1954 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team

The 1954 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 21st edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1954 Swaythling Cup (Men's Team)

Japan won the gold medal defeating Czechoslovakia 5-4 in the decisive final group match. England won the bronze medal after finishing third in the final group.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 Japan
Kazuo Kawai
Ichiro Ogimura
Kichiji Tamasu
Yoshio Tomita
 Czechoslovakia
Ivan Andreadis
Josef Posejpal
Adolf Šlár
Ladislav Štípek
Václav Tereba
 England
Richard Bergmann
Kenneth Craigie
Johnny Leach
Aubrey Simons
Harry Venner

Swaythling Cup Tables

Group 1

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 England88016
2 United States86212
3 France86212
4 Brazil85310
5 Austria8448
6 Wales8264
7 Israel8264
8 Pakistan8172
9 Italy8080

Group 2

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Japan88016
2 Hungary87114
3 Romania86212
4 India85310
5 Egypt8448
6 Netherlands8356
7 Spain8264
8 Portugal8172
9 Scotland8080

Group 3

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Czechoslovakia88016
2 Yugoslavia87114
3 Sweden86212
4 Germany85310
5 Ireland8448
6 Belgium8356
7 New Zealand8264
8 Australia8172
9 Switzerland8080

Final Group

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Japan2204
2 Czechoslovakia2112
3 England2020

Decisive Group Match

Japan 5 Czechoslovakia 4 Score
Ogimuralost toAndreadis13-21 19-21
OgimurabtŠtípek21-18 17-21 21-14
OgimurabtTereba21-14 21-15
Tamasulost toAndreadis13-21 19-21
TamasubtŠtípek21-18 17-21 21-14
TamasubtTereba21-14 21-15
Tomitalost toAndreadis12-21 14-21
Tomitalost toŠtípek15-21 22-20 21-23
TomitabtTereba21-15 21-10

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. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  5. "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
  6. "1954 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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