1926 World Table Tennis Championships
The first table tennis world championship was held to 12 December 1926 in London (United Kingdom ) on 6. Venues were mainly the Memorial Hall ( Farringdon Street ), but also an Indian student residence ( Gower Street), the Unity House ( Euston Road) and Herga LTC ( Harrow).
- 3.1 Men
- 3.2 Women
- 4.1 men's team
General
This tournament was originally planned as a European Championship. However, the ITTF on December 7, 1926 allowed eight players from India to participate. This causes the event to the World Cup has been upgraded.
The games were played at six tables. These tables were somewhat higher than the current, as the power of 17 cm. For viewers, the admission was free.
In the women were dispensed to the team and championship double, because the organizers thought it would not report enough participants. The ladies only played for the championship in singles and mixed doubles. From Germany participated no lady.
Team competitions
Gentlemen
In the men took part in seven nations, namely England, India, Germany, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Wales and Austria. Favorited were the Indians, though their best player Prashant N. Nanda was missing. Each nation could nominate for the team competition up to five players. In each team match, three players came of it for use; all nine singles were played. The teams played FFA.
Because of their role as favorites the Indians denied on December 6, the opening match against the hosts England. India won 5-4. With five victories in Austria and Hungary were together first in the group. In the playoff Hungary won 5-4 and became the world champion team.
The cup worth 300 pounds donated Lady Swaythling (Lady Gladys Goldsmid Montagu Swaythling ) ( 1879-1965 ), the mother of the tournament organizer Ivor Montagu, and handed it personally to the victorious Hungarian team. According to her is called the TT- team World Cup also Swaythling Cup.
Individual competitions
Gentlemen
There were 64 men on the individual. For the final, the two Hungarians Roland Jacobi and Zoltán Mechlovits qualified. Jacobi played in long trousers with creases and white shirt - you persuaded him to at least take the fly - and was after the 3-0 win the first World Table Tennis Champion.
In doubles, the field consisted of 27 pairings in mixed from 14 pairs.
Ladies
There were 16 ladies of which 12 are from England, and Anastasia Flußmann and Gertrude Wildam from Austria, Doris Evans Gubbins from Wales and Mary Mednyanszky from Hungary.
For Maria Mednyanszky began a major winning streak. You should win the world championship seven times, including five times in a row. Counter Doris Evans Gubbins she won the final in straight sets, the second set was decided at the registry of 20:19 by a false charge of Evans Gubbins.
Cutting off the Germans
Men's team
The German team did not win the team competition, finishing in last place. Noteworthy was the high 9-0 defeats against Austria and Hungary. Against Czechoslovakia and against India, they lost narrowly 4:5, clearly the results against Wales ( 2:7 ) and England were ( 1:8 ).
Men's Singles
Hans -Georg Lindenstaedt defeated Percival Bromfield. After that, he came without a fight to the knockout stages, where he lost to Muonio Pillinger.
Daniel Prenn won against C. J. Axe (England) and subsequently lost to W. Ernest (India).
Eliminated in round 1 were Curt Gerstmann ( against AE Stillwell, England) and FL Hoppe ( against William Hewitt, England).
Men's doubles
Prenn / Lindenstaedt came twice without a fight and then further subject Cyril Moss Ford / Hedley Penny (Wales).
Gerstmann / tin had 1 bye in round. Then they failed at the English HA Benett / George J. Ross.
Find out more
- The Englishman Charles Allwright was also a renowned cricketer.
- Oldest participant: Percival Bromfield (1886-1947) from Beckenham (England) impressed with topspin.
- The ITTF Congress introduced two potential scoring systems: Once the mandatory since 1928 with 21 points per set, secondly, a tennis -like, with one set of six games there. Each national association could decide scheme according to which he wanted to include.
- Maria Mednyanszky came too late for her first single because she was misinformed about the date of commencement and instead watched a football game. But you could make up for this.