The 1991 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Chiba from April 24 to May 6, 1991.
The women's Korean team captured the gold medal by topping China, winners of eight consecutive titles since 1975, 3–2 in the final.
[6] The team used "Korea" (Korean hangul: 코리아, McCune–Reischauer: K'oria, Revised Romanization: Koria, Japanese: コリア Koria) as the country name avoiding Hanguk (한국) or Chosŏn (조선).
A South Korean movie Korea (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.