1952 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's team

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1952 Corbillon Cup (women's team)
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The 1952 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (women's team) was the 12th edition of the women's team championship.[1] [2]

Japan won their first ever gold medal in the competition after finishing with a 6–0 match record. Romania claimed the silver medal and England won the bronze medal.[3] [4] [5]

Medalists[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 Japan
Shizuki Narahara
Tomie Nishimura
 Romania
Angelica Rozeanu
Sári Szász
Ella Zeller
 England
Kathleen Best
Peggy Franks
Diane Rowe
Rosalind Rowe

Final table[edit]

Pos Team P W L F A
1 Japan Japan 6 6 0 18 5
2 Romania Romania 6 4 2 16 9
3 England England 6 4 2 13 9
4 Austria Austria 6 3 3 12 10
4 Hungary Hungary 6 3 3 12 10
6 Hong Kong Hong Kong 6 1 5 5 17
7 India India 6 0 6 2 18

Chile withdrew from the tournament

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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 2018-05-08.
  4. ^ "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
  5. ^ "1952 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-27. Retrieved 2018-05-08.