1979 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's team
| 1979 Corbillon Cup (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]
China won the gold medal defeating North Korea 3–0 in the final, Japan won the bronze medal.[3][4][5]
Medalists[edit]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
 ChinaCao Yanhua Ge Xin'ai Zhang Deying Zhang Li |
 North KoreaHong Gil-Soon Li Song Suk Pak Yong-Ok Pak Yung-Sun |
 JapanKayoko Kawahigashi Yoshiko Shimauchi Kayo Sugaya Shoko Takahashi |
Final tables[edit]
Group A[edit]
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China |
8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Japan |
8 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 |  Hungary |
8 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 |  Sweden |
8 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 |  Hong Kong |
8 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 |  Romania |
8 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| 7 |  France |
8 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| 8 |  Netherlands |
8 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| 9 |  Poland |
8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Group B[edit]
| Pos | Team | P | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Korea |
7 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union |
7 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  Czechoslovakia |
7 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  Yugoslavia |
7 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |  England |
7 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 |  West Germany |
7 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 |  United States |
7 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| 8 |  Bulgaria |
7 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Third Place Play Off[edit]
| Team One | Team Two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | Soviet Union | 3–1 |
Final[edit]
| China 3
|
North Korea 0
|
Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zhang Deying | bt | Pak Yong-Ok | 21–13 21–19 |
| Zhang Deying & Zhang Li | bt | Hong Gil-Soon & Pak Yung-Sun | 21–17 21–17 |
| Zhang Deying | bt | Pak Yung-Sun | 21–10 16–21 21–18 |
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 2018-05-12.
- ^ "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ "1979 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2018-05-12.