1949 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

The 1949 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 16th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1949 Swaythling Cup (men's team)

Hungary won the gold medal defeating Czechoslovakia 5–4 in the final.[3] England and the United States both won bronze medals by virtue of finishing second in their groups.[4] [5]

Medalists

Team

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Hungary
József Kóczián
Ferenc Sidó
Ferenc Soos
László Várkonyi
 Czechoslovakia
Ivan Andreadis
Max Marinko
Ladislav Štípek
František Tokár
Bohumil Váňa
 England
Viktor Barna
Richard Bergmann
Johnny Leach
Ronald Sharman
Aubrey Simons
 United States
Douglas Cartland
James McClure
Richard Miles
Marty Reisman

Swaythling Cup tables

Group 1

Pos Team P W L Pts
1Hungary Hungary7707
2United States United States7616
3France France7525
4Sweden Yugoslavia7434
5Wales Wales7343
6Luxembourg Luxembourg7252
7Norway Norway7161
8Finland Finland7070

+ Poland and Egypt both withdrew from Group 1

Group 2

Pos Team P W L Pts
1Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia9909
2England England9818
3Sweden Sweden9727
4Austria Austria9636
5Netherlands Netherlands9545
6Italy Italy9454
7Switzerland Switzerland9363
8Brazil Brazil9272
9Denmark Denmark9181
10Scotland Scotland9090

Final

[6]

Hungary Hungary 5 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 4 Score
KócziánbtŠtípek21 -13 15-21 21-16
KócziánbtAndreadis21-18 21-16
Kócziánlost toVáňa21-19 9-21 19-21
Sooslost toAndreadis15-21 7-21
Sooslost toVáňa12-21 11-21
SoosbtŠtípek16-21 21-12 21-17
Sidólost toVáňa19-21 21-16 20-22
SidóbtŠtípek20-22 21-18 21-18
SidóbtAndreadis21-16 18-21 21-11

See also

References

  1. "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. Montague, Trevor (2004). A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pp. 309–312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  4. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  5. "1949 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  6. "1949 Swaythling Cup Final results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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