Guo Yuehua - Seji Ono /1979

WTTC 1979, Pyongyang
21-23, 17-21, 21-18, withdrew
FINAL

World Ranking 1979:
Guo Yuehua, #1
Seji Ono, #18

Evident everywhere was the local population's fanatical devotion to their country and its leader, Kim Il Sun. Portraits of him hung everywhere. The fanaticism was even more manifest in the stadium itself where the crowd cheered rapturously whenever a North Korean player won a point (or their opponent lost one). A truly bizarre situation arose when the women's team final between China and North Korea finished. Many spectators left and officials set about shifting tables and cleaning up, heedless of the noise they were making and ignoring the men's team final which was still in progress nearby but did not feature North Korea.

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Sports

[bdsamlal]

Seems an excuse for China being beaten 5-1 in the men's final.