1938 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team

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

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

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

Group 1 Play Off

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

Group 2

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

Final

Hungary 5 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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