The 1938 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 12th edition of the men's team championship.
Hungary won the gold medal defeating Austria 5–3 in the final. Czechoslovakia and the United States claimed bronze medals.
Swaythling Cup Final tables
Group 1 Pos Team P W L Squad1 Austria 7 6 1 Richard Bergmann, Helmut Goebel, Erich Kaspar, Alfred Liebster, Karl Schediwy1 United States 7 6 1 Bernard Grimes, George Hendry, James McClure, Lou Pagliaro, Sol Schiff1 England 7 6 1 Ernest Bubley, Eric Filby, Hyman Lurie, Maurice Bergl, Ken Hyde4 Latvia 7 4 3 Arnold Oschins, Isays Joffe, Doerin Stamms5 Poland 7 3 4 Samuel Schieff, Izio Rojzen, Alojzy Ehrlich, K Osmanski6 Germany 7 2 5 Dieter Mauritz, Helmuth Hoffmann, Erwin Munchow7 Ireland 7 1 6 Cyril Kemp, C.J. Hussey, J.Goldstone, H.S. Carlile8 Wales 7 0 7 Roy Evans, Ken Milsom, Arthur Sadler, J Meredith, F Curtin Group 1 Play Off Pos Team P W L1 Austria 2 2 0 2 United States 2 1 1 3 England 2 0 2 Group 2 Pos Team P W L Squad1 Hungary 7 7 0 Viktor Barna, Laszlo Bellak, Ernő Földi, Tibor Házi, Ferenc Soos2 Czechoslovakia 7 6 1 Miloslav Hamr, Stanislav Kolář, Adolf Šlár, Václav Tereba, Bohumil Váňa3 France 7 4 3 Alexandre Agopoff, François Aguilar, Michel Haguenauer, Raoul Bedoc3 Lithuania 7 4 3 Eugenijus Nikolskis, Vilius Variakojis, Vladas Dzindziliauskas3 Yugoslavia 7 4 3 Max Marinko, Ladislav Hexner, Adolf Herskovic, Lovro Ratkovic, Karlo Stein6 Belgium 7 2 5 André Staff, Raymond Evalenko, Roger Lejeune, Georges Rafin6 Netherlands 7 1 6 Cor Du Buy, Lex Admiraal, Arie Koster6 Egypt 7 0 7 Simon Bercovitz, Tawhid Helal, Hassan Abou Heif
Final Hungary 5 Austria 3 ScoresHáziBergmann 14-21 17-21BellakBergmann 21-18 21-17Barna Bergmann 14-21 20-22BarnaSchediwy 21-16 21-16HáziSchediwy21-18 21-18BellakLiebster22-20 17-21 14-21BarnaLiebster 21-10 21-18HáziLiebster21-9 13-21 21-15
See also List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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