This article lists the squads for the 1979 Thomas Cup participating teams. The age listed for each player is on 24 May 1979 which was the first day of the tournament.
Teams
Canada Six players represented Canada in the 1979 Thomas Cup. Name DoB/Age John Czich 1952 (aged 26–27) Pat Tryon 1956 (aged 22–23) Ian Johnson 1957 (aged 21–22) Paul Johnson 1959 (aged 19–20) Bob MacDougall 1960 (aged 18–19) David deBelle 1960 (aged 18–19)
Denmark Five players represented Denmark in the 1979 Thomas Cup. Name DoB/Age Svend Pri Flemming Delfs Morten Frost Steen Skovgaard 1950 (aged 28–29) Steen Fladberg
India Five players represented India in the 1979 Thomas Cup. Name DoB/Age Prakash Padukone Syed Modi Uday Pawar 1956 (aged 22–23) Partho Ganguli March 1953 (aged 26) Pradeep Gandhe 1955 (aged 20–21)
Indonesia Nine players represented Indonesia in the 1979 Thomas Cup. Name DoB/Age Rudy Hartono Liem Swie King Iie Sumirat Tjun Tjun Johan Wahjudi Ade Chandra Christian Hadinata Hadiyanto Lius Pongoh
Japan Eight players represented Japan in the 1979 Thomas Cup. Name DoB/Age Kinji Zeniya Masao Tsuchida Yoshitaka Iino 1953 (aged 25–26) Hiroyuki Hasegawa Nobutaka Ikeda 1957 (aged 21–22) Shoichi Toganoo 1947 (aged 31–32) Toshihiro Tsuji 1946 (aged 32–33) Mikio Ozaki 1949 (aged 29–30)
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