1997 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

1997 Swaythling Cup (men's team)
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Main article: 1997 World Table Tennis Championships

The 1997 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 44th edition of the men's team championship.[1][2]

China won the gold medal defeating France 3–1 in the final. South Korea won the bronze medal defeating Germany in the bronze medal play off.[3][4]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 China
Ding Song
Kong Linghui
Liu Guoliang
Ma Wenge
Wang Tao 		 France
Nicolas Chatelain
Patrick Chila
Damien Eloi
Jean-Philippe Gatien
Christophe Legout 		 South Korea
Chu Kyo-sung
Kim Taek-soo
Lee Chul-seung
Oh Sang-eun
Yoo Nam-kyu

Final stage knockout phase

Quarter finals

Team One Team Two Score
Germany Greece 3–1
China Sweden 3–1
France Belgium 3–2
South Korea Japan 3–2

Semifinals

Team One Team Two Score
France Germany 3-?
China South Korea 3–1

Third-place playoff

Team One Team Two Score
South Korea Germany 3–0

Final

China China 3 France France 1 Score
Kong Linghui bt Gatien 18–21 21–16 21–17
Liu Guoliang lost to Chila 17–21 21–15 10–21
Wang Tao bt Eloi 21–10 31–29
Liu Guoliang bt Gatien 21–19 21–14

See also

References

  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  4. ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-29.