1938 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team

1938 Swaythling Cup (Men's Team)
Venue Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Empire Pool and Sports Arena

The 1938 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 12th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

Hungary won the gold medal defeating Austria 5-3 in the final. Czechoslovakia and the United States claimed bronze medals.[3] [4] [5]

Swaythling Cup Final Tables

Group 1

Pos Team P W L Squad
1Austria Austria761Richard Bergmann, Helmut Goebel, Erich Kaspar, Alfred Liebster, Karl Schediwy
1United States United States761Bernard Grimes, George Hendry, James McClure, Lou Pagliaro, Sol Schiff
1England England761Ernest Bubley, Eric Filby, Hyman Lurie, Maurice Bergl, Ken Hyde
4Latvia Latvia743Arnold Oschins, Isays Joffe, Doerin Stamms
5Poland Poland734Samuel Schieff, Izio Rojzen, Alojzy Ehrlich, K Osmanski
6Germany Germany725Dieter Mauritz, Helmuth Hoffmann, Erwin Munchow
7Republic of Ireland Ireland716Cyril Kemp, C.J. Hussey, J.Goldstone, H.S. Carlile
8Wales Wales707Roy Evans, Ken Milsom, Arthur Sadler, J Meredith, F Curtin

Group 1 Play Off

Pos Team P W L
1Austria Austria220
2United States United States211
3England England202

Group 2

Pos Team P W L Squad
1Kingdom of Hungary Hungary770Viktor Barna, Laszlo Bellak, Ernő Földi, Tibor Házi, Ferenc Soos
2Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia761Miloslav Hamr, Stanislav Kolář, Adolf Šlár, Václav Tereba, Bohumil Váňa
3France France743Alexandre Agopoff, François Aguilar, Michel Haguenauer, Raoul Bedoc
3Lithuania Lithuania743Eugenijus Nikolskis, Vilius Variakojis, Vladas Dzindziliauskas
3Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia743Max Marinko, Ladislav Hexner, Adolf Herskovic, Lovro Ratkovic, Karlo Stein
6Belgium Belgium725André Staff, Raymond Evalenko, Roger Lejeune, Georges Rafin
6Netherlands Netherlands716Cor Du Buy, Lex Admiraal, Arie Koster
6Egypt Egypt707Simon Bercovitz, Tawhid Helal, Hassan Abou Heif

Final

Hungary Hungary 5 Austria Austria 3 Scores
HáziBergmann14-21 17-21
BellakBergmann21-18 21-17
BarnaBergmann14-21 20-22
BarnaSchediwy21-16 21-16
HáziSchediwy21-18 21-18
BellakLiebster22-20 17-21 14-21
BarnaLiebster21-10 21-18
HáziLiebster21-9 13-21 21-15

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.
  5. ↑ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
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