1959 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

The 1959 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 25th edition of the men's team championship.^{[1] [2]}

Japan won the gold medal defeating Hungary 5–1 in the final. China and South Vietnam won bronze medals after elimination from the semi-final round.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team	Japan Nobuya Hoshino Teruo Murakami Seiji Narita Ichiro Ogimura	Hungary Zoltán Berczik Zoltán Bubonyi László Földy László Pigniczki Ferenc Sidó	China Chiang Yung-Ning Rong Guotuan Wang Chuanyao Xu Yinsheng Yang Jai-Hua
			South Vietnam Lê Văn Tiết Mai Văn Hòa Trần Cảnh Được Trần Văn Liễu

Swaythling Cup tables

Group A

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Hungary	7	7	0	14
2	Brazil	7	6	1	12
3	Romania	7	5	2	10
4	Poland	7	4	3	8
5	United States	7	3	4	6
6	Switzerland	7	2	5	4
7	Norway	7	1	6	2
8	Venezuela	7	0	7	0

Group B

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	China	8	8	0	16
2	Sweden	8	7	1	14
3	West Germany	8	6	2	12
4	UAR	8	5	3	10
5	Portugal	8	3	5	6
5	Belgium	8	3	5	6
7	Australia	8	2	6	4
8	Ireland	8	1	7	2
8	Jamaica	8	1	7	0

Group C

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Japan	9	9	0	18
2	Yugoslavia	9	8	1	16
3	India	9	6	3	12
3	Austria	9	6	3	12
5	Netherlands	9	5	4	10
5	East Germany	9	5	4	10
7	Denmark	9	3	6	6
8	Italy	9	1	8	2
8	Luxembourg	9	1	8	2
8	Canada	9	1	8	2

Group D

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	South Vietnam	9	9	0	18
2	Czechoslovakia	9	8	1	16
3	England	9	7	2	14
4	France	9	6	3	12
5	Iran	9	5	4	10
6	Spain	9	4	5	8
7	Lebanon	9	3	6	6
8	Wales	9	2	7	4
9	Greece	9	1	8	2
10	Malta	9	0	9	0

Semifinals

Team One	Team Two	Score
Japan	South Vietnam	5–3
Hungary	China	5–3

Final

Japan 5		Hungary 1	Score
Murakami	bt	Sidó	14–21 21–10 21–17
Ogimura	bt	Bubonyi	21–18 17–21 21–13
Hoshino	bt	Berczik	21–17 21–12
Ogimura	lost to	Sidó	17–21 21–10 14–21
Murakami	bt	Berczik	21–23 21–18 21–17
Hoshino	bt	Burbonyi	21–13 21–13

See also

• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References