1964 Thomas Cup 1964 Thomas Cup The Thomas Cup competition is an international team tournament for supremacy in men's badminton (its female counterpart is the Uber Cup). Beginning in 1948-1949 it was held every three years until 1982 and thereafter it has been held every two years. Twenty-six national teams, each (except the defending champion nation) starting from one of four qualifying zones (Asia, Australasia, Europe, and Pan America), vied for the Thomas Cup during the 1963-1964 badminton season. Qualifying zone winners played-off in Tokyo, Japan for the right to face defending champion Indonesia, which was exempt from earlier "ties" (team matches), in
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