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The 1970 Helvetia Cup was the ninth edition of the Helvetia Cup mixed team badminton tournament. This was the second time West Germany has hosted the event.

Hosts West Germany won their ninth consecutive title by defeating the Netherlands 4–3 in the final. In the playoff for third place, Wales defeated Norway 4–3. In the classification round, Czechoslovakia defeated Austria 5–2 for fifth place while Switzerland defeated Finland for seventh place.

Tournament

The 1970 Helvetia Cup was scheduled to be held from 25 to 26 April 1970 with eight countries participating in the event.

Venue

This tournament was held at the Stadionhalle in Neuss, West Germany.

Draw

The draw was announced on 5 April 1970. The group stage consists of 2 groups, Group A and Group B.

Group A	Group B
Czechoslovakia  Netherlands   Switzerland  Wales	Austria  Finland  West Germany  Norway

Group stage

All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	18	3	+15	3	Final
2	Wales	3	2	1	13	8	+5	2	3rd–4th place
3	Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	11	10	+1	1	5th–6th place
4	Switzerland	3	0	3	1	20	−19	0	7th–8th place

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch

Netherlands	7–0	Czechoslovakia
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Wales	5–2	Switzerland
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Netherlands	7–0	Wales
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Czechoslovakia	6–1	Switzerland
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Netherlands	7–0	Switzerland
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Czechoslovakia	3–4	Wales
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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany (H)	3	3	0	20	1	+19	3	Final
2	Norway	3	2	1	15	6	+9	2	3rd–4th place
3	Austria	3	1	2	4	17	−13	1	5th–6th place
4	Finland	3	0	3	3	18	−15	0	7th–8th place

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West Germany	6–1	Austria
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Norway	7–0	Finland
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West Germany	7–0	Norway
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Austria	7–0	Finland
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West Germany	7–0	Finland
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Austria	3–4	Norway
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Classification round

7th–8th place

Finland	2–5	Switzerland
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5th–6th place

Austria	2–5	Czechoslovakia
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3rd–4th place

Norway	3–4	Wales
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Final

West Germany vs Netherlands

West Germany 4	Stadionhalle 26 April 1970		Netherlands 3
1 2 3 1 Torsten Winter Ruud van Ginneken 15 11 15 10     2 Gerhard Kucki Huub van Ginneken 12 15 15 11 17 16   3 Jürgen Stock Ad Verhoef 18 14 15 5     4 Karin Dittberner / Karin Schäfers Felice de Nooyer / Joke van Beusekom 1 15 4 15     5 Karl-Heinz Garbers / Torsten Winter Huub van Ginneken / Ad Verhoef 15 2 15 8     6 Karin Schäfers Joke van Beusekom 6 11 7 1     7 Gerhard Kucki / Karin Dittberner Ruud van Ginneken / Felice de Nooyer 15 11 3 15 17 18

1970 Helvetia Cup winner
West Germany Eighth title

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	Final result
	West Germany (H)	4	4	0	4	+20	Champions
	Netherlands	4	3	1	3	+16	Runners-up
	Wales	4	3	1	3	+6	Third place
4	Norway	4	2	2	2	+8	Fourth place
5	Czechoslovakia	4	2	2	2	+4	Fifth place
6	Austria	4	1	3	1	−16	Sixth place
7	Switzerland	4	1	3	1	−16	Seventh place
8	Finland	4	0	4	0	−18	Eighth place

References

1. "Deutschland gewann wieder den Helvetia-Cup". Die Tat. 1970-04-29. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-06-13 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
2. "Aktueller Resultatspiegel". Der Bund. 1970-04-27. p. 21. Retrieved 2024-06-13 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
3. "EN BREF". Le Confédéré. 1970-04-28. p. 11. Retrieved 2024-06-13 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
4. ^ Badminton Rundschau (PDF) (in German) (4th ed.). Badminton Landesverband NRW. 1970-04-05. p. 12.
5. Badminton Rundschau (PDF) (in German) (5th ed.). Badminton Landesverband NRW. 1970-05-05. p. 1.

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