The 1971 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 31st edition of the men's team championship.
China won the gold medal defeating Japan 5–2 in the final. Yugoslavia won the bronze medal after winning the third place play off.
Medalists Li Fu-jungLi Ching-kuangLiang Ko-liangHsi En-tingChuang Tse-tung Nobuhiko HasegawaTetsuo InoueShigeo ItohMitsuru KonoTokio TasakaZlatko CordasMilivoj KarakaševićIstvan KorpaAntun StipančićDragutin Šurbek
Swaythling Cup tables
Second stage round
Group 1 Pos Team P W L Pts1 Japan 5 5 0102 Yugoslavia 5 4 1 83 West Germany 5 3 2 64 South Korea 5 2 3 45 England 5 1 4 26 Indonesia 5 05 0
Group 2 Pos Team P W L Pts1 China 55 0 102 Sweden 54 1 83 Hungary 5 3 2 64 France 5 2 3 45 North Korea 5 1 4 26 Czechoslovakia 5 05 0
Third-place playoff Team One Team Two Score Yugoslavia Sweden 5–3
Final China 5 Japan 2 Score Liang Ko-liang lost to Hasegawa 21–15 8–21 19–21 Liang Ko-liang bt Itoh 21–11 21–15 Chuang Tse-tung bt Itoh 21–19 17–21 21–15 Chuang Tse-tung lost to Kono 12–21 16–21 Li Ching-kuang bt Kono 21–13 21–18 Li Ching-kuang bt Hasegawa 15–21 21–19 21–18 Li Ching-kuang bt Itoh 21–3 21–6
See also List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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