The 1961 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 26th edition of the men's team championship.
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.
Medalists
Team Men's team Li Fu-jungJung Kuo-tuanWang ChuanyaoHsu Yin-shengChuang Tse-tung Nobuya HoshinoKoji KimuraTeruo MurakamiIchiro OgimuraGoro ShibutaniZoltán BerczikLászló FöldyMiklós PéterfyPéter RózsásFerenc Sidó
Swaythling Cup tables
Group A Pos Team P W L Pts1 China 8 8 0 162 East Germany 8 7 1 143 West Germany 8 6 2 124 Czechoslovakia 8 5 3 105 Burma 8 4 4 86 Ecuador 8 3 5 67 Ghana 8 2 6 48 Nepal 8 1 7 29 Mongolia 8 0 8 0
Group B Pos Team P W L Pts1 Hungary 7 7 0 142 Sweden 76 1 123 Romania 7 5 2 104 Poland 7 4 3 85 Denmark 7 3 4 66 Australia 7 1 6 26 North Vietnam 7 1 6 26 Nigeria 7 1 6 2
Group C Pos Team P W L Pts1 Japan 8 9 0 182 Yugoslavia 86 2 122 England 8 6 2 124 Russia 8 6 3 125 North Korea 8 5 4 10 6 Brazil 8 5 4 107 Singapore 8 3 6 68 New Zealand 8 1 8 29 Cuba 8 1 8 2
Final group results Team One Team Two Score Japan Hungary 5–2 China Hungary 7–2 China Japan 5–3
Final standings Pos Team P W L Pts1 China 2 2 0 42 Japan 21 1 23 Hungary 3 0 2 0
Decisive final group match China 5 Japan 3 Score Chuang Tse-tung bt Hoshino 21–14 24–22Chuang Tse-tung bt Ogimura 21–13 21–13Hsu Yin-sheng lost to Kimura 21–17 17–21 17–21Hsu Yin-sheng bt Ogimura 21–7 210-8Hsu Yin-sheng bt Hoshino 21–23 21–18 21–17Jung Kuo-tuan lost to Ogimura 19–21 19–21Jung Kuo-tuan lost to Kimura 11–21 21–15 17–21Jung Kuo-tuan bt Hoshino 21–15 20–22 21–18
See also List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References