1991 World Table Tennis Championships

1991 edition of the World Table Tennis Championships 1991 y 1989 1993 The 1991 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Chiba from April 24 to May 6, 1991.ITTF Museum Past World Championships Results https://www.ittf.com/history/documents/past-world-championships-results/ December 26, 2025 North Korea and South Korea fielded a unified team under the name Korea (コリアArchived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O0XRp71Y5c 1991年千葉世界卓球選手権大会　南北統一チーム『コリア』女子団体優勝 YouTubeArchived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYRCXNM7Ffg Table Tennis World Cup 1991 ダイジェスト YouTube Koria), the first of all Unified Korean sporting teams. The women's Korean team captured the gold medal by topping China, winners of eight consecutive titles since 1975, 3–2 in the final. Results Team Swaythling CupMen's Team SWEMikael AppelgrenPeter KarlssonErik LindhJörgen PerssonJan-Ove Waldner YUGZoran KalinićIlija LupuleskuZoran PrimoracRobert SmrekarTCHMilan GrmanTomáš JančíPetr JavůrekPetr KorbelRoland Vími Corbillon CupWomen's Team 23px|border|link=Korean Unification Flag KoreaHong Cha-okHyun Jung-hwaLi Bun-huiYu Sun-bok CHNChen ZiheDeng YapingGao JunQiao HongFRAEmmanuelle CoubatSandrine DerrienXiaoming Wang-DréchouAgnès Le Lannic Individual Men's singlesSWE Jörgen PerssonSWE Jan-Ove Waldner23px|border|link=Korean Unification Flag Kim Taek-SooCHN Ma WengeWomen's singlesCHN Deng Yaping23px|border|link=Korean Unification Flag Li Bun-HuiHKG 1959 Chan Tan LuiCHN Qiao HongMen's doublesSWE Peter KarlssonSWE Thomas von ScheeleCHN Lü LinCHN Wang TaoSWE Erik LindhSWE Jörgen PerssonURS Andrei MazunovURS Dmitry MazunovWomen's doublesCHN Chen ZiheCHN Gao JunCHN Deng YapingCHN Qiao HongCHN Ding YapingCHN Li JunCHN Hu XiaoxinCHN Liu WeiMixed doublesCHN Wang TaoCHN Liu Wei CHN Xie ChaojieCHN Chen Zihe23px|border|link=Korean Unification Flag Kim Song-hui23px|border|link=Korean Unification Flag Li Bun-HuiGRE Kalinikos KreangaROU Otilia Bădescu Unified team of Korea Prior to the competition, North and South Korea discussed the possibility of the first unified football and table tennis teams since Korea's division. In February 1991, they agreed to the creation of the unified table tennis team to compete at the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships.사상 최초 남북 단일팀의 통일의 기적 <코리아>, the official blog of the Ministry of Unification, South Korea According to Chang Ung, International Olympic Committee member from North Korea, the decision took 22 rounds of talks between the Koreas and five months. N Korea refuses South's Olympic offer BBC News 26 June 2017 7 October 2017 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40404529 The team used "Korea" (Korean hangul: ko 코리아, McCune–Reischauer: K'oria, Revised Romanization: Koria, Japanese: ja コリア Koria) as the country name avoiding Hanguk (ko 한국) or Chosŏn (ko 조선). It also used the Korean Unification Flag as the national flag and Arirang as the national anthem.탁구 남북 단일팀 우승 20주년..감동 다시 한번! 2011-12-11, Yonhap News TV Upon defeating the supposedly "unbeatable" Chinese team, the women's team caused a big sensation in Korea. A South Korean movie Korea (ko 코리아) ("As one") was released on May 3, 2012, and describes the story of the women's team. Hyun Jung-Hwa was portrayed by Ha Ji-won and Li Bun-Hui by Bae Doona.코리아 - Daum 영화 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305011433/http://movie.daum.net/moviedetail/moviedetailStory.do?movieId=62865&t__nil_main_synopsis=more 2016-03-05 (from Daum's movie portal) References External links ITTF Museum Category:World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships World Table Tennis Championships Category:Table tennis competitions in Japan Table Category:May 1991 sports events in Japan Category:Sports competitions in Chiba Prefecture Category:Sport in Chiba (city)