1971 Helvetia Cup

The 1971 Helvetia Cup was the tenth edition of the Helvetia Cup mixed team badminton tournament. This was the second time the Netherlands have hosted the tournament. West Germany emerged as champions for the tenth time after defeating the Netherlands and Belgium in the final stage.^[1]

1971 Helvetia Cup
Helvetia-Beker 1971

Tournament details
Dates	24 – 25 April
Edition	10
Venue	Sporthal Varenbeuk
Location	Heerlen, Netherlands
← 1970 1973 →

Tournament

The 1971 Helvetia Cup was scheduled to be held from 24 to 25 April 1971 with nine countries participating in the tournament. Due to the increasing amount of participating teams, a new competition format was used in the tournament, with nine teams divided into groups of three.^[2][3]

Venue

This tournament was held at Sporthal Varenbeuk in Heerlen, Netherlands.^[3]

Draw

The draw was announced on 23 April 1971. The group stage consists of 3 groups, Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3.^[4][5]

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Finland  Czechoslovakia  Netherlands	Austria  West Germany  Norway	Belgium   Switzerland  Wales

Group stage

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

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	2	2	0	12	2	+10	2	Final
2	Finland	2	1	1	7	7	0	1	4th–6th place
3	Czechoslovakia	2	0	2	2	12	−10	0	7th–9th place

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch
(H) Host

Netherlands  v  Finland

24 April 1971 (1971-04-24)

Netherlands	5–2	Finland
Report

Sporthal Varenbeuk, Netherlands

Czechoslovakia  v  Finland

24 April 1971 (1971-04-24)

Czechoslovakia	2–5	Finland
Report

Sporthal Varenbeuk, Netherlands

Netherlands  v  Czechoslovakia

24 April 1971 (1971-04-24)

Netherlands	7–0	Czechoslovakia
Report

Sporthal Varenbeuk, Netherlands

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	2	2	0	14	0	+14	2	Final
2	Austria	2	1	1	6	8	−2	1	4th–6th place
3	Norway	2	0	2	1	13	−12	0	7th–9th place

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch

West Germany  v  Norway

24 April 1971 (1971-04-24)

West Germany	7–0	Norway
Report

Sporthal Varenbeuk, Netherlands

Austria  v  Norway

24 April 1971 (1971-04-24)

Austria	6–1	Norway
Report

Sporthal Varenbeuk, Netherlands

West Germany  v  Austria

24 April 1971 (1971-04-24)

West Germany	7–0	Austria
Report

Sporthal Varenbeuk, Netherlands

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	2	2	0	9	5	+4	2	Final
2	Switzerland	2	1	1	6	8	−2	1	4th–6th place
3	Wales	2	0	2	6	8	−2	0	7th–9th place

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch

Belgium  v   Switzerland

24 April 1971 (1971-04-24)

Belgium	5–2	Switzerland
Report

Sporthal Varenbeuk, Netherlands

Wales  v   Switzerland

24 April 1971 (1971-04-24)

Wales	3–4	Switzerland
Report

Sporthal Varenbeuk, Netherlands

Belgium  v  Wales

24 April 1971 (1971-04-24)

Belgium	4–3	Wales
Report

Sporthal Varenbeuk, Netherlands

Classification round

7th–9th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	9	5	+4	2	Seventh place
2	Wales	2	1	1	7	7	0	1	Eighth place
3	Norway	2	0	2	5	9	−4	0	Ninth place

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch

Czechoslovakia  v  Wales

25 April 1971 (1971-04-25)

Czechoslovakia	5–2	Wales
Report

Sporthal Varenbeuk, Netherlands

Norway  v  Wales

25 April 1971 (1971-04-25)

Norway	2–5	Wales
Report

Sporthal Varenbeuk, Netherlands

Czechoslovakia  v  Norway

25 April 1971 (1971-04-25)

Czechoslovakia	4–3	Norway
Report

Sporthal Varenbeuk, Netherlands

4th–6th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	2	2	0	12	2	+10	2	Fourth place
2	Finland	2	1	1	8	6	+2	1	Fifth place
3	Switzerland	2	0	2	1	13	−12	0	Sixth place

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch

Austria  v   Switzerland

25 April 1971 (1971-04-25)

Austria	7–0	Switzerland
Report

Sporthal Varenbeuk, Netherlands

Finland  v   Switzerland

25 April 1971 (1971-04-25)

Finland	6–1	Switzerland
Report

Sporthal Varenbeuk, Netherlands

Austria  v  Finland

25 April 1971 (1971-04-25)

Austria	5–2	Finland
Report

Sporthal Varenbeuk, Netherlands

Final

Round robin

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	2	2	0	11	3	+8	2	Champions
2	Netherlands (H)	2	1	1	6	8	−2	1	Runners-up
3	Belgium	2	0	2	4	10	−6	0	Third place

Source: newspaperarchives.ch
(H) Host

West Germany  v  Belgium

25 April 1971 (1971-04-25)

West Germany	6–1	Belgium
Report

Sporthal Varenbeuk, Netherlands

Netherlands  v  Belgium

25 April 1971 (1971-04-25)

Netherlands	4–3	Belgium
Report

Sporthal Varenbeuk, Netherlands

West Germany  v  Netherlands

25 April 1971 (1971-04-25)

West Germany	5–2	Netherlands
Report

Sporthal Varenbeuk, Netherlands

1971 Helvetia Cup winner
West Germany Tenth title

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	Final result
	West Germany (H)	4	4	0	4	+22	Champions
	Netherlands	4	3	1	3	+8	Runners-up
	Belgium	4	2	2	2	−2	Third place
4	Austria	4	3	1	3	+8	Fourth place
5	Finland	4	2	2	2	+2	Fifth place
6	Switzerland	4	1	3	1	−14	Sixth place
7	Czechoslovakia	4	2	2	2	−6	Seventh place
8	Wales	4	1	3	1	−2	Eighth place
9	Norway	4	0	4	0	−16	Ninth place