1979 Helvetia Cup
Helvetia-Cup 1979

Tournament details
Dates	27 January
Edition	14
Venue	St. Ruprecht Sports Hall
Location	Klagenfurt, Austria
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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

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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

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

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	1	1	0	4	3	+1	1	Thirteenth place
2	Iceland	1	0	1	3	4	−1	0	Fourteenth place

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch

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

Source: e-newspaperarchives.ch

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