The 1965 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 28th edition of the men's team championship.
China won the gold medal defeating Japan 5–2 in the final. North Korea won the bronze medal after defeating Yugoslavia in the third place play off.
Medalists
Team Li Fu-jungChang Shih-LinHsu Yin-ShengChou Lan-sunChuang Tse-tung Koji KimuraKen KonakaTakao NohiraIchiro OgimuraHiroshi TakahashiJung Kil-HwaJung Ryang-WoongKim Chang-HoKim Jung-SamPak Sin Il
Swaythling Cup tables
Semifinal round
Group 1 Team One Team Two Score China Soviet Union 5–0 West Germany Romania 5–4 Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia 5–2 China West Germany 5–1 Czechoslovakia Soviet Union 5–3 Yugoslavia Romania 5-1 China Yugoslavia 5–0 Soviet Union West Germany 5–4 Romania Czechoslovakia 5–3Yugoslavia West Germany 5–3 China Czechoslovakia 5–0 Soviet Union Romania 5–3 Czechoslovakia West Germany 5–1Yugoslavia Soviet Union5-3 China Romania 5–0 Pos Team P W L Pts1 China 5 5 0 102 Yugoslavia 5 4 1 83 Czechoslovakia 5 2 3 44 Soviet Union 5 2 3 45 West Germany 5 1 4 26 Romania 5 1 4 2
Group 2 Team One Team Two Score Japan England 5–0 Sweden Iran 5–1 North Korea Hungary 5–1 England Hungary 5–4 North Korea Iran 5–3 Japan Sweden 5-0 Sweden England 5–2 Hungary Iran 5–1 Japan North Korea 5–2 England Iran 5–1 Japan Hungary 5–1 North Korea Sweden 5–1 Sweden Hungary 5-1 North Korea England 5–1 Japan Iran 5–0 Pos Team P W L Pts1 Japan 55 0 102 North Korea 5 4 1 83 Sweden 5 3 2 64 England 5 2 3 45 Hungary 5 1 4 26 Iran 5 0 5 0
Third-place playoff Team One Team Two Score North Korea Yugoslavia 5–2
Final China 5 Japan 2 Score ? bt ? Li Fu-jung bt Kimura Chuang Tse-tung bt Kimura Chang Shih-lin lost to Takahashi Chuang Tse-tung lost to Takahashi 18–21 20–22 ? bt ? Chuang Tse-tung bt Konaka 19–21 21–12 21–16
See also List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References