1981 Helvetia Cup

1981 Helvetia Cup
Helvetia Cup 1981
Tournament details
Dates	22 – 24 January
Edition	15
Venue	Jotunhallen; Hjertnes Hall
Location	Sandefjord, Norway
← 1979	1983 →

The 1981 Helvetia Cup was the fifteenth edition of the Helvetia Cup mixed team badminton tournament. In 1979, Norway won the rights to host the tournament after the finals of the 1979 Helvetia Cup.^[1] Ireland created history when the team won their first title in the tournament, beating the hosts and Wales in the final round.^[2] Poland achieved a new high by finishing in fourth place, defeating Austria and Finland in the fourth to sixth place playoffs.^[3]

Tournament

The 1981 Helvetia Cup was scheduled to be held from 22 to 24 January 1981 with nine countries participating in the tournament. The tournament was organized with the help of the Sandefjord Badminton Club (SaBK).^[4]

Venue

The group matches were held at the Jotunhallen while the final matches were held at the Hjertnes Hall in Sandefjord, Norway.^[4]^[5]

Draw

The group stage consists of 3 groups, Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3.^[6]

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales

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	2	2	0	14	0	+14	2	Final
2	File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria	2	1	1	4	10	−6	1	4th–6th place
3	File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland	2	0	2	3	11	−8	0	7th–9th place

Source: National Library of Norway

22 January 1981

Ireland File:Flag of Ireland.svg	7–0	File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
Report

Jotunhallen, Norway

22 January 1981

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

Jotunhallen, Norway

22 January 1981

Ireland File:Flag of Ireland.svg	7–0	File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria
Report

Jotunhallen, Norway

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (H)	2	2	0	14	0	+14	2	Final
2	File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland	2	1	1	5	9	−4	1	4th–6th place
3	File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	2	0	2	2	12	−10	0	7th–9th place

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch

22 January 1981

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

Jotunhallen, Norway

22 January 1981

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

Jotunhallen, Norway

22 January 1981

Norway File:Flag of Norway.svg	7–0	File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Report

Jotunhallen, Norway

Group 3

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

Source: National Library of Norway

22 January 1981

Wales File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg	7–0	File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France
Report

Jotunhallen, Norway

22 January 1981

Finland File:Flag of Finland.svg	5–2	File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France
Report

Jotunhallen, Norway

22 January 1981

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

Jotunhallen, Norway

Classification round

7th–9th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland	2	2	0	14	0	+14	2	Seventh place
2	File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	2	1	1	4	10	−6	1	Eighth place
3	File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France	2	0	2	3	11	−8	0	Ninth place

Source: National Library of Norway

23 January 1981

Switzerland File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg	4–3	File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France
Report

Jotunhallen, Norway

23 January 1981

Iceland File:Flag of Iceland.svg	7–0	File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France
Report

Jotunhallen, Norway

23 January 1981

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

Jotunhallen, Norway

4th–6th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland	2	2	0	9	5	+4	2	Fourth place
2	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	2	1	1	7	7	0	1	Fifth place
3	File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria	2	0	2	5	9	−4	0	Sixth place

Source: National Library of Norway

23 January 1981

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

Jotunhallen, Norway

23 January 1981

Finland File:Flag of Finland.svg	3–4	File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Report

Jotunhallen, Norway

23 January 1981

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

Jotunhallen, Norway

Final

Round robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland	2	2	0	10	4	+6	2	Champions
2	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (H)	2	1	1	7	7	0	1	Runners-up
3	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	2	0	2	4	10	−6	0	Third place

Source: National Library of Norway

Norway vs Wales

File:Flag of Norway.svg
Norway
5

Hjertnes Hall
24 January 1981
^[7]

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

			1	2	3
1	Norway Wales	Hans Christian Seeberg Philip Sutton	4 15	15 10	13 15
2	Norway Wales	Petter Thoresen Mark Richards	18 14	18 13
3	Norway Wales	Haakon Ringdal Lim Yim Chong	15 5	15 7
4	Norway Wales	Else Thoresen Angela Nelson	11 1	11 6
5	Norway Wales	Haakon Ringdal / Petter Thoresen Richard Eastwood / Philip Sutton	18 15	15 10
6	Norway Wales	Kari Histøl / Marianne Wikdal Linda Blake / Sian Williams	6 15	3 15
7	Norway Wales	Hans Christian Seeberg / Else Thoresen Lim Yim Chong / Linda Blake	15 7	15 8

Ireland vs Wales

File:Flag of Ireland.svg
Ireland
5

Hjertnes Hall
24 January 1981
^[7]

