The men's team tournament at the 1979 WBF World Championships was held from 10 to 15 June 1979 at the Hangzhou Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China. Originally, 16 teams from Asia and Africa competed in the championships.
Zambia withdrew from the tournament, leaving only 15 countries in the men's team tournament.
Draw The group stage consists of 4 groups, Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4. The first-placed teams in each group will advance to the semi-finals while the rest will compete in the classification rounds.
Group 1Group 2Group 3Group 4
Group stage
Group 1 Team Qualification1 220100 +102Semi-finals2 2115501Classification round3 202010−1004 0000000Withdrew Source: NewspaperSG
Group 2 Team Qualification1 330150 +153Semi-finals2 32187 +12Classification round3 31278−114 303015−150 Source: NewspaperSG
Group 3 Team Qualification1 330132 +113Semi-finals2 321123 +92Classification round3 312312−914 303213−110 Source: NewspaperSG
Group 4 Team Qualification1 330150 +153Semi-finals2 321105 +52Classification round3 312312−914 303213−110 Source: NewspaperSG
Classification round Second-placed teams
Third-placed teams
Fourth-placed teams
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Final ranking Team Final result (H) 4 4 0 4 +18 Champions 5 4 1 4 +15 Runners-up 5 4 1 4 +13 Third place4 5 3 2 3 +5Fourth place 5 5 4 1 4 +15 Fifth place6 5323−3Sixth place 7 5 3 2 3 +9 Seventh place8 4131−6Eighth place9 5323−5Ninth place 10 5 2 3 2 −1 Tenth place11 4131−8Eleventh place 12 5 1 4 1 −15 Twelfth place13 5232−3Thirteenth place14 5141−20Fourteenth place15 5141−14Fifteenth place– –––––Withdrew
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