1959 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's team

The 1959 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (women's team) was the 18th edition of the women's team championship.[1] [2]

1959 Corbillon Cup (women's team)
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Japan won the gold medal, South Korea won the silver medal and China won the bronze medal.[3] [4] [5]

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
  Japan
Fujie Eguchi
Kimiyo Matsuzaki
Taeko Namba
Kazuko Yamaizumi
  South Korea
Cho Kyung-Cha
Choi Kyung-ja
Hwang Yool-ja
Lee Chong-Hi
  China
Chiu Chung-Hui
Sun Mei-ying
Yei Pei-chun

Final tables

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Group 1

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   China 8 8 0 8
2   England 8 7 1 7
3   Sweden 8 5 3 5
4   East Germany 8 4 4 4
4   Netherlands 8 4 4 4
6   Denmark 8 2 6 2
6   Switzerland 8 2 6 2
6   Spain 8 2 6 2
8   United States 8 1 7 1

Group 2

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   South Korea 7 7 0 7
2   Czechoslovakia 7 6 1 6
3   Romania 7 5 2 5
4   Poland 7 4 3 4
5   Ireland 7 3 4 3
6   Wales 7 2 5 2
7   Greece 7 1 6 1
8   Norway 7 0 7 0

Group 3

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   Japan 8 8 0 8
2   Hungary 8 7 1 7
3   France 8 6 2 6
4   West Germany 8 5 3 5
5   Belgium 8 4 4 4
6   New Zealand 8 3 5 3
7   Austria 8 2 6 2
8   Italy 8 1 7 1
8   Canada 8 0 8 0

Final group

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Pos Team P W L Pts
1   Japan 2 2 0 2
2   South Korea 2 1 1 1
3   China 2 0 2 0

Final Group Matches

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  Japan 3   China 0 Score
Namba bt Yei Pei-chun 21–9 21–18
Matsuzaki bt Sun Mei-ying 21–13 21–13
Matsuzaki & Eguchi bt Sun Mei-ying & Chiu Chung-Hui 21–11 21–8
  South Korea 3   China 0 Score
Choe Kyong Ja bt Yei Pei Chun 13–21 21–18 22–20
Cho Kyung-Cha bt Chiu Chung-Hui 21–13 21–14
Cho Kyung-Cha & Choe Kyong Ja bt Sun Mei-ying & Chiu Chung-Hui 21–23 21–10 21–16
  Japan 3   South Korea 2 Score
Namba lost to Cho Kyung-Cha 18–21 16–21
Namba bt Choe Kyong Ja 19–21 21–16 21–15
Matsuzaki bt Choe Kyong Ja 21–9 21–11
Matsuzaki lost to Cho Kyung-Cha 21–18 19–21 16–21
Matsuzaki & Eguchi bt Cho Kyung-Cha & Choe Kyong Ja 21–10 21–17

See also

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List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

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  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 2018-05-10.
  4. ^ "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  5. ^ "1959 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2018-05-10.