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The qualifying process for the 1958 Thomas Cup took place from 19 July 1957 to 27 March 1958 to decide the final teams which will play in the final tournament.

Qualification process

The qualification process is divided into four regions, the Asian Zone, the American Zone, the European Zone and the Australasian Zone. Teams in their respective zone will compete in a knockout format. Teams will compete for two days, with two singles and doubles played on the first day and three singles and two doubles played on the next day. The teams that win their respective zone will earn a place in the final tournament to be held in Singapore.

Malaya were the champions of the last Thomas Cup, therefore the team automatically qualified for the inter-zone play-offs.

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Final appearance
Malaya	1955 Thomas Cup winners	6 May 1955	4th
Thailand	Asian Zone winners	27 March 1958	1st
Denmark	European Zone winners	11 March 1958	4th
United States	American Zone winners	1 March 1958	4th
Indonesia	Australasian Zone winners	18 October 1957	1st

Asian Zone

Bracket

	First round				Semi-finals				Final
	19 July 1957 – Bangkok
	Thailand	8
					November 1957 – Bangkok
	India	1
					Thailand	w/o
	21 July 1957 – Colombo
					Japan
	Japan	9
									26 March 1958 – Bangkok
	Ceylon	0
									Thailand	9
	25 September 1957 – Hong Kong
									Pakistan	0
	Pakistan	7
					5 October 1957 – Rangoon
	Hong Kong	2
					Pakistan	8
					Burma	1
	Bye
	Burma

First round

India 1	Bangkok, Thailand 19–20 July 1957		Thailand 8
1 2 3 1 Nandu Natekar Charoen Wattanasin 12 15 9 15     2 Trilok Nath Seth Thanoo Khadjadbhye 6 15 7 15     3 P.S. Chawla / Amrit Lal Dewan Sunthorn Subabandhu / Kamal Sudthivanich 7 15 12 15     4 Nandu Natekar / R. D. Vimawala Charoen Wattanasin / Prida Wongakrakul 6 15 16 17     5 Amrit Lal Dewan Pinit Pattabongse 15 8 15 4     6 Trilok Nath Seth Charoen Wattanasin 17 15 6 15 6 15   7 Nandu Natekar Thanoo Khadjadbhye 15 7 8 15 2 15   8 P.S. Chawla / Amrit Lal Dewan Charoen Wattanasin / Prida Wongakrakul 8 15 7 15     9 Nandu Natekar / R. D. Vimawala Sunthorn Subabandhu / Kamal Sudthivanich 6 15 2 15

Japan 9	Colombo, Ceylon 21–22 July 1957		Ceylon 0
1 2 3 1 Kanetoshi Kataishi Nagalingam Rasalingam 15 9 15 8     2 Yoshirō Satō Sam Schoorman 15 5 15 3     3 Kanetoshi Kataishi / Eiichi Nagai Coomaraswamy Rajalingam / A. R. L. Wijesekera 15 0 15 2     4 Hiroshi Koshikawa / Yoshirō Satō Raife Jansz / Peethamparam Sivalingam 15 13 15 7     5 Eiichi Nagai Coomaraswamy Rajalingam 15 3 15 0     6 Yoshirō Satō Nagalingam Rasalingam 15 7 15 9     7 Kanetoshi Kataishi Sam Schoorman 15 4 15 0     8 Hiroshi Koshikawa / Yoshirō Satō Coomaraswamy Rajalingam / A. R. L. Wijesekera 15 3 15 10     9 Kanetoshi Kataishi / Eiichi Nagai Raife Jansz / Peethamparam Sivalingam 15 4 15 2

Pakistan 7	Hong Kong 25–26 September 1957		Hong Kong 2
1 2 3 1 Nazir Rajput Mohamed Abbas Ebrahim 15 2 15 0     2 Irshad Ahmed George Ma 15 1 15 10     3 Wajahat Ali / Masood Khan Mohamed Abbas Ebrahim / Wong Wai Hung 12 15 12 15     4 Irshad Ahmed / Nazir Rajput George Ma / Siu Chuen 15 5 15 3     5 Akram Baig Lee Wing Foon 15 12 15 6     6 Irshad Ahmed Mohamed Abbas Ebrahim 15 5 13 18 15 9   7 Nazir Rajput George Ma 15 3 13 15 15 12   8 Wajahat Ali / Masood Khan George Ma / Siu Chuen 15 4 15 6     9 Irshad Ahmed / Nazir Rajput Mohamed Abbas Ebrahim / Wong Wai Hung 8 15 11 15

