1947 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's team

1947 Corbillon Cup (women's team)
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The 1947 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (women's team) was the seventh edition of the women's team championship.[1] [2]

England won the gold medal defeating Hungary 3–0 in the final. Czechoslovakia and the United States won bronze medals after finishing second in their respective groups.[3] The actual trophy had been lost during the war so a replica trophy was awarded.[4] [5]

Medalists

Team

Event Gold Silver Bronze
 England
Elizabeth Blackbourn
Vera Dace
Peggy Franks
Margaret Osborne-Knott
 Hungary
Éva Anderlik
Gizi Farkas
Rozsi Karpati
Béla Vermes
 Czechoslovakia
Vlasta Depetrisová
Eliška Fürstová
Marie Kettnerová
Věra Votrubcová
 United States
Mae Clouther
Davida Hawthorn
Reba Monness
Leah Thall

Final tables

Group A

Pos Team P W L
1 Hungary Hungary 3 3 0
2 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 3 2 1
3 Wales Wales 4 2 2
4 Netherlands Netherlands 4 1 3
5 Austria Austria * 2 0 2
6 Romania Romania + 0 0 0
6 Egypt Egypt + 0 0 0
6 Luxembourg Luxembourg + 0 0 0

+ withdrew / * withdrew after 2 games

Group B

Pos Team P W L
1 England England 6 6 0
2 United States United States 6 5 1
3 Belgium Belgium 6 3 3
3 Switzerland Switzerland 6 3 3
5 Scotland Scotland 6 2 4
5 France France 6 2 4
7 Sweden Sweden 6 0 6

Final

Team One Team Two Score
England England Hungary Hungary 3-0

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 2018-05-06.
  4. ^ "1947 Corbillon Cup" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-26. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  5. ^ "Corbillon Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-05-06.