1985 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team
# 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 |
