1979 Thomas Cup squads

This article lists the squads for the 1979 Thomas Cup participating teams. The age listed for each player is on 24 May 1979 which was the first day of the tournament.

Teams

Canada

Six players represented Canada in the 1979 Thomas Cup.^[1]

Name	DoB/Age
John Czich	1952 (aged 26–27)
Pat Tryon	1956 (aged 22–23)
Ian Johnson	1957 (aged 21–22)
Paul Johnson	1959 (aged 19–20)
Bob MacDougall	1960 (aged 18–19)
David deBelle	1960 (aged 18–19)

Denmark

Five players represented Denmark in the 1979 Thomas Cup.^[2]

Name	DoB/Age
Svend Pri	(1945-03-18)18 March 1945 (aged 34)
Flemming Delfs	(1951-09-07)7 September 1951 (aged 27)
Morten Frost	(1958-04-04)4 April 1958 (aged 21)
Steen Skovgaard	1950 (aged 28–29)
Steen Fladberg	(1956-10-11)11 October 1956 (aged 22)

India

Five players represented India in the 1979 Thomas Cup.^[3]

Name	DoB/Age
Prakash Padukone	(1955-06-10)10 June 1955 (aged 23)
Syed Modi	(1962-12-31)31 December 1962 (aged 16)
Uday Pawar	1956 (aged 22–23)
Partho Ganguli	March 1953 (aged 26)
Pradeep Gandhe	1955 (aged 20–21)

Indonesia

Nine players represented Indonesia in the 1979 Thomas Cup.^[4]

Name	DoB/Age
Rudy Hartono	(1949-08-18)18 August 1949 (aged 29)
Liem Swie King	(1956-02-28)28 February 1956 (aged 23)
Iie Sumirat	(1950-11-15)15 November 1950 (aged 28)
Tjun Tjun	(1952-10-04)4 October 1952 (aged 26)
Johan Wahjudi	(1953-02-10)10 February 1953 (aged 26)
Ade Chandra	(1950-02-04)4 February 1950 (aged 29)
Christian Hadinata	(1949-12-11)11 December 1949 (aged 29)
Hadiyanto	(1955-03-31)31 March 1955 (aged 24)
Lius Pongoh	(1960-12-03)3 December 1960 (aged 18)

Japan

Eight players represented Japan in the 1979 Thomas Cup.^[5]

Name	DoB/Age
Kinji Zeniya	(1953-03-13)13 March 1953 (aged 26)
Masao Tsuchida	(1953-09-09)9 September 1953 (aged 25)
Yoshitaka Iino	1953 (aged 25–26)
Hiroyuki Hasegawa	(1957-01-19)19 January 1957 (aged 22)
Nobutaka Ikeda	1957 (aged 21–22)
Shoichi Toganoo	1947 (aged 31–32)
Toshihiro Tsuji	1946 (aged 32–33)
Mikio Ozaki	1949 (aged 29–30)

References

^ "1979 Thomas Cup". Badminton Canada. 1979-05-24. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
^ "Danes take 3-1 lead". The Straits Times. 27 May 1979. p. 30. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via NewspaperSG.
^ "INDIANS LEAVE". The Straits Times. 19 May 1979. p. 37. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via NewspaperSG.
^ "Swie King ramalkan Piala Thomas kekal di Indonesia". Berita Harian (in Malay). 20 May 1979. p. 10. Retrieved 29 July 2024 – via NewspaperSG.
^ "Japanese Cup team". New Nation. 16 August 1978. p. 16. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via NewspaperSG.

[1] "1979 Thomas Cup". Badminton Canada. 1979-05-24. Retrieved 2024-08-09.

[2] "Danes take 3-1 lead". The Straits Times. 27 May 1979. p. 30. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via NewspaperSG.

[3] "INDIANS LEAVE". The Straits Times. 19 May 1979. p. 37. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via NewspaperSG.

[4] "Swie King ramalkan Piala Thomas kekal di Indonesia". Berita Harian (in Malay). 20 May 1979. p. 10. Retrieved 29 July 2024 – via NewspaperSG.

[5] "Japanese Cup team". New Nation. 16 August 1978. p. 16. Retrieved 9 August 2024 – via NewspaperSG.

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