1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team
| 1973 Swaythling Cup (men's team) | |
|---|---|
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]
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team |  SwedenStellan Bengtsson Anders Johansson Kjell Johansson Bo Persson Ingemar Wikström |
 ChinaTiao Wen-yuan Li Ching-kuang Liang Ko-liang Hsi En-ting Hsu Shao-Fa |
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Swaythling Cup tables
Group A
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden |
6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | China |
6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 |  Hungary |
6 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 4 |  South Korea |
6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 |  Indonesia |
6 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 |  Austria |
6 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 7 |  India |
6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan |
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 |  France |
6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Final group
| Team One | Team Two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Final group
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | F | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden |
3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 4 |
| 2 | China |
3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 4 |
| 3 | Japan |
3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| 4 | Soviet Union |
3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 2 |
See also
List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References
- ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
- ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ "1973 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2018-04-27.