See main article: 1973 World Table Tennis Championships.
The 1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 32nd edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]
Sweden won the gold medal by virtue of winning the final group. Despite losing one of the matches against the Soviet Union they topped the group with a superior match record. China took silver and Japan bronze.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Men's team | ![]() Stellan Bengtsson Anders Johansson Kjell Johansson Bo Persson Ingemar Wikström | ![]() Nobuhiko Hasegawa Yujiro Imano Mitsuru Kohno Norio Takashima Tokio Tasaka |
width=15 | Pos | width=250 | Team | width=20 | P | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=20 | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
2 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
3 | ![]() | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
5 | Indonesia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
6 | ![]() | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
7 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
width=15 | Pos | width=250 | Team | width=20 | P | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=20 | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
2 | Soviet Union | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | ||||||
3 | Czechoslovakia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | ||||||
4 | Yugoslavia | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
5 | West Germany | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
6 | England | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||||
7 | ![]() | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
width=150 | Team One | width=150 | Team Two | width=50 | Score |
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Japan | Sweden | 3–5 | |||
China | Sweden | 4–5 | |||
Soviet Union | Sweden | 5–4 | |||
Soviet Union | Japan | 2–5 | |||
Soviet Union | China | 4–5 | |||
Japan | China | 4–5 |
width=15 | Pos | width=250 | Team | width=20 | P | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=20 | F | width=20 | A | width=20 | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 4 | ||||||||
2 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 4 | ||||||||
3 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 2 | ||||||||
4 | Soviet Union | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 2 |
List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists