1983 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team

The 1983 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 37th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1983 Swaythling Cup (Men's Team)

China won the gold medal defeating Sweden 5-1 in the final. Hungary won the bronze medal.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 China
Cai Zhenhua
Fan Changmao
Guo Yuehua
Jiang Jialiang
Xie Saike
 Sweden
Mikael Appelgren
Stellan Bengtsson
Ulf Bengtsson
Erik Lindh
Jan-Ove Waldner
 Hungary
Gábor Gergely
István Jónyer
Zoltán Káposztás
Zsolt Kriston
János Molnár

Swaythling Cup Tables

Group A

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 China7707
2 Sweden7616
3 France7434
4 South Korea7434
5 Yugoslavia7343
6 Czechoslovakia7252
7 West Germany7252
8 United States7070

Group B

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 England7616
2 Hungary7616
3 Japan7616
4 North Korea7434
5 Poland7343
6 Italy7252
7 Soviet Union7161
8 Denmark7070

Semi Finals

Team One Team Two Score
SwedenEngland5-0
ChinaHungary5-0

Third Place play off

Team One Team Two Score
HungaryEngland5-2

Final

China 5 Sweden 1 Score
Jiang JialiangbtWaldner18-21 21-17 21-14
Jiang JialiangbtAppelgren21-10 21-13
Cai ZhenhuabtLindh21-14 21-14
Cai ZhenhuabtWaldner30-28 21-16
Xie Saikelost toAppelgren18-21 21-19 14-21
Xie SaikebtLindh17-21 21-13 21-9
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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. "1983 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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