The 1963 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (women's team) was the 20th edition of the women's team championship.
Japan won the gold medal and Romania won the silver medal. China and Hungary won bronze medals after reaching the semi-finals.
Medalists Kazuko ItoKimiyo MatsuzakiMasako SekiNoriko YamanakaMaria AlexandruElla ConstantinescuMaria Catrinel FoleaGeorgita PiticaLiang LizhenQiu ZhonghuiSun MeiyingWang JianÉva Kóczián-FoldiErzsebet HeiritsSarolta LukacsEva Poor
Final tables
Group A Pos Team P W L Pts1 Romania 6 6 0 62 Poland 6 5 1 53 Czechoslovakia 6 4 2 44 Austria 6 3 3 35 United States 6 2 4 26 Denmark 6 1 5 17 Scotland 6 0 6 0
Group B Pos Team P W L Pts1 China 7 7 0 72 East Germany 7 6 1 63 Soviet Union 7 5 2 54 New Zealand 7 4 3 45 Switzerland 7 3 4 36 Wales 7 2 5 27 Canada 7 1 6 18 Luxembourg 7 0 7 0
Group C Pos Team P W L Pts1 Japan 8 8 0 82 Yugoslavia 8 5 3 53 Sweden 8 5 3 54 Australia 8 5 3 55 Bulgaria 8 5 3 56 Portugal 8 4 4 47 Netherlands 8 35 38 Brazil 8 17 19 Norway 8 08 0
Group D Pos Team P W L Pts1 Hungary 8 7 1 72 England 8 7 1 73 West Germany 8 7 1 74 North Korea 8 4 4 45 France 8 4 4 46 Indonesia 8 3 5 37 Belgium 8 35 38 North Vietnam 8 1 7 19 Italy 8 08 0
Semifinals Team One Team Two Score Romania China 3–2 Japan Hungary 3–0
Final Japan 3 Romania 0 Score Matsuzaki bt Constantinescu 21–17 21–19 Seki bt Alexandru 21–16 21–17 Matsuzaki & Seki bt Pitica & Alexandru 21–17 21–12
See also List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
References