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The 1964 Helvetia Cup was the fourth edition of the Helvetia Cup mixed team badminton tournament. This was the first edition of the Helvetia Cup to be held in Austria.

Defending champions West Germany won the title for the fourth time by defeating the Netherlands 8–0 in the final. In the playoff for third place, Austria drew 4–4 with Belgium but won third place by game difference. In the playoffs for fifth place, Norway defeated Switzerland 7–1.

Tournament

The 1964 Helvetia Cup was scheduled to be held from 24 to 25 April 1964 with the participation of six countries which were Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, West Germany and debutants Norway.

Venue

This tournament was held at the Graz Badminton Centre in Graz, Austria.

Draw

The draw was announced on 23 April 1965. The group stage consists of 2 groups, Group 1 and Group 2.

Group 1	Group 2
West Germany  Austria   Switzerland	Belgium  Netherlands  Norway

Group stage

All times are Central European Time (UTC+01:00).

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	2	2	0	16	0	+16	2	Final
2	Austria (H)	2	1	1	8	8	0	1	3rd–4th place
3	Switzerland	2	0	2	0	16	−16	0	5th–6th place

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch

West Germany	8–0	Austria
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West Germany	8–0	Switzerland
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Austria	8–0	Switzerland
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Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	2	1	0	10	6	+4	2	Final
2	Belgium	2	1	1	9	7	+2	2	3rd–4th place
3	Norway	2	0	2	5	11	−14	0	5th–6th place

Source: National Library of Norway

Netherlands	4–4	Belgium
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Netherlands	6–2	Norway
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Belgium	5–3	Norway
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Classification round

5th–6th place

Switzerland	1–7	Norway
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3rd–4th place

Austria*	4–4 (11–8)	Belgium
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* : Austria won by game difference.

Final

West Germany	8–0	Netherlands
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1965 Helvetia Cup winner
West Germany Fourth title

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	Final result
	West Germany	3	3	0	3	+24	Champions
	Netherlands	3	1	1	2	−4	Runners-up
	Austria (H)	3	2	1	2	0	Third place
4	Belgium	3	1	1	1	+2	Fourth place
5	Norway	3	1	2	1	−8	Fifth place
6	Switzerland	3	0	3	0	−22	Sixth place

References

1. "NSF steunt verbetering sport-accommodaties". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. 1965-04-29. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
2. "Badmintonploeg werd tweede". Trouw. 1965-04-29. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
3. "Norge kom på 5. plass i den 4. Helvetiacup". Sandefjords Blad. 1965-04-26. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-06-11 – via National Library of Norway.
4. "Die erste Coupe des Nations". Die Tat. 1962-03-12. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-06-09 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
5. "Sportaktualitäten". Der Bund. 1964-04-30. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-06-10 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
6. "Sport am Wochenende". Neue Zürcher Nachrichten. 1965-04-24. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-06-11.

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