1947 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's team

The 1947 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (women's team) was the seventh edition of the women's team championship.[1] [2]

1947 Corbillon Cup (women's team)
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England won the gold medal defeating Hungary 3–0 in the final. Czechoslovakia and the United States won bronze medals after finishing second in their respective groups.[3] The actual trophy had been lost during the war so a replica trophy was awarded.[4] [5]

Medalists edit

Team edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
  England
Elizabeth Blackbourn
Vera Dace
Peggy Franks
Margaret Osborne-Knott
  Hungary
Éva Anderlik
Gizi Farkas
Rozsi Karpati
Béla Vermes
  Czechoslovakia
Vlasta Depetrisová
Eliška Fürstová
Marie Kettnerová
Věra Votrubcová
  United States
Mae Clouther
Davida Hawthorn
Reba Monness
Leah Thall

Final tables edit

Group A edit

Pos Team P W L
1   Hungary 3 3 0
2   Czechoslovakia 3 2 1
3   Wales 4 2 2
4   Netherlands 4 1 3
5   Austria * 2 0 2
6   Romania + 0 0 0
6   Egypt + 0 0 0
6   Luxembourg + 0 0 0

+ withdrew / * withdrew after 2 games

Group B edit

Pos Team P W L
1   England 6 6 0
2   United States 6 5 1
3   Belgium 6 3 3
3   Switzerland 6 3 3
5   Scotland 6 2 4
5   France 6 2 4
7   Sweden 6 0 6

Final edit

Team One Team Two Score
  England   Hungary 3-0

See also edit

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References edit

  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. ^ "1947 Corbillon Cup" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  5. ^ "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-05-06.