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1958 Thomas Cup
Tournament details
Dates	5 – 15 June 1958
Edition	4th
Level	International
Nations	5
Venue	Singapore Badminton Stadium
Location	Singapore
← 1955	1961 →

The 1958 Thomas Cup competition is an international team tournament for supremacy in men's badminton (its female counterpart is the Uber Cup). Beginning in 1948–49 it was held every three years until 1982 and has been held every two years thereafter. Nineteen teams contested for the Thomas Cup during the 1957-1958 season. As defending champion Malaya (now Malaysia) was exempt until the conclusive tie (team match) called the challenge round. The other eighteen teams were divided into four qualifying zones; Asia, Australasia, Europe, and Pan America; with the winners of each intra-zone competition advancing to inter-zone competition in Singapore to determine a challenger to Malaya. For a more detailed description of the Thomas Cup format see Wikipedia's general article on the Thomas Cup.

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Slot	Qualified teams
1955 Thomas Cup	24 May – 5 June 1952	Singapore	1	Malaya
Asian Zone	19 July 1957 – 27 March 1958	Bangkok Colombo Hong Kong Rangoon	1	Thailand
American Zone	28 February – 1 March 1958	Long Beach	1	United States
European Zone	16 November 1957 – 11 March 1958	Belfast Borås Copenhagen Le Havre	1	Denmark
Australasian Zone	5 – 6 May 1955	Invercargill Melbourne	1	Indonesia
Total			5

Winner of the previous two Asian zone competitions, India was decisively beaten 8–1 in the first round by a fast improving Thailand. Thailand went on to win the zone by shutting out Pakistan (9–0). In the Australasian zone, first time participant Indonesia served notice of international badminton's future by shutting out both New Zealand and Australia to advance to inter-zone play.

Denmark again advanced easily through the European zone. The Danes now boasted newly crowned All-England singles champion Erland Kops along with Finn Kobbero, two exceptionally talented players, both in their early twenties. For the third straight time only United States and Canada contested in the Pan America zone. The all-Californian U.S. squad shut out a Canadian team whose best players in past meetings between the two were now either long in years or losing interest.

Squads

Knockout stage

The following teams, shown by region, qualified for the 1958 Thomas Cup. Defending champion and host Malaya automatically qualified to defend the title it had won three years previously.

Bracket

First round		Second round		Challenge round



Malaya

Bye
		Malaya

		Bye

				14 June 1958 – Singapore

				Malaya	3
5 June 1958 – Singapore
				Indonesia	6
United States	2
		10 June 1958 – Singapore
Thailand	7
		Thailand	1
7 June 1958 – Singapore
		Indonesia	8
Indonesia	6

Denmark	3

First round

5 June 1958
6 June 1958

United States	2–7	Thailand
Report

Singapore Badminton Stadium, Singapore

7 June 1958
8 June 1958

Denmark	3–6	Indonesia
Report

Singapore Badminton Stadium, Singapore

Second round

10 June 1958
11 June 1958

Indonesia	8–1	Thailand
Report

Singapore Badminton Stadium, Singapore

Final

14 June 1958
15 June 1958

Malaya	3–6	Indonesia
Report

Singapore Badminton Stadium, Singapore

1958 Thomas Cup winner
Indonesia First title

References

tangkis.tripod.com
Mike's Badminton Populorum Archived 2016-03-30 at the Wayback Machine
Our Badminton Greats
Herbert Scheele ed., The International Badminton Federation Handbook for 1967 (Canterbury, Kent, England: J. A. Jennings Ltd., 1967) 74–78.
Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: 1983) 121, 122.