The 1956 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (women's team) was the 16th edition of the women's team championship.[1] [2]
| 1956 Corbillon Cup (women's team) | |
|---|---|
Romania won the gold medal with a perfect 7–0 match record, England won the silver medal and Japan won the bronze medal.[3] [4] [5]
Medalists edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
 RomaniaAngelica Rozeanu Ella Zeller |
 EnglandAnn Haydon Diane Rowe Jill Rook |
 JapanFujie Eguchi Tomi Okawa Yoshiko Tanaka Kiiko Watanabe |
Final table edit
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania |
7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | England |
7 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Japan |
7 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  United States |
7 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  South Korea |
7 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 |  China |
7 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 7 |  Hong Kong |
7 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 |  India |
7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Decisive Group Match edit
| Romania 3
|
England 1
|
Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zeller | lost to | Haydon | 9–21 21–23 |
| Rozeanu | bt | Haydon | 19–21 21–18 21–18 |
| Rozeanu | bt | Rowe D | 21–11 21–18 |
| Rozeanu & Zeller | bt | Haydon & Rowe D | 21–19 21–14 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
- ^ "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
- ^ "1956 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.