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1957 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

The 1957 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 24th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

1957 Swaythling Cup (men's team)
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Japan won the gold medal defeating Hungary 5–2 in the final. China and Czechoslovakia won bronze medals after elimination from the semi-final round.[3] [4] [5] [6]

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
  Japan
Toshihiko Miyata
Ichiro Ogimura
Toshiaki Tanaka
Keisuke Tsunoda 		  Hungary
Zoltán Berczik
László Földy
Elemér Gyetvai
Miklós Péterfy
Ferenc Sidó 		  China
Fu Chi Fong
Hu Ping-chuan
Chiang Yung-Ning
Wang Chuanyao
Chuang Chia-Fu
  Czechoslovakia
Ivan Andreadis
Ladislav Štípek
Václav Tereba
František Tokár
Ludvík Vyhnanovský

Swaythling Cup tables

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Group 1

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   China 7 7 0 14
2   Romania 7 6 1 12
3   India 7 5 2 10
4   Belgium 7 4 3 8
5   Scotland 7 2 5 4
5   Switzerland 7 2 5 4
5   Portugal 7 2 5 4
8   Luxembourg 7 0 7 0

Group 2

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   Japan 8 8 0 16
2   South Vietnam 8 7 1 14
3   Sweden 8 6 2 12
4   Poland 8 5 3 10
5   Iran 8 4 4 8
6   France 8 3 5 6
7   Finland 8 2 6 4
8   Canada 8 1 7 2
9   South Africa 8 0 8 0

Group 3

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   Czechoslovakia 7 7 0 14
2   United States 7 5 2 10
2   Brazil 7 5 2 10
2   Germany 7 5 2 10
5   Australia 7 3 4 6
6   Italy 7 2 5 4
7   Norway 7 1 6 2
8   Denmark 7 0 7 0

Group 4

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   Hungary 7 7 0 14
2   Yugoslavia 7 6 1 12
3   England 7 4 3 8
3   Austria 7 4 3 8
5   Netherlands 7 3 4 6
6   Wales 7 2 5 4
6   Spain 7 2 5 4
8   Lebanon 7 0 7 0

Semifinals

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Team One Team Two Score
Japan China 5–1
Hungary Czechoslovakia 5–0

Final

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  Japan 5   Hungary 2 Score
Ogimura bt Sidó 21–17 22–20
Ogimura bt Berczik 21–14 21–11
Tanaka bt Földy 21–19 22–20
Tanaka lost to Sidó 17–21 12–21
Tanaka bt Berczik 20–22 21–19 21–19
Tsunoda lost to Berczik 14–21 16–21
Tsunoda bt Földy 21–13 11–21 26–24

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 2018-04-23.
  5. ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  6. ^ "1957 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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