1991 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team
Appearance
1991 Swaythling Cup (men's team) | |
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The 1991 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 41st edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]
Sweden won the gold medal defeating Yugoslavia 3–2 in the final. Czechoslovakia won the bronze medal defeating the Belgium 3–1 in the bronze medal play off.[3] [4] [5]
The Swaythling Cup used the a new format during 1991. The new format had been voted in by 56 votes to 32 in 1989 and included a knockout phase for the final 16 teams.[6]
Medalists
Final stage knockout phase
Last 16
Team One | Team Two | Score |
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Unified Korean Team | United States | 3–0 |
Czechoslovakia | England | 3–1 |
Belgium | Soviet Union | 3–1 |
China | Japan | 3–0 |
Sweden | France | 3–1 |
Yugoslavia | Austria | 3–0 |
Germany | Italy | 3–1 |
Canada | Poland | 3–2 |
Quarter finals
Team One | Team Two | Score |
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Sweden | Unified Korean Team | 3–1 |
Czechoslovakia | China | 3–2 |
Yugoslavia | Germany | 3–2 |
Belgium | Canada | 3–2 |
Semifinals
Team One | Team Two | Score |
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Sweden | Czechoslovakia | 3–0 |
Yugoslavia | Belgium | 3–0 |
Third-place playoff
Team One | Team Two | Score |
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Czechoslovakia | Belgium | 3–1 |
Final
See also
List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References
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- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ "1991 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ "New format for Swaythling Cup" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2018-04-29.