1947 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team
| 1947 Swaythling Cup (men's team) | |
|---|---|
| Location | Paris |
The 1947 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 14th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]
Czechoslovakia won the gold medal defeating the United States 5–2 in the final. Austria and France won bronze medals by virtue of finishing second in their groups.[3] [4] [5]
Swaythling Cup table
Pool A
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Squad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Czechoslovakia |
8 | 8 | 0 | Ivan Andreadis, Adolf Šlár, Václav Tereba, František Tokár, Bohumil Váňa |
| 2 |  Austria |
8 | 7 | 1 | Heinrich Bednar, Otto Eckl, Johann Hartwich, Heribert Just, Ferdinand Schuech |
| 3 |  Sweden |
8 | 6 | 2 | Tage Flisberg, Olsson, Arne Andersson, Per-Olof Croneryd, Ollen |
| 4 |  Egypt |
8 | 5 | 3 | Moustapha, Hassan, Yehya, Hussein, Mansour |
| 5 |  Ireland |
8 | 4 | 4 | Victor Mercer, Ivan Martin, Harry Thuillier, Harry O'Prey |
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8 | 3 | 5 | Samuel Schieff, Izio Rojzen, M. Goloub |
| 7 |  Denmark |
8 | 2 | 6 | Christian Juhl, Leif Skovgård, Emil Moeller, Helmuth Jespersen, Willy Scott Nissen |
| 8 |  Luxembourg |
8 | 1 | 7 | Metty Steimetz, Paul Oster, Fred Wirtz, Marcel Willmes, Nic Wiltzius |
| 9 |  Scotland + |
0 | 0 | 0 | John Brown, Sidney Gillies, Peter Coia |
+ withdrew
Pool B
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Squad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
8 | 8 | 0 | William Holzrichter, Richard Miles, Lou Pagliaro, Sol Schiff |
| 2 |  France |
8 | 7 | 1 | Alex Agopoff, Guy Amouretti, Maurice Bordrez, Michel Haguenauer, Michel Lanskoy |
| 3 |  Hungary |
8 | 6 | 2 | Ferenc Soos, Ferenc Sidó, Geza Eros, József Kóczián, László Várkonyi |
| 4 |  England |
8 | 5 | 3 | Ernest Bubley, Benny Casofsky, Eric Filby, George 'Eli' Goodman, Johnny Leach |
| 5 |  India |
8 | 3 | 5 | Sinaraman, Uttam Chandrana, Arun Kumar Ghosh, Vithal, Godrej |
| 5 |  Belgium |
8 | 3 | 5 | Roger Lejeune, Jean Buyens, Raymond Evalenko, André Staf, Pierre De Kemper |
| 7 |  Switzerland |
8 | 2 | 6 | Hugo Urchetti, Lucien Portal, Marcel Meyer de Stadelhofen, Frei |
| 7 |  Wales |
8 | 2 | 6 | Walter Sweetland, S. Jones, Gerald Chugg, Peter Burrows, Roy Evans |
| 9 |  Netherlands |
8 | 0 | 8 | Cor Du Buy, André Thunnissen, Bep Van Ham, Wim Stoop, Will van Zoelen |
Final
| Czechoslovakia 5
|
United States 2
| |
|---|---|---|
| Andreadis | lost to | Pagliaro |
| Váňa | bt | Pagliaro |
| Tereba | lost to | Schiff |
| Andreadis | bt | Schiff |
| Andreadis | bt | Miles |
| Tereba | bt | Miles |
| Váňa | bt | Miles |
See also
List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References
- ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pp. 309–312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-12.