1959 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team

The 1959 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 25th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1959 Swaythling Cup (Men's Team)

Japan won the gold medal defeating Hungary 5-1 in the final. China and South Vietnam won bronze medals after elimination from the semi final round.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Japan
Nobuya Hoshino
Teruo Murakami
Seiji Narita
Ichiro Ogimura
 Hungary
Zoltán Berczik
Zoltán Bubonyi
László Földy
László Pigniczki
Ferenc Sidó
 China
Chiang Yung-Ning
Rong Guotuan
Wang Chuanyao
Xu Yinsheng
Yang Jai-Hua
 South Vietnam
Lê Văn Tiết
Mai Văn Hòa
Trần Cảnh Được
Trần Văn Liễu

Swaythling Cup Tables

Group A

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Hungary77014
2 Brazil76112
3 Romania75210
4 Poland7438
5 United States7346
6 Switzerland7254
7 Norway7162
8 Venezuela7070

Group B

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 China88016
2 Sweden87114
3 West Germany86212
4 UAR85310
5 Portugal8356
5 Belgium8356
7 Australia8264
8 Ireland8172
8 Jamaica8170

Group C

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Japan99018
2 Yugoslavia98116
3 India96312
3 Austria96312
5 Netherlands95410
5 East Germany95410
7 Denmark9366
8 Italy9182
8 Luxembourg9182
8 Canada9182

Group D

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 South Vietnam99018
2 Czechoslovakia98116
3 England97214
4 France96312
5 Iran95410
6 Spain9458
7 Lebanon9366
8 Wales9274
9 Greece9182
10 Malta9090

Semi Finals

Team One Team Two Score
Japan South Vietnam5-3
Hungary China5-3

Final

Japan 5 Hungary 1 Score
MurakamibtSidó14-21 21-10 21-17
OgimurabtBubonyi21-18 17-21 21-13
HoshinobtBerczik21-17 21-12
Ogimuralost toSidó17-21 21-10 14-21
MurakamibtBerczik21-23 21-18 21-17
HoshinobtBurbonyi21-13 21-13
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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. "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
  6. "1959 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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