The 1938 World Table Tennis Championships – Swaythling Cup (men's team) was the 12th edition of the men's team championship.^{[1] [2]}

Hungary won the gold medal defeating Austria 5–3 in the final. Czechoslovakia and the United States claimed bronze medals.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Squad
1	Austria	7	6	1	Richard Bergmann, Helmut Goebel, Erich Kaspar, Alfred Liebster, Karl Schediwy
1	United States	7	6	1	Bernard Grimes, George Hendry, James McClure, Lou Pagliaro, Sol Schiff
1	England	7	6	1	Ernest Bubley, Eric Filby, Hyman Lurie, Maurice Bergl, Ken Hyde
4	Latvia	7	4	3	Arnold Oschins, Isays Joffe, Doerin Stamms
5	Poland	7	3	4	Samuel Schieff, Izio Rojzen, Alojzy Ehrlich, K Osmanski
6	Germany	7	2	5	Dieter Mauritz, Helmuth Hoffmann, Erwin Munchow
7	Ireland	7	1	6	Cyril Kemp, C.J. Hussey, J.Goldstone, H.S. Carlile
8	Wales	7	0	7	Roy Evans, Ken Milsom, Arthur Sadler, J Meredith, F Curtin

Pos	Team	P	W	L
1	Austria	2	2	0
2	United States	2	1	1
3	England	2	0	2

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Squad
1	Hungary	7	7	0	Viktor Barna, Laszlo Bellak, Ernő Földi, Tibor Házi, Ferenc Soos
2	Czechoslovakia	7	6	1	Miloslav Hamr, Stanislav Kolář, Adolf Šlár, Václav Tereba, Bohumil Váňa
3	France	7	4	3	Alexandre Agopoff, François Aguilar, Michel Haguenauer, Raoul Bedoc
3	Lithuania	7	4	3	Eugenijus Nikolskis, Vilius Variakojis, Vladas Dzindziliauskas
3	Yugoslavia	7	4	3	Max Marinko, Ladislav Hexner, Adolf Herskovic, Lovro Ratkovic, Karlo Stein
6	Belgium	7	2	5	André Staff, Raymond Evalenko, Roger Lejeune, Georges Rafin
6	Netherlands	7	1	6	Cor Du Buy, Lex Admiraal, Arie Koster
6	Egypt	7	0	7	Simon Bercovitz, Tawhid Helal, Hassan Abou Heif

Hungary 5	Austria 3	Scores
Házi	Bergmann	14-21 17-21
Bellak	Bergmann	21-18 21-17
Barna	Bergmann	14-21 20-22
Barna	Schediwy	21-16 21-16
Házi	Schediwy	21-18 21-18
Bellak	Liebster	22-20 17-21 14-21
Barna	Liebster	21-10 21-18
Házi	Liebster	21-9 13-21 21-15

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists