravindra Dongre / Nandu Natekar Latif Gani / Mennen Soares	15 5	15 7
4	Manoj Guha / Gajanan Hemmady Shamshad Ali / Irshad Ahmed	11 15	15 7	15 4
5	Gajanan Hemmady Irshad Ahmed	15 5	11 15	15 12
6	Nandu Natekar Shamshad Ali	18 14	15 5
7	Trilok Nath Seth Nazir Rajput	15 12	15 4
8	Manoj Guha / Gajanan Hemmady Latif Gani / Mennen Soares	15 3	15 7
9	Ravindra Dongre / Nandu Natekar Shamshad Ali / Irshad Ahmed	15 8	15 3

Hong Kong
6

Kowloon, Hong Kong
11–12 November 1954

Japan
3

		1	2	3
1	Ramon Young Yoshiaki Sato	15 8	15 9
2	Bill Funk Humio Mochizuki	15 6	15 7
3	Robert Tay / Patrick Wong Michiaki Oka / Yoshiaki Sato	15 12	15 12
4	Low Keat Soo / Ramon Young Humio Mochizuki / Hiroshi Sugita	15 6	15 12
5	Ramon Young Humio Mochizuki	8 15	10 15
6	Bill Funk Yoshiaki Sato	11 15	15 11	10 15
7	Junior Pomeroy Michiaki Oka	8 15	8 15
8	Robert Tay / Patrick Wong Humio Mochizuki / Hiroshi Sugita	11 15	15 11	15 13
9	Low Keat Soo / Ramon Young Michiaki Oka / Yoshiaki Sato	15 4	15 2

Final

India
9

Bombay, India
9–10 April 1955

Hong Kong
0

		1	2
1	Nandu Natekar Ramon Young	15 1	15 7
2	Amrit Lal Dewan Junior Pomeroy	15 1	15 0
3	Ravindra Dongre / Nandu Natekar Robert Tay / Patrick Wong	15 3	15 9
4	Manoj Guha / Gajanan Hemmady Low Keat Soo / Junior Pomeroy	15 3	15 4
5	Amrit Lal Dewan Ramon Young	15 7	15 4
6	Nandu Natekar Junior Pomeroy	15 3	15 4
7	P.S. Chawla Robert Tay	15 6	15 2
8	Manoj Guha / Gajanan Hemmady Robert Tay / Patrick Wong	15 6	15 5
9	Ravindra Dongre / Nandu Natekar Low Keat Soo / Junior Pomeroy	15 9	15 1

American Zone

Bracket

	Final

	12 March 1955 – Winnipeg

	United States	5

	Canada	4

Final

United States
5

Winnipeg, Canada
12–13 March 1955

Canada
4

		1	2	3
1	Dick Mitchell Donald Smythe	17 16	8 15	15 3
2	Joey Alston David McTaggart	4 15	15 6	11 15
3	Carl Loveday / Bob Williams T. Darryl Thompson / Gordon Simpson	15 7	15 9
4	Joey Alston / Wynn Rogers Budd Porter / Donald Smythe	18 17	15 9
5	Dick Mitchell David McTaggart	4 15	15 9	7 15
6	Joey Alston Donald Smythe	15 7	16 17	14 17
7	Bill Berry Beverley Westcott	11 15	12 15
8	Carl Loveday / Bob Williams Budd Porter / Donald Smythe	15 11	15 12
9	Joey Alston / Wynn Rogers T. Darryl Thompson / Gordon Simpson	15 8	15 5

European Zone

Bracket

Sweden

18 December 1954 – Le Havre

Bye

Sweden

France

28 February 1955 – Stoke

Bye

Sweden

13 November 1954 – Bonn

England

England

November 1954 – Brussels

West Germany

England

w/o

Belgium

1 April 1955 – Stockholm

Bye

Denmark

Sweden

Bye

7 December 1954 – Cardiff

Denmark

Denmark

Wales

Bye

10 December 1954 – Dublin

Wales

Denmark

Ireland

Bye

26 November 1954 – Dunfermline

Scotland

Ireland

Bye

Ireland

First round

England
9

Bonn, West Germany
13–14 November 1954

West Germany
0

		1	2
1	John D. McColl Hans Walbrück	15 2	15 6
2	F. John Shaw Hans Grashof	15 6	15 9
3	John Best / Warwick Shute Hans Riegel / Hans Walbrück	15 5	15 6
4	Anthony Jordan / John D. McColl Hans Eschweiler / Günter Ropertz	15 2	15 4
5	F. John Shaw Hans Walbrück	15 1	15 7
6	Anthony Jordan Hans Eschweiler	15 2	15 3
7	John D. McColl Hans Grashof	15 5	15 4
8	John Best / Warwick Shute Hans Eschweiler / Günter Ropertz	15 5	15 7
9	Anthony Jordan / John D. McColl Hans Riegel / Hans Walbrück	15 5	15 4

Second round

Ireland
6

Dunfermline, Scotland
26–27 November 1954

Scotland
3

		1	2	3
1	Frank Peard Alastair Russell	15 10	7 15	5 15
2	James Doyle W. Ross	15 2	15 1
3	Jim Fitzgibbon / Frank Peard Donald Ross / W. Ross	15 11	18 14
4	James Doyle / S. S. J. Huey J. C. McKay / Alastair Russell	15 8	15 7
5	James Doyle Alastair Russell	15 12	10 15	8 15
6	J. A. D. Lack Ian Hutchinson	4 15	2 15
7	Frank Peard W. Ross	15 3	15 7
8	James Doyle / S. S. J. Huey Donald Ross / W. Ross	15 9	15 10
9	J. Lacy / Frank Peard J. C. McKay / Alastair Russell	15 13	15 6

