See main article: 1969 World Table Tennis Championships.
The 1969 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 30th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]
Japan won the gold medal defeating West Germany 5–3 in the final. Yugoslavia won the bronze medal after winning the third place play off. The Chinese team were again absent.[3] [4] [5] [6]
 Nobuhiko Hasegawa Tetsuo Inoue Shigeo Itoh Kenji Kasai Mitsuru Kono | Zlatko Cordas Istvan Korpa Antun Stipančić Dragutin Šurbek Edvard Vecko |
| width=15 | Pos | width=250 | Team | width=20 | P | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| 3 | England | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| 4 | Soviet Union | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 5 |  Hungary | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 6 | Denmark | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| width=15 | Pos | width=250 | Team | width=20 | P | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Germany | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| 2 |  South Korea | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| 3 |  Sweden | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| 5 |  France | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 6 | Ireland | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| width=150 | Team One | width=150 | Team Two | width=50 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yugoslavia | South Korea | 5–0 |
| width=150 | Japan 5 | width=100 | width=150 | West Germany 3 | width=250 | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kono | bt | Jansen | 15–21 21–16 12–21 | ||||
| Hasegawa | bt | Lieck | 22–20 21–13 | ||||
| Itoh | lost to | Schöler | 17–21 21–8 12–21 | ||||
| Kono | bt | Schöler | 23–21 14–21 21–17 | ||||
| Hasegawa | lost to | Jansen | 18–21 17–21 | ||||
| Itoh | bt | Lieck | 21–16 21–17 | ||||
| Hasegawa | lost to | Schöler | 21–15 13–21 17–21 | ||||
| Kono | bt | Lieck | 21–13 21–16 |
List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists