1966 Uber Cup

1966 Uber Cup
Location	Wellington, New Zealand
← 1963 1969 →

The 1966 Uber Cup was the fourth edition of the Uber Cup, the women's badminton team competition. The tournament took place in the 1965-66 badminton season, 17 countries competed. Japan won its first title in the Uber Cup, after beating defending champions United States in the Challenge Round.

Teams[]

5 teams from 4 regions took part in the Inter-Zone ties. As defending champion, the United States skipped the Final Round and played directly in the Challenge Round.

Panamerican zone

•  United States
•  Canada

Australasian zone

•  Indonesia
•  Australia

Asian zone

•  Japan
•  Thailand

European zone

•  England
•  West Germany

Knockout stages[]

Qualifying round[]

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Indonesia	6–1	Australia
England	7–0	West Germany
Japan	7–0	Thailand

First round[]

Japan	5–2	Indonesia	Napier, New Zealand
England	6–1	Canada	Dunedin

Final round[]

Japan	4–3	England	Auckland

Challenge round[]

Japan 5	Wellington, New Zealand May 21, 1966		United States 2
1 2 3 1 Noriko Takagi Judy Devlin Hashman 12 9 11 7     2 12 11 11 3     3 Tyna Barinaga 11 3 11 8     4 Noriko Takagi /  Judy Devlin Hashman /  14 18 9 15     5 Hiroe Amano /  Tyna Barinaga /  9 15 15 9 15 7   6 Hiroe Amano /  Judy Devlin Hashman /  8 15 4 15     7 Noriko Takagi /  Tyna Barinaga /  9 15 15 9 15 7

1966 Uber Cup Champions
Japan First title

References[]

• tangkis.tripod.com