2018 ITTF Women's World Cup

2018 ITTF Women's World Cup
Venue Sichuan Province Gymnasium
Location Chengdu, China
Date 28–30 September
Competitors 20 from 15 nations

The 2018 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Chengdu, China, from 28 to 30 September 2018. It was the 22nd edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the ninth time that it has been staged in China.[1]

In the final, China's Ding Ning defeated fellow Chinese player Zhu Yuling, 4–0, to win her third World Cup title.

Qualification

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

  • The current World Champion
  • 18 players from the five Continental Cups held during 2018
  • A wild card, selected by the ITTF

A maximum of two players from each association can qualify.

Means of qualificationDateVenuePlacesQualified players
2017 World Championships31 May–4 June 2017Germany Düsseldorf1China Ding Ning
2018 Europe Top 16 Cup3–4 February 2018Switzerland Montreux3Romania Bernadette Szőcs
Netherlands Li Jie
Romania Elizabeta Samara
2018 ITTF Africa Top 16 Cup1–3 March 2018Kenya Nairobi1Egypt Dina Meshref
2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup6–8 April 2018Japan Yokohama3China Zhu Yuling
Japan Kasumi Ishikawa
Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching
2018 ITTF-Oceania Cup18–19 May 2018Vanuatu Port Vila1Australia Jian Fang Lay
2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup15–17 June 2018Paraguay Asunción2Canada Zhang Mo
United States Yue Wu
Additional qualifiers[nb 1]n/an/a8Japan Miu Hirano
Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem
Chinese Taipei Chen Szu-Yu
South Korea Seo Hyo-won
Sweden Matilda Ekholm
Austria Sofia Polcanova
Hungary Georgina Póta
Austria Liu Jia
ITTF wild cardn/an/a1North Korea Kim Song-i
Total20
Notes
  1. ↑ Based on Continental Cup finishing position and ITTF World Ranking on 1 July 2018

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 28–30 September.

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 China Zhu Yuling 11 11 11 11
14 Sweden Matilda Ekholm 8 5 7 5 1 China Zhu Yuling 11 14 11 11
10 Romania Elizabeta Samara 9 8 9 6 8 Austria Sofia Polcanova 6 12 8 4
8 Austria Sofia Polcanova 11 11 11 11 1 China Zhu Yuling 11 11 11 11 11
7 Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem 6 11 12 11 16 11 4 Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching 6 4 13 5 8
12 Romania Bernadette Szocs 11 6 10 6 18 8 7 Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem 11 11 11 9 6 3
15 Hungary Georgina Póta 6 8 18 11 4 Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching 8 9 13 11 11 11
4 Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching 11 11 20 13 1 China Zhu Yuling 9 8 10 8
3 China Ding Ning 11 11 11 11 3 China Ding Ning 11 11 12 11
16 Austria Liu Jia 7 9 4 7 3 China Ding Ning 11 11 5 11 11
20 Australia Jian Fang Lay 6 4 11 4 11 11 6 6 South Korea Seo Hyo-won 6 3 11 6 3
6 South Korea Seo Hyo-won 11 11 4 11 6 9 11 3 China Ding Ning 11 11 11 11 Third place
5 Japan Miu Hirano 11 11 11 11 2 Japan Kasumi Ishikawa 7 5 3 9
18 North Korea Kim Song-i 7 9 5 3 8 Japan Miu Hirano 11 7 9 6 3 4 Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching 11 11 12 13 11
13 Chinese Taipei Chen Szu-yu 11 11 7 9 8 7 2 Japan Kasumi Ishikawa 4 11 11 11 11 2 Japan Kasumi Ishikawa 8 7 10 15 8
2 Japan Kasumi Ishikawa 4 5 11 11 11 11

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2018 ITTF Women's World Cup / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Qualification and Playing System / Men's and Women's World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Invitation list of players: Uncle Pop 2018 ITTF Women ́s World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
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