The 1955 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (women's team) was the 15th edition of the women's team championship.[1] [2]
| 1955 Corbillon Cup (women's team) | |
|---|---|
Romania won the gold medal after finishing top of the final group. Japan won the silver medal and England won the bronze medal.[3] [4] [5]
Medalists
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
 RomaniaAngelica Rozeanu Sari Szasz Ella Zeller |
 JapanFujie Eguchi Shizuki Narahara Yoshiko Tanaka Kiiko Watanabe |
 EnglandAnn Haydon Diane Rowe Rosalind Rowe Jean Winn |
Final tables
editGroup 1
edit| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania |
6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 |  Hungary |
6 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  Scotland |
6 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |  Yugoslavia |
6 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 |  Bulgaria |
6 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 |  Denmark |
6 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 |  Belgium |
6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Group 2
edit| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan |
6 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 |  France |
6 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 |  Czechoslovakia |
6 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |  Netherlands |
6 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 |  Egypt |
6 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 |  Saarland |
6 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 |  Ireland |
6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Group 3
edit| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England |
7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 |  Austria |
7 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Wales |
7 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  United States |
7 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  Sweden |
7 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 |  Germany |
7 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 7 |  Italy |
7 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 |  Switzerland |
7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Final group
edit| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania |
2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Japan |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | England |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Decisive final group match
edit| Romania 3
|
Japan 2
|
Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rozeanu | bt | Eguchi | 21–13 21–16 |
| Rozeanu | bt | Tanaka | 21–16 19–21 21–9 |
| Zeller | lost to | Eguchi | 19–21 7–21 |
| Zeller | bt | Tanaka | 14–21 21–16 22–20 |
| Rozeanu & Zeller | lost to | Eguchi & Watanabe | 19–21 13–21 |
See also
editReferences
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.
- ^ "1955 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.