1961 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's team

The 1961 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (women's team) was the 19th edition of the women's team championship.[1] [2]

1961 Corbillon Cup (women's team)
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Japan won the gold medal, China won the silver medal and Romania won the bronze medal.[3] [4] [5]

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
  Japan
Kazuko Ito
Kimiyo Matsuzaki
Tomi Okawa
Masako Seki
  China
Han Yuzhen
Hu Ke-ming
Sun Mei-ying
Chui Chung-hui
  Romania
Maria Alexandru
Maria Catrinel Folea
Georgita Pitica

Final tables edit

Group 1 edit

Pos Team P W L Pts
1   Romania 5 5 0 5
2   Hungary 5 4 1 4
3   East Germany 5 3 2 3
4   West Germany 5 2 3 2
5   Poland 5 1 4 1
6   Mongolia 5 0 5 0

Group 2 edit

Pos Team P W L Pts
1   China 5 5 0 5
2   Czechoslovakia 5 4 1 4
3   Australia 5 2 3 2
3   France 5 2 3 2
3   Bulgaria 5 2 3 2
6   Nepal 5 0 5 0

Group 3 edit

Pos Team P W L Pts
1   Japan 6 6 0 6
2   Soviet Union 6 5 1 5
3   England 6 4 2 4
4   Sweden 6 3 3 3
5   New Zealand 6 2 4 2
6   North Vietnam 6 1 5 1
7   Ghana 6 0 6 0

Final group edit

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

Final group matches edit

  Japan 5   Romania 0 Score
Itoh bt Alexandru 17–21 21–15 21–13
Matsuzaki bt Pitica 21–13 21–9
Matsuzaki bt Alexandru 21–12 21–10
Itoh bt Pitica 21–13 21–13
Matsuzaki & Itoh bt Pitica & Alexandru 19–21 23–21 21–10
  China 3   Romania 2 Score
Sun Mei-ying lost to Alexandru 14–21 17–21
Sun Mei-ying bt Pitica 21–17 21–12
Chiu Chung-Hui bt Pitica 21–16 18–21 21–18
Chiu Chung-Hui bt Alexandru 21–23 21–14 21–16
Hu Ke-ming & Chiu Chung-Hui lost to Alexandru & Pitica 13–21 14–21
  Japan 3   China 2 Score
Matsuzaki bt Sun Mei-ying 20–22 21–12 21–12
Matsuzaki bt Chui Chung-hui 21–18 21–8
Itoh lost to Chui Chung-hui 16–21 21–17 19–21
Itoh bt Sun Mei-ying 21–9 21–18
Matsuzaki & Itoh lost to Sun Mei-ying & Chui Chung-hui 21–12 14–21 17–21

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 2018-05-10.
  4. ^ "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  5. ^ "1961 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2018-05-10.