1967 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team
Appearance
1967 Swaythling Cup (men's team) | |
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The 1967 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 29th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]
Japan won the gold medal defeating North Korea 5–3 in the final. Sweden won the bronze medal after winning third place play off.[3] [4] [5] [6]
The Chinese team were unable to defend their title because of the Cultural Revolution.[7] [8]
Medalists
[edit]Team
[edit]Swaythling Cup tables
[edit]Semifinal round
[edit]Group 1
[edit]Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Group 2
[edit]Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Third-place playoff
[edit]Team One | Team Two | Score |
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Sweden | West Germany | 5–2 |
Final
[edit]See also
[edit]List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References
[edit]- ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pp. 309–312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "1967 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-08. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ "In memory of China's 1st world champion Rong Guotuan". China Daily.
- ^ Itoh, Mayumi (2011). The Origin of Ping-Pong Diplomacy. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230118133.