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1963 Uber Cup

1963 Uber Cup
Tournament details
Dates1 – 6 April 1963
Edition3rd
LevelInternational
Nations5
LocationBoston, United States
New London, United States
Bronxville, United States
Wilmington, United States
1960 1966

The 1963 Uber Cup was the third edition of the Uber Cup, the women's badminton competition. The tournament took place in the 1962-63 badminton season, 11 countries competed.

Defending champions the United States hosted the final and claimed victory over England — their third consecutive victory, largely on the strength of Judy Devlin once again winning all three of her matches.[1]

Qualification

Four teams qualified for the interzone stage of the competition, Indonesia, New Zealand, Canada and England. The United States were exempted until the challenge round.

Means of qualification Date Venue Slot Qualified teams
1960 Uber Cup 4 – 9 April 1960 Baltimore
Boston
New Haven
Philadelphia
1  United States
Asian Zone 29 September – December 1962 Bangkok
Hong Kong
1  Indonesia
American Zone 1  Canada
European Zone 16 January – 18 February 1963 Copenhagen
Dublin
Edinburgh
1  Denmark
Australasian Zone 1  New Zealand
Total 5

Squads

Knockout stage

The following four teams, shown by region, qualified for the 1963 Uber Cup. In the first round, both Canada and New Zealand suffered upsetting defeats to debutants England and Indonesia, losing 7–0 to the two teams respectively. In the semi-final clash, England defeated Indonesia 5–2 to enter the challenge round. The United States and England clashed in the final. 7 matches were played: 3 singles and 4 doubles (2 doubles, then reversed). The United States retained the Uber Cup for a third time after defeating the England 4–3.

Bracket

 
First roundSecond roundChallenge round
 
          
 
 
 
 
 United States
 
 
 
Bye
 
 United States
 
 
 
Bye
 
 
 
6 April 1963 – Wilmington
 
 
 
 United States4
 
1 April 1963 – New London
 
 England3
 
 New Zealand0
 
3 April 1963 – Bronxville
 
 Indonesia7
 
 Indonesia2
 
1 April 1963 – Boston
 
 England5
 
 Canada0
 
 
 England7
 

First round

1 April 1963 (1963-04-01)
Canada  0–7  England
Report

Second round

3 April 1963 (1963-04-03)
England  5–2  Indonesia
Report

Challenge round


 1963 Uber Cup winner 

United States
Third title

References

  1. ^ "Times Archives". Oxfordshire Libraries.
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