1982 Thomas Cup qualification

The qualifying process for the 1982 Thomas Cup took place from 4 August 1981 to 4 April 1982 to decide the final teams which will play in the final tournament.

1982 Thomas Cup qualification

Tournament details
Dates	4 August 1981 – 4 April 1982
Location	Asian zone: Bangkok Beijing Hyderabad Taipei American zone: Claremont Lima Kitchener Pomona San Diego European zone: Copenhagen Duisburg Grangemouth Haarlem Pressbaum Australasian zone: Hamilton
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Qualification process

The qualification process is divided into four regions, the Asian Zone, the American Zone, the European Zone and the Australasian Zone. Teams in their respective zone will compete in a knockout format. Teams will compete for two days, with two singles and doubles played on the first day and three singles and two doubles played on the next day. The teams that win their respective zone will earn a place in the final tournament to be held in England.

Indonesia qualified for the inter-zone play-offs as defending champions and hosts. England qualified for their first ever appearance in the Thomas Cup as hosts.

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Final appearance
England	1982 Thomas Cup hosts	24 July 1981	1st
Indonesia	1979 Thomas Cup winners	2 June 1979	9th
China	Asian Zone winners	5 March 1982	1st
Denmark	European Zone winners	18 February 1982	12th
Japan	American Zone winners	4 April 1982	4th
Malaysia	Australasian Zone winners	8 August 1981	9th

Asian Zone

Bracket

	First round				Semi-finals				Final
	26 October 1981 – Beijing
	China	9
					30 January 1982 – Beijing
	Pakistan	0
					China	9
	31 October 1981 – Hyderabad
					India	0
	India	9
									4 March 1982 – Bangkok
	Sri Lanka	0
									China	7
	5 December 1981 – Taipei
									Thailand	2
	South Korea	6
					30 January 1982 – Bangkok
	Chinese Taipei	3
					South Korea	2
	2 October 1981 – Bangkok
					Thailand	8
	Thailand	8
	Singapore	1

First round

Thailand 7	Bangkok, Thailand 2–3 October 1981		Singapore 2
1 2 3 1 Udom Luangpetcharaporn Wong Shoon Keat 17 14 15 9     2 Surapong Suharitdamrong Lee Ah Ngo 3 15 15 13 15 12   3 Sakchai Thanasriwanijai / Kriangsak Traiwekin Tan Eng Han / Tan Khee Wee 15 8 12 15 14 17   4 Pinit Boonoon / Surapong Suharitdamrong Robert Han / Lee Ah Ngo 15 17 15 4 15 10   5 Surapong Suharitdamrong Wong Shoon Keat 15 7 15 11     6 Udom Luangpetcharaporn Lee Ah Ngo 15 13 15 6     7 Akkaraporn Sriratanakul Tan Ban Chew 18 4 15 2     8 Pinit Boonoon / Surapong Suharitdamrong Tan Eng Han / Tan Khee Wee 10 15 15 2 15 5   9 Sakchai Thanasriwanijai / Kriangsak Traiwekin Robert Han / Lee Ah Ngo 15 12 15 3

China 9	Beijing, China 26–27 October 1981		Pakistan 0
1 2 3 1 Han Jian Tariq Wadood 15 9 15 9     2 Chen Tianlong Tariq Farooq 15 5 15 5     3 Sun Zhian / Yao Ximing Javed Iqbal / Zahid Maqbool 15 5 15 4     4 Lin Jiangli / Luan Jin Asif Bajwa / Tariq Wadood 15 4 15 2     5 Luan Jin Zubair Ahmed 15 4 15 0     6 Chen Tianlong Tariq Wadood 18 14 4 15 15 10   7 Han Jian Tariq Farooq 15 4 15 5     8 Lin Jiangli / Luan Jin Javed Iqbal / Zahid Maqbool 15 5 15 8     9 Sun Zhian / Yao Ximing Asif Bajwa / Tariq Wadood 15 4 15 3

