1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team

The 1987 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 39th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1987 Swaythling Cup (Men's Team)

China won the gold medal defeating Sweden 5-0 in the final. Jan-Ove Waldner and Mikael Appelgren were both missing from the final due to stomach complaints. North Korea won the bronze medal.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 China
Chen Longcan
Chen Xinhua
Jiang Jialiang
Teng Yi
Wang Hao
 Sweden
Mikael Appelgren
Ulf Carlsson
Erik Lindh
Jörgen Persson
Jan-Ove Waldner
 North Korea
Chu Jong-Chol
Hong Chol
Hong Sun
Kim Song-hui
Li Gun-Sang

Swaythling Cup Tables

Group A

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 China3303
2 West Germany3212
3 England3121
4 France3030

Group B

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Sweden3303
2 Taiwan3212
3 South Korea3121
4 Czechoslovakia3030

Group C

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Yugoslavia3303
2 Poland3212
3 Soviet Union3121
4 Austria3030

Group D

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 North Korea3303
2 Japan3212
3 Hungary3121
4 India3030

Quarter Finals

Team One Team Two Score
PolandNorth Korea4-5
ChinaJapan5-0
SwedenWest Germany5-4
TaiwanYugoslavia2-5

Semi Finals

Team One Team Two Score
SwedenNorth Korea5-?
ChinaYugoslavia5-0

Third Place play off

Team One Team Two Score
North KoreaYugoslavia5-?

Final

China 5 Sweden 0 Score
Jiang JialiangbtCarlsson21-12 19-21 21-12
Teng YibtLindh21-15 21-15
Chen LongcanbtPersson21-19 21-14
Jiang JialiangbtLindh19-21 21-7 21-13
Chen LongcanbtCarlsson22-20 21-10
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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. "1987 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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