1961 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's team
| 1961 Corbillon Cup (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]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 JapanKazuko Ito Kimiyo Matsuzaki Tomi Okawa Masako Seki |
 ChinaHan Yuzhen Hu Ke-ming Sun Mei-ying Chui Chung-hui |
 RomaniaMaria 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]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "1961 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2018-05-10.