Denmark
9

Cardiff, Wales
7–8 December 1954

Wales
0

		1	2	3
1	Finn Kobberø F. Griffith	15 8	12 15	15 9
2	Jørn Skaarup J. C. Morgan	15 4	15 3
3	Jørgen Hansen / Finn Kobberø P. R. Davis / F. Griffith	15 10	15 4
4	Palle Granlund / Poul-Erik Nielsen J. C. Morgan / H. Richards	15 10	15 4
5	Finn Kobberø J. C. Morgan	15 0	15 0
6	Jørgen Hansen H. Richards	15 0	15 5
7	Jørn Skaarup F. Griffith	15 1	15 1
8	Jørgen Hansen / Finn Kobberø J. C. Morgan / H. Richards	15 2	15 6
9	Poul-Erik Nielsen / Jørn Skaarup P. R. Davis / F. Griffith	15 4	15 0

Sweden
9

Le Havre, France
18–19 December 1954

France
0

		1	2
1	Berndt Dahlberg Henri Pellizza	15 3	15 3
2	Bertil Glans Paul Ailloud	15 1	15 5
3	Bertil Glans / Berndt Dahlberg Henri Pellizza / Paul Ailloud	15 4	15 6
4	Nils Jonson / Stellan Mohlin Ghislain Vasseur / Pierre Lenoir	15 4	15 3
5	Bertil Glans Henri Pellizza	15 0	15 0
6	Berndt Dahlberg Paul Ailloud	15 1	15 4
7	Nils Jonson Ghislain Vasseur	15 1	15 0
8	Nils Jonson / Stellan Mohlin Henri Pellizza / Paul Ailloud	15 4	15 12
9	Bertil Glans / Berndt Dahlberg Ghislain Vasseur / Pierre Lenoir	15 8	15 12

Semi-finals

Sweden
7

Stoke-on-Trent, England
28 February–1 March 1955

England
2

		1	2	3
1	Nils Jonson John D. McColl	15 8	13 15	15 4
2	Bertil Glans Anthony Jordan	15 11	15 2
3	Inge Blomberg / Knut Malmgren John Best / Warwick Shute	11 15	0 15
4	Nils Jonson / Stellan Mohlin Anthony Jordan / John D. McColl	15 9	9 15	15 8
5	Inge Blomberg John Best	15 7	15 5
6	Nils Jonson Anthony Jordan	15 9	15 13
7	Bertil Glans John D. McColl	15 8	15 10
8	Nils Jonson / Stellan Mohlin John Best / Warwick Shute	13 15	4 15
9	Inge Blomberg / Knut Malmgren Anthony Jordan / John D. McColl	15 13	15 6

Denmark
9

Dublin, Ireland
10–11 December 1954

Ireland
0

		1	2	3
1	Finn Kobberø Frank Peard	15 1	15 3
2	Jørn Skaarup James Doyle	15 3	15 3
3	Jørgen Hansen / Finn Kobberø Jim Fitzgibbon / Frank Peard	15 5	15 7
4	Palle Granlund / Poul-Erik Nielsen James Doyle / S. S. Huey	15 13	15 6
5	Finn Kobberø James Doyle	15 0	15 3
6	Jørn Skaarup Frank Peard	12 15	15 5	15 4
7	Palle Granlund Charles McCormack	15 2	17 3
8	Jørgen Hansen / Finn Kobberø James Doyle / S. S. Huey	10 15	15 9	15 3
9	Palle Granlund / Poul-Erik Nielsen Jim Fitzgibbon / Frank Peard	15 12	7 15	18 16

Final

Denmark
8

Stockholm, Sweden
1–2 April 1955

Sweden
1

		1	2	3
1	Jørn Skaarup Leif Ekedahl	18 13	17 14
2	Finn Kobberø Bertil Glans	15 10	15 11
3	Ove Eilertsen / Ole Mertz Nils Jonson / Stellan Mohlin	15 11	15 7
4	Jørgen Hansen / Finn Kobberø Inge Blomberg / Knut Malmgren	15 1	15 4
5	Jørgen Hansen Nils Jonson	15 8	15 1
6	Finn Kobberø Leif Ekedahl	15 10	15 6
7	Jørn Skaarup Bertil Glans	15 9	4 15	4 15
8	Ove Eilertsen / Ole Mertz Inge Blomberg / Knut Malmgren	15 3	15 9
9	Jørgen Hansen / Finn Kobberø Nils Jonson / Stellan Mohlin	15 2	15 7

Australasian Zone

Bracket

	Final

	5 May 1955 – Melbourne

	Australia	7

	New Zealand	2

Final

Australia
7

Melbourne, Australia
5–6 May 1955

New Zealand
2

		1	2	3
1	Don Murray Paul Skelt	15 2	17 18	15 5
2	Stan Russell Jeff Robson	11 15	13 15
3	Cliff Cutt / Don Murray Anthony T. Skelt / Paul Skelt	15 6	15 2
4	Allan McCabe / Stan Russell Jeff Robson / L. Shand	15 11	15 7
5	Cliff Cutt L. Shand	15 6	15 8
6	Don Murray Jeff Robson	7 7	9 17
7	Stan Russell Paul Skelt	15 5	15 10
8	Cliff Cutt / Don Murray Jeff Robson / L. Shand	15 10	15 9
9	Allan McCabe / Stan Russell Anthony T. Skelt / Paul Skelt	15 6	15 9

References

^ "Mike's Badminton Populorum". Archived from the original on 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
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Denmark vs Wales
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Australia vs New Zealand
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