Table tennis world championship 1963
 Table tennis world championship
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| date | April 5-14, 1963 | |||
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 Prague
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| Single (♂) |
 Zhuang Zedong
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| Single (♀) |
 Kimiyo Matsuzaki
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| Double (♂) |
Zhang Xielin Wang Zhiliang
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| Double (♀) |
Kimiyo Matsuzaki Masako Seki
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| Doubles (mixed) |
Kōji Kimura Kazuko Ito
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| Team (♂) |
People's Republic of China
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| Team (♀) |
Japan
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The 27th World Table Tennis Championships took place from April 5th to 14th, 1963 in Prague ( Czech Republic ).
Overview
All titles go to Asian players. In the men's teams, China wins over Japan. The German team led by Erich Arndt and Eberhard Schöler, together with the Swedish team led by Hans Alsér and Kjell Johansson, achieved an excellent third place, the best result that a German men's team achieved to date.
The men's singles final wins - in a new edition of the 1961 final in Beijing - Chuang Tse-Tung against Li Fu-Jung .
For the first time Agnes Simon plays for Germany in a world championship and reaches 9th place with the women's team. Before that, she had already participated in world championships under the flags of Hungary and the Netherlands.
Game system of team competitions
Men's
Since the men had 47 teams, the 21 weakest nations first had to compete in a qualifying round. Here they were divided into six groups, the group winners reached the main round. In this four groups of eight were formed in which each team played against each other. The four group winners made it to the semi-finals, where they fought in the knockout system for a place in the final.
The winners of the qualifying rounds were North Vietnam, Greece, Portugal, Israel, Indonesia and Wales, who then ended up in the main groups but only in the back places. China, Germany, Sweden and Japan prevailed in the main groups. In the semi-finals, China won 5-1 against Germany and Japan 5-0 against Sweden. China became world champions with a 5-1 victory over Japan.
Ladies
There were no qualifying games for the 37 registered women's teams. Instead, three groups of nine and one group of ten were drawn. Since Greece, Singapore, Ghana and Pakistan did not take part, the individual groups were reduced to 7 to 9 participants.
Romania, China, Japan and Hungary were victorious. In the semi-finals Romania prevailed against China and Japan against Hungary. The Japanese won the final 3-0 against Romania.
Cutting off the Germans
Men's team Germany and GDR
Conny Freundorfer was canceled due to an arm injury. Elmar Stegmann was nominated for him .
The German men competed in Group B, where they finished first undefeated. There were 5-0 victories against France, Indonesia and Australia, and the game against Brazil was clearly won 5-2. The fight against Romania was more difficult when they achieved a 5-3 win from a 2-0 deficit. With the same result, the team prevailed against North Korea. The last game against Hungary decided the group win. After a 3-1 lead and 3-4 deficit, Germany just won 5-4. Erich Arndt got the only point in the semi-final against China. In the 1: 5 defeat Germany had no chance.
The top performers were Eberhard Schöler with a score of 16: 3 and Erich Arndt with 14: 4. Both were used in all team fights. Elmar Stegmann finished with 3: 2 positive, Dieter Michalek remained 2: 4 negative, as did Ernst Gomolla with 1: 4.
The GDR team came third in Group C. Against the first two, Sweden and the ČSSR, she lost 5-0. The remaining five games were won: 5: 2 against Austria, 5: 1 against Egypt and Wales, 5: 3 against Switzerland and 5: 0 against Portugal.
Women's team Germany and GDR
In the end, the German women were tied with Hungary and England in Group D. Because of the best playing relationship, Hungary came in first, Germany shared second. Thus the entry into the final round was missed. The team defeated Indonesia, North Vietnam, Belgium, Italy, France and North Korea 3-0 each and England 3-2. The Hungarians lost 3-0.
Most of the games played Agnes Simon with an 8: 1 track record and Inge Harst with a 5: 2 result. Edit Buchholz and Ingrid Kriegelstein each won a game and were undefeated.
The GDR team came second in Group B behind China. She won 3-1 against the Soviet Union and Canada and 3-0 against New Zealand, Switzerland, Wales and Luxembourg. There was a 3-0 defeat against China.
Men's singles Germany
Only Eberhard Schöler advanced two laps. He won against Vahaken Ohanessian (Lebanon) and Ivan Severo (Brazil), but was then defeated 3-1 by the Japanese Kōji Kimura . Erich Arndt was eliminated in the second round against the Chinese Chang Chi-Lin after he had eliminated Pak Sin II (North Korea). Dieter Michalek lost to Dorin Giurgiucă (Romania) after a bye . Ernst Gomolla threw Alan Thomas (Wales) out of the race and then failed to Mario Mariotti (Switzerland). Elmar Stegmann lost to Bernhard Bukiet (USA) in the first round . In the consolation round he reached the final.
Women's singles Germany
The most successful was Agnes Simon , who only lost to Liang Li-Chen (China) in the round of 16 . Before that, she had won against Angela Papp (Hungary), M. Hrstková (ČSSR) and Irena Bosá (CSR). Ingrid Kriegelstein won against Funtsch (Sweden) after a bye. Then she was defeated by Sun Mei-ying (China). Edit Buchholz came just as far after victories over Tahi Yen Uong (North Vietnam) and Swetlana Grinberg (USSR). Maria Alexandru (Romania) was too strong then. Inge Harst (against Ma Kuang-hung, China) and Rosemarie Gomolla (against Hu Ke-ming, China) were eliminated in the first round .
