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1977 Swaythling Cup (Men's Team)
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Main article: 1977 World Table Tennis Championships

The 1977 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 34th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

China won the gold medal defeating Japan 5-0 in the final. Sweden won the bronze medal.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 China
Kuo Yao-hua
Huang Liang
Li Chen-shih
Liang Ke-liang
Wang Jun 		 Japan
Tetsuo Inoue
Mitsuru Kohno
Masahiro Maehara
Norio Takashima
Tokio Tasaka 		 Sweden
Stellan Bengtsson
Ake Gronlund
Kjell Johansson
Roger Lagerfeldt
Ulf Thorsell

Swaythling Cup Tables

Group A

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 China China 7 7 0 7
2 Hungary Hungary 7 6 1 6
3 West Germany West Germany 7 5 2 5
4 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 7 4 3 4
5 France France 7 3 4 3
6 England England 7 2 5 2
7 Indonesia Indonesia 7 1 6 1
8 Australia Australia 7 0 7 0

Group B

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Japan Japan 7 7 0 7
2 Sweden Sweden 7 6 1 6
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 7 5 2 5
4 Soviet Union Soviet Union 7 4 3 4
5 Poland Poland 7 2 5 2
6 South Korea South Korea 7 2 5 2
7 Denmark Denmark 7 2 5 2
8 Romania Romania 7 0 7 0

Semi Finals

Team One Team Two Score
Japan Hungary 5-3
China Sweden 5-0

Third Place play off

Team One Team Two Score
Sweden Hungary 5-1

Final

China China 5 Japan Japan 0 Score
Huang Liang bt Maehara 21-16 21-14
Huang Liang bt Kono 21-13 21-15
Liang Ke-liang bt Kono 21-3 12-21 21-11
Kuo Yao-hua bt Takashima 21-8 21-7
Kuo Yao-hua bt Maehara 21-11 23-21

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.
  5. ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
  6. ^ "1977 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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