See main article: 1947 World Table Tennis Championships.
The 1947 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 14th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]
Czechoslovakia won the gold medal defeating the United States 5–2 in the final. Austria and France won bronze medals by virtue of finishing second in their groups.[3] [4] [5]
| width=15 | Pos | width=150 | Team | width=20 | P | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=600 | Squad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czechoslovakia | 8 | 8 | 0 | |||||||
| 2 |  Austria | 8 | 7 | 1 | Heinrich Bednar, Otto Eckl, Johann Hartwich, Heribert Just, Ferdinand Schuech | ||||||
| 3 |  Sweden | 8 | 6 | 2 | Tage Flisberg, Olsson, Arne Andersson, Per-Olof Croneryd, Ollen | ||||||
| 4 |  Egypt | 8 | 5 | 3 | Moustapha, Hassan, Yehya, Hussein, Mansour | ||||||
| 5 | Ireland | 8 | 4 | 4 | Victor Mercer, Ivan Martin, Harry Thuillier, Harry O'Prey | ||||||
| 6 | Jewish Palestine | 8 | 3 | 5 | Samuel Schieff, Izio Rojzen, M. Goloub | ||||||
| 7 | Denmark | 8 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| 8 |  Luxembourg | 8 | 1 | 7 | Metty Steimetz, Paul Oster, Fred Wirtz, Marcel Willmes, Nic Wiltzius | ||||||
| 9 | Scotland + | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Brown, Sidney Gillies, Peter Coia |
| width=150 | Czechoslovakia 5 | width=100 | width=150 |  United States 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andreadis | lost to | Pagliaro | |||
| Váňa | bt | Pagliaro | |||
| Tereba | lost to | Schiff | |||
| Andreadis | bt | Schiff | |||
| Andreadis | bt | Miles | |||
| Tereba | bt | Miles | |||
| Váňa | bt | Miles |