title: 1985 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team
text: # 1985 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team
  
  The 1985 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 38th edition of the men's team championship.
  
  China won the gold medal defeating Sweden 5–0 in the final. Poland won the bronze medal.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | China Chen Longcan Chen Xinhua Jiang Jialiang Wang Huiyuan Xie Saike | Sweden Mikael Appelgren Ulf Bengtsson Ulf Carlsson Erik Lindh Jan-Ove Waldner | Poland Stefan Dryszel Andrzej Grubba Andrzej Jakubowicz Leszek Kucharski Norbert Mnich |
  
  ## Swaythling Cup tables
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | China | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
  | 2 | Poland | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
  | 3 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
  | 4 | North Korea | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
  | 5 | South Korea | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
  | 6 | Hong Kong | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
  | 7 | Hungary | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
  | 8 | United States | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sweden | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
  | 2 | Japan | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
  | 3 | France | 7 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
  | 4 | Yugoslavia | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
  | 5 | England | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
  | 6 | India | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
  | 7 | Italy | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
  | 8 | Denmark | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
  
  ## Semifinals
  
  | Team One | Team Two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Sweden | Poland | 5–3 |
  | China | Japan | 5–0 |
  
  ## Third-place playoff
  
  | Team One | Team Two | Score |
  | - | - | - |
  | Poland | Japan | 5–3 |
  
  ## Final
  
  | China 5 | | Sweden 0 | Score |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Chen Xinhua | bt | Lindh | 21–16 21–16 |
  | Jiang Jialiang | bt | Appelgren | 21–18 20–22 21–15 |
  | Chen Longcan | bt | Waldner | 21–11 11–21 21–19 |
  | Jiang Jialiang | bt | Lindh | 21–18 21–19 |
  | Chen Xinhua | bt | Waldner | 21–17 14–21 21–14 |
  