The 1971 World Table Tennis Championships (31st) were held in Nagoya from March 28 to April 7, 1971.[1][2]
The Chinese players returned following a lengthy absence.[3][4]
The nations represented were Austria, Czechoslovakia, the People's Republic of China, England, West Germany Hungary, India, Japan, North Korea and South Korea, Romania, the Soviet Union, Sweden and Yugoslavia.
- ^ "World Championships Results". ITTF Museum. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "ITTF Statistics". ittf.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "In memory of China's 1st world champion Rong Guotuan". China Daily.
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