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1961 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's team

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

Japan won the gold medal, China won the silver medal and Romania won the bronze medal.[3] [4] [5]

Medalists

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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

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Group 1

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

Group 2

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

Group 3

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

Final group

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

Final group matches

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Japan Japan 5 Romania 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 China 3 Romania 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 Japan 3 China 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

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