1949 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's team

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1949 Corbillon Cup (women's team)
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The 1949 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (women's team) was the ninth edition of the women's team championship.[1] [2]

United States won the gold medal defeating England 3–1 in the final. France and Hungary both won bronze medals after finishing second in their respective groups.[3] [4] [5]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 United States
Peggy McLean
Mildred Shahian
Thelma Thall
 England
Pinkie Barnes
Joan Crosby
Peggy Franks
Adele Wood
 France
Huguette Béolet
Jeanne Delay
Yolande Vannoni
 Hungary
Gizi Farkas
Rozsi Karpati
Erzsébet Mezei

Final tables

Group A

Pos Team P W L
1 United States United States 7 7 0
2 Hungary Hungary 7 6 1
3 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 7 5 2
4 Scotland Scotland 7 4 3
5 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 7 3 4
6 Netherlands Netherlands 7 2 5
7 Denmark Denmark 7 1 6
8 Norway Norway 7 0 7
  • Egypt Egypt scratched from Group A

Group B

Pos Team P W L
1 England England 6 6 0
2 France France 6 5 1
3 Austria Austria 6 4 2
4 Wales Wales 6 3 3
5 Sweden Sweden 6 2 4
6 Italy Italy 6 1 5
7 Finland Finland 6 0 6
  • Romania Romania and Switzerland Switzerland scratched from Group B

Final

United States United States 3 England England 1 Score
Shahian lost to Franks 0-2
McLean bt Barnes 2-0
Thall & McLean bt Franks & Barnes 2-1
McLean bt Franks 2-0

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 2018-05-07.
  4. ^ "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  5. ^ "1949 Corbillon Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2018-05-07.