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1959 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

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1959 Swaythling Cup (men's team)
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The 1959 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 25th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

Japan won the gold medal defeating Hungary 5–1 in the final. China and South Vietnam won bronze medals after elimination from the semi-final round.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team  Japan
Nobuya Hoshino
Teruo Murakami
Seiji Narita
Ichiro Ogimura
 Hungary
Zoltán Berczik
Zoltán Bubonyi
László Földy
László Pigniczki
Ferenc Sidó
 China
Chiang Yung-Ning
Rong Guotuan
Wang Chuanyao
Xu Yinsheng
Yang Jai-Hua
 South Vietnam
Lê Văn Tiết
Mai Văn Hòa
Trần Cảnh Được
Trần Văn Liễu

Swaythling Cup tables

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Group A

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Hungary Hungary 7 7 0 14
2 Brazil Brazil 7 6 1 12
3 Romania Romania 7 5 2 10
4 Poland Poland 7 4 3 8
5 United States United States 7 3 4 6
6 Switzerland Switzerland 7 2 5 4
7 Norway Norway 7 1 6 2
8 Venezuela Venezuela 7 0 7 0

Group B

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1 China China 8 8 0 16
2 Sweden Sweden 8 7 1 14
3 West Germany West Germany 8 6 2 12
4 Egypt UAR 8 5 3 10
5 Portugal Portugal 8 3 5 6
5 Belgium Belgium 8 3 5 6
7 Australia Australia 8 2 6 4
8 Republic of Ireland Ireland 8 1 7 2
8 Jamaica Jamaica 8 1 7 0

Group C

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Japan Japan 9 9 0 18
2 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 9 8 1 16
3 India India 9 6 3 12
3 Austria Austria 9 6 3 12
5 Netherlands Netherlands 9 5 4 10
5 East Germany East Germany 9 5 4 10
7 Denmark Denmark 9 3 6 6
8 Italy Italy 9 1 8 2
8 Luxembourg Luxembourg 9 1 8 2
8 Canada Canada 9 1 8 2

Group D

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1 South Vietnam South Vietnam 9 9 0 18
2 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 9 8 1 16
3 England England 9 7 2 14
4 France France 9 6 3 12
5 Iran Iran 9 5 4 10
6 Spain Spain 9 4 5 8
7 Lebanon Lebanon 9 3 6 6
8 Wales Wales 9 2 7 4
9 Greece Greece 9 1 8 2
10 Malta Malta 9 0 9 0

Semifinals

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Team One Team Two Score
Japan Japan South Vietnam South Vietnam 5–3
Hungary Hungary China China 5–3

Final

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Japan Japan 5 Hungary Hungary 1 Score
Murakami bt Sidó 14–21 21–10 21–17
Ogimura bt Bubonyi 21–18 17–21 21–13
Hoshino bt Berczik 21–17 21–12
Ogimura lost to Sidó 17–21 21–10 14–21
Murakami bt Berczik 21–23 21–18 21–17
Hoshino bt Burbonyi 21–13 21–13

See also

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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 2018-04-24.
  5. ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  6. ^ "1959 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2018-04-24.