1979 Thomas Cup As for Svend Pri, this was his final Thomas Cup tie and the only one in which he failed to win at least one match. 1979 Thomas Cup The 1979 Thomas Cup was the 11th edition of the Thomas Cup competition, the world championship of men's international team badminton. The final rounds contested by qualifying zone winners and defending champions Indonesia were held at the Istora Senayan in Jakarta, Indonesia in late May and early June. First played in 1948-1949, the Thomas Cup competition was held every three years until 1982, and since then has been held every two years.
Badminton World Federation under 19 years old. The BWF regularly organises seven major international badminton events and one event for para-badminton: Two events are no longer held regularly: Grade 2 tournaments, known as BWF World Tour was sanctioned into six levels with different world ranking points awarded, as order they are: The events that were formerly held from 2007 to 2017 are: Grade 3 tournaments, known as Continental Circuit was sanctioned into three levels with different world ranking points awarded, as order they are: The BWF bestows special honours onto players, umpires, sponsors and other individuals for their achievement in badminton or for