1955 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

The 1955 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 22nd edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1955 Swaythling Cup (men's team)
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Japan won the gold medal defeating Czechoslovakia 5–3 in the final. England and Hungary won bronze medals after being defeated in the semi-finals.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
  Japan
Ichiro Ogimura
Kichii Tamasu
Toshiaki Tanaka
Yoshio Tomita
  Czechoslovakia
Ivan Andreadis
Ladislav Štípek
Václav Tereba
Bohumil Váňa
Ludvik Vyhnanovsky
  Hungary
László Földy
József Kóczián
Ferenc Sidó
Josef Somogyi
Kálmán Szepesi
  England
Richard Bergmann
Brian Kennedy
Johnny Leach
Bryan Merrett
Alan Rhodes

Swaythling Cup tables

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Group 1

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   Czechoslovakia 7 7 0 14
2   France 7 6 1 12
3   Brazil 7 4 3 8
4   Netherlands 7 4 3 8
5   Egypt 7 3 4 6
6   Italy 7 3 4 6
7   Guernsey 7 1 6 0
8   Jersey 7 0 7 0

Group 2

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   Hungary 7 7 0 14
2   United States 7 6 1 12
3   Sweden 7 5 2 10
4   Bulgaria 7 4 3 8
5   Portugal 7 3 4 6
6   Ireland 7 2 5 4
7   Denmark 7 1 6 2
8   Finland 7 0 6 0

Group 3

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   Japan 7 7 0 14
2   Yugoslavia 7 6 1 12
3   Vietnam 7 5 2 10
4   Austria 7 4 3 8
5   Australia 7 3 4 6
6   Belgium 7 2 5 4
7   Scotland 7 1 6 2
8   Norway 7 0 6 0

Group 4

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   England 7 7 0 14
2   Romania 7 6 1 12
3   Germany 7 5 2 10
4   Switzerland 7 4 3 8
5   Spain 7 3 4 6
6   Wales 7 2 5 4
7   Saarland 7 1 6 2
8   Lebanon 7 0 6 0

Semifinals

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Team One Team two Score
Czechoslovakia England 5-1
Japan Hungary 5-4

Final

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  Japan 5   Czechoslovakia 3 Score
Ogimura lost to Andreadis 19-21 19-21
Ogimura bt Štípek 22-20 21-19
Ogimura bt Váňa 21-18 21-18
Tanaka lost to Andreadis 15-21 20-22
Tanaka bt Štípek 21-12 21-17
Tanaka bt Váňa 21-9 21-18
Tamasu lost to Andreadis 12-21 19-21
Tamasu bt Štípek 21-17 22-20
Tamasu v Váňa not played

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 2018-04-22.
  5. ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  6. ^ "1955 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.