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) | |
|---|---|
Japan won the gold medal, South Korea won the silver medal and China won the bronze medal.[3] [4] [5]
Medalists
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
 JapanFujie Eguchi Kimiyo Matsuzaki Taeko Namba Kazuko Yamaizumi |
 South KoreaCho Kyung-Cha Choi Kyung-ja Hwang Yool-ja Lee Chong-Hi |
 ChinaChiu Chung-Hui Sun Mei-ying Yei Pei-chun |
Final tables
editGroup 1
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit| 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
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 2018-05-10.
- ^ "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
- ^ "1959 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2018-05-10.