The 1926 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the first edition of the men's team championship.
The cup was named the Swaythling Cup because it was named after the Dowager Lady Swaythling (the mother of Ivor Montagu) who presented the trophy to the English Table Tennis Association in 1926.
Hungary defeated Austria 5-4 in a play off for the gold medal following the fact that they tied with five wins each in the main competition. The winning team consisted of Roland Jacobi, Zoltán Mechlovits, Béla von Kehrling and Daniel Pecsi.
Swaythling Cup results
Team one Team two ScoreAustria Czechoslovakia 7–2Austria England 4–5Austria Germany 9–0Austria Hungary 5–4Austria India 7–2Austria Wales 7–2Czechoslovakia England 0–9Czechoslovakia Germany 5–4Czechoslovakia Hungary 1–8Czechoslovakia India 2–7Czechoslovakia Wales 2–7England Germany 8–1England Hungary 2–7England India 4–5England Wales 5–4Germany Hungary 0–9Germany India 4–5Germany Wales 2–7Hungary India 8–1Hungary Wales 7–2Wales India 4–5
Final table Pos Team P W L Squad1 Hungary 6 5 1 Roland Jacobi, Béla von Kehrling, Zoltán Mechlovits, Daniel Pecsi2 Austria 6 5 1 Paul Flussmann, Eduard Freudenheim, Munio Pillinger3 England 6 4 2 Charles Allwright, Bernard Bernstein, Percival Bromfield, Frank Burls, James Thompson3 India 6 4 2 Athar-Ali Fyzee, Hassan Ali Fyzee, A.M. Peermahomed, B.C. Singh, S.R.G. Suppiah5 Wales 6 2 4 Herbert Geen, Cyril Mossford, Hedley Penny, Solly Stone, C.F. Williams6 Czechoslovakia 6 1 5 Bohumil Hájek, Jaroslav Kautsky, Zdeněk Heydušek, Antonín Maleček7 Germany 6 0 6 Curt Gerstmann, Hans-Georg Lindenstaedt, Daniel Prenn
Final play-off Austria 4 Hungary 5 ScoresFlussmannMechlovits16–21, 23–21, 18–21FlussmannPecsi21–14, 18–21, 16–21Flussmannvon Kehrling21–16, 21–19FreudenheimMechlovits15–21, 11–21 FreudenheimPecsi15–21, 13–21Freudenheimvon Kehrling21–18, 12–21, 21–18PillingerMechlovits21–12, 24–22PillingerPecsi21–17, 21–13 Pillingervon Kehrling18–21, 21–11, 16–21
See also List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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