1953 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team explained

1953 Swaythling Cup (men's team)
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The 1953 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 20th edition of the men's team championship.^{[1] [2]}

England won the gold medal defeating Hungary 5–3 in the final. Czechoslovakia and France both won a bronze medal after finishing second in their respective groups.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Medalists

	Richard Bergmann Adrian Haydon Brian Kennedy Johnny Leach Aubrey Simons	Elemér Gyetvai József Kóczián Miklós Sebők Ferenc Sidó Kálmán Szepesi	Guy Amouretti Michel Haguenauer Michel Lanskoy René Roothooft Jean-Claude Sala
			Ivan Andreadis Václav Tereba František Tokár Bohumil Váňa Ludvík Vyhnanovský

Swaythling Cup tables

Group A

width=15	Pos	width=250	Team	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1	England	6	6	0	12
2	Czechoslovakia	6	5	1	10
3	Yugoslavia	6	4	2	8
4	China	6	3	3	6
5	Sweden	6	2	4	4
6	Austria	6	1	5	2
7	Switzerland	6	0	6	0

Group B

width=15	Pos	width=250	Team	width=20	P	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	Pts
1	Hungary	6	6	0	12
2	France	6	5	1	10
3	Romania	6	4	2	8
4	Germany	6	3	3	6
5	Netherlands	6	2	4	4
6	Bulgaria	6	1	5	2
7	Brazil	6	0	6	0

Final

width=150	England 5	width=100		width=150	Hungary 3	width=250	Score
Bergmann	lost to	Sidó	15–21 15–21
Bergmann	bt	Kóczián	21–15 21–17
Bergmann	bt	Gyetvai	12–21 21–6 21–9
Leach	lost to	Sidó	23–25 21–19 17–21
Leach	bt	Kóczián	21–17 22–20
Leach	bt	Gyetvai	21–15 15–21 21–17
Simons	bt	Kóczián	21–17 22–20
Simons	lost to	Sidó	18–21 21–18 16–21
Simons	v	Gyetvai	not played

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. 2018-04-20. 2018-09-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180922055935/http://sports123.com/tte/index.html. dead.
5. Web site: 1953 Swaythling Cup results. Table Tennis England.