1997 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team
# 1997 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

The 1997 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 44th edition of the men's team championship.

China won the gold medal defeating France 3–1 in the final. South Korea won the bronze medal defeating Germany in the bronze medal play off.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| | China Ding Song Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang Ma Wenge Wang Tao | France Nicolas Chatelain Patrick Chila Damien Eloi Jean-Philippe Gatien Christophe Legout | South Korea Chu Kyo-sung Kim Taek-soo Lee Chul-seung Oh Sang-eun Yoo Nam-kyu |

## Final stage knockout phase

### Quarter finals

| Team One | Team Two | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Germany | Greece | 3–1 |
| China | Sweden | 3–1 |
| France | Belgium | 3–2 |
| South Korea | Japan | 3–2 |

### Semifinals

| Team One | Team Two | Score |
| - | - | - |
| France | Germany | 3-? |
| China | South Korea | 3–1 |

### Third-place playoff

| Team One | Team Two | Score |
| - | - | - |
| South Korea | Germany | 3–0 |

### Final

| China 3 | | France 1 | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| Kong Linghui | bt | Gatien | 18–21 21–16 21–17 |
| Liu Guoliang | lost to | Chila | 17–21 21–15 10–21 |
| Wang Tao | bt | Eloi | 21–10 31–29 |
| Liu Guoliang | bt | Gatien | 21–19 21–14 |
