1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

The 1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 40th edition of the men's team championship.[1][2]

1989 Swaythling Cup (men's team)

Sweden won the gold medal defeating China 5–0 in the final. The final was interrupted during the fourth game when Jiang Jialiang refused to play on against Jan-Ove Waldner after being called for a service foul. After a delay the match continued but Jiang was booed for the remainder of the match. North Korea won the bronze medal defeating the Soviet Union 5–3 in the bronze medal play off.[3][4][5]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 Sweden
Mikael Appelgren
Peter Karlsson
Erik Lindh
Jörgen Persson
Jan-Ove Waldner
 China
Chen Longcan
Jiang Jialiang
Ma Wenge
Teng Yi
Yu Shentong
 North Korea
Chu Jong-Chol
Kim Song-hui
Li Gun-Sang
Yun Mun-Song

Swaythling Cup tables

Group A

Pos Team P W L Pts
1China China3303
2West Germany West Germany3121
3Belgium Belgium3121
4Hungary Hungary3121

Group B

Pos Team P W L Pts
1Sweden Sweden3303
2South Korea South Korea3212
3Nigeria Nigeria3121
4Taiwan Taiwan3030

Group C

Pos Team P W L Pts
1North Korea North Korea3303
2Poland Poland3212
3England England3121
4Netherlands Netherlands3030

Group D

Pos Team P W L Pts
1Soviet Union Soviet Union3212
2Japan Japan3212
3Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia3212
4Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia3030

Quarter finals

Team One Team Two Score
SwedenWest Germany5–2
ChinaPoland5–0
Soviet UnionSouth Korea5–3
North KoreaJapan5–1

Semifinals

Team One Team Two Score
SwedenNorth Korea5–0
ChinaSoviet Union5–1

Third-place playoff

Team One Team Two Score
North KoreaSoviet Union5–3

Final

Sweden Sweden 5 China China 0 Score
AppelgrenbtJiang Jialiang21–10 18–21 21–15
WaldnerbtTeng Yi22–24 21–19 21–17
PerssonbtChen Longcan22–24 21–16 21–13
WaldnerbtJiang Jialiang21–16 17–21 21–16
AppelgrenbtChen Longcan21–17 21–16

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. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  4. "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  5. "1989 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
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