Doris Kalweit (GDR) was defeated in round one by Swetlana Grinberg (USSR).
Men's doubles Germany
No German men's doubles made it to the last sixteen. In the third round, Arndt / Michalek failed to Jaroslav Staněk / Viliam Polakovič (ČSSR) (after a bye and victory without a fight) and Schöler / Stegmann to Jung Kuo-tuan / Wang Chia-sheng (China) (after victories over Ian Barclay / Robert Kerr , Scotland and Pierre Juliens / Alain Cussac, Belgium). Gomolla / Kent Johansson (Germany / Sweden) prevailed against the Peruvians J. Garcia / Augusto Gonzales, but not against Ian Harrison / David Creamer (England).
Women's doubles Germany
The most successful were Simon / Harst , who beat Lis Ramberg / Evy Schandorph (Denmark), Joan Brown / Jeannette Crosby (New Zealand) and Shih Feng-ling / Hsiao Chieh-wen (China) and finally in the quarterfinals against the Chinese double Qiu Zhonghui / Wang Chien lost. Buchholz / Kriegelstein reached the round of 16 after winning over Angela Papp / Julia Faludi (Hungary), Isabella Colombo / Alessandra Mugnoz (Italy) and Eva Johansson / Eleonora Vlaicov (Sweden / Romania), where they beat Liang Li-Chen / Ti Chuang-hua (China) lost. The international double Gomolla / Lesley Bell (Germany / England) was eliminated against Kalweit / Kunz (GDR).
Mixed Germany
In the mixed competition, the Swedish-German couple Alsér / Harst reached the quarter-finals. After the game-free first round it defeated Yang Jui-hua / Sun Mei-Ying (China), K.Johansson / Lena Guntsch (Sweden) and Chou Lan-sun / Ma Kuang-hung (China). Against Keiichi Miki / Masako Seki (Japan) they lost 1: 3.
All other Germans were eliminated before the round of 16:
- Schöler / Simon : Victory against David Creamer / Mary Shannon (England), Carl-Johan Bernhardt / Marita Carlsson (Sweden), defeat against Ichirō Ogimura / Kimiyo Matsuzaki (Japan)
- Arndt / Buchholz : Victory over Asbjorn Nessey / Berit Omnedal (Norway), no play, loss to Keiichi Miki / Masako Seki (Japan)
- Ernst Gomolla / Rosemarie Gomolla : Victory over Siegfried Lemke / A. Kabarová (GDR / ČSSR), defeat against Bert Onnes / Ursula Artz (Netherlands)
- Michalek / Kriegelstein : Victory against Anatoli Amelin / Laima Balaishite (USSR), defeat against Pleuse / Kalweit (GDR)
- Stegmann / Joan Brown (Germany / New Zealand): defeat against Pak Sin Il / Re (North Korea)
Mixed DDR
- Pleuse / Kalweit : Victory against Chester Barnes / Lesley Bell (England), Michalek / Kriegelstein (Germany), defeat against Ken Konaka / Noriko Yamanaka (Japan)
- Siegfried Lemke / A. Kabarová (GDR / ČSSR): defeat against Ernst Gomolla / Rosemarie Gomolla (Germany)
useful information
- The world association ITTF did not allow Taiwan to participate because the state called itself National China instead of Formosa .
- Since there were many one-sided and therefore unattractive matches in the team competitions due to the great differences in playing strength, there were considerations to introduce a different system with preliminary qualifications at the next World Cup.
philately
- On January 28, 1963, the ČSSR issued a special stamp worth 30 Heller for this World Cup ( Michel catalog no. 1,377). The stamp is part of a block of six, with a circulation of more than 5 million pieces. There was a special cancellation during the World Cup.
- On September 10, 1963, the People's Republic of China issued two special stamps with a value of 8 Fen each ( Michel catalog no. 739 and 740) to honor their successes. There was also a first day special cancellation from Beijing.
Results
The Germans Margrit Siebert (Kiel), Wolf Berger and Dieter Forster , previously nominated as replacements, were not used.
The following Germans only took part in the individual competitions:
- Gentlemen: Heinz Reimann (GDR)
- Ladies: Rosemarie Gomolla
Medal table
| rank | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
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| 1 |
Japan
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4th | 2 | 2 | 8th |
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People's Republic of China
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3 | 2 | 7th | 12 |
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.svg){kind=small} Romania
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0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4th |
 England
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |
 Hungary
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 6th |
 BR Germany
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6th |
 Sweden
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 7th | 7th | 14th | 28 | |
literature
- Preview: DTS magazine , 1963/6 West issue pp. 1–2 + 1963/7 West issue pp. 1–4
- Reports: DTS magazine , 1963/8 West issue + 1963/9 West issue
- Looking back 50 years ago ... , tischtennis magazine , 2013/9, p. 45