See main article: 1971 World Table Tennis Championships.
The 1971 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (women's team) was the 24th edition of the women's team championship.[1] [2]
Japan won the gold medal, China won the silver medal and South Korea won the bronze medal.[3] [4] [5]
 Yasuko Konno Toshiko Kowada Emiko Ohba Yukie Ozeki |  L'i Li-fen Lin Hui-ching Lin Mei Chun Cheng Min-chih |  Choi Jung-Sook Chung Hyun-sook Lee Ailesa Na In-Sook |
| width=15 | Pos | width=250 | Team | width=20 | P | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| 3 | Soviet Union | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| 4 | England | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| 5 |  Sweden | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 6 |  France | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| width=15 | Pos | width=250 | Team | width=20 | P | width=20 | W | width=20 | L | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| 2 | South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| 3 | Romania | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| 4 | West Germany | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 5 |  Hungary | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||
| 6 |  Cambodia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| width=150 | Team One | width=150 | Team Two | width=50 | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | Czechoslovakia | 3–2 |
| width=250 | Japan 3 | width=80 | width=250 | China 1 | width=250 | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kowada | bt | Cheng Min-chih | 21–17 21–9 | ||||
| Kowada | bt | Lin Hui-ching | 21–18 17–21 21–19 | ||||
| Ohzeki | bt | Lin Hui-ching | 18–21 21–16 25–23 | ||||
| Kowada & Ohba | lost to | Lin Hui-ching & Cheng Min-chih | 9–21 21–15 15–21 |
List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists