6th edition
Lübeck, West Germany
Dragutin Šurbek 
Kjell Johansson 
Stellan Bengtsson 
TOURNAMENT 
The sixth edition of Europe Top 12 took place in Lübeck and local table tennis fans saw an exciting title race between Swedish international Kjell Johansson and the eventual winner of this tournament – the 30-year old Yugoslav star Dragutin Šurbek, who won 9 out of 11 games, losing only to Bengtsson (1-3) and Orlowski (0-3).
TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
| Player | Wins | Losses | Sets W | Sets L | Place |
| Dragutin Šurbek | 9 | 2 | 28 | 10 | 1 |
| Kjell Johansson | 9 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 2 |
| Stellan Bengtsson | 8 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 3 |
 Milan Orlowski | 8 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 4 |
 Sarkis Sarhayan | 7 | 4 | 27 | 15 | 5 |
| Anatoly Strokatov | 6 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 6 |
| Antun Stipančic | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 7 |
| Jochen Leiß | 4 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 8 |
 Jacques Secretin | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 9 |
| Jaroslav Kunz | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 10 |
 Dennis Neale | 1 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 11 |
 Janos Borszei | 1 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 12 |
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