Table tennis world championship 1975

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Table tennis Table tennis world championship
1973 Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia ← World Cup 1975 → 1977 EnglandEngland
date February 6-16, 1975
venue IndiaIndia Calcutta
winner
Single (♂) HungaryHungary István Jónyer
Single (♀) Korea NorthNorth Korea Pak Yung-sun
Double (♂) HungaryHungary Gábor Gergely István Jónyer
HungaryHungary
Double (♀) RomaniaRomania Maria Alexandru Shoko Takahashi
JapanJapan
Doubles (mixed) Soviet UnionSoviet Union Stanislaw Gomoskow Tatiana Ferdman
Soviet UnionSoviet Union
Team (♂) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China
Team (♀) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China

The 33rd table tennis world championship took place from February 6 to 16, 1975 in Calcutta (India) in the New Indoor Stadium . A total of 63 nations were represented.

Summary

In the final of the men's team competition, Yugoslavia tried to shake Chinese supremacy with Dragutin Šurbek , Antun Stipančić and the penholder player Milivoj Karakašević , but ultimately failed. The Swedish defending champions around Kjell Johansson and Stellan Bengtsson took 3rd place.

In the men's singles Antun Stipančić - "The Man with the Golden Hand" - already led 2-0 in sets, but lost 2: 3 against the Hungarian István Jónyer , who together with Gábor Gergely against Antun Stipančić / Dragutin Šurbek also won the title Men's doubles secured.

Competition mode teams

The 16 teams in Category 1 were divided into two groups of eight, A and B, and competed here in the everyone-against-everyone system. The first two qualified for the semifinals, in which the winner of Group A against the second in Group B and the winner of Group B against the second in Group A fought for a place in the final.

Similarly, the third and fourth group played for places five to eight, the fifth and sixth for places nine to twelve and the seventh and eighth for places 13 to 16.

In Category II, too, two groups of eight were formed to fight for promotion to Category I (at the next World Cup). Category III consisted of five groups of four or five teams each for men and a single group of nine for women.

A men's competition was carried out according to the Swaythling Cup system in teams of three . The women played according to the Corbillon Cup system in teams of two .

Cutting off the Germans

The category I games had the following final results:

  Men's
space Group A Group B
1. CSSR China
2. Sweden Yugoslavia
3. USSR Hungary
4th Germany Japan
5. South Korea England
6th France Romania
7th Denmark Indonesia
8th. Austria India
  Ladies
space Group A Group B
1. Korea China
2. Hungary Japan
3. USSR England
4th CSSR Yugoslavia
5. France Germany
6th Sweden Romania
7th Indonesia Bulgaria
8th. India Poland

Team competition men

player Balance sheet
Jochen Leiß 8: 9
Peter Engel 7: 5
Peter Stellwag 7: 7
Heiner Lammers 3: 3
Engelbert Hüging 1: 4

The German team won in Group A against South Korea, Austria and France with 5: 1 and against Denmark with 5: 0. On the other hand, there were defeats against the CSSR (0: 5), the USSR (2:59 and Sweden (3: 5). This was enough for fourth place and thus for the fight for places five to eight : 5 and the USSR with 0: 5 and came in eighth.

Team competition women

player Balance sheet
Wiebke Hendriksen 7: 5
Ursula Hirschmüller 6: 5
Monika Kneip 0: 2
Jana Eberle 0: 2

The women started in Group B with three wins in a row: England (3-2), Bulgaria (3-1) and Poland (3-2). This was followed by four defeats: Japan and China (each 0: 3), Yugoslavia and Romania (each 1: 3). This was enough for group place five. So they played for places 9 to 12. The 3-1 win over Sweden entitled to play for places 9 and 19, which was lost to Romania with 1: 3.

Men's singles

Jochen Leiß reached the round of 16 with victories over Stanislaw Fraczik (Poland), Marin Firanescu (Romania) and Miran Savnik (Yugoslavia), where he lost3-0to Sarkis Sarchajan (USSR). One lap earlier, Peter Stellwag was eliminatedby Gábor Gergely (Hungary) after knocking out Hassan Sed Mirsadeghi (Iran) and Denis Neale (England). Heiner Lammers won against Boon (Singapore) and lost to Milan Orlowski (CSSR). Peter Engel first had to defeat Kalyan Pandey (Nepal) and Kong Kang (Macau) in the qualifying round, beforefailingin the first main round to Anatoly Strokatow (USSR). Engelbert Hüging also survivedthe qualifying round against Jose Luis Huerta (Mexico) and Tan Yong Hong (Singapore), but then the Swede Kjell Johansson was too strong.

Ladies singles

No German lady survived the first round. Jana Eberle already failed in the qualifying round, where she defeated Helen Morrow (Australia) but lost to Jeanny Dom (Luxembourg). In the first round, Wiebke Hendriksen failed to Sung Nak So (South Korea), Monika Kneip to Chieko Ono (Japan) and Ursula Hirschmüller to Tomie Edano (Japan).

Men's doubles

Leiß / Stellwag survived two laps. They prevailed against Marin Firanescu / Alexandru Buzesco (Romania) and Li Chen-chih / Li Te-yang (China) before losing to Jacques Secrétin / Jean-Denis Constant (France). Hüging / Martin (France) initially had to assert themselves in the qualifying round. This was achieved through victories over Dal Joon Lee / Peter Pradit (USA) and Alex Maswili / Vipin Khanna (Kenya). In the main round they threw Serban Dobosi / Teodor Gheorghe (Romania) out of the race, but not the Japanese Shigeo Itō / Katsuyuki Abe. Engel / Heinrich Lammers were kicked out of the race by Zbigniew Fracik / Marek Skibinsky (Poland) in the first lap.