India 9	Hyderabad, India 31 October – 1 November 1981		Sri Lanka 0
1 2 3 1 Syed Modi Ravi Kuruppu 15 1 15 5     2 U. Vimal Kumar Priyantha Wijesekara 15 8 17 16     3 Leroy D'Sa / Sanat Misra Malik Jhan / Ravi Kuruppu 15 1 15 5     4 Uday Pawar / Sanjay Sharma Niroshan Wijekoon / D. Wijesooriya 15 3 15 1     5 Uday Pawar Malik Jhan 15 2 15 4     6 U. Vimal Kumar Ravi Kuruppu 15 5 15 3     7 Syed Modi Priyantha Wijesekara 18 14 15 4     8 Leroy D'Sa / Sanat Misra Niroshan Wijekoon / D. Wijesooriya 15 7 15 4     9 Uday Pawar / Sanjay Sharma Malik Jhan / Ravi Kuruppu 15 3 15 4

South Korea 6	Taipei, Taiwan 5–6 December 1981		Chinese Taipei 3
1 2 3 1 Kim Byung-sik Huang Chien-tung 8 15 15 10 15 10   2 Park Joo-bong Liu Han-chia 15 8 14 17 15 10   3 Kim Joong-soo / Lee Jae-bok Chi Shih-ching / Ho Chien-tung 5 15 15 8 8 15   4 Lee Eun-ku / Park Joo-bong Liu Han-chia / Tseng Hsueh-Chih 15 7 15 9     5 Choi Byung-hak Liao Kun-fu 15 5 15 3     6 Park Joo-bong Huang Chien-tung 15 10 18 15     7 Kim Byung-sik Liu Han-chia 4 15 12 15     8 Kim Joong-soo / Lee Jae-bok Liu Han-chia / Tseng Hsueh-Chih 13 15 11 15     9 Lee Eun-ku / Park Joo-bong Chi Shih-ching / Ho Chien-tung 15 8 15 2

Semi-finals

China 9	Beijing, China 30–31 January 1982		India 0
1 2 3 1 Chen Changjie U. Vimal Kumar 15 0 15 1     2 Han Jian Syed Modi 15 0 15 3     3 Lin Jiangli / Luan Jin Uday Pawar / Sanjay Sharma 15 9 15 0     4 Sun Zhian / Yao Ximing Partho Ganguli / Vikram Singh 15 8 15 11     5 Luan Jin Uday Pawar 15 4 15 4     6 Han Jian U. Vimal Kumar 18 1 4 2 15   7 Chen Changjie Syed Modi 15 2 15 4     8 Sun Zhian / Yao Ximing Uday Pawar / Sanjay Sharma 15 7 15 11     9 Lin Jiangli / Luan Jin Partho Ganguli / Vikram Singh 15 8 15 6

Thailand 7	Bangkok, Thailand 30–31 January 1982		South Korea 2
1 2 3 1 Udom Luangpetcharaporn Choi Byung-hak 15 6 14 17 15 10   2 Akkaraporn Sriratanakul Park Joo-bong 15 10 15 4     3 Pinit Boonoon / Surapong Suharitdamrong Choi Byung-hak / Kim Joong-soo 15 1 15 7     4 Sakchai Thanasriwanijai / Kriangsak Traiwekin Lee Eun-ku / Park Joo-bong 7 15 12 15     5 Udom Luangpetcharaporn Park Joo-bong 15 9 15 6     6 Akkaraporn Sriratanakul Choi Byung-hak 15 13 15 9     7 Sakchai Thanasriwanijai Kim Joong-soo 15 9 8 15 9 15   8 Pinit Boonoon / Surapong Suharitdamrong Lee Eun-ku / Park Joo-bong 10 15 15 12 15 9   9 Sakchai Thanasriwanijai / Kriangsak Traiwekin Choi Byung-hak / Kim Joong-soo 17 14 15 10

Final

China 7	Bangkok, Thailand 4–5 March 1982		Thailand 2
1 2 3 1 Han Jian Udom Luangpetcharaporn 15 9 15 10     2 Chen Changjie Akkaraporn Sriratanakul 15 10 15 5     3 Sun Zhian / Yao Ximing Pinit Boonoon / Surapong Suharitdamrong 15 11 15 5     4 Luan Jin / Yang Kesen Sakchai Thanasriwanijai / Kriangsak Traiwekin 18 16 7 15 12 15   5 Luan Jin Surapong Suharitdamrong 11 15 15 8 15 13   6 Chen Changjie Udom Luangpetcharaporn 15 8 15 12     7 Han Jian Akkaraporn Sriratanakul 15 10 15 12     8 Luan Jin / Yang Kesen Pinit Boonoon / Surapong Suharitdamrong 15 17 12 15     9 Sun Zhian / Yao Ximing Sakchai Thanasriwanijai / Kriangsak Traiwekin 15 10 15 7

