1997 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 ChinaDing Song Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang Ma Wenge Wang Tao |
 FranceNicolas Chatelain Patrick Chila Damien Eloi Jean-Philippe Gatien Christophe Legout |
 South KoreaChu 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 3
|
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[]
List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References[]
- ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
- ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
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