1951 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

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1951 Swaythling Cup (men's team)
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The 1951 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 18th edition of the men's team championship.[1][2]

Czechoslovakia won the gold medal defeating Hungary 5–4 in the decisive final group match. Yugoslavia won a bronze medal after finishing third in the final group.[3][4][5][6]

Medalists[edit]

Team[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Czechoslovakia
Ivan Andreadis
Ladislav Štípek
Václav Tereba
František Tokár
Bohumil Váňa
 Hungary
Jozsef Farkas
József Kóczián
Ferenc Sidó
Kálmán Szepesi
Elemér Gyetvai
 Yugoslavia
Žarko Dolinar
Josip Gabric
Vilim Harangozo
Zdenko Uzorinac
Josip Vogrinc

Swaythling Cup tables[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 7 7 0 14
2 England England 7 6 1 12
3 Sweden Sweden 7 5 2 10
4 Brazil Brazil 7 4 3 8
5 Wales Wales 7 3 4 6
6 Egypt Egypt 7 2 5 4
7 Italy Italy 7 1 6 2
8 Luxembourg Luxembourg 7 0 7 0

Group B[edit]

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Hungary Hungary 7 7 0 14
2 France France 7 6 1 12
3 Vietnam Vietnam 7 5 2 10
4 Germany Germany 7 4 3 8
5 Austria Austria 7 3 4 6
6 Netherlands Netherlands 7 2 5 4
7 Portugal Portugal 7 1 6 2
8 New Zealand New Zealand 7 0 7 0

Group C[edit]

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 7 7 0 14
2 United States United States 7 6 1 12
3 Switzerland Switzerland 7 4 3 8
4 India India 7 4 3 8
5 Belgium Belgium 7 4 3 8
6 Iran Iran 7 2 5 4
7 Israel Israel 7 1 6 2
8 Greece Greece 7 0 7 0

Final group[edit]

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2 2 0 4
2 Hungary Hungary 2 1 1 2
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 2 0 2 0

Decisive final group match[edit]

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 5 Hungary Hungary 4 Score
Andreadis bt Kóczián 21–17 21–12
Andreadis bt Sidó 19–21 21–17 21–18
Andreadis bt Szepesi 21–9 22–20
Váňa lost to Sidó 18–2 21–17 19–21
Váňa lost to Kóczián 13–21 20–22
Váňa bt Szepesi 21–12 21–6
Tereba bt Szepesi 21–17 21–13
Tereba lost to Sidó 16–21 15–21
Tereba lost to Kóczián 14–21 15–21

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pp. 309–312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  4. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  5. ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  6. ^ "1951 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.