- 1970 Thomas Cup
The 1970 Thomas Cup was the 8th tournament of
Thomas Cup , the most important men'sbadminton team competition in the world. The final set of "ties" (team matches) were held inKuala Lumpur ,Malaysia .Indonesia won its fourth title after beating Malaysia in the Final Round.
Teams
25 teams took part in the competition, 3 of them in the Australasian Zone, 8 in the Asian Zone, 9 in the European Zone and 5 in the Pan American Zone. As defending champion, Malaysia received a bye through the zone qualifications and the first round of Inter-zone ties, and played directly in the second round of inter-zone ties (the semifinal round of the entire tournament).
;Australasian Zone
*bd|NZL
*bd|AUS
*bd|SIN;Asian Zone
*"bd|MAS"
*bd|JPN
*bd|HKG
*bd|THA
*bd|PAK
*bd|Sri Lanka|name=Ceylon
*bd|IDN
*bd|IND;European Zone
*bd|IRL
*bd|NED
*bd|SWE
*bd|SCO
*bd|ENG
*bd|GER|name=FR Germany
*bd|NOR
*bd|RSA
*bd|DEN;Panamerican Zone
*bd|USA
*bd|PER
*bd|MEX
*bd|CAN
*bd|JAMQualifications
Australasian zone
First round
European zone
First round
Final round
Final round
Final round
Malaysia's struggle on its home courts against Denmark had boded badly for its chances against Indonesia, but the relative ease of Indonesia's victory in the final still surprised many observers [Scheele, 23.] . Indonesia captured five of the first six matches, including all four at the first two singles positions, to wrest the Cup from Malaysia. Though "Punch" Gunalan was Malaysia's strongest all-around player at this time, he was also (at the comparatively late age of 26) a Thomas Cup rookie, and nerves may have played a role in his tame lead-off loss to the veteran Muljadi. He won the first of his doubles matches with the redoubtable
Ng Boon Bee and extended Rudy Hartono to three games in the fifth match of the tie, but the potential three wins that might have been expected from Gunalan's racket did not materialize. Indonesia regained the title by a final score of 7–2, in one of the very few Thomas Cup occasions that a team has had much more difficulty in qualifying for the final set of ties than in winning them. Once again, Hartono won all four of his matches.Badmintonbox
team1=Indonesia
team2=Malaysia
venue=Kuala Lumpur ,Malaysia
date=June 5 &June 6 ,1970
score1=7
score2=2
R1= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Muljadi |15 |15 | |T2P1=Punch Gunalan |9 |5 |
R2= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Rudy Hartono |15 | 15| |T2P1=Abdul Rahman Mohamed |12 |2 |
R3= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Rudy Hartono |T1P2=Indra Gunawan |15 |15 | |T2P1=Tan Aik Huang |T2P2=Ng Tat Wai |9 |11 |
R4= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Indratno |T1P2=Minjarti |7 |15 |10 |T2P1=Ng Boon Bee |T2P2=Punch Gunalan |15 |13 |15
R5= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Darmadi |12 |12 | |T2P1=Tan Aik Huang |15 |15 |
R6= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Muljadi |15 |15 | |T2P1=Abdul Rahman Mohamed |5 |5 |
R7= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Rudy Hartono |17 |12 |15 |T2P1=Punch Gunalan |16 |15 |3
R8= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Rudy Hartono |T1P2=Indra Gunawan |9 |17 |15 |T2P1=Ng Boon Bee |T2P2=Punch Gunalan |15 |16 |6
R9= BadmintonMatch |T1P1=Indratno |T1P2=Minjarti |10 |18 |15 |T2P1=Tan Aik Huang |T2P2=Ng Tat Wai |15 |16 |10 |References
* [http://tangkis.tripod.com/thomas/final70.htm Smash: 1969-70 Thomas Cup - Challenge Round]
External links
* [http://www.internationalbadminton.org/tc_1969-70.html Thomas Cup (1969-70) Results] at "
Badminton World Federation "
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