1979 Helvetia Cup

The 1979 Helvetia Cup was the fourteenth edition of the Helvetia Cup mixed team badminton tournament. This was the third time Austria had hosted the Cup. The Soviet Union won the title for a second consecutive time after defeating Ireland, Norway and Wales in their group.^[1][2]

The 1979 Helvetia Cup was scheduled to be held on 27 January 1979. The participating countries were increased from 11 to 17. Due to the amount of countries competing in the event, the competition format was changed to a division format.^[3] Five teams made their debut in the competition, which were Iceland, Italy, Malta, Poland and Portugal.

This tournament was held at the St. Ruprecht Sports Hall in Klagenfurt, Austria.^[4]

Seventeen teams were divided into groups of 4, which are Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4. Group 4 is divided into Subgroup A and B. The teams in Group 4 will compete in the classification play-offs after finishing the subgroup round.^[5]

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Ireland  Norway  Soviet Union  Wales	Austria  Czechoslovakia  Hungary  Yugoslavia	Finland  Poland  Belgium  Portugal	Subgroup A  Iceland  France Subgroup B  Italy  Malta   Switzerland

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Soviet Union	3	3	0	19	2	+17	3	Champions
2	Ireland	3	2	1	12	9	+3	2	Runners-up
3	Norway	3	1	2	7	14	−7	1	Third place
4	Wales	3	0	3	4	17	−13	0	Fourth place

Ireland  v  Norway

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Ireland	5–2	Norway

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Soviet Union  v  Wales

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Soviet Union	7–0	Wales

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Ireland  v  Wales

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Ireland	6–1	Wales

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Soviet Union  v  Norway

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Soviet Union	6–1	Norway

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Norway  v  Wales

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Norway	4–3	Wales

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Soviet Union  v  Ireland

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Soviet Union	6–1	Ireland

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	17	4	+13	3	Fifth place
2	Hungary	3	2	1	9	12	−3	2	Sixth place
3	Austria (H)	3	1	2	11	10	+1	1	Seventh place
4	Yugoslavia	3	0	3	5	16	−11	0	Eighth place

Austria  v  Hungary

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Austria	3–4	Hungary

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Czechoslovakia  v  Yugoslavia

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Czechoslovakia	6–1	Yugoslavia

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Czechoslovakia  v  Hungary

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Czechoslovakia	6–1	Hungary

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Austria  v  Yugoslavia

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Austria	6–1	Yugoslavia

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Czechoslovakia  v  Austria

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Czechoslovakia	5–2	Austria

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Hungary  v  Yugoslavia

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Hungary	4–3	Yugoslavia

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	3	3	0	16	5	+11	3	Ninth place
2	Poland	3	1	2	14	7	+7	2	Tenth place
3	Belgium	3	1	2	11	10	+1	1	Eleventh place
4	Portugal	3	1	2	1	20	−19	0	Twelfth place

Finland  v  Portugal

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Finland	7–0	Portugal

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Belgium  v  Poland

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Belgium	2–5	Poland

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Finland  v  Belgium

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Finland	4–3	Belgium

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Poland  v  Portugal

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Poland	7–0	Portugal

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Finland  v  Poland

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Finland	5–2	Poland

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Belgium  v  Portugal

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Belgium	6–1	Portugal

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iceland	2	1	0	5	2	+3	1	13th–14th place
2	France	2	0	1	2	5	−3	0	15th–16th place

France  v  Iceland

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

France	2–5	Iceland

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	2	2	0	12	2	+10	2	13th–14th place
2	Malta	2	1	1	5	9	−4	1	15th–16th place
3	Italy	2	0	2	4	10	−6	0	17th place

Switzerland  v  Malta

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Switzerland	6–1	Malta

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Switzerland  v  Italy

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Switzerland	7–0	Italy

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Malta  v  Italy

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Malta	7–0	Italy

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	2	1	0	5	2	+3	0	Thirteenth place
2	Iceland	2	0	1	2	5	−3	1	Fourteenth place

Switzerland  v  Iceland

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

Switzerland	5–2	Iceland
Report

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	2	1	0	4	3	+1	0	Fifteenth place
2	Malta	2	0	1	3	4	−1	1	Sixteenth place

France  v  Malta

27 January 1979 (1979-01-27)

France	4–3	Malta
Report

St. Ruprecht Sports Hall, Austria

1979 Helvetia Cup winner
Soviet Union Second title

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	Final result
	Soviet Union	3	3	0	3	+17	Champions
	Ireland	3	2	1	2	+3	Runners-up
	Norway	3	1	2	1	−7	Third place
4	Wales	3	0	3	0	−13	Fourth place
5	Czechoslovakia	3	3	0	3	+13	Group 2
6	Hungary	3	2	1	2	−3
7	Austria (H)	3	1	2	1	+1
8	Yugoslavia	3	0	3	0	−11
9	Finland	3	3	0	3	+11	Group 3
10	Poland	3	2	1	2	+7
11	Belgium	3	1	2	1	+1
12	Portugal	3	0	3	0	−19
13	Switzerland	3	3	0	3	+11	Group 4
14	Iceland	2	1	1	1	+2
15	France	2	1	1	1	−4
16	Malta	3	1	2	1	−5
17	Italy	2	0	2	0	−6