1967 Helvetia Cup

1967 Helvetia Cup
Helvetia-Cup 1967
Coupe Helvétia 1967
Coppa Helvetia 1967
Cupa Helvetia 1967

Tournament details
Dates	22 – 23 April
Edition	6
Venue	Centre de Badminton Malley
Location	Lausanne, Switzerland
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The 1967 Helvetia Cup was the sixth edition of the Helvetia Cup mixed team badminton tournament. This was the second time Switzerland hosted the tournament.

Defending champions West Germany won their sixth consecutive title by defeating the Netherlands 7–1 in the final. In the playoff for third place, Austria defeated Belgium 7–1. In the playoffs for fifth place, Norway defeated Switzerland 7–1.^[1][2]

Tournament

The 1967 Helvetia Cup was scheduled to be held from 22 to 23 April 1967 with the participation of six countries which were Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, West Germany and Norway.^[3]

Venue

This tournament was held at the Centre de Badminton Malley in Lausanne, Switzerland.^{[citation needed]}

Draw

The draw was announced on 21 April 1965. The group stage consists of 2 groups, Group A and Group B.^[4]

Group A	Group B
West Germany  Austria  Norway	Belgium  Netherlands   Switzerland

Group stage

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

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	2	2	0	16	0	+16	4	Final
2	Austria	2	1	1	6	10	−4	2	3rd–4th place
3	Norway	2	0	2	2	14	−12	0	5th–6th place

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch

West Germany  v  Austria

22 April 1967 (1967-04-22)

West Germany	8–0	Austria
Report

Centre de Badminton Malley, Switzerland

West Germany  v  Norway

22 April 1967 (1967-04-22)

West Germany	8–0	Norway
Report

Centre de Badminton Malley, Switzerland

Austria  v  Norway

22 April 1967 (1967-04-22)

Austria	6–2	Norway
Report

Centre de Badminton Malley, Switzerland

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	15	1	+14	4	Final
2	Belgium	2	1	1	6	10	−4	2	3rd–4th place
3	Switzerland (H)	2	0	2	3	13	−10	0	5th–6th place

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch

Netherlands  v   Switzerland

22 April 1967 (1967-04-22)

Netherlands	8–0	Switzerland
Report

Centre de Badminton Malley, Switzerland

Netherlands  v  Belgium

22 April 1967 (1967-04-22)

Netherlands	7–1	Belgium
Report

Centre de Badminton Malley, Switzerland

Belgium  v   Switzerland

22 April 1967 (1967-04-22)

Belgium	5–3	Switzerland
Report

Centre de Badminton Malley, Switzerland

Classification round

5th–6th place

Norway  v   Switzerland

23 April 1967 (1967-04-23)

Norway	7–1	Switzerland
Report

Centre de Badminton Malley, Switzerland

3rd–4th place

Austria  v  Belgium

23 April 1967 (1967-04-23)

Austria	7–1	Belgium
Report

Centre de Badminton Malley, Switzerland

Final

West Germany  v  Netherlands

23 April 1967 (1967-04-23)

West Germany	7–1	Netherlands
Report

Centre de Badminton Malley, Switzerland

Fixture

West Germany 7	Centre de Badminton Malley 23 April 1967 [5]		Netherlands 1
1 2 3 1 Karl-Heinz Garbers Huub van Ginneken 15 10 9 15 15 12   2 Horst Lösche Ruud van Ginneken 4 15 15 7 15 12   3 Heinz Wossowski Leo Kountul 15 7 15 7     4 Gerda Schumacher Joke van Beusekom 11 8 11 5     5 Karl-Heinz Garbers / Roland Maywald Leo Kountul / Huub van Ginneken 17 15 9 15 15 11   6 Horst Lösche / Heinz Wossowski Leo Hanssen / Ad Verhoef 15 5 15 1     7 Karin Schäfers / Gerda Schumacher Felice de Nooyer / Tonny Pannemans 15 9 18 13     8 Roland Maywald / Karin Schäfers Ruud van Ginneken / Felice de Nooyer 15 9 6 15 3 15

1967 Helvetia Cup winner
West Germany Sixth title

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	Final result
	West Germany	3	3	0	6	+22	Champions
	Netherlands	3	2	1	4	+8	Runners-up
	Austria	3	2	1	4	+2	Third place
4	Belgium	3	1	2	2	−10	Fourth place
5	Norway	3	1	2	2	−6	Fifth place
6	Switzerland (H)	3	0	3	0	−16	Sixth place

References

1. "Badminton". Le Nouvelliste. 1965-04-24. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-06-12 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
2. "Badminton Nederland tweede in Lausanne". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 1967-04-24. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
3. Badminton Rundschau (PDF) (in German) (6th ed.). Badminton Landesverband NRW. 1967-05-05. p. 4.
4. "Badminton - Helvetia-Cup in Lausanne". Die Tat. 1967-04-25. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
5. Badminton Rundschau (PDF) (in German) (6th ed.). Badminton Landesverband NRW. 1967-06-05. pp. 3, 4, 8.