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{{Infobox badminton event
| name           = 1963 Uber Cup
| image          = 
| caption        =
| dates          = 1 – 6 April 1963
| number_edition = 3rd
| level          = 1
| nations        = 5
| host           =
| venue          = 
| location       = [[Boston]], [[United States]]<br/>[[New London, Connecticut|New London]], [[United States]]<br/>[[Bronxville, New York|Bronxville]], [[United States]]<br/>[[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]], [[United States]]
| website        = 
| previous       = [[1960 Uber Cup|1960]]
| next           = [[1966 Uber Cup|1966]]
}}

The '''1963 Uber Cup''' was the third edition of the [[Uber Cup]], the women's [[badminton]] competition. The tournament took place in the 1962-63 badminton season, 11 countries competed.

Defending champions the United States hosted the final and claimed victory over England — their third consecutive victory, largely on the strength of [[Judy Devlin]] once again winning all three of her matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/public-site/reference-online|title=Times Archives|publisher=Oxfordshire Libraries}}</ref>

== Qualification ==
{{main|1963 Uber Cup qualification}}
Four teams qualified for the interzone stage of the competition, Indonesia, New Zealand, Canada and England. The United States were exempted until the challenge round.
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! width="30%" |Means of qualification
! width="22%" |Date
! width="20%" |Venue
! width="6%" |Slot
! width="22%" |Qualified teams
|-
|[[1960 Uber Cup]]
|4 – 9 April 1960
|[[Baltimore]]<br/>[[Boston]]<br/>[[New Haven, Connecticut|New Haven]]<br/>[[Philadelphia]]
| align="center" |1
|{{bd|USA}}
|-
|Asian Zone
|29 September – December 1962
|[[Bangkok]]<br/>[[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]
| align="center" |1
|{{bd|INA}}
|-
|American Zone
|–
|–
| align="center" |1
|{{bd|CAN|1957}}
|-
|European Zone
|16 January – 18 February 1963
|[[Copenhagen]]<br/>[[Dublin]]<br/>[[Edinburgh]]
| align="center" |1
|{{bd|ENG}}
|-
|Australasian Zone
|–
|–
| align="center" |1
|{{bd|NZL}}
|-
! colspan="3" |Total
!5
!
|}

== Squads ==
{{details|1963 Uber Cup squads}}

==Knockout stage==
{{main|1963 Uber Cup knockout stage}}

The following four teams, shown by region, qualified for the 1963 Uber Cup. In the first round, both Canada and New Zealand suffered upsetting defeats to debutants England and Indonesia, losing 7&ndash;0 to the two teams respectively. In the semi-final clash, England defeated Indonesia 5&ndash;2 to enter the challenge round. The United States and England clashed in the final. 7 matches were played: 3 singles and 4 doubles (2 doubles, then reversed). The United States retained the Uber Cup for a third time after defeating the England 4&ndash;3.

=== Bracket ===
{{:1963 Uber Cup knockout stage|transcludesection=Bracket}}

=== First round ===
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=== Second round ===
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=== Challenge round ===
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|stadium=[[Wilmington, Delaware|Wilmington]], [[United States]]
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{{winners|bd|1963 Uber Cup winner|United States|Third}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927030458/http://www.worldbadminton.net/ubercup.asp#1962-63#1962-63 www.worldbadminton.net] ''The Ladies' World Team Badminton Championship for the Uber Cup''. Accessed 23 August 2006
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061214221836/http://tangkis.tripod.com/uber/calendar.htm tangkis.tripod.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110511123702/http://www2.sbg.ac.at/populorum/badminton/archiv_ubercup.htm Mike's Badminton Populorum]

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