1961 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team
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{{main|1961 World Table Tennis Championships}}
The 1961 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 26th edition of the men's team championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.allabouttabletennis.com/world-table-tennis-championships-medal-winners.html|title=List of Winners|publisher=All About Tennis}} {{cite book|last=Montague|first=Trevor|title=A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700|year=2004|publisher=The Bath Press|isbn=0-316-72645-1}}
China won the gold medal defeating Japan 5–3 in the decisive final group match. Hungary won the bronze medal after finishing third in the final group.{{cite book|last=Matthews/Morrison|first=Peter/Ian|title=The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pp. 309–312|year=1987|publisher=Guinness Superlatives|isbn=0-85112-492-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessencyclop00matt}} {{cite web|url=http://sports123.com/tte/index.html|title=Table Tennis World Championship medal winners|publisher=Sports123|access-date=2018-04-24|archive-date=2018-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922055935/http://sports123.com/tte/index.html|url-status=dead}} {{cite web|url=http://www.tischtennis-infos.de/content/download/ittf-turniere/|title=Swaythling Cup results|publisher=tischtennis-infos.de|access-date=2018-04-24|archive-date=2019-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505034830/http://www.tischtennis-infos.de/content/download/ittf-turniere/|url-status=dead}} {{cite web|url=https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1960-61/tt_issue159.pdf|title=1961 Swaythling Cup results|publisher=Table Tennis England|access-date=2018-04-24|archive-date=2021-05-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512135339/https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/etta_website/magazine-archive/1960-61/tt_issue159.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Medalists
=Team=
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| Men's team
| {{flagcountry|CHN}} | {{flagcountry|JPN}} |{{flagcountry|HUN}} |
Swaythling Cup tables
=Group A=
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| width=15| Pos
!width=250| Team !width=20| P !width=20| W !width=20| L !width=20| Pts | |||||
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|1 | align="left"|{{flagicon|CHN}} China | 8 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
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|2 | align="left"|{{flagicon|GDR}} East Germany | 8 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
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|3 | align="left"|{{flagicon|FRG}} West Germany | 8 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
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|4 | align="left"| {{flagicon|TCH}} Czechoslovakia | 8 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
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|5 | align="left"| {{flagicon|Burma}} Burma | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
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|6 | align="left"|{{flagicon|ECU}} Ecuador | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
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|7 | align="left"|{{flagicon|GHA}} Ghana | 8 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
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|8 | align="left"|{{flagicon|NEP}} Nepal | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
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|9 | align="left"|{{flagicon|MON}} Mongolia | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
=Group B=
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| width=15| Pos
!width=250| Team !width=20| P !width=20| W !width=20| L !width=20| Pts | |||||
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|1 | align="left"|{{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
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|2 | align="left"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Sweden | 7 | 6 | 1 | 12 |
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|3 | align="left"|{{flagicon|ROM|1952}} Romania | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
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|4 | align="left"|{{flagicon|POL}} Poland | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
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|5 | align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
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|6 | align="left"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
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|6 | align="left"|{{flagicon|North Vietnam}} North Vietnam | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
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|6 | align="left"|{{flagicon|NGR}} Nigeria | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
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=Group C=
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| width=15| Pos
!width=250| Team !width=20| P !width=20| W !width=20| L !width=20| Pts | |||||
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| align=center style="background: #b2ccf4;"
|1 | align="left"|{{flagicon|JPN}} Japan | 8 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
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|2 | align="left"|{{flagicon|YUG}} Yugoslavia | 8 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
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|2 | align="left"|{{flagicon|ENG}} England | 8 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
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|4 | align="left"|{{flagicon|RUS}} Russia | 8 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
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|5 | align="left"|{{flagicon|North Korea}} North Korea | 8 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
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|6 | align="left"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Brazil | 8 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
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|7 | align="left"|{{flagicon|SIN}} Singapore | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
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|8 | align="left"|{{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
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|9 | align="left"|{{flagicon|CUB}} Cuba | 8 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
Final group results
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| width=150| Team One
!width=150| Team Two !width=50| Score | ||
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| Japan | Hungary | 5–2 |
| China | Hungary | 7–2 |
| China | Japan | 5–3 |
=Final standings=
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| width=15| Pos
!width=250| Team !width=20| P !width=20| W !width=20| L !width=20| Pts | |||||
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|1 | align="left"|{{flagicon|CHN}} China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
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|2 | align="left"|{{flagicon|JPN}} Japan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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|3 | align="left"|{{flagicon|HUN}} Hungary | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
=Decisive final group match=
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| width=150| {{flagicon|CHN}} China 5
!width=100| !width=150| {{flagicon|JPN}} Japan 3 !width=250| Score | |||
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| Chuang Tse-tung | bt | Hoshino | 21–14 24–22 |
| Chuang Tse-tung | bt | Ogimura | 21–13 21–13 |
| Hsu Yin-sheng | lost to | Kimura | 21–17 17–21 17–21 |
| Hsu Yin-sheng | bt | Ogimura | 21–7 210-8 |
| Hsu Yin-sheng | bt | Hoshino | 21–23 21–18 21–17 |
| Jung Kuo-tuan | lost to | Ogimura | 19–21 19–21 |
| Jung Kuo-tuan | lost to | Kimura | 11–21 21–15 17–21 |
| Jung Kuo-tuan | bt | Hoshino | 21–15 20–22 21–18 |
See also
References
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{{World Table Tennis Championships}}
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