# 1973 Thomas Cup qualification

The qualifying process for the 1973 Thomas Cup took place from 12 September 1972 to 21 April 1973 to decide the final teams which will play in the final tournament.

## Qualification process

The qualification process is divided into four regions, the Asian Zone, the American Zone, the European Zone and the Australasian Zone. Teams in their respective zone will compete in a knockout format. Teams will compete for two days, with two singles and doubles played on the first day and three singles and two doubles played on the next day. The teams that win their respective zone will earn a place in the final tournament to be held in Jakarta.
Indonesia were the champions of the last Thomas Cup, therefore the team automatically qualified for the inter-zone play-offs.

### Qualified teams

| Country | Qualified as | Qualified on | Final appearance |
| Indonesia | 1970 Thomas Cup winners | 6 June 1970 | 6th |
| Thailand | Asian Zone winners | 24 February 1973 | 4th |
| Denmark | European Zone winners | 4 March 1973 | 9th |
| Canada | American Zone winners | 21 April 1973 | 2nd |
| India | Australasian Zone winners | 7 October 1972 | 3rd |

## Asian Zone
### Bracket

| First round | First round | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 21 October 1972 – Singapore | 21 October 1972 – Singapore | | | |
| Singapore | 2 | | | |
| Singapore | 2 | 25 December 1972 – Lahore | 25 December 1972 – Lahore | | |
| Thailand | 7 | 25 December 1972 – Lahore | 25 December 1972 – Lahore | |
| Thailand | 7 | Thailand | 8 | |
| November 1972 | November 1972 | | Thailand | 8 | |
| November 1972 | November 1972 | Pakistan | 1 | |
| Pakistan | w/o | Pakistan | 1 | |
| Pakistan | w/o | | | | 23 February 1973 – Bangkok | 23 February 1973 – Bangkok |
| Sri Lanka | | | | | 23 February 1973 – Bangkok | 23 February 1973 – Bangkok |
| Sri Lanka | | | | | Thailand | 5 |
| | | | | | Malaysia | 4 |
| Japan | | | | | Malaysia | 4 |
| Japan | | 7 October 1972 – Tokyo | 7 October 1972 – Tokyo | | | |
| Bye | | 7 October 1972 – Tokyo | 7 October 1972 – Tokyo | | | |
| Bye | | Japan | 4 | | | |
| | | Malaysia | 5 | |
| Malaysia | | Malaysia | 5 | |
| Bye | | | | |

### Final
## American Zone
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 3 March 1973 – Mexico City | 3 March 1973 – Mexico City |
| Mexico | 5 |
| Mexico | 5 | 20 April 1973 – Montreal | 20 April 1973 – Montreal |
| United States | 4 | 20 April 1973 – Montreal | 20 April 1973 – Montreal |
| United States | 4 | Mexico | 3 |
| 8 December 1972 – Ottawa | 8 December 1972 – Ottawa | | Mexico | 3 |
| 8 December 1972 – Ottawa | 8 December 1972 – Ottawa | Canada | 6 |
| Canada | 9 | Canada | 6 |
| Peru | 0 | | |

### Final
## European Zone
### Bracket

| First round | First round | Second round | Second round | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 18 October 1972 – Melksham | 18 October 1972 – Melksham | | | | | |
| England | 9 | | | | | |
| England | 9 | 29 December 1972 – Barsinghausen | 29 December 1972 – Barsinghausen | | | | |
| Netherlands | 0 | 29 December 1972 – Barsinghausen | 29 December 1972 – Barsinghausen | | | |
| Netherlands | 0 | England | 4 | | | |
| 24 November 1972 – Mülheim | 24 November 1972 – Mülheim | | England | 4 | | | |
| 24 November 1972 – Mülheim | 24 November 1972 – Mülheim | West Germany | 5 | | | |
| West Germany | 9 | West Germany | 5 | | | |
| West Germany | 9 | | | | 23 February 1973 – Mülheim | 23 February 1973 – Mülheim | |
| Ireland | 0 | | | | 23 February 1973 – Mülheim | 23 February 1973 – Mülheim |
| Ireland | 0 | | | | West Germany | 2 |
| | | | | | Denmark | 7 |
| Denmark | | | | | Denmark | 7 |
| Bye | | | | | | |
| Bye | | Denmark | | | | |
| | | Bye | | | | |
| Bye | | Bye | | | | |
| Bye | | | | | | | 3 March 1973 – Stockholm | 3 March 1973 – Stockholm |
| Bye | | | | | | | 3 March 1973 – Stockholm | 3 March 1973 – Stockholm |
| Bye | | | | | | | Denmark | 8 |
| 25 November 1972 – Helsinki | 25 November 1972 – Helsinki | | | | | | | Denmark | 8 |
| 25 November 1972 – Helsinki | 25 November 1972 – Helsinki | | | | | | Sweden | 1 |
| Finland | 0 | | | | | | Sweden | 1 |
| Finland | 0 | January 1972 | January 1972 | | | | | |
| Scotland | 9 | January 1972 | January 1972 | | | | | |
| Scotland | 9 | Scotland | w/o | | | | | |
| | | Austria | | | | | | |
| Austria | | Austria | | | | | | |
| Austria | | | | | 26 January 1973 – Aberdeen | 26 January 1973 – Aberdeen | | | |
| Bye | | | | | 26 January 1973 – Aberdeen | 26 January 1973 – Aberdeen | | |
| Bye | | | | | Scotland | 4 | | |
| | | | | | Sweden | 5 |
| Bye | | | | | Sweden | 5 |
| Bye | | | | | | |
| Bye | | Bye | | | | |
| | | Sweden | | | | |
| Bye | | Sweden | | | | |
| Sweden | | | | | | |

### Final
## Australasian Zone
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 12 September 1972 – Tauranga | 12 September 1972 – Tauranga |
| New Zealand | 8 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 6 October 1972 – Auckland | 6 October 1972 – Auckland |
| Australia | 1 | 6 October 1972 – Auckland | 6 October 1972 – Auckland |
| Australia | 1 | New Zealand | 4 |
| | | India | 5 |
| Bye | | India | 5 |
| India | | | |