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
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 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	File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland	3	3	0	14	7	+7	3	Final
2	File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia	3	1	2	10	11	−1	1	4th–6th place
3	File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria	3	1	2	9	12	−3	1	7th–9th place
4	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	3	1	2	9	12	−3	1	10th–11th place

Source: Sovetsky Sport

29 January 1977

Ireland File:Flag of Ireland.svg	5–2	File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Austria File:Flag of Austria.svg	3–4	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Ireland File:Flag of Ireland.svg	5–2	File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Czechoslovakia File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg	5–2	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Ireland File:Flag of Ireland.svg	4–3	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Austria File:Flag of Austria.svg	4–3	File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (H)	2	2	0	13	1	+12	2	Final
2	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	2	1	1	6	8	−2	1	4th–6th place
3	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	2	0	2	2	12	−10	0	7th–9th place

Source: Sovetsky Sport

29 January 1977

Soviet Union File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg	7–0	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Wales File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg	5–2	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Soviet Union File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg	6–1	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany	3	3	0	19	2	+17	3	Final
2	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway	3	2	1	15	6	+9	2	4th–6th place
3	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	3	1	2	6	15	−9	1	7th–9th place
4	File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	3	0	3	2	19	−17	0	10th–11th place

Source: Sovetsky Sport

29 January 1977

Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg	7–0	File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg	0–7	File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg	6–1	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Switzerland File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg	0–7	File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg	2–5	File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

29 January 1977

Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg	5–2	File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

Classification round

10th–11th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	1	1	0	4	3	+1	1	Tenth place
2	File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	1	0	1	3	4	−1	0	Eleventh place

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch

30 January 1977

Switzerland File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg	3–4	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

7th–9th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria	2	2	0	12	2	+10	2	Seventh place
2	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	2	1	1	5	9	−4	1	Eighth place
3	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	2	0	2	4	10	−6	0	Ninth place

Source: Sovetsky Sport

30 January 1977

Austria File:Flag of Austria.svg	6–1	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

30 January 1977

Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg	3–4	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

30 January 1977

Austria File:Flag of Austria.svg	6–1	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

4th–6th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	10	4	+6	2	Fourth place
2	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway	2	1	1	6	8	−2	1	Fifth place
3	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	2	0	2	5	9	−4	0	Sixth place

Source: National Library of Norway

30 January 1977

Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg	4–3	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

30 January 1977

Czechoslovakia File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg	5–2	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

30 January 1977

Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg	2–5	File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia
Report

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Soviet Union

Final

Round robin

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

Source: Sovetsky Sport

Ireland vs East Germany

File:Flag of Ireland.svg
Ireland
4

Yubileyny Sports Palace
30 January 1977
^[8]

File:Flag of East Germany.svg
East Germany
3

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

Ireland vs Soviet Union

File:Flag of Ireland.svg
Ireland
2

Yubileyny Sports Palace
30 January 1977
^[8]

File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Soviet Union
5

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

Soviet Union vs East Germany

File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Soviet Union
4

Yubileyny Sports Palace
30 January 1977
^[8]

File:Flag of East Germany.svg
East Germany
3

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

1977 Helvetia Cup winner
File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union First title

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)	File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union (H)	4	4	0	4	+16	Champions
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland	5	4	1	4	+5	Runners-up
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	File:Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany	5	3	2	3	+15	Third place
4	File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	3	+5	Fourth place
5	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway	5	3	2	3	+6	Fifth place
6	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	4	1	3	1	−6	Sixth place
7	File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria	5	3	2	3	+7	Seventh place
8	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	4	1	3	1	−14	Eighth place
9	File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	5	1	4	0	−15	Ninth place
10	File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	4	2	2	2	−2	Tenth place
11	File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg 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.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 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] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 Federball Vol. 18 (1977), issue 2, page 3

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1977 Helvetia Cup

Contents

Tournament

Venue

Draw

Group stage

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Classification round

10th–11th place

7th–9th place

4th–6th place

Final

Round robin

Ireland vs East Germany

Ireland vs Soviet Union

Soviet Union vs East Germany

Final ranking

References

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