American Zone

Bracket

	First round				Semi-finals				Final
	24 October 1981 – San Diego
	Nigeria	0
					27 February 1982 – Pomona
	United States	9
					United States	6
					Canada	3
	Mexico
									3 April 1982 – Claremont
	Bye
									United States	1
	26 October 1981 – Lima
									Japan	8
	Japan	9
					30 January 1982 – Kitchener
	Peru	0
					Japan	8
					Canada	1
	Canada
	Bye

First round

United States 9	San Diego, United States 24–25 October 1981		Nigeria 0
1 2 3 1 Charles Coakley Folusho Davies 15 11 15 12     2 Tony Alston Samson Egbeyemi 15 12 18 13     3 Charles Coakley / Gary Higgins Babatunde Badiru / Samson Egbeyemi 15 9 15 4     4 Gary Shelstad / Mike Walker Folusho Davies / Fatai Tokosi 15 5 15 4     5 Charles Coakley Samson Egbeyemi 15 1 15 9     6 Rodney Barton Babatunde Badiru 15 11 15 10     7 Tony Alston Folusho Davies 15 12 15 5     8 Gary Shelstad / Mike Walker Babatunde Badiru / Samson Egbeyemi 15 6 15 7     9 Charles Coakley / Gary Higgins Folusho Davies / Fatai Tokosi 15 4 15 3

Japan 9	Lima, Peru 26–27 October 1981		Peru 0
1 2 3 1 Kinji Zeniya Alfredo Salazar 15 1 15 4     2 Masao Tsuchida Federico Valdez 15 5 15 2     3 Shokichi Miyamori / Masao Tsuchida Federico Valdez / Germán Valdez 15 4 15 5     4 Toshihiro Tsuji / Kinji Zeniya Alfredo Salazar / Gustavo Salazar 15 8 15 1     5 Hiroyuki Hasegawa Gustavo Salazar 15 3 15 3     6 Masao Tsuchida Alfredo Salazar 15 2 15 9     7 Kinji Zeniya Federico Valdez 15 7 15 8     8 Toshihiro Tsuji / Kinji Zeniya Federico Valdez / Germán Valdez 15 5 15 9     9 Toshihiro Tsuji / Kinji Zeniya Alfredo Salazar / Gustavo Salazar 15 5 15 5

Semi-finals

Japan 9	Kitchener, Canada 30–31 January 1982		Canada 0
1 2 3 1 Kinji Zeniya Keith Priestman 15 10 16 18 15 5   2 Hiroyuki Hasegawa John Goss 18 17 8 15 15 5   3 Shokichi Miyamori / Masao Tsuchida Mark Freitag / Bob MacDougall 15 8 10 15 14 17   4 Hiroshi Nishiyama / Toshihiro Tsuji Keith Priestman / Ken Priestman 15 8 18 16     5 Hiroshi Nishiyama Bob MacDougall 15 7 15 8     6 Hiroyuki Hasegawa Keith Priestman 9 15 15 10 15 6   7 Kinji Zeniya John Goss 15 3 15 8     8 Hiroshi Nishiyama / Toshihiro Tsuji Mark Freitag / Bob MacDougall 15 8 15 2     9 Shokichi Miyamori / Masao Tsuchida Keith Priestman / Ken Priestman 15 6 15 11

United States 6	Pomona, California, United States 27–28 February 1982		Mexico 3
1 2 3 1 Tony Alston Fernando de la Torre 15 12 10 15 4 15   2 Chris Kinard Roy Díaz González 12 15 1 15     3 John Britton / Gary Higgins Victor Jaramillo / Jorge Palazuelos 17 14 15 7     4 Gary Shelstad / Mike Walker Roy Díaz González / Eugenio Tapia 15 4 15 11     5 Gary Higgins Eugenio Tapia 15 9 15 5     6 Tony Alston Roy Díaz González 11 15 10 15     7 Chris Kinard José Icaza 15 9 15 3     8 Gary Shelstad / Mike Walker Victor Jaramillo / Jorge Palazuelos 15 9 17 9     9 John Britton / Gary Higgins Roy Díaz González / Eugenio Tapia 15 7 15 9

