1977 Helvetia Cup

1977 Helvetia Cup
Кубок Гельвеции 1977
Tournament details
Dates	29 – 30 January
Edition	13
Venue	Yubileyny Sports Palace
Location	Leningrad, Soviet Union
← 1975	1979 →

The 1977 Helvetia Cup was the thirteenth edition of the Helvetia Cup mixed team badminton tournament. In 1976, the USSR Badminton Federation announced that the tournament would be held in Leningrad. The country would also make their first appearance in the championships.

The Soviet Union emerged as champions of the Helvetia Cup by defeating Ireland and East Germany in the final stage.^[1] East Germany also achieved a new feat by achieving a podium position in their first ever international team tournament.^[2]^[3]

Tournament

The 1977 Helvetia Cup was scheduled to be held from 29 to 30 January 1977. The participating countries were increased to 11. The Soviet Union and East Germany made their debut in the tournament.^[4]

Venue

This tournament was held at the Yubileyny Sports Palace in Leningrad, Soviet Union.^[5]^[6]

Draw

The group stage consists of 3 groups, Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3.^[7]

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Austria Czechoslovakia Ireland Hungary	Finland Soviet Union Wales	Belgium East Germany Norway Switzerland

Group stage

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

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	3	3	0	14	7	+7	3	Final
2	Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	10	11	−1	1	4th–6th place
3	Austria	3	1	2	9	12	−3	1	7th–9th place
4	Hungary	3	1	2	9	12	−3	1	10th–11th place

Source: Sovetsky Sport

29 January 1977

Ireland	5–2	Czechoslovakia
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Austria	3–4	Hungary
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Ireland	5–2	Austria
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Czechoslovakia	5–2	Hungary
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Ireland	4–3	Hungary
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Austria	4–3	Czechoslovakia
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union (H)	2	2	0	13	1	+12	2	Final
2	Wales	2	1	1	6	8	−2	1	4th–6th place
3	Finland	2	0	2	2	12	−10	0	7th–9th place

Source: Sovetsky Sport

29 January 1977

Soviet Union	7–0	Finland
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Wales	5–2	Finland
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Soviet Union	6–1	Wales
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	East Germany	3	3	0	19	2	+17	3	Final
2	Norway	3	2	1	15	6	+9	2	4th–6th place
3	Belgium	3	1	2	6	15	−9	1	7th–9th place
4	Switzerland	3	0	3	2	19	−17	0	10th–11th place

Source: Sovetsky Sport

29 January 1977

Norway	7–0	Switzerland
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Belgium	0–7	East Germany
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Norway	6–1	Belgium
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Switzerland	0–7	East Germany
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Norway	2–5	East Germany
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Belgium	5–2	Switzerland
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

Classification round

10th–11th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	1	1	0	4	3	+1	1	Tenth place
2	Switzerland	1	0	1	3	4	−1	0	Eleventh place

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch

30 January 1977

Switzerland	3–4	Hungary
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

7th–9th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	2	2	0	12	2	+10	2	Seventh place
2	Finland	2	1	1	5	9	−4	1	Eighth place
3	Belgium	2	0	2	4	10	−6	0	Ninth place

Source: Sovetsky Sport

30 January 1977

Austria	6–1	Finland
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

30 January 1977

Belgium	3–4	Finland
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

30 January 1977

Austria	6–1	Belgium
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

4th–6th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	10	4	+6	2	Fourth place
2	Norway	2	1	1	6	8	−2	1	Fifth place
3	Wales	2	0	2	5	9	−4	0	Sixth place

Source: National Library of Norway

30 January 1977

Norway	4–3	Wales
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

30 January 1977

Czechoslovakia	5–2	Wales
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

30 January 1977

Norway	2–5	Czechoslovakia
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

Final

Round robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union (H)	2	2	0	9	5	+4	2	Champions
2	Ireland	2	1	1	6	8	−2	1	Runners-up
3	East Germany	2	0	2	6	8	−2	0	Third place

Source: Sovetsky Sport

Ireland vs East Germany

Ireland
4

Yubileyny Sports Palace
30 January 1977
^[8]

East Germany
3

		1	2	3
1	Colin Bell Edgar Michalowski	1 15	8 15
2	Brien McKee Erfried Michalowsky	12 15	4 15
3	Bill Thompson Joachim Schimpke	15 10	17 15
4	Barbara Beckett Monika Cassens	11 6	7 11	11 8
5	Clifford McIlwaine / John Scott Edgar Michalowski / Roland Riese	8 15	17 14	15 9
6	Barbara Beckett / F. Cunningham Monika Cassens / Angela Michalowski	15 5	12 15	13 15
7	John Scott / F. Cunningham Erfried Michalowsky / Edgar Michalowski	15 12	8 15	18 14

