1963 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team

The 1963 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 27th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1963 Swaythling Cup (Men's Team)

China won the gold medal defeating Japan 5-1 in the final. West Germany and Sweden both won a bronze medal after being eliminated at the semi final stage.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

Team

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 China
Li Fu-jung
Wang Chia-Sheng
Hsu Yin-sheng
Chang Shih-lin
Chuang Tse-tung
 Japan
Koji Kimura
Ken Konaka
Keiichi Miki
Ichiro Ogimura
 West Germany
Erich Arndt
Ernst Gomolla
Dieter Michalek
Eberhard Schöler
Elmar Stegmann
 Sweden
Hans Alsér
Stellan Bengtsson
Carl-Johan Bernhardt
Kjell Johansson

Swaythling Cup Tables

Group A

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 China66012
2 Yugoslavia65110
3 Iran6428
4 Soviet Union6336
5 Denmark6244
6 Israel6152
7 Greece6060

Group B

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 West Germany77014
2 Korea76112
3 Hungary75210
4 Romania7438
5 France7254
5 Brazil7254
5 Australia7254
8 Indonesia7070

Group C

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Sweden77014
2 Soviet Union76112
3 East Germany75210
4 Portugal7438
5 Austria7346
6 UAR7254
7 Switzerland7162
8 Wales7070

Group D

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Japan66012
2 United States65110
3 England6428
4 India6336
5 Poland6244
6 Netherlands6152
7 North Vietnam6060

Semi Finals

Team One Team Two Score
ChinaWest Germany5-1
JapanSweden5-0

Final

China 5 Japan 1 Score
Chuang Tse-tunglost toKimura20-22 21-13 13-21
Chuang Tse-tungbtOgimura21-19 21-19
Chang Shih-linbtKimura21-5 21-11
Chang Shih-linbtMiki21-9 21-8
Hsu Yin-shengbtOgiumra21-11 21-17
Hsu Yin-shengbtMiki21-12 23-21
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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. "1963 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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