1928 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

The 1928 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the second edition of the men's team championship event, held in Stockholm, Sweden.

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.

Final table Pos Team P W L Squad1 Austria 8 7 1 Paul Flussmann, Alfred Liebster, Munio Pillinger, Robert Thum2 Hungary 8 7 1 Laszlo Bellak, Sándor Glancz, Roland Jacobi, Zoltán Mechlovits, Daniel Pecsi3 England 8 7 1 Charles Allwright, Charles Bull, Adrian Haydon, Charles Mase, Fred Perry4 Latvia 8 5 3 Mordecai Finberg, Arnold Oschin, Rosenthal I, Rosenthal II5 Sweden 8 4 4 Valter Kolmodin, Hille Nilsson, Ragnar Söderholz6 Czechoslovakia 8 3 5 Erwin Fleischmann, Kurt Heller, Antonín Maleček, Bedřich Nikodém7 Germany 8 2 6 D Baumgarten, Herbert Caro, Heribert Haensch, Hans-Georg Lindenstaedt, Paul Mendel8 Wales 8 1 7 Trevor Coles, Herbert Geen, Cyril Mossford, Hedley Penny, Solly Stone9 India 8 0 8 H.N. Bhorucha, S.A. Ismael, S.R.G. Suppiah

Final Playoffs The 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 ScoresThumBull 21–08 24–22ThumHaydon 21–14 09–21 18–21ThumPerry 17–21 21–16 21–13FlussmannBull 18–21 21–17 21–14FlussmannHaydon 23–25 21–18 17–21LiebsterBull 21–19 07–21 21–19LiebsterHaydon 21–14 18–21 21–12

Austria 2 Hungary 5 ScoresThumMechlovits 19–21 18–21ThumGlancz 10–21 17–21 ThumBellak 21–11 21–15 LiebsterMechlovits 18–21 15–21LiebsterGlancz 21–19 23–21 PillingerMechlovits 13–21 21–17 17–21PillingerBellak 12–21 20–22

England 2 Hungary 5 ScoresBullMechlovits 21–19 11–21 21–11BullGlancz 17–21 21–17 21–17BullBellak 14–21 21–12 18–21AllwrightMechlovits 21–18 13–21 11–21 AllwrightBellak 17–21 16–21HaydonGlancz 09–21 13–21HaydonBellak 10–21 10–21

See also List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

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