 The veteran Erland Kops, highly critical of the IBF's (BWF's) decision to sustain Indonesia's protest against Thailand (see "Intra-zone summary" above), declined to play in further Thomas Cup contests.For reasons less clear, Denmark's top singles player Svend Pri was also unavailable.Nevertheless, Malaysia had great difficulty against a group of opponents who seemed to be less affected by the tropical heat and humidity than previous Danish squads had been.