The 1971 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 31st edition of the men's team championship.[1][2]
| 1971 Swaythling Cup (men's team) | |
|---|---|
China won the gold medal defeating Japan 5–2 in the final. Yugoslavia won the bronze medal after winning the third place play off.[3][4][5][6]
Medalists
editSwaythling Cup tables
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Second stage round
editGroup 1
edit| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan |
5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 |  Yugoslavia |
5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 |  West Germany |
5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 |  South Korea |
5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  England |
5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 |  Indonesia |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Group 2
edit| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China |
5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 |  Sweden |
5 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 |  Hungary |
5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 |  France |
5 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  North Korea |
5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 |  Czechoslovakia |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Third-place playoff
edit| Team One | Team Two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia | Sweden | 5–3 |
Final
edit| China 5
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Japan 2
|
Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liang Ko-liang | lost to | Hasegawa | 21–15 8–21 19–21 |
| Liang Ko-liang | bt | Itoh | 21–11 21–15 |
| Chuang Tse-tung | bt | Itoh | 21–19 17–21 21–15 |
| Chuang Tse-tung | lost to | Kono | 12–21 16–21 |
| Li Ching-kuang | bt | Kono | 21–13 21–18 |
| Li Ching-kuang | bt | Hasegawa | 15–21 21–19 21–18 |
| Li Ching-kuang | bt | Itoh | 21–3 21–6 |
See also
editReferences
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 2018-04-26.
- ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "1971 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2018-04-26.