Ladies doubles

The Hendriksen / Eberle doubles reached the round of 16 after beating Le Thi Kim Tieng / Banh Ngoc Kinh (Vietnam), where they lost to the Japanese Tomie Edano / Chieko Ono. Hirschmüller / Kneip lost immediately to Hyun Sook Chung / Kyung Ok Sim (South Korea).

Mixed

Engel / Eberle won in the qualifying round against Sen Poh Lin / Peck Noi Hwoy (Singapore), in the first round against Chin / Tan Kek Hiang (Singapore) and were then defeated by the Russians Anatoli Strokatow / Asta Gedraitite. Leiß / Kneip came just as farwith a victory over Stephen Knapp / Christine Little (Australia / New Zealand) and a defeat against Lu Yuansheng / Hu Yulan (China). Hüging / Hendriksen prevailed against Yap Chin Boon / Leow Hock Mui (Singapore) and Zoran Kosanovic / Dubravka Fabri (Yugoslavia) in the qualifying round, but were eliminated from Li Pen / Ge Xinai (China) in the main round. Stellwag / Hirschmüller also failed on lap oneto Anatoli Strokatow / Asta Gedraitite (USSR).

useful information

  • Israel and South Africa were refused entry visas for political reasons.
  • The Yugoslav Dragutin Šurbek receives the Richard Bergmann Fair Play Prize from the SCI .
  • The Hungarian István Jónyer receives the Victor Barna Prize from the SCI .
  • Rain penetrated the hall roof several times and forced the game to be interrupted. The final in women's doubles was also affected.
  • The title win in the women's singles for the North Korean Pak Yung-sun did not come about in a real way. Chinese Zhang Li was ordered to purposely lose the final for political reasons.
  • At the award ceremony, the Chinese Zhang Li was wrongly presented as world champion instead of the North Korean Pak Yung-sun . It wasn't until four months later that the bug was noticed.
  • The World Cup was originally supposed to be held in New Delhi, but has been moved to Calcutta.
  • On February 6, 1975, a postage stamp was issued by India ( Michel catalog No. 619). Special stamps were used in various Indian cities. Two postage stamps (Michel catalog no. 1342 and 1343) were issued from North Korea on February 16, 1975.

Results

competition rank winner
Team men 1. China ( Lu Yuansheng , Li Peng, Hsu Shao-Fa, Liang Geliang , Li Zhenshi )
2. Yugoslavia ( Zoran Kosanović , Dragutin Šurbek , Miran Savnik, Antun Stipančić , Milivoj Karakašević )
3. Sweden ( Kjell Johansson , Stellan Bengtsson 2 , Bo Persson , Ingemar Wikström, Ulf Thorsell )
8th. Germany ( Peter Engel , Engelbert Hüging , Heiner Lammers , Jochen Leiß , Peter Stellwag )
16. Austria (Günter Müller, Heinz Schlueter , Franz Thallinger , Rudolf Weinmann )
29 Switzerland ( Laszlo Földy , Erwin Heri , Thomas Sadecky )
Team women 1. China ( Zhang Li , Ge Xinai , Cheng Huai-Ying, Hu Yulan )
2. South Korea (Nak So Sung, Hyun Sook Chung, Lee Ailesa , Soon Ok Kim)
3. Japan ( Yukie Ōzeki , Sachiko Yokota, Tomie Edano, Shoko Takahashi)
10. Germany ( Jana Eberle , Wiebke Hendriksen , Ursula Hirschmüller , Monika Kneip )
23. Switzerland ( Theresia Földy , Vreni Lehmann , Beatrice Luterbacher)
Men's singles 1. István Jónyer - HUN
2. Antun Stipančić - YUG
3. Mitsuru Kohno - JPN
3. Norio Takashima - JPN
Ladies singles 1. Pak Yung-sun - PRK
2. Zhang Li - CHN
3. Ge Xinai - CHN
3. Tatjana Ferdman - URS
Men's doubles 1. Gábor Gergely / István Jónyer - HUN
2. Antun Stipančić / Dragutin Šurbek - YUG
3. Katsuyuki Abe / Shigeo Itoh - JPN
3. Jean-Denis Constant / Jacques Secretin - FRA
Ladies doubles 1. Maria Alexandru - ROM / Shoko Takahashi - JPN
2. Chu Hsiang-Yun / Mei Lin - CHN
3. Elmira Antonyan / Tatjana Ferdman - URS
3. Yukie Ōzeki / Sachiko Yokota - JPN
Mixed 1. Stanislaw Gomoskow / Tatjana Ferdman - URS
2. Sarkis Sarchajan / Elmira Antonyan - URS
3. Shigeo Itoh / Yukie Ōzeki - JPN
3. Liang Geliang / Zhang Li - CHN

Medal table

 rank  country gold silver bronze total
1 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 2 2 2 6th
2 Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary 2 0 0 2
3 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 1 1 2 4th
4th JapanJapan Japan 1 0 6th 7th
5 Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea 1 0 0 1
6th Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 0 3 0 3
7th Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 0 1 0 1
8th FranceFrance France 0 0 1 1
8th SwedenSweden Sweden 0 0 1 1
Total 7th 7th 12 26th

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1975/13 p.12 + 1987/2 p.3
  2. ↑ a b DTS magazine , 1977/7 issue Süd-West p.16
  3. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2013/6 page 22
  4. ↑ Magazine DTS , 1974/9 edition South West p.5

Web links

literature

  • Detailed report: DTS magazine , 1975, issue 4 and 5