1951 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team explained

1951 Swaythling Cup (men's team)
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The 1951 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 18th edition of the men's team championship.^{[1] [2]}

Czechoslovakia won the gold medal defeating Hungary 5–4 in the decisive final group match. Yugoslavia won a bronze medal after finishing third in the final group.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Medalists

Team

Men's team

Ivan Andreadis Ladislav Štípek Václav Tereba František Tokár Bohumil Váňa

Jozsef Farkas József Kóczián Ferenc Sidó Kálmán Szepesi Elemér Gyetvai

Žarko Dolinar Josip Gabric Vilim Harangozo Zdenko Uzorinac Josip Vogrinc

Swaythling Cup tables

Group A

width=15	Pos	width=250	Team	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1	Yugoslavia	7	7	0	14
2	England	7	6	1	12
3	Sweden	7	5	2	10
4	Brazil	7	4	3	8
5	Wales	7	3	4	6
6	Egypt	7	2	5	4
7	Italy	7	1	6	2
8	Luxembourg	7	0	7	0

Group B

width=15	Pos	width=250	Team	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1	Hungary	7	7	0	14
2	France	7	6	1	12
3	Vietnam	7	5	2	10
4	Germany	7	4	3	8
5	Austria	7	3	4	6
6	Netherlands	7	2	5	4
7	Portugal	7	1	6	2
8	New Zealand	7	0	7	0

Group C

width=15	Pos	width=250	Team	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1	Czechoslovakia	7	7	0	14
2	United States	7	6	1	12
3	Switzerland	7	4	3	8
4	India	7	4	3	8
5	Belgium	7	4	3	8
6	Iran	7	2	5	4
7	Israel	7	1	6	2
8	Greece	7	0	7	0

Final group

width=15	Pos	width=250	Team	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1	Czechoslovakia	2	2	0	4
2	Hungary	2	1	1	2
3	Yugoslavia	2	0	2	0

Decisive final group match

width=150	Czechoslovakia 5	width=100		width=150	Hungary 4	width=250	Score
Andreadis	bt	Kóczián	21–17 21–12
Andreadis	bt	Sidó	19–21 21–17 21–18
Andreadis	bt	Szepesi	21–9 22–20
Váňa	lost to	Sidó	18–2 21–17 19–21
Váňa	lost to	Kóczián	13–21 20–22
Váňa	bt	Szepesi	21–12 21–6
Tereba	bt	Szepesi	21–17 21–13
Tereba	lost to	Sidó	16–21 15–21
Tereba	lost to	Kóczián	14–21 15–21

See also

• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of Winners. All About Tennis.
2. Book: Montague, Trevor. A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
3. Book: Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian. The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pp. 309–312. 1987. Guinness Superlatives. 0-85112-492-5. registration.
4. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123. 2018-04-17. 2018-09-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180922055935/http://sports123.com/tte/index.html. dead.
5. Web site: Swaythling Cup results. tischtennis-infos.de. 2018-04-17. 2019-05-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20190505034830/http://www.tischtennis-infos.de/content/download/ittf-turniere/. dead.
6. Web site: 1951 Swaythling Cup results. Table Tennis England.