2018 ITTF Women's World Cup

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]

2018 ITTF Women's World Cup
VenueSichuan Province Gymnasium
LocationChengdu, China
Date28–30 September
Competitors20 from 15 nations
Medalists
  Ding Ning
  Zhu Yuling
  Cheng I-ching

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 qualified 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 could qualify.

Means of qualificationDateVenuePlacesQualified players
2017 World Championships31 May–4 June 2017 Düsseldorf1 Ding Ning
2018 Europe Top 16 Cup3–4 February 2018 Montreux3 Bernadette Szőcs
Li Jie
Elizabeta Samara
2018 ITTF Africa Top 16 Cup1–3 March 2018 Nairobi1 Dina Meshref
2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup6–8 April 2018 Yokohama3 Zhu Yuling
Kasumi Ishikawa
Cheng I-ching
2018 ITTF-Oceania Cup18–19 May 2018 Port Vila1 Jian Fang Lay
2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup15–17 June 2018 Asunción2 Zhang Mo
Yue Wu
Additional qualifiers[nb 1]n/an/a8 Miu Hirano
Doo Hoi Kem
Chen Szu-Yu
Seo Hyo-won
Matilda Ekholm
Sofia Polcanova
Georgina Póta
Liu Jia
ITTF wild cardn/an/a1 Kim Song-i
Total20
Notes
  1. Based on Continental Cup finishing position and ITTF World Ranking on 1 July 2018

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 then joined the top eight seeded players in the second stage of the competition, which consisted of a knockout draw.[2]

Seeding

The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for September 2018.[4]

  1. Zhu Yuling (Final)
  2. Kasumi Ishikawa (Semifinals)
  3. Ding Ning (Champion)
  4. Cheng I-ching (Semifinals)
  5. Miu Hirano (Quarterfinals)
  6. Seo Hyo-won (Quarterfinals)
  7. Doo Hoi Kem (Quarterfinals)
  8. Sofia Polcanova (Quarterfinals)
  9. Li Jie (Preliminary round)
  10. Elizabeta Samara (First round)
  11. Zhang Mo (Preliminary round)
  12. Bernadette Szőcs (First round)
  13. Chen Szu-yu (First round)
  14. Matilda Ekholm (First round)
  15. Georgina Póta (First round)
  16. Liu Jia (First round)
  17. Dina Meshref (Preliminary round)
  18. Kim Song-i (First round)
  19. Yue Wu (Preliminary round)
  20. Jian Fang Lay (First round)

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 28 September, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.[5]

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 29–30 September.[6]

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Zhu Yuling 11 11 11 11
14 Matilda Ekholm 8 5 7 5 1 Zhu Yuling 11 14 11 11
10 Elizabeta Samara 9 8 9 6 8 Sofia Polcanova 6 12 8 4
8 Sofia Polcanova 11 11 11 11 1 Zhu Yuling 11 11 11 11 11
7 Doo Hoi Kem 6 11 12 11 16 11 4 Cheng I-ching 6 4 13 5 8
12 Bernadette Szőcs 11 6 10 6 18 8 7 Doo Hoi Kem 11 11 11 9 6 3
15 Georgina Póta 6 8 18 11 4 Cheng I-ching 8 9 13 11 11 11
4 Cheng I-ching 11 11 20 13 1 Zhu Yuling 9 8 10 8
3 Ding Ning 11 11 11 11 3 Ding Ning 11 11 12 11
16 Liu Jia 7 9 4 7 3 Ding Ning 11 11 5 11 11
20 Jian Fang Lay 6 4 11 4 11 11 6 6 Seo Hyo-won 6 3 11 6 3
6 Seo Hyo-won 11 11 4 11 6 9 11 3 Ding Ning 11 11 11 11 Third place
5 Miu Hirano 11 11 11 11 2 Kasumi Ishikawa 7 5 3 9
18 Kim Song-i 7 9 5 3 8 Miu Hirano 11 7 9 6 3 4 Cheng I-ching 11 11 12 13 11
13 Chen Szu-yu 11 11 7 9 8 7 2 Kasumi Ishikawa 4 11 11 11 11 2 Kasumi Ishikawa 8 7 10 15 8
2 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. "Confirmed list of players: Uncle Pop 2018 ITTF Women ́s World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  4. "Uncle Pop 2018 ITTF Women ́s World Cup Players' Seeding List" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  5. "Uncle Pop 2018 ITTF Women's World Cup / Results / Group stage". ITTF. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  6. "Uncle Pop 2018 ITTF Women's World Cup / Results / Knockout stage". ITTF. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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