1975 Uber Cup

1975 Uber Cup
Location Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia

The 1975 Uber Cup was the 8th edition of the Uber Cup, the women's badminton team competition. The tournament took place in the 1974-75 badminton season, 14 countries competed. Indonesia won its first title in the Uber Cup, after beating the defending champion Japan in the Final Round in Jakarta.

Teams

14 teams from 4 regions took part in the competition. As defending champion, Japan skipped the qualifications and played directly in the second round of the inter-zone ties (team matches), effectively the semifinals of the tournament.

Australasian zone

Asian zone

European zone

Panamerican zone

From the qualifying rounds, four countries progressed to the inter-zone ties. From the Australasian zone, Australia advanced to the next round after beating New Zealand 4–3. From the Asian zone the Malaysian team beat India 6–1. In the European zone final England defeated Denmark 5–2. From the Pan American zone, Canada advanced to the inter-zone ties after defeating the United States 5–2.

Inter-zone playoffs

First round

Canada  43  Australia
Japan  bye
Indonesia  70  Malaysia
England  bye

Second round

Japan  61  Canada
Indonesia  52  England

Final round

Japan played in its fourth consecutive Uber Cup final, having won the tournament in 1966, 1969, and 1972. The Japanese women won two of the three singles, but dropped all four doubles to the Indonesian women who were playing before their home crowd. Indonesia thus won the Uber Cup for the first time. It was the final Uber Cup appearance of two great "veterans", Japan's Noriko Nakayama (née Takagi), who completed her fourth campaign undefeated in singles, and Indonesia's Minarni Soedaryanto who, after playing on Indonesian teams since 1959, finally achieved the ultimate prize.[1][2]

Final round

1975 Uber Cup Champions

Indonesia

First title

References

  1. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 134, 135.
  2. "Indonesia Wins the Uber Cup," World Badminton, August 1975, 2 - 4.

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