Semi-finals

Pakistan 8	Rangoon, Burma 5–6 October 1957		Burma 1
1 2 3 1 Nazir Rajput Mya Maung 15 4 15 2     2 Irshad Ahmed Khin Maung Aye 15 2 15 3     3 Wajahat Ali / Masood Khan Philip Gaudoin / Aung Myint 15 13 15 9     4 Irshad Ahmed / Nazir Rajput Khin Maung Aye / Tin Yee 14 18 4 15     5 Akram Baig Philip Gaudoin 15 1 15 11     6 Irshad Ahmed Mya Maung 15 3 15 2     7 Nazir Rajput Khin Maung Aye 15 11 15 7     8 Wajahat Ali / Masood Khan Khin Maung Aye / Tin Yee 15 9 17 14     9 Irshad Ahmed / Nazir Rajput Philip Gaudoin / Aung Myint 15 13 9 15 15 7

Final

Thailand 9	Bangkok, Thailand 26–27 March 1958		Pakistan 0
1 2 3 1 Charoen Wattanasin Nazir Rajput 15 11 15 5     2 Thanoo Khadjadbhye Shamshad Ali 15 5 15 3     3 Sunthorn Subabandhu / Kamal Sudthivanich Wajahat Ali / Masood Khan 15 8 15 9     4 Charoen Wattanasin / Prida Wongakrakul Shamshad Ali / Irshad Ahmed 15 3 15 8     5 Pinit Pattabongse Akram Baig 17 15 8 15 15 7   6 Charoen Wattanasin Shamshad Ali 15 13 15 1     7 Thanoo Khadjadbhye Nazir Rajput 15 5 15 5     8 Charoen Wattanasin / Prida Wongakrakul Wajahat Ali / Masood Khan 15 4 17 16     9 Sunthorn Subabandhu / Kamal Sudthivanich Shamshad Ali / Irshad Ahmed 15 3 15 3

American Zone

Bracket

	Final
	28 February 1958 – Long Beach
	United States	9
	Canada	0

Final

United States 9	Long Beach, United States 28 February – 1 March 1958		Canada 0
1 2 3 1 Jim Poole James Carnwath 15 11 15 7     2 Ron Palmer David McTaggart 15 6 15 0     3 Joey Alston / Wynn Rogers Bill Purcell / Beverley Westcott 15 3 15 6     4 Manuel Armendariz / Michael Hartgrove Bert Fergus / Donald Smythe 8 15 15 2 15 9   5 Manuel Armendariz Beverley Westcott 15 5 15 11     6 Ron Palmer James Carnwath 15 7 15 3     7 Jim Poole David McTaggart 15 2 15 9     8 Manuel Armendariz / Michael Hartgrove Bill Purcell / Beverley Westcott 15 11 15 13     9 Joey Alston / Wynn Rogers Bert Fergus / Donald Smythe 15 0 15 8

European Zone

Bracket

	First round				Semi-finals				Final
	Ireland
					31 January 1958 – Belfast
	Bye
					Ireland	1
	16 November 1957 – Le Havre
					England	8
	England	9
									10 March 1958 – Copenhagen
	France	0
									England	2
	19 November 1957 – Borås
									Denmark	7
	Sweden	9
					9 January 1958 – Copenhagen
	Scotland	0
					Sweden	0
					Denmark	9
	Bye
	Denmark

First round

England 9	Le Havre, France 16–17 November 1957		France 0
1 2 3 1 Anthony Jordan Ghislain Vasseur 15 4 15 3     2 Hugh Findlay Paul Ailloud 15 1 15 2     3 John Best / Anthony Jordan Ghislain Vasseur / Pierre Lenoir 15 8 15 4     4 John D. McColl / F. John Shaw Paul Ailloud / Maurice Mathieu 15 3 15 7     5 Anthony Jordan Paul Ailloud 15 2 15 4     6 Hugh Findlay Ghislain Vasseur 15 6 15 5     7 John Timperley Denis Vasseur 15 10 15 7     8 John Best / Anthony Jordan Paul Ailloud / Maurice Mathieu 15 7 15 2     9 John D. McColl / F. John Shaw Ghislain Vasseur / Pierre Lenoir 15 6 15 3

Sweden 9	Borås, Sweden 19–20 November 1957		Scotland 0
1 2 3 1 Bertil Glans Robert S. McCoig 15 11 15 9     2 Berndt Dahlberg John Barrie 15 0 15 3     3 Knut Malmgren / Bo Nilsson Mac Henderson / Donald Ross 15 2 15 5     4 Bertil Glans / Berndt Dahlberg Robert S. McCoig / W. Frank Shannon 15 8 17 14     5 Bertil Glans John Barrie 15 6 15 12     6 Berndt Dahlberg Robert S. McCoig 15 2 15 2     7 Bo Nilsson W. Frank Shannon 15 8 15 4     8 Bertil Glans / Berndt Dahlberg Mac Henderson / Donald Ross 18 15 17 14     9 Knut Malmgren / Bo Nilsson Robert S. McCoig / W. Frank Shannon 15 5 15 5

