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{{Short description|Badminton event}}
{{Infobox badminton event
|name           = 1975 Helvetia Cup<br/><small>Helvetia-Beker 1975</small><br/><small>Helvetia-Cup 1975</small><br/><small>Coupe Helvétia 1975</small>
|image          = 
|size           = 
|caption        = 
|dates          = 26 – 27 April
|number_edition = 12
|level          = 
|venue          = St. Ursula Institute Sports Hall
|location       = [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]]
|previous       = [[1973 Helvetia Cup|1973]]
|next           = [[1977 Helvetia Cup|1977]]
}}

The '''1975 Helvetia Cup''' was the twelfth edition of the [[Helvetia Cup]] mixed team badminton tournament. This was the second time Belgium have hosted the tournament after Brussels in 1966. [[Czechoslovakia national badminton team|Czechoslovakia]] could not defend their title after the team declined participation for the tournament.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Scheele |first=H. A. E. |title=World Badminton |date= |publisher=International Badminton Federation |year=1975 |edition=20th |pages=15 |language=en}}</ref>

[[Norway national badminton team|Norway]] made history after winning the tournament for the first time, beating [[Yugoslavia national badminton team|Yugoslavia]] and [[Austria national badminton team|Austria]] in the final stage.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1975-05-03 |title=Badminton-landslagets første seier i Helvetia Cup |url=https://www.nb.no/items/d9f3cc03329a8a9b0489d425f247d9e8?page=5 |access-date=2024-06-17 |work=[[Sandefjords Blad]] |pages=6 |via=[[National Library of Norway]]}}</ref> [[Yugoslavia national badminton team|Yugoslavia]] also made history by reaching their first ever final in the Cup since their debut two years prior.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1975-04-28 |title=Norsk seier i Helvetia Cup |url=https://www.nb.no/items/813e32d9cc2de17441b87675b8927a52?page=17 |access-date=2024-06-17 |work=[[Dagsavisen|Arbeiderbladet]] |pages=18 |via=[[National Library of Norway]]}}</ref>

== Tournament ==
The 1975 Helvetia Cup was scheduled to be held from 26 to 27 April 1975 with nine countries participating in the tournament. [[France national badminton team|France]] made their first appearance in the Cup since the team's withdrawal in 1962. [[Czechoslovakia national badminton team|Czechoslovakia]] were unable to field a team for the tournament, therefore the team did not participate. [[Portugal national badminton team|Portugal]] were initially due to make their debut in the tournament but later withdrew.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1975-04-24 |title=Badminton: Internationale Einsätze der Schweizer |url=https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=FZG19750424-01.2.103&e=-------de-20--1--img-txIN--------0----- |access-date=2024-06-17 |work=Freiburger Nachrichten |pages=17 |via=[[e-newspaperarchives.ch]]}}</ref>

=== Venue ===
This tournament was held at the St. Ursula Institute Sports Hall in [[Wilrijk]], [[Antwerp]], Belgium.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BadmintonEurope.com - Annals of BEC |url=https://badmintoneurope.com/cms/?&pageid=23550 |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=badmintoneurope.com}}</ref>

=== Draw ===
The group stage consists of 3 groups, Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3.

{| class="wikitable" width="98%"
! width="25%" |Group 1
! width="25%" |Group 2
! width="25%" |Group 3
|-
|{{bd|AUT}}<br/>{{bd|BEL}}<br/>{{bd|SUI}}
|{{bd|FIN}}<br/>{{bd|IRL}}<br/>{{bd|NOR}}
|{{bd|FRA|1974}}<br/>{{bd|WAL}}<br/>{{bd|YUG}}
|}

== Group stage ==
{{small|All times are Central European Time ([[UTC+01:00]]).}}

=== Group 1 ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
! width=165 | Team
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|MF|Matches for}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|MA|Matches against}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|MD|Match difference}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
! width=95 | Qualification
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
|1
| align="left" | {{Bd|AUT}}
|2
|2
|0
|8
|6
| +2
|'''2'''
|[[#Final|Final]]
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|2
| align="left" | {{Bd|BEL}} '''(H)'''
|2
|1
|1
|8
|6
| +2
|'''1'''
|[[#4th–6th place|4th–6th place]]
|-
|3
| align="left" | {{Bd|SUI}}
|2
|0
|2
|5
|9
|−4
|'''0'''
|[[#7th–9th place|7th–9th place]]
|}

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=== Group 2 ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
! width=165 | Team
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|MF|Matches for}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|MA|Matches against}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|MD|Match difference}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
! width=95 | Qualification
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
|1
| align="left" | {{Bd|NOR}}
|2
|2
|0
|10
|4
| +6
|'''2'''
|[[#Final|Final]]
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|2
| align="left" | {{Bd|IRL}}
|2
|1
|1
|8
|6
| +2
|'''1'''
|[[#4th–6th place|4th–6th place]]
|-
|3
| align="left" | {{Bd|FIN}}
|2
|0
|2
|3
|11
|−8
|'''0'''
|[[#7th–9th place|7th–9th place]]
|}

