1968 Helvetia Cup

1968 Helvetia Cup
Helvetia Cup 1968
Tournament details
Dates	27 – 28 April
Edition	7
Venue	Bygdøhus Arena
Location	Oslo, Norway
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The 1968 Helvetia Cup was the seventh edition of the Helvetia Cup mixed team badminton tournament. In October 1967, the Norwegian Badminton Federation announced that the next two Helvetia Cup tournaments would be held in Oslo and Prague.^[1]

West Germany won their seventh consecutive title by defeating hosts Norway 5–2 in the final. In the playoff for third place, the Netherlands defeated Austria 6–1.^[2] In the classification round, Belgium defeated Finland 4–3 for fifth place while Switzerland defeated Czechoslovakia for seventh place.^[3]

Tournament

The 1968 Helvetia Cup was scheduled to be held from 27 to 28 April 1968. Two new participating nations entered the competition, which were Finland and Czechoslovakia.^[4]

Venue

This tournament was held at the Bygdøhus Arena in Oslo, Norway.^[5]

Draw

The draw was announced on 25 April 1968. The group stage consists of 2 groups, Group A and Group B.^[6]

Group A	Group B
Belgium West Germany Norway Switzerland	Austria Czechoslovakia Finland Netherlands

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	3	3	0	18	3	+15	3	Knockout stage
2	Norway (H)	3	2	1	13	8	+5	2	Knockout stage
3	Belgium	3	1	2	11	10	+1	1	5th–6th place
4	Switzerland	3	0	3	1	20	−19	0	7th–8th place

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch

27 April 1968

West Germany	7–0	Switzerland
Report

Bygdøhus Arena, Norway

27 April 1968

Belgium	3–4	Norway
Report

Bygdøhus Arena, Norway

27 April 1968

West Germany	5–2	Norway
Report

Bygdøhus Arena, Norway

27 April 1968

Belgium	6–1	Switzerland
Report

Bygdøhus Arena, Norway

27 April 1968

West Germany	5–2	Belgium
Report

Bygdøhus Arena, Norway

27 April 1968

Norway	7–0	Switzerland
Report

Bygdøhus Arena, Norway

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	20	1	+19	3	Knockout stage
2	Austria	3	2	1	15	6	+9	2	Knockout stage
3	Finland	3	1	2	4	17	−13	1	5th–6th place
4	Czechoslovakia	3	0	3	3	18	−15	0	7th–8th place

Source: Delpher

27 April 1968

Netherlands	7–0	Finland
Report

Bygdøhus Arena, Norway

27 April 1968

Austria	7–0	Czechoslovakia
Report

Bygdøhus Arena, Norway

27 April 1968

Netherlands	6–1	Austria
Report

Bygdøhus Arena, Norway

27 April 1968

Finland	4–3	Czechoslovakia
Report

Bygdøhus Arena, Norway

27 April 1968

Netherlands	7–0	Czechoslovakia
Report

Bygdøhus Arena, Norway

27 April 1968

Austria	7–0	Finland
Report

Bygdøhus Arena, Norway

Classification round

7th–8th place

28 April 1968

Switzerland	4–3	Czechoslovakia
Report

Bygdøhus Arena, Norway

5th–6th place

28 April 1968

Belgium	4–3	Finland
Report

Bygdøhus Arena, Norway

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

27 April

West Germany	5
		28 April
Austria	2
		West Germany	5
27 April
		Norway	2
Norway	4

Netherlands	3
		Third place play-off

		28 April

		Netherlands	6

		Austria	1

Final

West Germany vs Norway

West Germany
5

Bygdøhus Arena
28 April 1967
^[7]

Norway
2

		1	2	3
1	Karl-Heinz Garbers Harald Nettli	8 15	8 15
2	Heinz Wossowski Hans Sperre	15 11	10 15	12 15
3	Gerhard Kucki Arne Hagene	15 10	15 2
4	Gerda Schumacher Ragnhild Holand	11 5	11 2
5	Gerhard Kucki / Roland Maywald Harald Nettli / Hans Sperre	15 11	15 5
6	Gerda Schumacher / Gudrun Ziebold Elisabeth Eide / Randi Gulbrandsen	15 3	15 3
7	Roland Maywald / Gudrun Ziebold Jan Holtnæs / Elisabeth Eide	15 5	15 5

1968 Helvetia Cup winner
West Germany Seventh title

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	Final result
	West Germany	5	4	0	5	+21	Champions
	Norway (H)	5	3	2	3	+3	Runners-up
	Netherlands	5	4	1	4	+23	Third place
4	Austria	5	2	3	2	+1	Fourth place
5	Belgium	4	2	2	2	+2	Fifth place
6	Finland	4	1	3	1	−14	Sixth place
7	Switzerland	4	1	3	1	−18	Seventh place
8	Czechoslovakia	4	0	4	0	−16	Eighth place

References

^ "Helvetia Cup, viktigste badmintonarrangement - går i Oslo i april 1968". Sandefjords Blad. 1967-10-12. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-06-13 – via National Library of Norway.
^ "Algemeen Dagblad". Algemeen Dagblad. 1968-04-29. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
^ "Badminton derde te Oslo". Algemeen Handelsblad. 1968-04-29. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
^ "Stor-turnering i badminton". Drammens Tidende og Buskeruds blad. 1968-04-25. p. 15. Retrieved 2024-06-13 – via National Library of Norway.
^ "Spillere fra åtte nasjoner med i Bygdøhus til helgen". Arbeiderbladet. 1968-04-23. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
^ "Badminton - Helvetia-Cup als Europameisterschaft?". Freiburger Nachrichten. 1965-04-25. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-06-13 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
^ "Helvetia Cup en spore for norsk badminton". Sandefjords Blad. 1968-04-30. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-06-13 – via National Library of Norway.

[1] "Helvetia Cup, viktigste badmintonarrangement - går i Oslo i april 1968". Sandefjords Blad. 1967-10-12. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-06-13 – via National Library of Norway.

[2] "Algemeen Dagblad". Algemeen Dagblad. 1968-04-29. Retrieved 2024-06-12.

[3] "Badminton derde te Oslo". Algemeen Handelsblad. 1968-04-29. Retrieved 2024-06-12.

[4] "Stor-turnering i badminton". Drammens Tidende og Buskeruds blad. 1968-04-25. p. 15. Retrieved 2024-06-13 – via National Library of Norway.

[5] "Spillere fra åtte nasjoner med i Bygdøhus til helgen". Arbeiderbladet. 1968-04-23. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-06-13.

[6] "Badminton - Helvetia-Cup als Europameisterschaft?". Freiburger Nachrichten. 1965-04-25. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-06-13 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.

[7] "Helvetia Cup en spore for norsk badminton". Sandefjords Blad. 1968-04-30. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-06-13 – via National Library of Norway.

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