Table tennis world championship 1934

Table tennis world championship
1933 ← WM 1934 → 1935
date	December 2nd - 10th, 1933
venue	Paris
winner
Single (♂)	Victor Barna
Single (♀)	Marie Kettnerová
Double (♂)	Victor Barna Miklós Szabados
Double (♀)	Mária Mednyánszky Anna Sipos
Doubles (mixed)	Miklós Szabados Mária Mednyánszky
Team (♂)	Hungary
Team (♀)	German Empire

The 8th World Table Tennis Championships took place from December 2 to 10, 1933 in Paris (France) in the Marbeuf room near the Avenue des Champs-Élysées . It was valid for the 1933/34 season.

The German women's team was world champion, Astrid Krebsbach was second in the individual behind Marie Kettnerová from Czechoslovakia, who was the first non-Hungarian to win the women's singles world championship. In the women's doubles, Anita Felguth / Astrid Krebsbach took silver and Hilde Bussmann won bronze alongside Magda Gál from Hungary .

The Hungarians dominated the men's competitions. First, the team became world champions, followed by Victor Barna with his fourth title in singles, Victor Barna / Miklós Szabados in doubles and Miklós Szabados / Mária Mednyánszky in mixed.

Overview

For political reasons, the German men's team did not take part in this world championship. It was feared that the “superior Nordic race” could embarrass itself against “inferior peoples”. It was also criticized that the best German table tennis player - the Greek Nikita Madjaroglou - was not born in Germany. The influence of National Socialism is obvious here.

But the German women convinced. For the first time the world championship for women’s teams was held. Six nations took part. Germany came first after victories over Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Holland and England. The German Astrid Krebsbach also took second place in the women's singles , while the women's doubles Anita Felguth / Astrid Krebsbach took silver .

Twelve teams competed for the men. The Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland were there for the first time. Latvia was also among the participants, and India was the only non-European country. Hungary was again team world champion.

In the men's singles, Victor Barna won the title for the fourth time. With Marie Kettnerová from Czechoslovakia, a non-Hungarian wins the women's singles world championship for the first time.

The German women's team

The road to the World Cup began with the competition against CSR. Astrid Krebsbach won against the future world champion Marie Kettnerová , then Mona Müller-Rüster lost to Marie Šmídová . The doubles were also lost, but after Astrid Krebsbach's victories against Marie Šmídová and Mona Müller-Rüster against Marie Kettnerová, the final score was 3: 2 for Germany.

The following competition against France ended 4: 1 for Germany. Only Annemarie Hähnsch gave a point against Yvonne Fayard . It won Anita Felguth against Marguerite De Teanaud and Monique Ravigneaux, Astrid Krebsbach against Yvonne Fayard and the double Krebsbach / Müller-elm against De Teanaud / Fayard .

In the ensuing encounter, Hungary was the favorite. Mona Müller-Rüster lost to Mária Mednyánszky , Astrid Krebsbach equalized against Anna Sipos . Then Anita Felguth / Astrid Krebsbach won the doubles against Mednyanszky / Sipos. Mona Müller-Rüster then lost to Anna Sipos, but Astrid Krebsbach triumphed over Maria Mednyanszky and secured the 3-2 team win.

The penultimate opponent was England. Only Mona Müller-Rüster lost to Wendy Woodhead . Astrid Krebsbach scored two points in singles, namely against Dora Emdin and Wendy Woodhead, and one point in doubles with Anita Felguth against Emdin / Woodhead. Anita Felguth provided another point against Dora Emdin. The final score was 4: 1.

The last game against Holland ended in a 5-0 win. Astrid Krebsbach and Annemarie Hähnsch won their two singles against Loes Hiltrop and Marie-Helene Sohn, the double Felguth / Krebsbach defeated Sohn / Hiltrop.

Germany was thus world champion.

useful information

• Because of the anti-Semitic mood in Hungary, some Hungarian players changed their German-sounding names to Hungarian-sounding names:
  • Tibor Házi was previously called Hoffman
  • Victor Barna emerged from Gyozo Braun
  • István Kelen was previously called Klein (was absent from this World Cup)
• Marcel Corbillon , the president of the French table tennis association, donated the trophy for the women's team competition, the so-called Corbillon Cup .
• The Germans were looked after by sports warden Heribert Heim.
• The Polish table tennis association banned the participation of the Polish men's team by telegram, as it was not aware of any of the reported Poles apart from Aloizy Ehrlich . The Poles ignored this ban and competed anyway.

Results

• Hilde Bussmann only took part in the individual competitions.

competition	rank	winner
Team men	1.	Hungary ( Victor Barna , László Bellák , Leopold David, Tibor Házi , Miklós Szabados )
	2.	Austria ( Alfred Liebster , Erwin Kohn , Karl Sediwy )
	3.	Czechoslovakia (Oldrich Blecha, Miloslav Hamer , Kohn, Stanislav Kolář , Karel Svoboda)
		Poland (Simon Pohoryles, Aloizy Ehrlich , Hillel)
	10.	Switzerland (S.Daguet, Glatz, Hector Michel, Pissera, Pierre Vergain)
Team women	1.	Germany ( Anita Felguth , Annemarie Hähnsch , Astrid Krebsbach , Mona Müller-Rüster )
	2.	Hungary ( Anna Sipos , Mária Mednyánszky , Magda Gál )
	3.	Czechoslovakia (Jožka Veselská, Marie Šmídová -Masáková, Marie Kettnerová )
Men's singles	1.	Victor Barna - HUN
	2.	László Bellák - HUN
	3.	Miklós Szabados - HUN
		Tibor Házi - HUN
Ladies singles	1.	Marie Kettnerová - TCH
	2.	Astrid Krebsbach - GER
	3.	Dora Emdin - ENG
		Magda Gál - HUN
Men's doubles	1.	Victor Barna / Miklós Szabados - HUN
	2.	Sándor Glancz / Tibor Házi - HUN
	3.	Miloslav Hamer / Kohn - TCH
		István Boros / Bela Nyitrai - HUN
Ladies doubles	1.	Mária Mednyánszky / Anna Sipos - HUN
	2.	Anita Felguth / Astrid Krebsbach - GER
	3.	Hilde Bussmann - GER / Magda Gál - HUN
		Marie Kettnerová / Marie Šmídová -Masakova - TCH
Mixed	1.	Miklós Szabados / Mária Mednyánszky - HUN
	2.	Victor Barna / Anna Sipos - HUN
	3.	László Bellák - HUN / Kathleen M. Berry - ENG
		Stanislav Kolář / Marie Šmídová -Masakova - TCH

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Hungary	5	4th	5	14th
2	German Empire	1	2	0.5	3.5
3	Czechoslovakia	1	0	5	6th
4th	Austria	0	1	0	1
5	England	0	0	1.5	1.5
6th	Poland	0	0	1	1
Total		7th	7th	13	27

literature

• German Table Tennis Association - 50 years young . Published by the German Table Tennis Association DTTB , 1975 - Chapter Great moments of the German Table Tennis Association by Hanne and Jupp Schlaf , page II

Web links

• Entry in ITTF database (accessed January 14, 2015)
• Results of the women's team competition (accessed January 14, 2015)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tim Boggan : TIBOR HAZI - PART I (accessed November 28, 2013)
2. ↑ http://www.ittf.com/museum/cups.html
3. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2017/3 page 53
4. ↑ Often - also in the ITTF database - the name is given as "Hamr". In Czech sources, however, the spelling “Hamer” can be found: film database , ping-pong