European Zone

Bracket

First round

Second round

Semi-finals

Final

Scotland

1 December 1981 – Haarlem

Bye

Scotland

9

30 October 1981 – Pressbaum

Netherlands

0

Austria

0

25 January 1982 – Grangemouth

Netherlands

9

Scotland

0

Denmark

9

Bye

Bye

Bye

Denmark

Denmark

17 February 1982 – Copenhagen

Bye

Denmark

8

Sweden

1

West Germany

7 December 1981 – Duisburg

Bye

West Germany

6

Soviet Union

3

Soviet Union

27 January 1982 – Duisburg

Bye

West Germany

1

Sweden

9

Bye

Bye

Bye

Sweden

Bye

Sweden

First round

Netherlands 9	Pressbaum, Austria 30–31 October 1981		Austria 0
1 2 3 1 Rob Ridder Gerald Hofegger 15 2 15 2     2 Uun Santosa Alfred Hofer 15 12 15 6     3 Herman Leidelmeijer / Rob Ridder Gerald Hofegger / Johann Ratheyser 15 5 15 6     4 Uun Santosa / Guus van der Vlugt Herwig Baltz / Ernst Stingl 15 7 15 8     5 Uun Santosa Gerald Hofegger 15 0 15 5     6 Rob Ridder Alfred Hofer 15 3 15 3     7 Lex Coene Klaus Fischer 15 2 15 2     8 Uun Santosa / Guus van der Vlugt Gerald Hofegger / Johann Ratheyser 8 15 18 13 15 11   9 Herman Leidelmeijer / Rob Ridder Herwig Baltz / Ernst Stingl 15 6 15 9

Second round

Scotland 9	Haarlem, Netherlands 1–2 December 1981		Netherlands 0
1 2 3 1 Charlie Gallagher Rob Ridder 15 11 15 8     2 Gordon Hamilton Uun Santosa 9 15 15 14 15 12   3 Billy Gilliland / Dan Travers Herman Leidelmeijer / Rob Ridder 15 2 15 10     4 David Shaylor / Alex White Ivan Kristanto / Frank van Dongen 15 9 15 9     5 Gordon Hamilton Rob Ridder 15 11 15 7     6 Charlie Gallagher Uun Santosa 15 12 15 4     7 Dan Travers Lex Coene 18 16 15 8     8 David Shaylor / Alex White Herman Leidelmeijer / Rob Ridder 15 7 15 9     9 Billy Gilliland / Dan Travers Ivan Kristanto / Frank van Dongen 15 1 15 4

West Germany 6	Duisburg, Germany 8–9 December 1981		Soviet Union 3
1 2 3 1 Michael Schnaase Anatoli Skripko 3 15 7 15     2 Georg Simon Vitaliy Shmakov 7 15 11 15     3 Harald Klauer / Gerhard Treitinger Nikolay Peshekhonov / Vitaliy Shmakov 2 15 15 10 15 11   4 Stefan Frey / Thomas Künstler Viktor Samarin / Konstantin Vavilov 15 7 15 9     5 Georg Simon Anatoli Skripko 15 15 15 15     6 Michael Schnaase Vitaliy Shmakov 15 9 7 15 15 7   7 Thomas Künstler Nikolay Peshekhonov 15 11 15 6     8 Harald Klauer / Gerhard Treitinger Viktor Samarin / Konstantin Vavilov 15 12 15 8     9 Thomas Künstler / Stefan Frey Nikolay Peshekhonov / Vitaliy Shmakov 15 4 15 2

Semi-finals

Denmark 9	Grangemouth, Scotland 25–26 January 1982		Scotland 0
1 2 3 1 Morten Frost Charlie Gallagher 15 3 15 5     2 Flemming Delfs Gordon Hamilton 15 7 10 15 15 2   3 Steen Fladberg / Morten Frost Billy Gilliland / Dan Travers 15 3 15 5     4 Jesper Helledie / Jens Peter Nierhoff David Shaylor / Alex White 14 17 15 9 15 12   5 Morten Frost Gordon Hamilton 15 1 15 4     6 Flemming Delfs Charlie Gallagher 15 5 15 4     7 Claus Andersen Dan Travers 15 12 15 8     8 Steen Fladberg / Morten Frost David Shaylor / Alex White 15 9 15 11     9 Jesper Helledie / Jens Peter Nierhoff Billy Gilliland / Dan Travers 15 7 15 7

