1991 World Table Tennis Championships
world table tennis championship held chiba april may north korea south korea fielded unified team name korea コリア koria first unified korean sporting team womens korean team captured gold medal topping china winner eight consecutive title since – final prior competition north south korea discussed possibility first unified football table tennis team since korea division february agreed creation unified table tennis team compete world table tennis championship according chang ung international olympic committee member north korea decision took round talk korea five month team used korea korean hangul 코리아 mccune–reischauer koria revised romanization koria japanese コリア koria country name avoiding hanguk 한국 chosŏn 조선 also used korean unification flag national flag arirang national anthem upon defeating supposedly unbeatable chinese team womens team caused big sensation korea south korean movie korea 코리아 one released may describes story womens team hyun junghwa portrayed ha jiwon li bunhui bae doona ittf museum