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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.

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.

Venue

This tournament was held at Sporthal Varenbeuk in Heerlen, Netherlands.

Draw

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

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

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Netherlands	5–2	Finland
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Czechoslovakia	2–5	Finland
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Netherlands	7–0	Czechoslovakia
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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

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West Germany	7–0	Norway
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Austria	6–1	Norway
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West Germany	7–0	Austria
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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

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Belgium	5–2	Switzerland
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Wales	3–4	Switzerland
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Belgium	4–3	Wales
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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

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Czechoslovakia	5–2	Wales
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Norway	2–5	Wales
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Czechoslovakia	4–3	Norway
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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

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Austria	7–0	Switzerland
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Finland	6–1	Switzerland
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Austria	5–2	Finland
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Final

Round robin

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

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West Germany	6–1	Belgium
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Netherlands	4–3	Belgium
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West Germany	5–2	Netherlands
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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

References

1. "Schweiz Sechste im Helvetia-Cup". Der Bund. 1971-04-26. p. 31. Retrieved 2024-06-14 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.
2. ",SPORT IN HET WEEKEINDE ZATERDAG". De Telegraaf. 1971-04-23. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
3. ^ "Europese badmintonteams strijden om de 'Helvetia-Cup'". Limburgsch dagblad. 1971-04-22. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
4. Scheele, H. A. E. (January 1972). World Badminton (1st ed.). International Badminton Federation. pp. 7, 12.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
5. "Schweiz Sechte im Helvetia-Cup". Die Tat. 1971-04-28. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-06-14 – via e-newspaperarchives.ch.

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