Semi-finals

England 8	Belfast, Northern Ireland 31 January – 1 February 1958		Ireland 1
1 2 3 1 John Timperley James Doyle 15 7 8 15 10 15   2 Hugh Findlay Graham Henderson 15 10 15 4     3 John Best / Anthony Jordan Kenneth Carlisle / Jim Fitzgibbon 15 13 18 16     4 Hugh Findlay / John Timperley Graham Henderson / Charles McCormack 15 5 15 8     5 Hugh Findlay James Doyle 15 2 15 7     6 John Timperley Graham Henderson 15 10 15 13     7 Peter Waddell Charles McCormack 5 15 15 4 15 4   8 John Best / Anthony Jordan Graham Henderson / Charles McCormack 15 7 15 3     9 Hugh Findlay / John Timperley Kenneth Carlisle / Jim Fitzgibbon 15 3 15 18 15 7

Denmark 9	Copenhagen, Denmark 9–10 January 1958		Sweden 0
1 2 3 1 Finn Kobberø Bertil Glans 15 5 15 5     2 Erland Kops Berndt Dahlberg 15 11 15 10     3 Poul-Erik Nielsen / John Nygaard Bo Nilsson / Göran Wahlqvist 15 6 17 5     4 Jørgen Hansen / Finn Kobberø Bertil Glans / Berndt Dahlberg 15 6 15 5     5 Erland Kops Bertil Glans 18 15 15 2     6 Finn Kobberø Berndt Dahlberg 11 15 15 4 15 7   7 Palle Granlund Ingemar Eliasson 11 15 15 1 15 7   8 Jørgen Hansen / Finn Kobberø Bo Nilsson / Göran Wahlqvist 15 7 15 4     9 Poul-Erik Nielsen / John Nygaard Bertil Glans / Berndt Dahlberg 14 17 15 6 15 7

Final

Denmark 7	Copenhagen, Denmark 10–11 March 1958		England 2
1 2 3 1 Erland Kops Hugh Findlay 15 12 15 1     2 Finn Kobberø John Timperley 15 4 15 8     3 Poul-Erik Nielsen / John Nygaard John Best / Anthony Jordan 9 15 15 9 5 15   4 Jørgen Hansen / Finn Kobberø Hugh Findlay / John Timperley 15 3 15 9     5 Finn Kobberø Hugh Findlay 15 5 15 4     6 Erland Kops John Timperley 15 2 15 10     7 Palle Granlund Peter Waddell 11 15 15 4 15 3   8 Jørgen Hansen / Finn Kobberø John Best / Anthony Jordan 15 7 15 8     9 Poul-Erik Nielsen / John Nygaard Hugh Findlay / John Timperley 15 17 15 9 13 15

Australasian Zone

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 October 1957 – Invercargill
	Indonesia	9
					17 October 1957 – Melbourne
	New Zealand	0
					Indonesia	9
					Australia	0
	Bye
	Australia

Semi-finals

Indonesia 9	Invercargill, New Zealand 11–12 October 1957		New Zealand 0
1 2 3 1 Olich Solihin Paul Skelt 15 3 15 3     2 Tan Joe Hok Alban M. Stephens 15 3 15 0     3 Lie Poo Djian / Tan Joe Hok Anthony T. Skelt / Paul Skelt 15 9 15 7     4 Njoo Kiem Bie / Tan King Gwan Alban M. Stephens / Neale R. Thompson 15 0 15 4     5 Olich Solihin Alban M. Stephens 15 6 15 2     6 Lie Poo Djian Anthony T. Skelt 15 3 15 8     7 Tan Joe Hok Paul Skelt 15 3 15 3     8 Lie Poo Djian / Tan Joe Hok Alban M. Stephens / Neale R. Thompson 15 5 15 13     9 Njoo Kiem Bie / Tan King Gwan Anthony T. Skelt / Paul Skelt 15 2 15 7

Final

Indonesia 9	Melbourne, Australia 17–18 October 1957		Australia 0
1 2 3 1 Tan Joe Hok Ken Turner 15 4 15 12     2 Olich Solihin Don Murray 11 4 13 12     3 Njoo Kiem Bie / Tan King Gwan Cliff Cutt / Ian Hutchinson 15 9 15 11     4 Lie Poo Djian / Tan Joe Hok Ken Turner / Geoffrey Underhill 15 5 15 10     5 Lie Poo Djian Ron Young 15 2 15 1     6 Tan Joe Hok Don Murray 15 5 15 7     7 Olich Solihin Ken Turner 15 2 15 6     8 Lie Poo Djian / Tan Joe Hok Cliff Cutt / Ian Hutchinson 15 8 5 15 15 3   9 Njoo Kiem Bie / Tan King Gwan Ken Turner / Geoffrey Underhill 15 12 15 5

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