1956 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Team

The 1956 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (Women's Team) was the 16th edition of the women's team championship.[1] [2]

1956 Corbillon Cup (Women's Team)

Romania won the gold medal with a perfect 7-0 match record, England won the silver medal and Japan won the bronze medal.[3] [4] [5]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 Romania
Angelica Rozeanu
Ella Zeller
 England
Ann Haydon
Diane Rowe
Jill Rook
 Japan
Fujie Eguchi
Tomi Okawa
Yoshiko Tanaka
Kiiko Watanabe

Final Table

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Romania7707
2 England7616
3 Japan7525
4 United States7434
5 South Korea7343
6 China7252
7 Hong Kong7161
8 India7070

Decisive Group Match

Romania 3 England 1 Score
Zellerlost toHaydon9-21 21-23
RozeanubtHaydon19-21 21-18 21-18
RozeanubtRowe D21-11 21-18
Rozeanu & ZellerbtHaydon & Rowe D21-19 21-14

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

  1. "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  4. "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
  5. "1956 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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