# 1961 Thomas Cup qualification

The qualifying process for the 1961 Thomas Cup took place from 22 July 1960 to 29 March 1961 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 | 1958 Thomas Cup winners | 15 June 1958 | 2nd |
| Thailand | Asian Zone winners | 29 March 1961 | 2nd |
| Denmark | European Zone winners | 13 March 1961 | 5th |
| United States | American Zone winners | 25 February 1961 | 5th |
| Australia | Australasian Zone winners | 21 January 1961 | 2nd |

## Asian Zone
### Bracket

| First round | First round | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Hong Kong | | | |
| Hong Kong | | January 1961 – Hong Kong | January 1961 – Hong Kong | |
| Bye | | January 1961 – Hong Kong | January 1961 – Hong Kong |
| Bye | | Hong Kong | |
| 30 July 1960 – Lahore | 30 July 1960 – Lahore | | Hong Kong | |
| 30 July 1960 – Lahore | 30 July 1960 – Lahore | Pakistan | w/o |
| Pakistan | 9 | Pakistan | w/o |
| Pakistan | 9 | | | 28 March 1961 – Lahore | 28 March 1961 – Lahore |
| Ceylon | 0 | | | 28 March 1961 – Lahore | 28 March 1961 – Lahore |
| Ceylon | 0 | | | Pakistan | 1 |
| 19 December 1960 – Bangkok | 19 December 1960 – Bangkok | | | | Pakistan | 1 |
| 19 December 1960 – Bangkok | 19 December 1960 – Bangkok | | | Thailand | 8 |
| India | 3 | | | Thailand | 8 |
| India | 3 | 23 December 1960 – Bangkok | 23 December 1960 – Bangkok | | |
| Thailand | 6 | 23 December 1960 – Bangkok | 23 December 1960 – Bangkok | | |
| Thailand | 6 | Thailand | 7 | | |
| | | Malaya | 2 |
| Bye | | Malaya | 2 |
| Malaya | | | |

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

| Final | Final |
| 24 February 1961 – Toronto | 24 February 1961 – Toronto |
| United States | 7 |
| Canada | 2 |

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

| First round | First round | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 14 November 1960 – Paris | 14 November 1960 – Paris | | | |
| England | 9 | | | |
| England | 9 | 11 January 1961 – Stockholm | 11 January 1961 – Stockholm | | |
| France | 0 | 11 January 1961 – Stockholm | 11 January 1961 – Stockholm | |
| France | 0 | England | 5 | |
| 3 December 1960 – Trollhättan | 3 December 1960 – Trollhättan | | England | 5 | |
| 3 December 1960 – Trollhättan | 3 December 1960 – Trollhättan | Sweden | 4 | |
| Sweden | 9 | Sweden | 4 | |
| Sweden | 9 | | | | 12 March 1961 – Southend-on-Sea | 12 March 1961 – Southend-on-Sea |
| Norway | 0 | | | | 12 March 1961 – Southend-on-Sea | 12 March 1961 – Southend-on-Sea |
| Norway | 0 | | | | England | 0 |
| 16 December 1960 – Derry | 16 December 1960 – Derry | | | | | England | 0 |
| 16 December 1960 – Derry | 16 December 1960 – Derry | | | | Denmark | 9 |
| Denmark | 9 | | | | Denmark | 9 |
| Denmark | 9 | 19 December 1960 – Greenock | 19 December 1960 – Greenock | | | |
| Ireland | 0 | 19 December 1960 – Greenock | 19 December 1960 – Greenock | | | |
| Ireland | 0 | Denmark | 8 | | | |
| | | Scotland | 1 | |
| Bye | | Scotland | 1 | |
| Scotland | | | | |

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

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 22 July 1960 – Feilding | 22 July 1960 – Feilding |
| Australia | 8 |
| Australia | 8 | December 1960 – Melbourne | December 1960 – Melbourne |
| New Zealand | 1 | December 1960 – Melbourne | December 1960 – Melbourne |
| New Zealand | 1 | Australia | w/o |
| | | Japan | |
| Bye | | Japan | |
| Japan | | | |

### Final

In the final of the Australasian zone qualifiers, Japan conceded a walkover to Australia. Therefore, Australia qualified for the Thomas Cup by default.