1964 Helvetia Cup

The 1964 Helvetia Cup was the third edition of the Helvetia Cup mixed team badminton tournament. After the finals of the 1963 Helvetia Cup, the president of the German Badminton Association, Hubert Brohl announced that the next Helvetia Cup would be held in Haarlem.^[1]

Defending champions West Germany completed a hat-trick by winning the Helvetia Cup for a third consecutive time, defeating Belgium in the final. In the playoff for third place, the Netherlands defeated Austria 5–3.^[2]

Tournament

The 1964 Helvetia Cup was scheduled to be held from 1 to 2 May 1964 with the participation of five countries in the Central European region, which were Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and West Germany.^[3][4]

Venue

This tournament was held at the Duinwijck Badminton Hall in Haarlem, Netherlands.

Draw

The draw was announced on 30 April 1964. The group stage consists of 2 groups, Group 1 and Group 2.

Group 1	Group 2
West Germany  Netherlands	Belgium  Austria   Switzerland

Group stage

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

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	1	1	0	5	3	+2	1	Final
2	Netherlands (H)	1	0	1	3	5	−2	0	3rd–4th place

Source: Delpher

West Germany  v  Netherlands

1 May 1964 (1964-05-01)

West Germany	5–3	Netherlands
Report

Duinwijck Badminton Hall, Netherlands

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	2	2	0	14	2	+12	2	Final
2	Austria	2	1	1	9	7	+2	1	3rd–4th place
3	Switzerland	2	0	2	1	15	−14	0

Source: Delpher

Belgium  v  Austria

1 May 1964 (1964-05-01)

Belgium	6–2	Austria
Report

Duinwijck Badminton Hall, Netherlands

Belgium  v   Switzerland

1 May 1964 (1964-05-01)

Belgium	8–0	Switzerland
Report

Duinwijck Badminton Hall, Netherlands

Austria  v   Switzerland

1 May 1964 (1964-05-01)

Austria	7–1	Switzerland
Report

Duinwijck Badminton Hall, Netherlands

Classification round

3rd–4th place

Netherlands 5	Duinwijck Badminton Hall 2 May 1964		Austria 3
1 2 3 1 Herman Leidelmeijer Reinhold Pum         2 Cees Broedelet Heinz Ottmann         3 Lex Meijer Siegfried Jost         4 Marloes van Swelm Hilde Taupe         5 Vic Leunissen / Henk Weys Hermann Fröhlich / Reinhold Pum         6 Hans Sweep / Jo van der Sluys Bernd Frohnwieser / Heinz Ottmann         7 Marja Ridder / Imre Rietveld Hilde Taupe / Hilde Themel         8 Lex Meijer / Marloes van Swelm Hermann Fröhlich / Lore Voit

Final

West Germany 7	Duinwijck Badminton Hall 2 May 1964 [5]		Belgium 1
1 2 3 1 Franz Beinvogl Anton Verstoep 15 2 15 2     2 Kurt Jendroska Roger van Meerbeek 15 9 15 7     3 Detlef Eggers Guy van Branteghem 18 13 15 9     4 Heidi Menacher June van der Willigen 11 8 11 2     5 Franz Beinvogl / Siegfried Betz Herman Moens / Roger van Meerbeek 15 8 15 10     6 Kurt Jendroska / Detlef Eggers Bella Rudas / Jack Stuart 15 10 15 6     7 Marlies Langenbrink / Heidi Menacher June van der Willigen / Bep Verstoep 7 15 15 3 18 15   8 Siegfried Betz / Marlies Langenbrink Herman Moens / Bep Verstoep 9 15 10 15

1964 Helvetia Cup winner
West Germany Third title

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	Final result
	West Germany	2	2	0	2	+8	Champions
	Belgium	3	2	1	2	+6	Runners-up
	Netherlands	2	1	1	1	0	Third place
4	Austria	3	1	2	1	0	Fourth place
5	Switzerland (H)	2	0	2	0	−14	Eliminated in group stage

References