1950 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

The 1950 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 17th edition of the men's team championship.^{[1] [2]}

Czechoslovakia won the gold medal defeating Hungary 5–3 in the final. England and France both won a bronze medal after finishing second in their respective groups.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Medalists

Team

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	Czechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis Max Marinko Václav Tereba František Tokár Bohumil Váňa	Hungary József Farkas József Kóczián Ferenc Sidó Ferenc Soos László Várkonyi	England Richard Bergmann Bernard Crouch Johnny Leach Aubrey Simons Harry Venner
			France Alex Agopoff Michel Haguenauer Michel Lanskoy René Roothooft

Swaythling Cup tables

Group A

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Hungary	6	6	0	12
2	France	6	5	1	10
3	Switzerland	6	4	2	8
4	India	6	3	3	6
5	Israel	6	2	4	4
6	Italy	6	1	5	2
7	Denmark	6	0	6	0

+ United States and Netherlands both withdrew from Group A

Group B

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Czechoslovakia	8	8	0	16
2	England	8	7	1	14
3	Sweden	8	6	2	12
4	Austria	8	5	3	10
5	Poland	8	4	4	8
6	Wales	8	3	5	6
7	Brazil	8	2	6	4
8	Ireland	8	1	7	2
9	New Zealand	8	0	8	0

Final

Czechoslovakia 5		Hungary 3	Score
Andreadis	lost to	?	?
Andreadis	bt	Kóczián	21-19 19-21 21-15
Váňa	lost to	Sidó	16-21 13-21
Váňa	bt	Kóczián	21-10 21-9
Váňa	bt	Soos	21-14 21-16
Tereba	lost to	Soos	18-21 19-21
Tereba	bt	Sidó	27-25 22-20
Tereba	bt	Kóczián	w/o+

+ Kóczián withdrew injured after suffering from badly blistered feet

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References