1954 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's team
| 1954 Corbillon Cup (women's team) | |
|---|---|
The 1954 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (women's team) was the 14th edition of the women's team championship.[1] [2]
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.[3] [4] [5]
Medalists[edit]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
 JapanFujie Eguchi Hideko Goto Yoshiko Tanaka Kiiko Watanabe |
 HungaryGizi Gervai-Farkas Ilona Kerekes Éva Kóczián Agnes Simon |
 EnglandKathleen Best Ann Haydon Diane Rowe Rosalind Rowe |
Final tables[edit]
Group A[edit]
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan |
8 | 8 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 |  Austria |
8 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 |  Belgium |
8 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 |  Egypt |
8 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 |  Yugoslavia |
8 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 |  United States |
8 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 |  Saarland |
8 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 8 |  Denmark |
8 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| 9 |  Switzerland |
8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Group B[edit]
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England |
6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 |  Czechoslovakia |
6 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 |  Wales |
6 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 |  France |
6 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 |  Netherlands |
6 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 |  Sweden |
6 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 7 |  Portugal |
6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 |  Italy+ |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+withdrew
Group C[edit]
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary |
6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 |  Romania |
6 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 |  India |
6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 |  Scotland |
6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 |  Germany |
6 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 |  Ireland |
6 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| 7 |  Finland |
6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 |  Brazil+ |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
+ withdrew
Final group[edit]
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | MW | ML | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan |
2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 2 | Hungary |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | England |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
Final group matches[edit]
| Hungary 3
|
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 3
|
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 3
|
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[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 2018-05-09.
- ^ "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-05-09.
- ^ "1954 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.