1963 Helvetia Cup

The 1963 Helvetia Cup (also known as the 1963 Badminton Cup of Nations) was the second edition of the Helvetia Cup mixed team badminton tournament. After Switzerland's success of hosting the first Helvetia Cup in 1962, Munich was named host of the second edition of the tournament in 1963.

The hosts West Germany defended their title after defeating an improving Austrian team by 7–1 in the final. In the playoff for third place, Belgium pulled off an upset by defeating runners-up of the last edition, the Netherlands.^[1][2]

Tournament

The 1963 Helvetia Cup was scheduled to be held from 27 to 28 April 1963 with the participation of five countries in the Central European region, which were Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and West Germany.^[3]

Venue

This tournament was held at the Häberlstraße Sports Centre in Munich, West Germany.

Draw

The draw was announced on 26 April 1963. The group stage consists of 2 groups, Group 1 and Group 2.^[4]

Group 1	Group 2
Belgium  West Germany   Switzerland	Austria  Netherlands

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 (H)	2	2	0	16	0	+16	2	Final
2	Belgium	2	1	1	8	8	0	1	3rd–4th place
3	Switzerland	2	0	2	0	16	−16	0

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch

West Germany  v  Belgium

27 April 1963 (1963-04-27)

West Germany	8–0	Belgium
Report

Häberlstraße Sports Centre, West Germany

West Germany  v   Switzerland

27 April 1963 (1963-04-27)

West Germany	8–0	Switzerland
Report

Häberlstraße Sports Centre, West Germany

Belgium  v   Switzerland

27 April 1963 (1963-04-27)

Belgium	8–0	Switzerland
Report

Häberlstraße Sports Centre, West Germany

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	1	1	0	6	2	+4	1	Final
2	Netherlands	1	0	1	2	6	−4	0	3rd–4th place

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch

Netherlands  v  Austria

27 April 1963 (1963-04-27)

Netherlands	2–6	Austria
Report

Häberlstraße Sports Centre, West Germany

Classification round

3rd–4th place

Netherlands 4	Häberlstraße Sports Centre 28 April 1963		Belgium* 4*
1 2 3 1 Cees Broedelet Anton Verstoep         2 Lex Meijer Roger van Meerbeek         3 Henk Weys Herman Moens         4 Marloes van Swelm Bep Verstoep         5 Lex Meijer / Pim Seth Paul Roger van Meerbeek / Herman Moens         6 Huub van Ginneken / Henk Weys Guy van Branteghem / Jack Stuart         7 Els Robbé / Wil Haye Bep Verstoep / June van der Willigen         8 Pim Seth Paul / Marloes van Swelm Anton Verstoep / June van der Willigen

* : Belgium won by game difference; 10–9.

Final

West Germany 7	Häberlstraße Sports Centre 28 April 1963 [5]		Austria 1
1 2 3 1 Wolfgang Bochow Reinhold Pum 15 7 15 9     2 Friedhelm Wulff Heinz Ottmann 8 15 15 5 15 4   3 Kurt Jendroska Siegfried Jost 15 2 15 7     4 Irmgard Latz Hilde Taupe 11 0 11 0     5 Peter Birtel / Friedhelm Wulff Hermann Fröhlich / Reinhold Pum 15 9 15 7     6 Wolfgang Bochow / Jürgen Jipp Bernd Frohnwieser / Heinz Ottmann 15 3 15 12     7 Irmgard Latz / Gerda Schumacher Hilde Taupe / Hilde Themel 15 3 15 2     8 Jürgen Jipp / Annelie Hennen Hermann Fröhlich / Lore Voit 7 15 10 15

1963 Helvetia Cup winner
West Germany Second title

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	Final result
	West Germany	3	3	0	3	+22	Champions
	Austria	3	2	1	2	+6	Runners-up
	Belgium	3	2	1	2	0	Third place
4	Netherlands	2	0	2	0	−4	Fourth place
5	Switzerland (H)	2	0	2	0	−16	Eliminated in group stage

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