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1949 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

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1949 Swaythling Cup (men's team)
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The 1949 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 16th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

Hungary won the gold medal defeating Czechoslovakia 5–4 in the final.[3] England and the United States both won bronze medals by virtue of finishing second in their groups.[4] [5]

Medalists

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Team

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Hungary
József Kóczián
Ferenc Sidó
Ferenc Soos
László Várkonyi
 Czechoslovakia
Ivan Andreadis
Max Marinko
Ladislav Štípek
František Tokár
Bohumil Váňa
 England
Viktor Barna
Richard Bergmann
Johnny Leach
Ronald Sharman
Aubrey Simons
 United States
Douglas Cartland
James McClure
Richard Miles
Marty Reisman

Swaythling Cup tables

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Group 1

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Hungary Hungary 7 7 0 7
2 United States United States 7 6 1 6
3 France France 7 5 2 5
4 Sweden Yugoslavia 7 4 3 4
5 Wales Wales 7 3 4 3
6 Luxembourg Luxembourg 7 2 5 2
7 Norway Norway 7 1 6 1
8 Finland Finland 7 0 7 0

+ Poland and Egypt both withdrew from Group 1

Group 2

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 9 9 0 9
2 England England 9 8 1 8
3 Sweden Sweden 9 7 2 7
4 Austria Austria 9 6 3 6
5 Netherlands Netherlands 9 5 4 5
6 Italy Italy 9 4 5 4
7 Switzerland Switzerland 9 3 6 3
8 Brazil Brazil 9 2 7 2
9 Denmark Denmark 9 1 8 1
10 Scotland Scotland 9 0 9 0

Final

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Hungary Hungary 5 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 4 Score
Kóczián bt Štípek 21 -13 15-21 21-16
Kóczián bt Andreadis 21-18 21-16
Kóczián lost to Váňa 21-19 9-21 19-21
Soos lost to Andreadis 15-21 7-21
Soos lost to Váňa 12-21 11-21
Soos bt Štípek 16-21 21-12 21-17
Sidó lost to Váňa 19-21 21-16 20-22
Sidó bt Štípek 20-22 21-18 21-18
Sidó bt Andreadis 21-16 18-21 21-11

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pp. 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 2018-04-15.
  5. ^ "1949 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  6. ^ "1949 Swaythling Cup Final results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.