The 1973 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 32nd edition of the men's team championship.
Sweden won the gold medal by virtue of winning the final group. Despite losing one of the matches against the Soviet Union they topped the group with a superior match record. China took silver and Japan bronze.
Medalists Men's team Stellan BengtssonAnders JohanssonKjell JohanssonBo PerssonIngemar Wikström Tiao Wen-yuanLi Ching-kuangLiang Ko-liangHsi En-tingHsu Shao-Fa Nobuhiko HasegawaYujiro ImanoMitsuru KohnoNorio TakashimaTokio Tasaka
Swaythling Cup tables
Group A Pos Team P W L Pts1 Sweden 6 6 0122 China 6 5 1 103 Hungary 6 4 2 84 South Korea 6 3 3 65 Indonesia 6 2 4 46 Austria 6 15 27 India 6 06 0
Group B Pos Team P W L Pts1 Japan 66 0 122 Soviet Union 65 1 103 Czechoslovakia 6 4 2 84 Yugoslavia 6 3 3 65 West Germany 6 2 4 46 England 6 15 27 France 6 06 0
Final group Team One Team Two Score Japan Sweden 3–5 China Sweden 4–5 Soviet Union Sweden 5–4 Soviet Union Japan 2–5 Soviet Union China 4–5 Japan China 4–5
Final group Pos Team P W L F A Pts1 Sweden 32 1 141242 China 32 1 141343 Japan 3 1 2 121224 Soviet Union 3 1 2 11142
See also List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References