1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team
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| 1973 Swaythling Cup (men's team) | |
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The 1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 32nd edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]
Sweden won the gold medal by virtue of winning the final group. Despite losing one of the matches against the Soviet Union they topped the group with a superior match record. China took silver and Japan bronze.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Medalists[edit]
Swaythling Cup tables[edit]
Group A[edit]
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sweden | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 |  China | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 |  Hungary | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 |  South Korea | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 |  Indonesia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 |  Austria | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 7 |  India | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Group B[edit]
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 |  Czechoslovakia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 |  Yugoslavia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 |  West Germany | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 |  England | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 7 |  France | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Final group[edit]
| Team One | Team Two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | Sweden | 3–5 |
| China | Sweden | 4–5 |
| Soviet Union | Sweden | 5–4 |
| Soviet Union | Japan | 2–5 |
| Soviet Union | China | 4–5 |
| Japan | China | 4–5 |
Final group[edit]
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | F | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 4 |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 4 |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 2 |
See also[edit]
List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References[edit]
- ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pp. 309–312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ "1973 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2018-04-27.