1957 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team

The 1957 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 24th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1957 Swaythling Cup (Men's Team)

Japan won the gold medal defeating Hungary 5-2 in the final. China and Czechoslovakia won bronze medals after elimination from the semi final round.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 Japan
Toshihiko Miyata
Ichiro Ogimura
Toshiaki Tanaka
Keisuke Tsunoda
 Hungary
Zoltán Berczik
László Földy
Elemér Gyetvai
Miklós Péterfy
Ferenc Sidó
 China
Fu Chi Fong
Hu Ping-chuan
Chiang Yung-Ning
Wang Chuanyao
Chuang Chia-Fu
 Czechoslovakia
Ivan Andreadis
Ladislav Štípek
Václav Tereba
František Tokár
Ludvík Vyhnanovský

Swaythling Cup Tables

Group 1

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 China77014
2 Romania76112
3 India75210
4 Belgium7438
5 Scotland7254
5 Switzerland7254
5 Portugal7254
8 Luxembourg7070

Group 2

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Japan88016
2 South Vietnam87114
3 Sweden86212
4 Poland85310
5 Iran8448
6 France8356
7 Finland8264
8 Canada8172
9 South Africa8080

Group 3

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Czechoslovakia77014
2 United States75210
2 Brazil75210
2 Germany75210
5 Australia7346
6 Italy7254
7 Norway7162
8 Denmark7070

Group 4

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Hungary77014
2 Yugoslavia76112
3 England7438
3 Austria7438
5 Netherlands7346
6 Wales7254
6 Spain7254
8 Lebanon7070

Semi Finals

Team One Team Two Score
JapanChina5-1
HungaryCzechoslovakia5-0

Final

Japan 5 Hungary 2 Score
OgimurabtSidó21-17 22-20
OgimurabtBerczik21-14 21-11
TanakabtFöldy21-19 22-20
Tanakalost toSidó17-21 12-21
TanakabtBerczik20-22 21-19 21-19
Tsunodalost toBerczik14-21 16-21
TsunodabtFöldy21-13 11-21 26-24

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

  1. "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  4. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  5. "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
  6. "1957 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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