Sweden 9	Duisburg, Germany 27–28 January 1982		West Germany 0
1 2 3 1 Thomas Kihlström Michael Schnaase 15 2 15 6     2 Stefan Karlsson Ulrich Rost 15 11 15 6     3 Claes Nordin / Lars Wengberg Stefan Frey / Thomas Künstler 15 8 15 4     4 Stefan Karlsson / Thomas Kihlström Harald Klauer / Gerhard Treitinger 13 18 15 3 15 8   5 Stefan Karlsson Michael Schnaase 15 8 15 5     6 Christian Lundberg Thomas Künstler 15 8 15 4     7 Thomas Kihlström Ulrich Rost 15 9 12 15 15 7   8 Claes Nordin / Lars Wengberg Harald Klauer / Gerhard Treitinger 4 15 17 14 15 6   9 Stefan Karlsson / Christian Lundberg Stefan Frey / Thomas Künstler 15 6 15 11

Final

Denmark 8	Copenhagen, Denmark 17–18 February 1982		Sweden 1
1 2 3 1 Morten Frost Thomas Kihlström 15 4 15 8     2 Jens Peter Nierhoff Stefan Karlsson 15 8 15 3     3 Steen Fladberg / Morten Frost Thomas Kihlström / Lars Wengberg 11 15 7 15     4 Jesper Helledie / Jens Peter Nierhoff Claes Nordin / Stefan Karlsson 15 11 15 5     5 Morten Frost Stefan Karlsson 15 4 15 1     6 Flemming Delfs Sture Johnsson 15 5 15 6     7 Jens Peter Nierhoff Thomas Kihlström 3 0       retired 8 Steen Fladberg / Morten Frost Claes Nordin / Stefan Karlsson 18 17 15 6     9 Jesper Helledie / Jens Peter Nierhoff Christian Lundberg / Lars Wengberg 15 4 15 10

Australasian Zone

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	4 August 1981 – Hamilton
	Malaysia	9
					7 August 1981 – Hamilton
	Australia	0
					Malaysia	7
					New Zealand	2
	Australia
	Bye

Semi-finals

Malaysia 9	Hamilton, New Zealand 4–5 August 1981		Australia 0
1 2 3 1 Misbun Sidek Mark Harry 15 9 15 8     2 Phua Ah Hua Darren McDonald 15 10 15 3     3 Jalani Sidek / Razif Sidek Mark Harry / Paul Kong 15 3 15 2     4 Misbun Sidek / Ong Beng Teong Darren McDonald / Michael Scandolera 15 6 15 9     5 Phua Ah Hua Mark Harry 15 13 4 15 15 10   6 Misbun Sidek Darren McDonald 15 13 15 4     7 James Selvaraj Trevor James 18 5 15 6     8 Jalani Sidek / Razif Sidek Darren McDonald / Michael Scandolera 15 9 15 3     9 Misbun Sidek / Ong Beng Teong Mark Harry / Paul Kong 15 8 10 15 15 10

Final

Malaysia 7	Hamilton, New Zealand 7–8 August 1981		New Zealand 2
1 2 3 1 Saw Swee Leong Graeme Robson 17 14 15 2     2 Misbun Sidek Bryan Purser 15 9 15 9     3 Jalani Sidek / Razif Sidek Phil Horne / Steve Wilson 15 7 15 6     4 Misbun Sidek / Ong Beng Teong Chris Bullen / Bryan Purser 15 4 6 15 15 8   5 Misbun Sidek Graeme Robson 2 15 6 15     6 Phua Ah Hua Steve Wilson 17 18 13 15     7 Saw Swee Leong Bryan Purser 15 11 15 11     8 Misbun Sidek / Ong Beng Teong Phil Horne / Steve Wilson 15 3 15 9     9 Misbun Sidek / Ong Beng Teong Chris Bullen / Bryan Purser 15 9 15 5