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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 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
Group A
| 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Hong Kong | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
| 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
| Team One | Team Two | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | Soviet Union | 3-1 |
Final
| 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 |
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. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
- "1979 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England.
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