The 1956 World Table Tennis Championships – Corbillon Cup (women's team) was the 16th edition of the women's team championship.
Romania won the gold medal with a perfect 7–0 match record, England won the silver medal and Japan won the bronze medal.
Medalists Angelica RozeanuElla ZellerAnn HaydonDiane RoweJill RookFujie EguchiTomi OkawaYoshiko TanakaKiiko Watanabe
Final table Pos Team P W L Pts1 Romania 7 7 0 72 England 7 6 1 63 Japan 7 5 2 54 United States 7 4 3 45 South Korea 7 3 4 36 China 7 2 5 27 Hong Kong 7 16 18 India 7 0 7 0
Decisive Group Match Romania 3 England 1 Score Zeller lost to Haydon 9–21 21–23 Rozeanu bt Haydon 19–21 21–18 21–18 Rozeanu bt Rowe D 21–11 21–18 Rozeanu & Zeller bt Haydon & Rowe D 21–19 21–14
See also List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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