# 1979 WBF World Championships – Men's team

The men's team tournament at the 1979 WBF World Championships was held from 10 to 15 June 1979 at the Hangzhou Gymnasium in Hangzhou, China. Originally, 16 teams from Asia and Africa competed in the championships.
Zambia withdrew from the tournament, leaving only 15 countries in the men's team tournament.

## Draw

The group stage consists of 4 groups, Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 and Group 4. The first-placed teams in each group will advance to the semi-finals while the rest will compete in the classification rounds.
| Group 1 | Group 2 | Group 3 | Group 4 |
| China Philippines Sri Lanka Zambia | Ghana Nigeria Nepal Pakistan | Bangladesh Hong Kong Kenya Singapore | Burma Mauritius Tanzania Thailand |

## Group stage

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 2 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | Classification round |
| 3 | Philippines | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | Classification round |
| 4 | Zambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
Source: NewspaperSG

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Nepal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 2 | Classification round |
| 3 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 1 | Classification round |
| 4 | Ghana | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | Classification round |
Source: NewspaperSG

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hong Kong | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Singapore | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 2 | Classification round |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 | Classification round |
| 4 | Kenya | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | Classification round |
Source: NewspaperSG

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Thailand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Burma | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 2 | Classification round |
| 3 | Mauritius | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 | Classification round |
| 4 | Tanzania | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | Classification round |
Source: NewspaperSG

## Classification round
### Second-placed teams

| 5th–8th place | 5th–8th place | 5th place | 5th place |
| 14 June | 14 June |
| Singapore | 3 |
| Singapore | 3 | 15 June | 15 June |
| Burma | 2 | 15 June | 15 June |
| Burma | 2 | Singapore | 5 |
| 14 June | 14 June | | Singapore | 5 |
| 14 June | 14 June | Nepal | 0 |
| Nepal | 3 | Nepal | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | | |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | 15 June | 15 June |
| | | Burma | 5 |
| | | Sri Lanka | 0 |

### Third-placed teams

| 9th–12th place | 9th–12th place | 9th place | 9th place |
| 14 June | 14 June |
| Philippines | 2 |
| Philippines | 2 | 15 June | 15 June |
| Nigeria | 3 | 15 June | 15 June |
| Nigeria | 3 | Nigeria | 2 |
| 14 June | 14 June | | Nigeria | 2 |
| 14 June | 14 June | Bangladesh | 3 |
| Mauritius | 1 | Bangladesh | 3 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | | |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 11th place | 11th place |
| | | 15 June | 15 June |
| | | Philippines | 4 |
| | | Mauritius | 1 |

### Fourth-placed teams

| 13th–16th place | 13th–16th place | 13th place | 13th place |
| 14 June | 14 June |
| Kenya | 4 |
| Kenya | 4 | 15 June | 15 June |
| Tanzania | 1 | 15 June | 15 June |
| Tanzania | 1 | Kenya | 5 |
| 14 June | 14 June | | Kenya | 5 |
| 14 June | 14 June | Ghana | 0 |
| Zambia | | Ghana | 0 |
| Ghana | w/o | | |
| Ghana | w/o | 15th place | 15th place |
| | | 15 June | 15 June |
| | | Tanzania | w/o |
| | | Zambia | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 14 June | 14 June |
| China | 5 |
| China | 5 | 15 June | 15 June |
| Pakistan | 0 | 15 June | 15 June |
| Pakistan | 0 | China | 4 |
| 14 June | 14 June | | China | 4 |
| 14 June | 14 June | Thailand | 1 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | Thailand | 1 |
| Thailand | 4 | | |
| Thailand | 4 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 15 June | 15 June |
| | | Pakistan | 4 |
| | | Hong Kong | 1 |

### Final
## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | MD | Final result |
| | China (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | +18 | Champions |
| | Thailand | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | +15 | Runners-up |
| | Pakistan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | +13 | Third place |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | +5 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Singapore | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | +15 | Fifth place |
| 6 | Nepal | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | −3 | Sixth place |
| 7 | Burma | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | +9 | Seventh place |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | −6 | Eighth place |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | −5 | Ninth place |
| 10 | Nigeria | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | −1 | Tenth place |
| 11 | Philippines | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | −8 | Eleventh place |
| 12 | Mauritius | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | −15 | Twelfth place |
| 13 | Kenya | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | −3 | Thirteenth place |
| 14 | Ghana | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | −20 | Fourteenth place |
| 15 | Tanzania | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | −14 | Fifteenth place |
| – | Zambia | – | – | – | – | – | Withdrew |