The 1963 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 27th edition of the men's team championship.
China won the gold medal defeating Japan 5–1 in the final. West Germany and Sweden both won a bronze medal after being eliminated at the semi-final stage.
Medalists
Team Li FurongWang JiashengXu YinshengZhang XielinZhuang ZedongKoji KimuraKen KonakaKeiichi MikiIchiro OgimuraErich ArndtErnst GomollaDieter MichalekEberhard SchölerElmar StegmannHans AlsérStellan BengtssonCarl-Johan BernhardtKjell Johansson
Swaythling Cup tables
Group A Pos Team P W L Pts1 China 66 0 122 Yugoslavia 6 5 1 103 Iran 6 4 2 84 Soviet Union 6 3 3 65 Denmark 6 2 4 46 Israel 6 1 5 27 Greece 6 0 6 0
Group B Pos Team P W L Pts1 West Germany 77 0 142 Korea 7 6 1 123 Hungary 7 5 2 104 Romania 7 4 3 85 France 7 2 5 45 Brazil 7 2 5 45 Australia 7 2 5 48 Indonesia 7 0 7 0
Group C Pos Team P W L Pts1 Sweden 77 0 142 Soviet Union 7 6 1 123 East Germany 7 5 2 104 Portugal 7 4 3 85 Austria 7 3 4 66 UAR 7 2 5 47 Switzerland 7 1 6 28 Wales 7 0 7 0
Group D Pos Team P W L Pts1 Japan 66 0 122 United States 6 5 1 103 England 6 4 2 84 India 6 3 3 65 Poland 6 2 4 46 Netherlands 6 1 5 27 North Vietnam 6 0 6 0
Semifinals Team One Team Two Score China West Germany 5–1 Japan Sweden 5–0
Final China 5 Japan 1 Score Chuang Tse-tung lost to Kimura 20–22 21–13 13–21 Chuang Tse-tung bt Ogimura 21–19 21–19 Chang Shih-lin bt Kimura 21–5 21–11 Chang Shih-lin bt Miki 21–9 21–8 Hsu Yin-sheng bt Ogiumra 21–11 21–17 Hsu Yin-sheng bt Miki 21–12 23–21
See also List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References