2019 ITTF Men's World Cup

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]

2019 ITTF Men's World Cup
LocationChengdu, China
Date29 November – 1 December 2019
Competitors20
Medalists
  Fan Zhendong
  Tomokazu Harimoto
  Lin Yun-ju

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 2019 Budapest1 Ma Long
2019 ITTF Pan-America Cup1–3 February 2019 Guaynabo2 Hugo Calderano
Kanak Jha
2019 Europe Top 16 Cup2–3 February 2019 Montreux3 Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Vladimir Samsonov
Timo Boll
2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup5–7 April 2019 Yokohama3 Fan Zhendong
Koki Niwa
Tomokazu Harimoto
2019 ITTF-Oceania Cup25–26 May 2019 Bora Bora1 Hu Heming
2019 ITTF Africa Cup3–5 August 2019 Lagos1 Omar Assar
Additional qualifiers[nb 1]n/an/a8 Lin Yun-ju
Daniel Habesohn
Simon Gauzy
Jonathan Groth
Kristian Karlsson
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Lee Sang-su
Wong Chun Ting[nb 2]
Quadri Aruna
ITTF wild cardn/an/a1 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. Fan Zhendong (Champion)
  2. Ma Long (Semifinals)
  3. Tomokazu Harimoto (Final)
  4. Hugo Calderano (Quarterfinals)
  5. Timo Boll (Quarterfinals)
  6. Mattias Falck (First round)
  7. Lin Yun-ju (Semifinals)
  8. Koki Niwa (Quarterfinals)
  9. Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Quarterfinals)
  10. Lee Sang-su (First round)
  11. Quadri Aruna (First round)
  12. Simon Gauzy (First round)
  13. Vladimir Samsonov (Preliminary round)
  14. Jonathan Groth (Preliminary round)
  15. Kristian Karlsson (First round)
  16. Kanak Jha (First round)
  17. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (First round)
  18. Omar Assar (Preliminary round)
  19. Daniel Habesohn (First round)
  20. 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 Fan Zhendong 11 13 11 11
19 Daniel Habesohn 8 11 7 2 1 Fan Zhendong 11 11 11 7 12
17 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 11 8 5 9 8 5 Timo Boll 6 9 5 11 10
5 Timo Boll 7 11 11 11 11 1 Fan Zhendong 11 11 11 11
7 Lin Yun-ju 11 11 11 4 11 7 Lin Yun-ju 8 6 8 5
15 Kristian Karlsson 8 4 7 11 9 7 Lin Yun-ju 5 11 11 11 11
16 Kanak Jha 11 11 6 11 7 5 8 4 Hugo Calderano 11 4 6 6 3
4 Hugo Calderano 9 9 11 9 11 11 11 1 Fan Zhendong 9 11 6 11 11 11
3 Tomokazu Harimoto 11 13 12 6 11 3 Tomokazu Harimoto 11 4 11 8 2 7
11 Quadri Aruna 7 11 10 11 6 3 Tomokazu Harimoto 11 11 10 10 12 11 11
10 Lee Sang-su 6 8 16 7 11 11 8 Koki Niwa 6 7 12 12 14 3 8
8 Koki Niwa 11 11 14 11 8 13 3 Tomokazu Harimoto 11 11 11 8 4 11 Third place
6 Mattias Falck 8 11 11 8 12 7 11 2 Ma Long 6 9 8 11 11 5
9 Dimitrij Ovtcharov 11 3 8 11 10 11 13 9 Dimitrij Ovtcharov 11 9 4 11 3 7 Lin Yun-ju 11 13 8 9 11 5 11
12 Simon Gauzy 7 8 11 5 11 13 2 Ma Long 6 11 11 13 11 2 Ma Long 4 11 11 11 8 11 4
2 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. "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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