Ireland vs Soviet Union

Ireland
2

Yubileyny Sports Palace
30 January 1977
^[8]

Soviet Union
5

		1	2	3
1	Colin Bell Konstantin Vavilov	10 15	6 15
2	Brien McKee Anatoliy Skripko	1 15	8 15
3	Bill Thompson Vyacheslav Schukin	8 15	11 15
4	Barbara Beckett Ludmila Markova	1 11	11 4	11 2
5	Clifford McIlwaine / John Scott Nikolay Peshekhonov / Konstantin Vavilov	15 8	12 15	0 15
6	Barbara Beckett / F. Cunningham Nadezhda Litvincheva / Irina Shevchenko	17 14	15 10
7	John Scott / F. Cunningham Nikolay Peshekhonov / Irina Shevchenko	12 15	6 15

Soviet Union vs East Germany

Soviet Union
4

Yubileyny Sports Palace
30 January 1977
^[8]

East Germany
3

		1	2	3
1	Konstantin Vavilov Edgar Michalowski	15 6	10 15	15 8
2	Anatoliy Skripko Roland Riese	15 2	15 9
3	Vyacheslav Schukin Erfried Michalowsky	13 15	15 5	15 12
4	Ludmila Markova Monika Cassens	6 11	4 11
5	Nikolay Peshekhonov / Konstantin Vavilov Edgar Michalowski / Roland Riese	12 15	17 14	15 10
6	Nadezhda Litvincheva / Irina Shevchenko Monika Cassens / Angela Michalowski	11 15	11 15
7	Nikolay Peshekhonov / Irina Shevchenko Erfried Michalowsky / Edgar Michalowski				w/o

1977 Helvetia Cup winner
Soviet Union First title

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	Final result
	Soviet Union (H)	4	4	0	4	+16	Champions
	Ireland	5	4	1	4	+5	Runners-up
	East Germany	5	3	2	3	+15	Third place
4	Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	3	+5	Fourth place
5	Norway	5	3	2	3	+6	Fifth place
6	Wales	4	1	3	1	−6	Sixth place
7	Austria	5	3	2	3	+7	Seventh place
8	Finland	4	1	3	1	−14	Eighth place
9	Belgium	5	1	4	0	−15	Ninth place
10	Hungary	4	2	2	2	−2	Tenth place
11	Switzerland	4	0	4	0	−18	Eleventh place

References

^ "მოკლღევდ - ბადმინტონი". Komunisti. 1977-02-01. p. 8.
^ "Soviets score first shuttle victory". New Nation. 1977-01-31. p. 22. Retrieved 2024-06-17 – via NewspaperSG.
^ "Bonne Performance de B . Schull en Espagne". La Liberté. 1977-02-02. p. 24. Retrieved 2024-06-17 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
^ "Aktueller Resultatspiegel - Badminton". Der Bund. 1977-02-01. p. 17. Retrieved 2024-06-17 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
^ "Новая прописка Кубка Гельвеции". Sovetsky Sport. 1977-02-01. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
^ "БАДМИНТОН - КУБОК ГЕЛЬВЕЦИИ НА БЕРЕГАХ НЕВЫ". Sovetsky Sport. 1977-01-29. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
^ "Helvetia Cup i badminton". Sandefjords Blad. 1977-01-27. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-06-17 – via National Library of Norway.
^ ^a ^b ^c Federball Vol. 18 (1977), issue 2, page 3

[1] "მოკლღევდ - ბადმინტონი". Komunisti. 1977-02-01. p. 8.

[2] "Soviets score first shuttle victory". New Nation. 1977-01-31. p. 22. Retrieved 2024-06-17 – via NewspaperSG.

[3] "Bonne Performance de B . Schull en Espagne". La Liberté. 1977-02-02. p. 24. Retrieved 2024-06-17 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.

[4] "Aktueller Resultatspiegel - Badminton". Der Bund. 1977-02-01. p. 17. Retrieved 2024-06-17 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.

[5] "Новая прописка Кубка Гельвеции". Sovetsky Sport. 1977-02-01. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-06-17.

[6] "БАДМИНТОН - КУБОК ГЕЛЬВЕЦИИ НА БЕРЕГАХ НЕВЫ". Sovetsky Sport. 1977-01-29. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-06-17.

[7] "Helvetia Cup i badminton". Sandefjords Blad. 1977-01-27. p. 6. Retrieved 2024-06-17 – via National Library of Norway.

[:0-8] Federball Vol. 18 (1977), issue 2, page 3

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