1997 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's team explained

1997 Corbillon Cup (women's team)
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See main article: 1997 World Table Tennis Championships.

The 1997 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (women's team) was the 37th edition of the women's team championship.^{[1] [2]}

China won the gold medal defeating North Korea 3–0 in the final, Germany won the bronze medal.^{[3] [4]}

Medalists

Kim Hyon-hui Tu Jong-sil Wi Bok-Sun

Christina Fischer Olga Nemeș Elke Schall Jie Schöpp Nicole Struse

Final stage knockout phase

Last 16

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Germany
China
North Korea	Croatia	3–0
South Korea
Hong Kong	Hungary	3–1
Sweden	Russia	3–2
Romania
Japan	Belarus	3–0

Quarter finals

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Germany	Sweden	3–2
China	Hong Kong	3–0
North Korea	Romania	3–2
South Korea	Japan	3–2

Semifinals

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North Korea	South Korea	3–0
China	Germany	3–0

Third-place playoff

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Germany	South Korea	3–1

Final

width=180	China 3	width=80		width=180	North Korea 0	width=200	Score
Yang Ying	bt	Wi Bok-Sun	22–20 21–16
Deng Yaping	bt	Kim Hyon-hui	21–15 21–14
Li Ju	bt	Tu Jong Sil	21–18 21–14

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of Winners. All About Tennis.
2. Book: Montague, Trevor. A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
3. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123. 2018-05-13. 2018-09-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180922055935/http://sports123.com/tte/index.html. dead.
4. Web site: Corbillon Cup results. tischtennis-infos.de. 2018-05-13. 2019-05-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20190505034830/http://www.tischtennis-infos.de/content/download/ittf-turniere/. dead.