The 1956 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 23rd edition of the men's team championship.
Japan won the gold medal defeating Czechoslovakia 5–1 in the final. China and Romania won bronze medals after finishing second in their respective groups.
Medalists Men's teamIchiro OgimuraToshiaki TanakaYoshio TomitaKeisuke TsunodaIvan AndreadisLadislav ŠtípekVáclav TerebaLudvík VyhnanovskýHu Ping-chuanChiang Yung-NingTsen Huai-KuangWang ChuanyaoYang Jai-HuaMatei GantnerTiberiu HarasztosiPaul PeschMircea PopescuToma Reiter
Swaythling Cup tables
Group A Pos Team P W L Pts1 Japan 7 7 0 142 Romania 7 6 1 123 Germany 7 5 2 104 Hong Kong 7 4 3 85 Sweden 7 3 4 66 Philippines 7 1 6 27 Australia 7 1 6 28 Singapore 7 1 6 2
Group B Pos Team P W L Pts1 Czechoslovakia 7 7 0 142 China 75 2 103 England 7 5 2 104 South Vietnam 7 5 2 105 India 7 3 4 6 6 United States 7 2 5 47 Korea 7 1 6 28 Portugal 7 0 6 0
Final Japan 5 Czechoslovakia 1 Score Ogimura bt Andreadis 26–28 21–19 21–13Ogimura bt Štípek 21–6 21–18Tanaka bt Vyhnanovský 21–11 18–21 21–16Tanaka bt Štípek 21–12 21–13Tsunoda lost to Andreadis 22–24 21–16 16–21Tsunoda bt Vyhnanovský 21–11 21–19
See also List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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