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Swedish National Table Tennis Championships (Svenska mästerskapen i bordtennis) - is a competition organized by
Swedish Table Tennis Association. Competitions have been held annually since 1925, with the exception of 1926, although the first tournament in 1925 is considered an unofficial championship. Medals are played in singles and doubles for men and women, as well as in mixed doubles .. Team competitions are not assigned individually for one week or a weekend, but are associated with the games of the Swedish National League, which are held in autumn-winter-spring and are accompanied by the final game with meetings at home and away.
The women's singles appeared at the Swedish Championships in 1946, the men's doubles in 1931, the women's doubles in 1949, and the mixed doubles in 1947.
The record for the most titles in men's singles belongs to Tage Flisberg with 13 titles of the champion of Sweden (played in the 40-50s), followed by Jan-Ove Waldner with 9 titles, while the best among women are two - Ann-Christin Hellman (70s-80s) and Marie Svensson (90s) with eight singles titles.
History
Idrottsbladet (Sweden's largest sports magazine at the time) and its owners Topsy Lindblom and Torsten Tegnér organized a table tennis competition in Stockholm on January 7, 1925 (won by Samuel Wennerström).
After this competition, a discussion broke out about which city in Sweden the best player lives in. IB organized the Swedish Invited Championship (unofficial), which was attended by eight of the strongest players at the time (from Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö, Uppsala and Norrköping). The competition took place on March 27, 1925 at the New Tennis Pavilion at Östermalms Idrottsplats. 700 spectators were in the hall, including the King of Sweden Gustav V. The winner was Sven Åhman from Göteborg.
The first official championship was held on April 17-18, 1927 in Stockholm (after the formation of the Swedish Table Tennis Association on October 25, 1926). And this time the winner of the Goteborg - Carl-Erik Bülow.
Playing system
All main rounds were played in a knockout system, in singles according to the best-of-seven mode (four winning sets are required).
All doubles played best-of-five (three winning sets required) and all rounds were played in a knockout system.
