1950 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team

The 1950 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 17th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1950 Swaythling Cup (Men's Team)

Czechoslovakia won the gold medal defeating Hungary 5-3 in the final. England and France both won a bronze medal after finishing second in their respective groups.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

Team

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 Czechoslovakia
Ivan Andreadis
Max Marinko
Václav Tereba
František Tokár
Bohumil Váňa
 Hungary
József Farkas
József Kóczián
Ferenc Sidó
Ferenc Soos
László Várkonyi
 England
Richard Bergmann
Bernard Crouch
Johnny Leach
Aubrey Simons
Harry Venner
 France
Alex Agopoff
Michel Haguenauer
Michel Lanskoy
René Roothooft


Swaythling Cup Tables

Group A

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Hungary66012
2 France65110
3 Switzerland6428
4 India6336
5 Israel6244
6 Italy6152
7 Denmark6060

+ United States and Netherlands both withdrew from Group A

Group B

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Czechoslovakia88016
2 England87114
3 Sweden86212
4 Austria85310
5 Poland8448
6 Wales8356
7 Brazil8264
8 Ireland8172
9 New Zealand8080

Final

Czechoslovakia 5 Hungary 3 Score
Andreadislost to??
AndreadisbtKóczián21-19 19-21 21-15
Váňalost toSidó16-21 13-21
VáňabtKóczián21-10 21-9
VáňabtSoos21-14 21-16
Terebalost toSoos18-21 19-21
TerebabtSidó27-25 22-20
TerebabtKócziánw/o+

+ Kóczián withdrew injured after suffering from badly blistered feet

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. "1950 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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