1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

The 1975 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 33rd edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1975 Swaythling Cup (men's team)
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China won the gold medal defeating Yugoslavia 5–3 in the final. Sweden won the bronze medal.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
  China
Li Peng
Li Chen-shih
Liang Geliang
Lu Yuan-sheng
Hsu Shao-fa
  Yugoslavia
Milivoj Karakašević
Zoran Kosanović
Miran Savnić
Antun Stipančić
Dragutin Šurbek
  Sweden
Stellan Bengtsson
Kjell Johansson
Bo Persson
Ulf Thorsell
Ingemar Wikström

Swaythling Cup tables

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Group A

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   Czechoslovakia 7 7 0 14
2   Sweden 7 6 1 12
3   Soviet Union 7 5 2 10
4   West Germany 7 4 3 8
5   South Korea 7 3 4 6
6   France 7 2 5 4
7   Denmark 7 1 6 2
8   Austria 7 0 7 0

Group B

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   China 7 7 0 14
2   Yugoslavia 7 6 1 12
3   Hungary 7 5 2 10
4   Japan 7 4 3 8
5   England 7 3 4 6
6   Romania 7 2 5 4
7   Indonesia 7 1 6 2
8   India 7 0 7 0

Semifinals

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Team One Team Two Score
Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia 5–3
China Sweden 5–2

Third-place playoff

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Team One Team Two Score
Sweden Czechoslovakia 5–4

Final

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  China 5   Yugoslavia 3 Score
Lu Yuan-sheng lost to Stipančić 26–28 17–21
Li Chen-shih bt Karakašević 21–16 21–19
Hsu Shao-fa lost to Šurbek 23–21 16–21 14–21
Li Chen-shih bt Stipančić 21–12 21–8
Lu Yuan-sheng bt Šurbek 21–10 22–20
Hsu Shao-fa bt Karakašević 21–14 21–17
Li Chen-shih lost to Šurbek 20–22 17–21
Hsu Shao-fa bt Stipančić 21–16 21–13

See also

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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

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 2018-04-27.
  5. ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  6. ^ "1975 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-18. Retrieved 2018-04-27.