1962 Helvetia Cup

The 1962 Helvetia Cup (also known as the 1962 Badminton Cup of Nations) was the inaugural edition of the Helvetia Cup mixed team badminton tournament. The tournament was envisioned by the Swiss Badminton Association to further spread the popularity of the sport in the European region and in European countries where badminton is still partially recognized and played.^[1]

Tournament

The 1962 Helvetia Cup was scheduled to be held from 10 to 11 March 1962 with the participation of six countries in the Central European region, these countries were Austria, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, West Germany and Switzerland.^[2]

Venue

This tournament was held at the Kantonsschule Zürich Nord Hall in Zürich, Switzerland.

Draw

The draw was announced on 9 March 1962. The group stage consists of 2 groups, Group 1 and Group 2. The French team who were drawn into Group 2 withdrew from the competition.^[3]

Group 1	Group 2
Austria  Netherlands   Switzerland	Belgium  West Germany  France

Group stage

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

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	15	1	+14	2	Final
2	Austria	2	1	1	8	8	0	1	3rd–4th place
3	Switzerland (H)	2	0	2	1	15	−14	0

Source: newspaperarchives.ch

Netherlands  v   Switzerland

10 March 1962 (1962-03-10)

Netherlands	8–0	Switzerland
Report

Kantonsschule Zürich Nord Hall, Switzerland

Netherlands  v  Austria

10 March 1962 (1962-03-10)

Netherlands	7–1	Austria
Report

Kantonsschule Zürich Nord Hall, Switzerland

Austria  v   Switzerland

10 March 1962 (1962-03-10)

Austria	7–1	Switzerland
Report

Kantonsschule Zürich Nord Hall, Switzerland

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	1	1	0	8	0	+8	1	Final
2	Belgium	1	0	1	0	8	−8	0	3rd–4th place
3	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: newspaperarchives.ch

West Germany  v  Belgium

10 March 1962 (1962-03-10)

West Germany	8–0	Belgium
Report

Kantonsschule Zürich Nord Hall, Switzerland

West Germany  v  France

10 March 1962 (1962-03-10)

West Germany	Cancelled	France
Report

Kantonsschule Zürich Nord Hall, Switzerland

Belgium  v  France

10 March 1962 (1962-03-10)

Belgium	Cancelled	France
Report

Kantonsschule Zürich Nord Hall, Switzerland

Classification round

3rd–4th place

Austria 7	Kantonsschule Zürich Nord Hall 11 March 1962 [4]		Belgium 1
1 2 3 1 Reinhold Pum Anton Verstoep 15 7 15 12     2 Fritz Plöckinger Roger van Meerbeek 15 10 15 6     3 Bernd Frohnwieser Herman Moens 15 12 15 5     4 Christa Rainer Bep Verstoep 2 11 11 9 7 11   5 Bernd Frohnwieser / Heinz Ottmann Roger van Meerbeek / Herman Moens 15 8 15 6     6 Hermann Fröhlich / Reinhold Pum Guy van Branteghem / Jack Stuart 15 10 15 3     7 Britta Kajdasz / Christa Rainer Bep Verstoep / June van der Willigen 15 7 15 6     8 Hermann Fröhlich / Lore Voit Anton Verstoep / June van der Willigen 8 15 15 3 15 13

Final

West Germany 8	Kantonsschule Zürich Nord Hall 11 March 1962 [5]		Netherlands 0
1 2 3 1 Kurt Jendroska Cees Broedelet 15 10 15 6     2 Walter Stuch Lex Meijer 15 6 5 15 15 6   3 Konrad Hapke Henk Weys 15 9 7 15 15 5   4 Irmgard Latz Marloes van Swelm 11 4 11 2     5 Konrad Hapke / Dieter Schramm Lex Meijer / Pim Seth Paul 15 8 1 15 18 13   6 Kurt Jendroska / Günter Ropertz Huub van Ginneken / Henk Weys 12 15 15 13 15 2   7 Irmgard Latz / Hannelore Schmidt Els Robbé / Wil Haye 15 7 15 0     8 Dieter Schramm / Ute Seelbach Pim Seth Paul / Marloes van Swelm 11 15 15 1 15 10

1962 Helvetia Cup winner
West Germany First title

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	Final result
	West Germany	2	2	0	2	+16	Champions
	Netherlands	3	2	1	2	+6	Runners-up
	Austria	3	2	1	2	+6	Third place
4	Belgium	2	0	2	0	−14	Fourth place
5	Switzerland (H)	2	0	2	0	−14	Eliminated in group stage
6	France	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

References