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1954 Corbillon Cup (women's team)
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Main article: 1954 World Table Tennis Championships

The 1954 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (women's team) was the 14th edition of the women's team championship.

Japan won the gold medal, Hungary won the silver medal and England won the bronze medal following a three way tie in the final group play off, positions of which were eventually decided by matches won.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 Japan
Fujie Eguchi
Hideko Goto
Yoshiko Tanaka
Kiiko Watanabe
 Hungary
Gizi Gervai-Farkas
Ilona Kerekes
Éva Kóczián
Agnes Simon
 England
Kathleen Best
Ann Haydon
Diane Rowe
Rosalind Rowe

Final tables

Group A

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Japan Japan 8 8 0 16
2 Austria Austria 8 6 2 12
3 Belgium Belgium 8 5 3 10
3 Egypt Egypt 8 5 3 10
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 8 4 4 8
5 United States United States 8 4 4 8
7 Saar Protectorate Saarland 8 2 6 4
8 Denmark Denmark 8 1 7 2
9 Switzerland Switzerland 8 0 8 0

Group B

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 England England 6 6 0 12
2 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 6 4 2 8
2 Wales Wales 6 4 2 8
2 France France 6 4 2 8
5 Netherlands Netherlands 6 2 4 4
6 Sweden Sweden 6 1 5 2
7 Portugal Portugal 6 0 6 0
8 Italy Italy+ 0 0 0 0

+withdrew

Group C

Pos Team P W L Pts
1 Hungary Hungary 6 6 0 12
2 Romania Romania 6 5 1 10
3 India India 6 3 3 6
3 Scotland Scotland 6 3 3 6
3 Germany Germany 6 3 3 6
6 Republic of Ireland Ireland 6 1 5 2
7 Finland Finland 6 0 6 0
8 Brazil Brazil+ 0 0 0 0

+ withdrew

Final group

Pos Team P W L MW ML Pts
1 Japan Japan 2 1 1 5 4 2
2 Hungary Hungary 2 1 1 4 4 2
3 England England 2 1 1 4 5 2

Final group matches

Hungary Hungary 3 England England 1 Score
Farkas-Gervai bt Haydon 21-18 21-12
Farkas-Gervai bt Rowe R 21-198 15-21 21-18
Kóczián lost to Rowe R 14-21 19-21
Kóczián & Simon bt Rowe R & Rowe D 21-18 23-21
England England 3 Japan Japan 2 Score
Rowe D bt Tanaka 20-22 21-17 22-20
Rowe D lost to Watanabe 13-21 13-21
Rowe R lost to Tanaka 17-21 20-22
Rowe R bt Watanabe 24-22 18-21 21-16
Rowe R & Rowe D bt Tanaka & Watanabe 9-21 21-16 21-17
Japan Japan 3 Hungary Hungary 1 Score
Tanaka lost to Farkas-Gervai 18-21 21-13 17-21
Watanabe bt Farkas-Gervai 21-7 16-21 21-8
Watanabe bt Kóczián 16-21 21-19 21-12
Eguchi & Watanabe bt Kóczián & Simon 18-21 21-15 21-12

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, 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 2018-05-09.
  4. "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
  5. "1954 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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