1991 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team

1991 Swaythling Cup (Men's Team)

The 1991 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 41st edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

Sweden won the gold medal defeating Yugoslavia 3-2 in the final. Czechoslovakia won the bronze medal defeating the Belgium 3-1 in the bronze medal play off.[3] [4] [5]

The Swaythling Cup used the a new format during 1991. The new format had been voted in by 56 votes to 32 in 1989 and included a knockout phase for the final 16 teams.[6]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 Sweden
Mikael Appelgren
Peter Karlsson
Erik Lindh
Jörgen Persson
Jan-Ove Waldner		  Yugoslavia
Zoran Kalinić
Ilija Lupulesku
Zoran Primorac
Robert Smrekar		  Czechoslovakia
Milan Grman
Tomáš Janči
Petr Javurek
Petr Korbel
Roland Vimi

Final Stage knockout phase

Last 16

Team One Team Two Score
Unified Korean TeamUnited States3-0
CzechoslovakiaEngland3-1
BelgiumSoviet Union3-1
ChinaJapan3-0
SwedenFrance3-1
YugoslaviaAustria3-0
GermanyItaly3-1
CanadaPoland3-2

Quarter Finals

Team One Team Two Score
SwedenUnified Korean Team3-1
CzechoslovakiaChina3-2
YugoslaviaGermany3-2
BelgiumCanada3-2

Semi Finals

Team One Team Two Score
SwedenCzechoslovakia3-0
YugoslaviaBelgium3-0

Third Place play off

Team One Team Two Score
CzechoslovakiaBelgium3-1

Final

Sweden Sweden 3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 2 Score
AppelgrenbtKalinić21-13 18-21 21-10
Waldnerlost toPrimorac14-21 11-21
Appelgren & Perssonlost toLupulesku & Primorac16-21 19-21
WaldnerbtKalinić21-9 21-8
PerssonbtLupulesku21-18 23-21

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. ↑ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  4. ↑ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
  5. ↑ "1991 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
  6. ↑ "New format for Swaythling Cup" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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