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1938 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

The 1938 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 12th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1938 Swaythling Cup (men's team)
VenueRoyal Albert Hall, Wembley Empire Pool and Sports Arena
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Main article: 1938 World Table Tennis Championships

Hungary won the gold medal defeating Austria 5–3 in the final. Czechoslovakia and the United States claimed bronze medals.[3] [4] [5]

Swaythling Cup Final tables edit

Group 1 edit

Pos Team P W L Squad
1   Austria 7 6 1 Richard Bergmann, Helmut Goebel, Erich Kaspar, Alfred Liebster, Karl Schediwy
1   United States 7 6 1 Bernard Grimes, George Hendry, James McClure, Lou Pagliaro, Sol Schiff
1   England 7 6 1 Ernest Bubley, Eric Filby, Hyman Lurie, Maurice Bergl, Ken Hyde
4   Latvia 7 4 3 Arnold Oschins, Isays Joffe, Doerin Stamms
5   Poland 7 3 4 Samuel Schieff, Izio Rojzen, Alojzy Ehrlich, K Osmanski
6   Germany 7 2 5 Dieter Mauritz, Helmuth Hoffmann, Erwin Munchow
7   Ireland 7 1 6 Cyril Kemp, C.J. Hussey, J.Goldstone, H.S. Carlile
8   Wales 7 0 7 Roy Evans, Ken Milsom, Arthur Sadler, J Meredith, F Curtin

Group 1 Play Off edit

Pos Team P W L
1   Austria 2 2 0
2   United States 2 1 1
3   England 2 0 2

Group 2 edit

Pos Team P W L Squad
1   Hungary 7 7 0 Viktor Barna, Laszlo Bellak, Ernő Földi, Tibor Házi, Ferenc Soos
2   Czechoslovakia 7 6 1 Miloslav Hamr, Stanislav Kolář, Adolf Šlár, Václav Tereba, Bohumil Váňa
3   France 7 4 3 Alexandre Agopoff, François Aguilar, Michel Haguenauer, Raoul Bedoc
3   Lithuania 7 4 3 Eugenijus Nikolskis, Vilius Variakojis, Vladas Dzindziliauskas
3   Yugoslavia 7 4 3 Max Marinko, Ladislav Hexner, Adolf Herskovic, Lovro Ratkovic, Karlo Stein
6   Belgium 7 2 5 André Staff, Raymond Evalenko, Roger Lejeune, Georges Rafin
6   Netherlands 7 1 6 Cor Du Buy, Lex Admiraal, Arie Koster
6   Egypt 7 0 7 Simon Bercovitz, Tawhid Helal, Hassan Abou Heif

Final edit

  Hungary 5   Austria 3 Scores
Házi Bergmann 14-21 17-21
Bellak Bergmann 21-18 21-17
Barna Bergmann 14-21 20-22
Barna Schediwy 21-16 21-16
Házi Schediwy 21-18 21-18
Bellak Liebster 22-20 17-21 14-21
Barna Liebster 21-10 21-18
Házi Liebster 21-9 13-21 21-15

See also edit

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References edit

  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 2018-04-02.
  5. ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
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