The 1983 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 37th edition of the men's team championship.
China won the gold medal defeating Sweden 5–1 in the final. Hungary won the bronze medal.
Medalists Cai ZhenhuaFan ChangmaoGuo YuehuaJiang JialiangXie Saike Mikael AppelgrenStellan BengtssonUlf BengtssonErik LindhJan-Ove WaldnerGábor GergelyIstván JónyerZoltán KáposztásZsolt KristonJános Molnár
Swaythling Cup tables
Group A Pos Team P W L Pts1 China 7 7 072 Sweden 7 6 1 63 France 7 4 3 44 South Korea 7 4 3 45 Yugoslavia 7 3 4 36 Czechoslovakia 7 25 27 West Germany 7 25 28 United States 7 07 0
Group B Pos Team P W L Pts1 England 7 6 162 Hungary 7 6 1 63 Japan 7 6 1 64 North Korea 7 4 3 45 Poland 7 3 4 36 Italy 7 25 27 Soviet Union 7 16 18 Denmark 7 07 0
Semifinals Team One Team Two Score Sweden England 5–0 China Hungary 5–0
Third-place playoff Team One Team Two Score Hungary England 5–2
Final China 5 Sweden 1 Score Jiang Jialiang bt Waldner 18–21 21–17 21–14 Xie Saike lost to Appelgren 18–21 21–6 14–21 Cai Zhenhua bt Lindh 21–14 21–14 Jiang Jialiang bt Appelgren 21–10 21–13 Cai Zhenhua bt Waldner 30–28 21–16 Xie Saike bt Lindh 17–21 21–13 21–9
See also List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References