2019 ITTF Men's World Cup
LocationChengdu, China
Date29 November – 1 December 2019
Competitors20
Medalists
gold medal China Fan Zhendong
silver medal Japan Tomokazu Harimoto
bronze medal Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju

The 2019 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Chengdu, China, from 29 November to 1 December 2019. It was the 40th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.[1]

Qualification

In total, 20 players qualified for the World Cup:[2][3]

  • The reigning World Champion
  • 18 players from the five Continental Cups held during 2019
  • A wild card, selected by the ITTF

A maximum of two players from each association could qualify.

Means of qualificationDateVenuePlacesQualified players
2019 World Championships23–28 April 2019Hungary Budapest1China Ma Long
2019 ITTF Pan-America Cup1–3 February 2019Puerto Rico Guaynabo2Brazil Hugo Calderano
United States Kanak Jha
2019 Europe Top 16 Cup2–3 February 2019Switzerland Montreux3Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Belarus Vladimir Samsonov
Germany Timo Boll
2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup5–7 April 2019Japan Yokohama3China Fan Zhendong
Japan Koki Niwa
Japan Tomokazu Harimoto
2019 ITTF-Oceania Cup25–26 May 2019French Polynesia Bora Bora1Australia Hu Heming
2019 ITTF Africa Cup3–5 August 2019Nigeria Lagos1Egypt Omar Assar
Additional qualifiers[nb 1]n/an/a8Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju
Austria Daniel Habesohn
France Simon Gauzy
Denmark Jonathan Groth
Sweden Kristian Karlsson
India Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
South Korea Lee Sang-su
Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting[nb 2]
Nigeria Quadri Aruna
ITTF wild cardn/an/a1Sweden Mattias Falck
Total20
Notes
  1. ↑ Based on Continental Cup finishing position and ITTF World Ranking.
  2. ↑ Wong Chun Ting withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Quadri Aruna.[4]

Competition format

The tournament consisted of two stages: a preliminary group stage and a knockout stage. The players seeded 9 to 20 were drawn into four groups, with three players in each group. The top two players from each group joined the top eight seeded players in the second stage of the competition, which consisted of a knockout draw.[5]

Seeding

The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for October 2019.[5]

  1. China Fan Zhendong (champion)
  2. China Ma Long (semifinals)
  3. Japan Tomokazu Harimoto (final)
  4. Brazil Hugo Calderano (quarterfinals)
  5. Germany Timo Boll (quarterfinals)
  6. Sweden Mattias Falck (first round)
  7. Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju (semifinals)
  8. Japan Koki Niwa (quarterfinals)
  9. Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov (quarterfinals)
  10. South Korea Lee Sang-su (first round)
  11. Nigeria Quadri Aruna (first round)
  12. France Simon Gauzy (first round)
  13. Belarus Vladimir Samsonov (preliminary round)
  14. Denmark Jonathan Groth (preliminary round)
  15. Sweden Kristian Karlsson (first round)
  16. United States Kanak Jha (first round)
  17. India Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (first round)
  18. Egypt Omar Assar (preliminary round)
  19. Austria Daniel Habesohn (first round)
  20. Australia Hu Heming (preliminary round)

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 29 November, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.[6]

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 29 November to 1 December.[7]

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 China Fan Zhendong 11 13 11 11
19 Austria Daniel Habesohn 8 11 7 2 1 China Fan Zhendong 11 11 11 7 12
17 India Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 11 8 5 9 8 5 Germany Timo Boll 6 9 5 11 10
5 Germany Timo Boll 7 11 11 11 11 1 China Fan Zhendong 11 11 11 11
7 Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju 11 11 11 4 11 7 Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju 8 6 8 5
15 Sweden Kristian Karlsson 8 4 7 11 9 7 Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju 5 11 11 11 11
16 United States Kanak Jha 11 11 6 11 7 5 8 4 Brazil Hugo Calderano 11 4 6 6 3
4 Brazil Hugo Calderano 9 9 11 9 11 11 11 1 China Fan Zhendong 9 11 6 11 11 11
3 Japan Tomokazu Harimoto 11 13 12 6 11 3 Japan Tomokazu Harimoto 11 4 11 8 2 7
11 Nigeria Quadri Aruna 7 11 10 11 6 3 Japan Tomokazu Harimoto 11 11 10 10 12 11 11
10 South Korea Lee Sang-su 6 8 16 7 11 11 8 Japan Koki Niwa 6 7 12 12 14 3 8
8 Japan Koki Niwa 11 11 14 11 8 13 3 Japan Tomokazu Harimoto 11 11 11 8 4 11 Third place
6 Sweden Mattias Falck 8 11 11 8 12 7 11 2 China Ma Long 6 9 8 11 11 5
9 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 11 3 8 11 10 11 13 9 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 11 9 4 11 3 7 Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju 11 13 8 9 11 5 11
12 France Simon Gauzy 7 8 11 5 11 13 2 China Ma Long 6 11 11 13 11 2 China Ma Long 4 11 11 11 8 11 4
2 China Ma Long 11 11 9 11 8 15

See also

References

  1. ↑ "New dates announced for 2019 ITTF Men's World Cup". ITTF. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Qualification System / Women's and Men's World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "List of players: 2019 ITTF Men's World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Quadri Aruna to replace injured Wong Chun Ting at Men's World Cup". ITTF. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Qualification and Playing System / Men's and Women's World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "2019 ITTF Men's World Cup / Results / Groups". ITTF. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "2019 ITTF Men's World Cup / Results / Knockouts". ITTF. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

Tournament page on ITTF website

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