1961 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team

The 1961 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 26th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1961 Swaythling Cup (Men's Team)

China won the gold medal defeating Japan 5-3 in the decisive final group match. Hungary won the bronze medal after finishing third in the final group.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

Team

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  China
Li Fu-jung
Jung Kuo-tuan
Wang Chuanyao
Hsu Yin-sheng
Chuang Tse-tung
 Japan
Nobuya Hoshino
Koji Kimura
Teruo Murakami
Ichiro Ogimura
Goro Shibutani
 Hungary
Zoltán Berczik
László Földy
Miklós Péterfy
Péter Rózsás
Ferenc Sidó

Swaythling Cup Tables

Group A

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 China88016
2 East Germany87114
3 West Germany86212
4 Czechoslovakia85310
5 Burma8448
6 Ecuador8356
7 Ghana8264
8 Nepal8172
9 Mongolia8080

Group B

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Hungary77014
2 Sweden76112
3 Romania75210
4 Poland7438
5 Denmark7346
6 Australia7162
6 North Vietnam7162
6 Nigeria7162

Group C

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Japan89018
2 Yugoslavia86212
2 England86212
4 Russia86312
5 North Korea85410
6 Brazil85410
7 Singapore8366
8 New Zealand8182
9 Cuba8182

Final Group results

Team One Team Two Score
JapanHungary5-2
ChinaHungary7-2
ChinaJapan5-3

Final Standings

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 China2204
2 Japan2112
3 Hungary3020

Decisive Final Group Match

China 5 Japan 3 Score
Chuang Tse-tungbtHoshino21-14 24-22
Chuang Tse-tungbtOgimura21-13 21-13
Hsu Yin-shenglost toKimura21-17 17-21 17-21
Hsu Yin-shengbtOgimura21-7 210-8
Hsu Yin-shengbtHoshino21-23 21-18 21-17
Jung Kuo-tuanlost toOgimura19-21 19-21
Jung Kuo-tuanlost toKimura11-21 21-15 17-21
Jung Kuo-tuanbtHoshino21-15 20-22 21-18
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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. "1961 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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