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=== Group 3 ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
! width=165 | Team
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|MF|Matches for}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|MA|Matches against}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|MD|Match difference}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
! width=95 | Qualification
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
|1
| align="left" | {{Bd|YUG}}
|2
|2
|0
|10
|4
| +6
|'''2'''
|[[#Final|Final]]
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|2
| align="left" | {{Bd|WAL}}
|2
|1
|1
|10
|4
| +6
|'''1'''
|[[#4th–6th place|4th–6th place]]
|-
|3
| align="left" | {{Bd|FRA|1974}}
|2
|0
|2
|1
|13
|−12
|'''0'''
|[[#7th–9th place|7th–9th place]]
|}

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== Classification round ==
=== 7th–9th place ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
! width=165 | Team
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|MF|Matches for}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|MA|Matches against}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|MD|Match difference}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
! width=95 | Qualification
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
|1
| align="left" | {{Bd|SUI}}
|2
|2
|0
|10
|4
| +6
|'''2'''
|Seventh place
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|2
| align="left" | {{Bd|FIN}}
|2
|1
|1
|9
|5
| +4
|'''1'''
|Eighth place
|-
|3
| align="left" | {{Bd|FRA|1974}}
|2
|0
|2
|2
|12
|−10
|'''0'''
|Ninth place
|}

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=== 4th–6th place ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
! width=165 | Team
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|MF|Matches for}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|MA|Matches against}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|MD|Match difference}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
! width=95 | Qualification
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
|1
| align="left" | {{Bd|IRL}}
|2
|2
|0
|9
|5
| +4
|'''2'''
|Fourth place
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|2
| align="left" | {{Bd|WAL}}
|2
|1
|1
|6
|8
| −2
|'''1'''
|Fifth place
|-
|3
| align="left" | {{Bd|BEL}} '''(H)'''
|2
|0
|2
|6
|8
|−2
|'''0'''
|Sixth place
|}

{{badmintonbox2|bg=|date={{start date|1975|4|27|df=y}}|time=|team1={{bd-rt|WAL}}|score=2–5|team2={{bd|IRL}}|stadium=St. Ursula Institute Sports Hall, [[Belgium]]|report=}}

{{badmintonbox2|bg=|date={{start date|1975|4|27|df=y}}|time=|team1={{bd-rt|BEL}}|score=3–4|team2={{bd|IRL}}|stadium=St. Ursula Institute Sports Hall, [[Belgium]]|report=}}

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== Final ==
=== Round robin ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
! width=165 | Team
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|MF|Matches for}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|MA|Matches against}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|MD|Match difference}}
! width=20 | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
! width=95 | Qualification
|-bgcolor=bbf3bb
|1
| align="left" | {{Bd|NOR}}
|2
|2
|0
|10
|4
| +6
|'''2'''
|Champions
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
|2
| align="left" | {{Bd|YUG}}
|2
|1
|1
|6
|8
|−2
|'''1'''
|Runners-up
|-
|3
| align="left" | {{Bd|AUT}}
|2
|0
|2
|5
|9
|−4
|'''0'''
|Third place
|}
<small>Source: [https://www.nb.no/items/813e32d9cc2de17441b87675b8927a52?page=17 National Library of Norway]</small>
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{{winners|bd|1975 Helvetia Cup winner|Norway|First}}

== Final ranking ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" width="620"
! width="5.5%" | {{Tooltip|Pos|Position}}
! width="20%"  | Team
! width="5.5%" | {{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
! width="5.5%" | {{Tooltip|W|Won}}
! width="5.5%" | {{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
! width="5.5%" | {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
! width="5.5%" | {{Tooltip|MD|Match difference}}
! width="14%"  | Final result
|-
| {{gold01}}
| align="left" | {{bd|NOR}}
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 4
| +12
| Champions
|-
| {{silver02}}
| align="left" | {{bd|YUG}}
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 3
| +4
| Runners-up
|-
| {{bronze3}}
| align="left" | {{bd|AUT}}
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 2
| −2
| Third place
|-
|4
| align="left" | {{bd|IRL}}
| 4
| 3
| 1
| 3
| +6
|Fourth place
|-
| 5
| align="left" | {{bd|WAL}}
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 2
| +4
| Fifth place
|-
|6
| align="left" | {{bd|BEL}} '''(H)'''
|4
|1
|3
|1
|0
|Sixth place
|-
| 7
| align="left" | {{bd|SUI}}
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 2
| +2
| Seventh place
|-
|8
| align="left" | {{bd|FIN}}
|4
|1
|3
|1
|−4
|Eighth place
|-
|9
| align="left" | {{bd|FRA|variant=1974}}
|4
|0
|4
|0
|−22
|Ninth place
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:1975 in badminton|Helvetia Cup]]
[[Category:Badminton tournaments in Belgium|Helvetia Cup]]
[[Category:1975 in Belgian sport|Helvetia Cup]]
[[Category:Sports competitions in Antwerp|Helvetia Cup]]
[[Category:Helvetia Cup]]