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 Dragutin Šurbek Kjell Johansson Stellan Bengtsson 
Milan Orlowski
Sarkis Sarhayan Anatoly Strokatov Antun Stipančic Jochen Leiß
Jacques Secretin Jaroslav Kunz
Dennis Neale
Janos Börzsei
Age
29
30
25
24
29
21
27
26
27
30
32
33
W
9
9
8
8
7
6
6
4
4
3
1
1
L
2
2
3
3
4
5
5
7
7
8
10
10
SW
28
28
26
28
27
24
22
16
17
16
10
10
SL
10
16
14
18
15
22
21
28
23
25
32
31
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
W – Won L – Lost SW – Sets Won SL – Sets Lost # – Place