1956 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's team
| 1956 Corbillon Cup (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]
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 RomaniaAngelica Rozeanu Ella Zeller |
 EnglandAnn Haydon Diane Rowe Jill Rook |
 JapanFujie Eguchi Tomi Okawa Yoshiko Tanaka Kiiko Watanabe |
Final Table
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romania |
7 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | England |
7 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Japan |
7 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  United States |
7 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  South Korea |
7 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 |  China |
7 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 7 |  Hong Kong |
7 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 |  India |
7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Decisive Group Match
| Romania 3
|
England 1
|
Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zeller | lost to | Haydon | 9-21 21-23 |
| Rozeanu | bt | Haydon | 19-21 21-18 21-18 |
| Rozeanu | bt | Rowe D | 21-11 21-18 |
| Rozeanu & Zeller | bt | Haydon & Rowe D | 21-19 21-14 |
See also
List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References
- ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
- ^ "1956 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.