1979 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Team

The 1979 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (Women's Team) was the 28th edition of the women's team championship.[1][2]

1979 Corbillon Cup (Women's Team)

China won the gold medal defeating North Korea 3-0 in the final, Japan won the bronze medal.[3][4][5]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 China
Cao Yanhua
Ge Xin'ai
Zhang Deying
Zhang Li
 North Korea
Hong Gil-Soon
Li Song Suk
Pak Yong-Ok
Pak Yung-Sun
 Japan
Kayoko Kawahigashi
Yoshiko Shimauchi
Kayo Sugaya
Shoko Takahashi

Final Tables

Group A

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 China8808
2 Japan8717
3 Hungary8626
4 Sweden8535
5 Hong Kong8443
6 Romania8353
7 France8263
8 Netherlands8171
9 Poland8080

Group B

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 North Korea7616
2 Soviet Union7616
3 Czechoslovakia7525
4 Yugoslavia7434
5 England7343
6 West Germany7343
7 United States7252
8 Bulgaria7161

Third Place Play Off

Team One Team Two Score
JapanSoviet Union3-1

Final

China 3 North Korea 0 Score
Zhang DeyingbtPak Yong-Ok21-13 21-19
Zhang Deying & Zhang LibtHong Gil-Soon & Pak Yung-Sun21-17 21-17
Zhang DeyingbtPak Yung-Sun21-10 16-21 21-18
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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. "1979 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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