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1981 Swaythling Cup (Men's Team)
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Main article: 1981 World Table Tennis Championships

The 1981 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (Men's Team) was the 36th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

China won the gold medal defeating Hungary 5-2 in the final. Japan won the bronze medal.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 China
Cai Zhenhua
Guo Yuehua
Shi Zhihao
Wang Huiyuan
Xie Saike 		 Hungary
Gábor Gergely
István Jónyer
Tibor Klampár
Tibor Kreisz
Zsolt Kriston 		 Japan
Hiroyuki Abe
Hideo Gotoh
Masahiro Maehara
Seiji Ono
Norio Takashima

Swaythling Cup Tables

Group A

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 China China 7 7 0 7
2 Japan Japan 7 5 2 5
3 England England 7 4 3 4
4 South Korea South Korea 7 4 3 4
5 France France 7 4 3 4
6 Sweden Sweden 7 3 4 3
7 West Germany West Germany 7 1 6 1
8 Indonesia Indonesia 7 0 7 0

Group B

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Hungary Hungary 7 7 0 7
2 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 7 5 2 5
3 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 7 5 2 5
4 Poland Poland 7 5 2 5
5 North Korea North Korea 7 3 4 3
6 Italy Italy 7 2 5 2
7 Soviet Union Soviet Union 7 1 6 1
8 Australia Australia 7 0 7 0

Semi Finals

Team One Team Two Score
Japan Hungary 1-5
China Czechoslovakia 5-0

Third Place play off

Team One Team Two Score
Japan Czechoslovakia 5-1

Final

China China 5 Hungary Hungary 2 Score
Shi Zhihao lost to Jónyer 17-21 21-23
Xie Saike bt Jónyer 21-15 21-19
Cai Zhenhua bt Klampár 21-17 22-24 22-20
Shi Zhihao lost to Klampár 21-13 17-21 19-21
Xie Saike bt Klampár 15-21 21-16 21-15
Xie Saike bt Gergely 21-17 22-24 22-20
Cai Zhenhua bt Gergely 21-16 14-21 21-15

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. ^ "1981 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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