1969 Uber Cup qualification
Tournament details | |||
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Dates | 7 September 1968 – 28 February 1969 | ||
Location | Asian zone: Bangkok American zone: Masterton Perth | ||
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The qualifying process for the 1969 Uber Cup took place from 7 September 1968 to 28 February 1969 to decide the final teams which will play in the final tournament.
Qualification process
[edit]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. Three singles and four doubles will be played on the day of competition. The teams that win their respective zone will earn a place in the final tournament to be held in Tokyo.[1]
The winners of the 1966 Uber Cup, Japan were exempted from the qualifying rounds and automatically qualified for the challenge round.
Qualified teams
[edit]Country | Qualified as | Qualified on | Final appearance |
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1966 Uber Cup winners | 21 May 1966 | 2nd | |
Asian Zone winners | 1 February 1969 | 1st | |
European Zone winners | 28 February 1969 | 3rd | |
American Zone winners | 3 March 1969 | 5th | |
Australasian Zone winners | 21 September 1968 | 3rd |
Asian Zone
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
30 January 1969 – Bangkok | ||||||
5 | ||||||
1 February 1969 – Bangkok | ||||||
2 | ||||||
5 | ||||||
2 | ||||||
Bye | ||||||
Semi-finals
[edit]Final
[edit]Thailand 5 |
Bangkok, Thailand 1 February 1969 [3] |
South Korea 2 |
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American Zone
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
3 March 1969 – Wilmington | ||||||
5 | ||||||
March 1969 – Lima | ||||||
2 | ||||||
w/o | ||||||
Bye | ||||||
Semi-finals
[edit]United States 5 |
Wilmington, United States 23 January 1969 [4] |
Canada 2 |
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Final
[edit]The United States automatically qualified for the final tournament as winners of the Pan American zone after Peru withdrew from the competition.
European Zone
[edit]Bracket
[edit]First round | Second round | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
Bye | ||||||||||||||
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23 January 1969 – Stoke | ||||||||||||||
Bye | ||||||||||||||
5 | ||||||||||||||
21 November 1968 – Dublin | ||||||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||||||
2 | ||||||||||||||
2 January 1969 – Copenhagen | ||||||||||||||
5 | ||||||||||||||
7 | ||||||||||||||
0 | ||||||||||||||
28 February 1969 – Hamburg | ||||||||||||||
Bye | ||||||||||||||
6 | ||||||||||||||
December 1968 – Haarlem | ||||||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||||||
25 January 1969 – Dresden | ||||||||||||||
w/o | ||||||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||||||
5 December 1968 – Dunfermline | ||||||||||||||
6 | ||||||||||||||
4 | ||||||||||||||
16 February 1969 – Edinburgh | ||||||||||||||
3 | ||||||||||||||
1 | ||||||||||||||
6 | ||||||||||||||
Bye | ||||||||||||||
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First round
[edit]Ireland 2 |
Dublin, Ireland 21 November 1968 [5] |
Denmark 5 |
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Scotland 4 |
Dunfermline, Scotland 5 December 1968 [6] |
Sweden 3 |
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Second round
[edit]Scotland 6 |
Dresden, East Germany 25 January 1969 [7] |
East Germany 1 |
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Denmark 7 |
Copenhagen, Denmark 2 January 1969 [8] |
South Africa 0 |
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Semi-finals
[edit]England 5 |
Stoke-on-Trent, England 23 January 1969 [9] |
Denmark 2 |
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West Germany 6 |
Edinburgh, Scotland 16 February 1969 [10] |
Scotland 1 |
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Final
[edit]England 6 |
Hamburg, West Germany 28 February 1969 [11] |
West Germany 1 |
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Australasian Zone
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
7 September 1968 – Masterton | ||||||
6 | ||||||
21 September 1968 – Perth | ||||||
1 | ||||||
7 | ||||||
0 | ||||||
Bye | ||||||
Semi-finals
[edit]Indonesia 6 |
Masterton, New Zealand 7 September 1968 [12] |
New Zealand 1 |
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Final
[edit]Indonesia 7 |
Perth, Australia 21 September 1968 [13] |
Australia 0 |
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References
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