1961 Thomas Cup 1961 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 and 1949 it was held every three years until 1982 and thereafter every two years. Nineteen teams, eighteen of them starting from four regional qualifying zones, Asia, Australasia, Europe, and Pan America, contested for the Thomas Cup during the 1960-1961 seasons. Zone winners then played-off in Jakarta, Indonesia for the right to face defending champion Indonesia (exempt from all earlier ties), in a conclusive challenge round. For a more detailed description of the
2015 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships 2015 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships The 2015 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships were held at the Sportoase in Leuven, Belgium, between 11–15 February and were organised by Badminton Europe and Badminton Vlaanderen. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament. Germany was the defending champion. The draw was made on 18 December 2014. 33 national teams entered the competition of which 12 are participating in the final event. Five countries qualified for the final directly, the remaining nations qualified by winning their qualification group. <nowiki>*</nowiki> — at the time of the entry deadline, not taken into consideration ranking of