China Win Women's World Team Champs
The Chinese team dominated the 2011 Women's World Team Championships in Turkey, winning the gold medal.
China's only match loss was to Ukraine in round eight, but they still ensured their first place finish with a round to spare.
The most significant contest of the championship was undoubtedly China's 4-0 drubbing of Russia in round five.
Despite this setback, Russia eventually claimed the silver medal after the Indian team lost their last two matches to slip back to fourth place. Georgia took the bronze medal.
The final standings:
| Team | W | L | D | MP | BP | |
| 1 | China | 8 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 27½ |
| 2 | Russia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 21½ |
| 3 | Georgia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 21½ |
| 4 | India | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 23 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 21 |
| 6 | Armenia | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 19½ |
| 7 | Vietnam | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 19 |
| 8 | Greece | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 9 | Turkey | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | RSA | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
China accept their gold medals
The Russian team with their silver medals
Georgia took the bronze medal position
The Chinese team were Hou Yifan, Ju Wenjun, Zhao Xue, Tan Zhongi and reserve Zhang Xiaowen. The games from their 4-0 defeat of Russia are below.
The medals for individual performances were:
| First Board | ||||||
| Nat | Name | Elo | Gms | Pts | % Score | |
| 1 | IND | Koneru Humpy | 2600 | 8 | 6 | 75.0 |
| 2 | CHN | Hou Yifan | 2578 | 7 | 5 | 71.4 |
| 3 | GEO | Dzagnidze Nana | 2516 | 8 | 5½ | 68.8 |
| Second Board | ||||||
| Nat | Name | Elo | Gms | Pts | % Score | |
| 1 | CHN | Ju Wenjun | 2543 | 9 | 6½ | 72.2 |
| 2 | IND | Harika Dronavalli | 2512 | 8 | 5½ | 68.8 |
| 3 | VIE | Hoang Thi Bao Tram | 2341 | 8 | 5 | 62.5 |
| Third Board | ||||||
| Nat | Name | Elo | Gms | Pts | % Score | |
| 1 | CHN | Zhao Xue | 2541 | 9 | 7 | 77.8 |
| 2 | GEO | Khotenashvili Bela | 2497 | 9 | 5½ | 61.1 |
| 3 | VIE | Nguyen Thi Mai Hung | 2244 | 6 | 3½ | 58.3 |
| Fourth Board | ||||||
| Nat | Name | Elo | Gms | Pts | % Score | |
| 1 | CHN | Tan Zhongyi | 2448 | 9 | 7 | 77.8 |
| 2 | UKR | Zhukova Natalia | 2427 | 8 | 6 | 75.0 |
| 3 | RUS | Gunina Valentina | 2514 | 8 | 6 | 75.0 |
| Reserve | ||||||
| Nat | Name | Elo | Gms | Pts | % Score | |
| 1 | GEO | Melia Salome | 2392 | 5 | 3½ | 70.0 |
| 2 | RUS | Pogonina Natalija | 2451 | 5 | 3½ | 70.0 |
| 3 | UKR | Vasilevich Tatjana | 2412 | 7 | 4½ | 64.3 |
Pictures from the official website.
