| 1966 Helvetia Cup Helvetia-Beker 1966 Helvetia-Cup 1966 Coupe Helvétia 1966 | |
| Dates: | 24 – 25 April |
| Number Edition: | 5 |
| Venue: | Hall Sportif du Mayfair |
| Location: | Brussels, Belgium |
| Previous: | 1965 |
| Next: | 1967 |
The 1966 Helvetia Cup was the fifth edition of the Helvetia Cup mixed team badminton tournament. The tournament was held in Brussels, Belgium.
West Germany won the title for a fifth consecutive time by defeating the Netherlands 8–0 in the final.[1] In the playoff for third place, Austria defeated Belgium 5–3.[2] In the playoffs for fifth place, Norway defeated Switzerland 6–2.[3]
The 1966 Helvetia Cup was scheduled to be held from 24 to 25 April 1966 with the participation of six countries which were Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, West Germany and Norway.[4] [5]
This tournament was held at the Hall Sportif du Mayfair in Brussels, Belgium.
The draw was announced on 23 April 1966. The group stage consists of 2 groups, Group 1 and Group 2.
| Team | Qualification | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 2 | Final | ||
| 2 | (H) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 2 | 3rd–4th place | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 0 | 5th–6th place |
| width=20 | width=165 | Team | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=20 | width=95 | Qualification | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | 2 | Final | |||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 1 | 3rd–4th place | |||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0 | 5th–6th place |
| Team | Final result | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | +24 | Champions | |||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | +6 | Runners-up | |||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Third place | |||
| 4 | (H) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | −8 | Fourth place | |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −12 | Fifth place | ||
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | −18 | Sixth place |