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1954 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

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

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

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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

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Group 1

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1 England England 8 8 0 16
2 United States United States 8 6 2 12
3 France France 8 6 2 12
4 Brazil Brazil 8 5 3 10
5 Austria Austria 8 4 4 8
6 Wales Wales 8 2 6 4
7 Israel Israel 8 2 6 4
8 Pakistan Pakistan 8 1 7 2
9 Italy Italy 8 0 8 0

Group 2

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Japan Japan 8 8 0 16
2 Hungary Hungary 8 7 1 14
3 Romania Romania 8 6 2 12
4 India India 8 5 3 10
5 Egypt Egypt 8 4 4 8
6 Netherlands Netherlands 8 3 5 6
7 Spain Spain 8 2 6 4
8 Portugal Portugal 8 1 7 2
9 Scotland Scotland 8 0 8 0

Group 3

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 8 8 0 16
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 8 7 1 14
3 Sweden Sweden 8 6 2 12
4 Germany Germany 8 5 3 10
5 Republic of Ireland Ireland 8 4 4 8
6 Belgium Belgium 8 3 5 6
7 New Zealand New Zealand 8 2 6 4
8 Australia Australia 8 1 7 2
9 Switzerland Switzerland 8 0 8 0

Final group

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Japan Japan 2 2 0 4
2 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 2 1 1 2
3 England England 2 0 2 0

Decisive group match

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Japan Japan 5 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 4 Score
Ogimura lost to Andreadis 13-21 19-21
Ogimura bt Štípek 21-18 17-21 21-14
Ogimura bt Tereba 21-14 21-15
Tamasu lost to Andreadis 13-21 19-21
Tamasu bt Štípek 21-18 17-21 21-14
Tamasu bt Tereba 21-14 21-15
Tomita lost to Andreadis 12-21 14-21
Tomita lost to Štípek 15-21 22-20 21-23
Tomita bt Tereba 21-15 21-10

See also

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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

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 2018-04-22.
  5. ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  6. ^ "1954 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.