1966 Uber Cup qualification

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. Three singles and four doubles will be played on the day of competition. The teams that win their respective zone will earn a place in the final tournament to be held in New Zealand.^[1]

The winners of the 1963 Uber Cup, the United States were exempted from the qualifying rounds and automatically qualified for the challenge round. Therefore, Canada automatically qualified for the final tournament since there was no other opponent in the American zone qualifiers.

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Final appearance
United States	1963 Uber Cup winners	6 April 1963	4th
Japan	Asian Zone winners	27 February 1966	1st
England	European Zone winners	21 March 1966	2nd
Canada	Sole representative of the American Zone	March 1965	3rd
Indonesia	Australasian Zone winners	26 June 1965	2nd

	First round				Semi-finals				Final
	February 1966 – Hyderabad
	India	w/o
					20 February 1966 – Hyderabad
	Malaysia
					India	4
					Thailand	3
	Thailand
									27 February 1966 – Hyderabad
	Bye
									Thailand	0
									Japan	7
	Hong Kong
					February 1966 – Hyderabad
	Bye
					Hong Kong
					Japan	w/o
	Japan
	Bye

India were automatically given a place in the semi-finals after Malaysia withdrew its team from the competition.

Thailand 4	Hyderabad, India 20 February 1966 [2]		India 3
1 2 3 1 Boopha Kaenthong Meena Shah 7 11 11 9 6 0   retired 2 Sumol Chanklum Sarojini Apte 7 11 9 11     3 Pratuang Pattabongse Shobha Moorthy 9 12 11 12     4 Sumol Chanklum / Boopha Kaenthong Sarojini Apte / Sunila Apte 15 9 15 12     5 Pachara Pattabongse / Pratuang Pattabongse Achala Karnik / Shobha Moorthy 14 17 15 12 11 15   6 Pachara Pattabongse / Pratuang Pattabongse Sarojini Apte / Sunila Apte 15 7 15 9     7 Sumol Chanklum / Boopha Kaenthong Achala Karnik / Shobha Moorthy 9 15 18 13 15 7

Thailand 0	Hyderabad, India 27 February 1966 [2]		Japan 7
1 2 3 1 Sumol Chanklum Mitsuko Yokoyama 10 12 6 11     2 Boopha Kaenthong Fumiko Yokoi 0 11 0 11     3 Thongkham Kingmanee Noriko Takagi 2 11 2 11     4 Sumol Chanklum / Boopha Kaenthong Kazuko Gotō / Noriko Takagi 7 15 8 15     5 Pachara Pattabongse / Pratuang Pattabongse Hiroe Amano / Tomoko Takahashi 13 18 15 9 3 15   6 Pachara Pattabongse / Pratuang Pattabongse Kazuko Gotō / Noriko Takagi         w/o 7 Sumol Chanklum / Boopha Kaenthong Hiroe Amano / Tomoko Takahashi         w/o