1977 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team

The 1977 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 34th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1977 Swaythling Cup (Men's Team)

China won the gold medal defeating Japan 5-0 in the final. Sweden won the bronze medal.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 China
Kuo Yao-hua
Huang Liang
Li Chen-shih
Liang Ke-liang
Wang Jun
 Japan
Tetsuo Inoue
Mitsuru Kohno
Masahiro Maehara
Norio Takashima
Tokio Tasaka
 Sweden
Stellan Bengtsson
Ake Gronlund
Kjell Johansson
Roger Lagerfeldt
Ulf Thorsell

Swaythling Cup Tables

Group A

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 China7707
2 Hungary7616
3 West Germany7525
4 Czechoslovakia7434
5 France7343
6 England7252
7 Indonesia7161
8 Australia7070

Group B

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Japan7707
2 Sweden7616
3 Yugoslavia7525
4 Soviet Union7434
5 Poland7252
6 South Korea7252
7 Denmark7252
8 Romania7070

Semi Finals

Team One Team Two Score
JapanHungary5-3
ChinaSweden5-0

Third Place play off

Team One Team Two Score
SwedenHungary5-1

Final

China 5 Japan 0 Score
Huang LiangbtMaehara21-16 21-14
Huang LiangbtKono21-13 21-15
Liang Ke-liangbtKono21-3 12-21 21-11
Kuo Yao-huabtTakashima21-8 21-7
Kuo Yao-huabtMaehara21-11 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. "1977 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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