1950 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

The 1950 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 17th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1950 Swaythling Cup (men's team)
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Czechoslovakia won the gold medal defeating Hungary 5–3 in the final. England and France both won a bronze medal after finishing second in their respective groups.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

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Team

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
  Czechoslovakia
Ivan Andreadis
Max Marinko
Václav Tereba
František Tokár
Bohumil Váňa
  Hungary
József Farkas
József Kóczián
Ferenc Sidó
Ferenc Soos
László Várkonyi
  England
Richard Bergmann
Bernard Crouch
Johnny Leach
Aubrey Simons
Harry Venner
  France
Alex Agopoff
Michel Haguenauer
Michel Lanskoy
René Roothooft

Swaythling Cup tables

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Group A

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   Hungary 6 6 0 12
2   France 6 5 1 10
3   Switzerland 6 4 2 8
4   India 6 3 3 6
5   Israel 6 2 4 4
6   Italy 6 1 5 2
7   Denmark 6 0 6 0

+ United States and Netherlands both withdrew from Group A

Group B

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   Czechoslovakia 8 8 0 16
2   England 8 7 1 14
3   Sweden 8 6 2 12
4   Austria 8 5 3 10
5   Poland 8 4 4 8
6   Wales 8 3 5 6
7   Brazil 8 2 6 4
8   Ireland 8 1 7 2
9   New Zealand 8 0 8 0

Final

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  Czechoslovakia 5   Hungary 3 Score
Andreadis lost to ? ?
Andreadis bt Kóczián 21-19 19-21 21-15
Váňa lost to Sidó 16-21 13-21
Váňa bt Kóczián 21-10 21-9
Váňa bt Soos 21-14 21-16
Tereba lost to Soos 18-21 19-21
Tereba bt Sidó 27-25 22-20
Tereba bt Kóczián w/o+

+ Kóczián withdrew injured after suffering from badly blistered feet

See also

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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

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  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 2018-04-16.
  5. ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
  6. ^ "1950 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2018-04-16.