The 1948 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 15th edition of the men's team championship.^{[1] [2]}

Czechoslovakia won the gold medal defeating France 5–2 in the final.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Swaythling Cup	Czechoslovakia Ivan Andreadis Max Marinko Ladislav Štípek František Tokár Bohumil Váňa	France Guy Amouretti Maurice Bordrez Charles Dubouillé Michel Haguenauer Eugène Manchiska	Austria Heinrich Bednar Rudolf Diwald Otto Eckl Heribert Just Herbert Wunsch
			United States Richard Miles Garrett Nash William Price Marty Reisman

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	United States	4	4	0	4
2	England	4	3	1	3
3	Hungary	4	2	2	2
4	Sweden	4	1	3	1
5	Jersey	4	0	4	0
6	India +	0	0	0	0

+withdrew

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Czechoslovakia	5	5	0	5
2	Egypt	5	4	1	4
3	Wales	5	3	2	3
4	Scotland	5	2	3	2
5	Greece	5	1	4	1
6	Norway	5	0	5	0

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Austria	5	5	0	5
2	Yugoslavia	5	4	1	4
3	Belgium	5	3	2	3
4	Netherlands	5	2	3	2
5	Luxembourg	5	1	4	1
6	Italy	5	0	5	0
7	Jewish Palestine +	0	0	0	0

+ withdrew

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	France	3	3	0	3
2	Ireland	3	2	1	2
3	Denmark	3	1	2	1
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	3	0
5	Portugal +	0	0	0	0
6	Argentina +	0	0	0	0

+ withdrew

Team One	Team Two	Score
Czechoslovakia	United States	5-2
France	Austria	5-1

Czechoslovakia 5		France 2	Score
Andreadis	bt	Amouretti	17-21 21-9 21-13
Andreadis	bt	Haguenauer	21-18 21-15
Štípek	lost to	Bordrez	18-21 16-21
Štípek	lost to	Haguenauer	19-21 17-21
Váňa	bt	Amouretti	21-6 21-16
Váňa	bt	Bordrez	21-9 21-5
Váňa	bt	Haguenauer	21-13 21-12

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists