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
1 Hungary7707
2 United States7616
3 France7525
4 Yugoslavia7434
5 Wales7343
6 Luxembourg7252
7 Norway7161
8 Finland7070

+ Poland and Egypt both withdrew from Group 1

Group 2

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Czechoslovakia9909
2 England9818
3 Sweden9727
4 Austria9636
5 Netherlands9545
6 Italy9454
7 Switzerland9363
8 Brazil9272
9 Denmark9181
10 Scotland9090

Final

[6]

Hungary 5 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
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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, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  4. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  5. "1949 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
  6. "1949 Swaythling Cup Final results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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