The 1928 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the second edition of the men's team championship.[1][2]
| 1928 Swaythling Cup (men's team) | |
|---|---|
| Location | Stockholm |
Hungary defeated Austria and England 5–2 in a three way final playoff for the gold medal. The three teams had tied in the main pool, finishing with a 7-1 match record.[3][4][5]
Final table
edit| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Squad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Austria |
8 | 7 | 1 | Paul Flussmann, Alfred Liebster, Munio Pillinger, Robert Thum |
| 2 |  Hungary |
8 | 7 | 1 | Laszlo Bellak, Sándor Glancz, Roland Jacobi, Zoltán Mechlovits, Daniel Pecsi |
| 3 |  England |
8 | 7 | 1 | Charles Allwright, Charles Bull, Adrian Haydon, Charles Mase, Fred Perry, |
| 4 |  Latvia |
8 | 5 | 3 | Mordecai Finberg, Arnold Oschin, Rosenthal I, Rosenthal II |
| 5 |  Sweden |
8 | 4 | 4 | Valter Kolmodin, Hille Nilsson, Ragnar Söderholz |
| 6 |  Czechoslovakia |
8 | 3 | 5 | Erwin Fleischmann, Kurt Heller, Antonín Maleček, Bedřich Nikodém |
| 7 |  Germany |
8 | 2 | 6 | D Baumgarten, Herbert Caro, Heribert Haensch, Hans-Georg Lindenstaedt, Paul Mendel |
| 8 |  Wales |
8 | 1 | 7 | Trevor Coles, Herbert Geen, Cyril Mossford, Hedley Penny, Solly Stone |
| 9 |  India |
8 | 0 | 8 | H.N Bhorucha, S.A Ismael, S.R.G. Suppiah, |
Final Playoffs
editThe final consisted of a three-way playoff between Hungary, Austria and England who all finished with a 7–2 record in the main table.
| Austria 5
|
England 2
|
Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Thum | Bull | 21-08 24-22 |
| Thum | Haydon | 21-14 09-21 18-21 |
| Thum | Perry | 17-21 21-16 21-13 |
| Flussmann | Bull | 18-21 21-17 21-14 |
| Flussmann | Haydon | 23-25 21-18 17-21 |
| Liebster | Bull | 21-19 07-21 21-19 |
| Liebster | Haydon | 21-14 18-21 21-12 |
| Austria 2
|
 Hungary 5
|
Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Thum | Mechlovits | 19-21 18-21 |
| Thum | Glancz | 10-21 17-21 |
| Thum | Bellak | 21-11 21-15 |
| Liebster | Mechlovits | 18-21 15-21 |
| Liebster | Glancz | 21-19 23-21 |
| Pillinger | Mechlovits | 13-21 21-17 17-21 |
| Pillinger | Bellak | 12-21 20-22 |
| England 2
|
Hungary 5
|
Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Bull | Mechlovits | 21-19 11-21 21-11 |
| Bull | Glancz | 17-21 21-17 21-17 |
| Bull | Ballak | 14-21 21-12 18-21 |
| Allwright | Mechlovits | 21-18 13-21 11-21 |
| Allwright | Bellak | 17-21 16-21 |
| Haydon | Glancz | 09-21 13-21 |
| Haydon | Bellak | 10-21 10-21 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 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 2018-04-02.
- ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-02.