1967 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

The 1967 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 29th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1967 Swaythling Cup (men's team)
Main article: 1967 World Table Tennis Championships

Japan won the gold medal defeating North Korea 5–3 in the final. Sweden won the bronze medal after winning third place play off.[3] [4] [5] [6]

The Chinese team were unable to defend their title because of the Cultural Revolution.[7] [8]

Medalists

Team
Event Gold Silver Bronze
 Japan
Nobuhiko Hasegawa
Hajime Kagimoto
Satoru Kawahara
Koji Kimura
Mitsuru Kono		  North Korea
Jung Ryang-Woong
Kang Neung-Hwa
Kim Chang-Ho
Kim Jung-Sam
Pak Sin Il		  Sweden
Hans Alsér
Carl-Johan Bernhardt
Christer Johansson
Kjell Johansson
Bo Persson

Semifinal round

Group 1
Pos Team P W L Pts
1North Korea North Korea3306
2Sweden Sweden3314
3Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia3122
4England England3030

Group 2
Pos Team P W L Pts
1Japan Japan3306
2West Germany West Germany3214
3Soviet Union Soviet Union3122
4Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia3030

Third-place playoff
Team One Team Two Score
SwedenWest Germany5–2

Final
Japan Japan 5 North Korea North Korea 3 Score
Konolost toKim Chang-Ho20–22 10–21
HasegawabtJung Ryang-Woong21–16 20–22 21–16
KagimotobtPak Sin Il21–19 21–15
Hasegawalost toKim Chang-Ho21–18 18–21 14–21
KonobtPak Sin Il21–17 21–7
Kagimotolost toJung Ryang-Woong18–21 16–21
HasegawabtPak Sin Il21–16 21–16
KagimotobtKim Chang-Ho21–18 21–18

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 2018-04-26.
  5. "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  6. "1967 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  7. "In memory of China's 1st world champion Rong Guotuan". China Daily.
  8. Itoh, Mayumi (2011). The Origin of Ping-Pong Diplomacy. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230118133.
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