1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team
The 1989 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 40th edition of the men's team championship.[1][2]
1989 Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) | |
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Sweden won the gold medal defeating China 5-0 in the final. The final was interrupted during the fourth game when Jiang Jialiang refused to play on against Jan-Ove Waldner after being called for a service foul. After a delay the match continued but Jiang was booed for the remainder of the match. North Korea won the bronze medal defeating the Soviet Union 5-3 in the bronze medal play off.[3][4][5]
Medalists
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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![]() Mikael Appelgren Peter Karlsson Erik Lindh Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner |
![]() Chen Longcan Jiang Jialiang Ma Wenge Teng Yi Yu Shentong |
![]() Chu Jong-Chol Kim Song-hui Li Gun-Sang Yun Mun-Song |
Swaythling Cup Tables
Quarter Finals
Team One | Team Two | Score |
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Sweden | West Germany | 5-2 |
China | Poland | 5-0 |
Soviet Union | South Korea | 5-3 |
North Korea | Japan | 5-1 |
Semi Finals
Team One | Team Two | Score |
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Sweden | North Korea | 5-0 |
China | Soviet Union | 5-? |
Third Place play off
Team One | Team Two | Score |
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North Korea | Soviet Union | 5-3 |
Final
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References
- "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
- Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
- "1989 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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