| 1928 Swaythling Cup (men's team) | |
|---|---|
| Location | Stockholm |
← 1926 1929 → | |
The1928 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the second edition of the men's team championship event, held inStockholm, Sweden.[1][2]
Hungary defeated Austria and England 5–2 in a three-way final playoff for thegold medal. The three teams had tied in the main pool, finishing with a 7–1 match record.[3][4][5]
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Squad |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Austria | 8 | 7 | 1 | Paul Flussmann,Alfred Liebster,Munio Pillinger,Robert Thum |
| 2 |  Hungary | 8 | 7 | 1 | Laszlo Bellak,Sándor Glancz,Roland Jacobi,Zoltán Mechlovits,Daniel Pecsi |
| 3 |  England | 8 | 7 | 1 | Charles Allwright,Charles Bull,Adrian Haydon,Charles Mase,Fred Perry |
| 4 |  Latvia | 8 | 5 | 3 | Mordecai Finberg,Arnold Oschin, Rosenthal I, Rosenthal II |
| 5 |  Sweden | 8 | 4 | 4 | Valter Kolmodin,Hille Nilsson,Ragnar Söderholz |
| 6 |  Czechoslovakia | 8 | 3 | 5 | Erwin Fleischmann,Kurt Heller,Antonín Maleček,Bedřich Nikodém |
| 7 |  Germany | 8 | 2 | 6 | D Baumgarten,Herbert Caro,Heribert Haensch,Hans-Georg Lindenstaedt,Paul Mendel |
| 8 |  Wales | 8 | 1 | 7 | Trevor Coles,Herbert Geen,Cyril Mossford,Hedley Penny,Solly Stone |
| 9 |  India | 8 | 0 | 8 | H.N. Bhorucha, S.A. Ismael, S.R.G. Suppiah |
The final consisted of a three-way playoff between Hungary, Austria, and England, who all finished with a 7–2 record in the main table.
 Austria 5 | England 2 | Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Thum | Bull | 21–08 24–22 |
| Thum | Haydon | 21–14 09–21 18–21 |
| Thum | Perry | 17–21 21–16 21–13 |
| Flussmann | Bull | 18–21 21–17 21–14 |
| Flussmann | Haydon | 23–25 21–18 17–21 |
| Liebster | Bull | 21–19 07–21 21–19 |
| Liebster | Haydon | 21–14 18–21 21–12 |
| Austria 2 |  Hungary 5 | Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Thum | Mechlovits | 19–21 18–21 |
| Thum | Glancz | 10–21 17–21 |
| Thum | Bellak | 21–11 21–15 |
| Liebster | Mechlovits | 18–21 15–21 |
| Liebster | Glancz | 21–19 23–21 |
| Pillinger | Mechlovits | 13–21 21–17 17–21 |
| Pillinger | Bellak | 12–21 20–22 |
| England 2 | Hungary 5 | Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Bull | Mechlovits | 21–19 11–21 21–11 |
| Bull | Glancz | 17–21 21–17 21–17 |
| Bull | Bellak | 14–21 21–12 18–21 |
| Allwright | Mechlovits | 21–18 13–21 11–21 |
| Allwright | Bellak | 17–21 16–21 |
| Haydon | Glancz | 09–21 13–21 |
| Haydon | Bellak | 10–21 10–21 |
List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists