1963 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

The 1963 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 27th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1963 Swaythling Cup (men's team)

China won the gold medal defeating Japan 5–1 in the final. West Germany and Sweden both won a bronze medal after being eliminated at the semi-final stage.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

Team

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 China
Li Fu-jung
Wang Chia-Sheng
Hsu Yin-sheng
Chang Shih-lin
Chuang Tse-tung
 Japan
Koji Kimura
Ken Konaka
Keiichi Miki
Ichiro Ogimura
 West Germany
Erich Arndt
Ernst Gomolla
Dieter Michalek
Eberhard Schöler
Elmar Stegmann
 Sweden
Hans Alsér
Stellan Bengtsson
Carl-Johan Bernhardt
Kjell Johansson

Swaythling Cup tables

Group A

Pos Team P W L Pts
1China China66012
2Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia65110
3Iran Iran6428
4Soviet Union Soviet Union6336
5Denmark Denmark6244
6Israel Israel6152
7Greece Greece6060

Group B

Pos Team P W L Pts
1West Germany West Germany77014
2South Korea Korea76112
3Hungary Hungary75210
4Romania Romania7438
5France France7254
5Brazil Brazil7254
5Australia Australia7254
8Indonesia Indonesia7070

Group C

Pos Team P W L Pts
1Sweden Sweden77014
2Soviet Union Soviet Union76112
3East Germany East Germany75210
4Portugal Portugal7438
5Austria Austria7346
6Egypt UAR7254
7Switzerland Switzerland7162
8Wales Wales7070

Group D

Pos Team P W L Pts
1Japan Japan66012
2United States United States65110
3England England6428
4India India6336
5Poland Poland6244
6Netherlands Netherlands6152
7North Vietnam North Vietnam6060

Semifinals

Team One Team Two Score
ChinaWest Germany5–1
JapanSweden5–0

Final

China China 5 Japan Japan 1 Score
Chuang Tse-tunglost toKimura20–22 21–13 13–21
Chuang Tse-tungbtOgimura21–19 21–19
Chang Shih-linbtKimura21–5 21–11
Chang Shih-linbtMiki21–9 21–8
Hsu Yin-shengbtOgiumra21–11 21–17
Hsu Yin-shengbtMiki21–12 23–21

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

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 2018-04-25.
  5. "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  6. "1963 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
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