1979 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team

1979 Swaythling Cup (Men's Team)

The 1979 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 35th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

Hungary won the gold medal defeating China 5-1 in the final. Japan won the bronze medal.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 Hungary
Gábor Gergely
István Jónyer
Tibor Klampár
Tibor Kreisz
János Takács
 China
Guo Yuehua
Huang Liang
Li Zhenshi
Liang Geliang
Lu Qiwei
 Japan
Hiroyuki Abe
Hideo Gotoh
Masahiro Maehara
Seiji Ono
Norio Takashima

Swaythling Cup Tables

Group A

Pos Team P W L Pts
1Hungary Hungary8808
2China China8717
3France France8535
4South Korea South Korea8535
5Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia8444
6West Germany West Germany8444
7Poland Poland8261
8United States United States8170
9Romania Romania8080

Group B

Pos Team P W L Pts
1Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia7707
2Japan Japan7616
3Soviet Union Soviet Union7434
4Sweden Sweden7434
5England England7343
6Australia Australia7252
7Denmark Denmark7252
8Hong Kong Hong Kong7070

Semi Finals

Team One Team Two Score
JapanHungary1-5
ChinaCzechoslovakia5-2

Third Place play off

Team One Team Two Score
JapanCzechoslovakia5-3

Final

Hungary Hungary 5 Japan Japan 1 Score
GergelybtGuo Yuehua21-10 21-18
JónyerbtLu Qiwei21-12 21-19
KlampárbtLi Zhenshi21-17 21-11
Jónyerlost toGuo Yuehua21-17 19-21 19-21
GergelybtLi Zhenshi13-21 21-9 21-17
KlampárbtLu Qiwei17-21 21-10 21-11

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.
  6. "1979 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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