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1963 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

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The 1963 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 27th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1963 Swaythling Cup (men's team)
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China won the gold medal defeating Japan 5–1 in the final. West Germany and Sweden both won a bronze medal after being eliminated at the semi-final stage.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

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Team

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
  China
Li Furong
Wang Jiasheng
Xu Yinsheng
Zhang Xielin
Zhuang Zedong 		  Japan
Koji Kimura
Ken Konaka
Keiichi Miki
Ichiro Ogimura 		  West Germany
Erich Arndt
Ernst Gomolla
Dieter Michalek
Eberhard Schöler
Elmar Stegmann
  Sweden
Hans Alsér
Stellan Bengtsson
Carl-Johan Bernhardt
Kjell Johansson

Swaythling Cup tables

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Group A

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   China 6 6 0 12
2   Yugoslavia 6 5 1 10
3   Iran 6 4 2 8
4   Soviet Union 6 3 3 6
5   Denmark 6 2 4 4
6   Israel 6 1 5 2
7   Greece 6 0 6 0

Group B

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   West Germany 7 7 0 14
2   Korea 7 6 1 12
3   Hungary 7 5 2 10
4   Romania 7 4 3 8
5   France 7 2 5 4
5   Brazil 7 2 5 4
5   Australia 7 2 5 4
8   Indonesia 7 0 7 0

Group C

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   Sweden 7 7 0 14
2   Soviet Union 7 6 1 12
3   East Germany 7 5 2 10
4   Portugal 7 4 3 8
5   Austria 7 3 4 6
6   UAR 7 2 5 4
7   Switzerland 7 1 6 2
8   Wales 7 0 7 0

Group D

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   Japan 6 6 0 12
2   United States 6 5 1 10
3   England 6 4 2 8
4   India 6 3 3 6
5   Poland 6 2 4 4
6   Netherlands 6 1 5 2
7   North Vietnam 6 0 6 0

Semifinals

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Team One Team Two Score
China West Germany 5–1
Japan Sweden 5–0

Final

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  China 5   Japan 1 Score
Chuang Tse-tung lost to Kimura 20–22 21–13 13–21
Chuang Tse-tung bt Ogimura 21–19 21–19
Chang Shih-lin bt Kimura 21–5 21–11
Chang Shih-lin bt Miki 21–9 21–8
Hsu Yin-sheng bt Ogiumra 21–11 21–17
Hsu Yin-sheng bt Miki 21–12 23–21

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 2018-04-25.
  5. ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  6. ^ "1963 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
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