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

			1	2	3
1	Republic of Ireland Wales	Colin Bell Philip Sutton	5 15	4 15
2	Republic of Ireland Wales	Bill Thompson Mark Richards	15 7	14 18	15 12
3	Republic of Ireland Wales	Peter Ferguson Lim Yim Chong	11 15	16 18
4	Republic of Ireland Wales	Diane Underwood Sian Williams	11 1	11 2
5	Republic of Ireland Wales	Clifford McIlwaine / Bill Thompson Richard Eastwood / Philip Sutton	15 5	18 13
6	Republic of Ireland Wales	Mary Dinan / Wendy Orr Linda Blake / Sian Williams	18 16	15 11
7	Republic of Ireland Wales	Frazer Evans / Mary Dinan Lim Yim Chong / Linda Blake	11 15	15 8	15 12

Ireland vs Norway

File:Flag of Ireland.svg
Ireland
5

Hjertnes Hall
24 January 1981
^[8]

File:Flag of Norway.svg
Norway
2

			1	2	3
1	Republic of Ireland Norway	Colin Bell Hans Christian Seeberg	9 15	10 15
2	Republic of Ireland Norway	Bill Thompson Petter Thoresen	7 15	18 14	18 17
3	Republic of Ireland Norway	Peter Ferguson Haakon Ringdal	5 15	1 15
4	Republic of Ireland Norway	Diane Underwood Else Thoresen	11 5	11 3
5	Republic of Ireland Norway	Clifford McIlwaine / Bill Thompson Haakon Ringdal / Petter Thoresen	15 6	15 10
6	Republic of Ireland Norway	Mary Dinan / Wendy Orr Kari Histøl / Marianne Wikdal	15 9	7 15	15 6
7	Republic of Ireland Norway	Frazer Evans / Mary Dinan Hans Christian Seeberg / Else Thoresen	7 15	15 1	15 2

1981 Helvetia Cup winner
File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland First title

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	Final result
1st place, gold medalist(s)	File:Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland	4	4	0	4	+20	Champions
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway (H)	4	3	1	3	+14	Runners-up
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	4	2	2	2	+4	Third place
4	File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland	4	3	1	3	0	Fourth place
5	File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland	4	2	2	2	0	Fifth place
6	File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria	4	1	3	1	−10	Sixth place
7	File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland	4	2	2	2	+6	Seventh place
8	File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland	4	1	3	1	−16	Eighth place
9	File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France	4	0	4	0	−18	Ninth place

References

↑ "Helvetia Cup i Sandefjord". Sandefjords Blad. 1979-04-17. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-06-20 – via National Library of Norway.
↑ "Ireland in Helvetia Cup final". Ireland's Saturday Night. 1981-01-24. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-06-20 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Coupe helvétique de badminton en Norvège - Victoire de l'Irlande, la Suisse huitième". L'Impartial. 1981-01-29. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-06-20 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "Badmintonspillere fra 20 nasjoner til Sandefjord". Sandefjords Blad. 1979-04-17. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-06-20 – via National Library of Norway.
↑ "Hjertnes som idrettsarena". Østlands-Posten. 1981-01-26. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-06-20 – via National Library of Norway.
↑ Scheele, H. A. E. (1981). World Badminton - Volume 1 (1st ed.). International Badminton Federation. p. 16.
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 "Irland slo Wales med samme sifre". Sandefjords Blad. 1981-01-24. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-06-20 – via National Library of Norway.
↑ "Irlenderne slo Norge 5-2". Sandefjords Blad. 1981-01-26. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-06-20 – via National Library of Norway.

[1] "Helvetia Cup i Sandefjord". Sandefjords Blad. 1979-04-17. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-06-20 – via National Library of Norway.

[2] "Ireland in Helvetia Cup final". Ireland's Saturday Night. 1981-01-24. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-06-20 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[3] "Coupe helvétique de badminton en Norvège - Victoire de l'Irlande, la Suisse huitième". L'Impartial. 1981-01-29. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-06-20 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.

[:0-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "Badmintonspillere fra 20 nasjoner til Sandefjord". Sandefjords Blad. 1979-04-17. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-06-20 – via National Library of Norway.

[5] "Hjertnes som idrettsarena". Østlands-Posten. 1981-01-26. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-06-20 – via National Library of Norway.

[6] Scheele, H. A. E. (1981). World Badminton - Volume 1 (1st ed.). International Badminton Federation. p. 16.

[:1-7] 7.0 ^7.1 "Irland slo Wales med samme sifre". Sandefjords Blad. 1981-01-24. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-06-20 – via National Library of Norway.

[8] "Irlenderne slo Norge 5-2". Sandefjords Blad. 1981-01-26. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-06-20 – via National Library of Norway.

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1981 Helvetia Cup

Contents

Tournament

Venue

Draw

Group stage

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Classification round

7th–9th place

4th–6th place

Final

Round robin

Norway vs Wales

Ireland vs Wales

Ireland vs Norway

Final ranking

References

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