2019 ITTF Women's World Cup

The 2019 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Chengdu, China, from 18 to 20 October 2019. It was the 23rd edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.[1]

2019 ITTF Women's World Cup
LocationChengdu, China
Date18-20 October 2019
Competitors20
Medalists
  Liu Shiwen
  Zhu Yuling
  Feng Tianwei

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 2019
  • A wild card, selected by the ITTF

A maximum of two players from each association could qualify.

Means of qualificationDateVenuePlacesQualified players
2019 World Championships23–27 April 2019 Budapest1 Liu Shiwen
2019 ITTF Pan-America Cup1–3 February 2019 Guaynabo2 Adriana Díaz
Zhang Mo
2019 Europe Top 16 Cup2–3 February 2019 Montreux3 Petrissa Solja
Bernadette Szőcs
Sofia Polcanova
2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup5–7 April 2019 Yokohama3 Zhu Yuling
Kasumi Ishikawa
Feng Tianwei
2019 ITTF-Oceania Cup25–26 May 2019 Bora Bora1 Jian Fang Lay
2019 ITTF Africa Cup3–5 August 2019 Lagos1 Dina Meshref
Additional qualifiers[nb 1]n/an/a8 Doo Hoi Kem
Miu Hirano
Jeon Ji-hee
Cheng I-ching
Chen Szu-yu
Jennifer Wu
Natalia Partyka
Elizabeta Samara
ITTF wild cardn/an/a1 Lily Zhang
Total20
Notes
  1. Based on Continental Cup finishing position and ITTF World Ranking.

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.

Seeding

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

  1. Zhu Yuling (Final)
  2. Liu Shiwen (Champion)
  3. Kasumi Ishikawa (Quarterfinals)
  4. Miu Hirano (First round)
  5. Cheng I-ching (Quarterfinals)
  6. Doo Hoi Kem (First round)
  7. Feng Tianwei (Semifinals)
  8. Sofia Polcanova (Quarterfinals)
  9. Bernadette Szőcs (First round)
  10. Jeon Ji-hee (First round)
  11. Petrissa Solja (Quarterfinals)
  12. Elizabeta Samara (Preliminary round)
  13. Chen Szu-yu (First round)
  14. Zhang Mo (First round)
  15. Adriana Diaz (Preliminary round)
  16. Dina Meshref (First round)
  17. Yue Wu (First round)
  18. Lily Zhang (Semifinals)
  19. Natalia Partyka (Preliminary round)
  20. Jian Fang Lay (Preliminary round)

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 18 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 19-20 October.

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Zhu Yuling 11 11 11 11
14 Zhang Mo 2 3 3 4 1 Zhu Yuling 11 11 11 11
11 Petrissa Solja 6 11 11 11 11 11 11 Petrissa Solja 4 1 6 7
6 Doo Hoi Kem 11 13 8 9 5 7 1 Zhu Yuling 11 11 9 11 11 11
7 Feng Tianwei 11 12 11 11 7 Feng Tianwei 1 13 11 5 5 5
9 Bernadette Szőcs 8 10 8 8 7 Feng Tianwei 12 7 11 8 8 12 11
16 Dina Meshref 4 10 7 6 3 Kasumi Ishikawa 10 11 8 11 11 10 7
3 Kasumi Ishikawa 11 12 11 11 1 Zhu Yuling 11 8 8 6 11 9
4 Miu Hirano 10 8 11 11 11 5 5 2 Liu Shiwen 4 11 11 11 3 11
18 Lily Zhang 12 11 8 8 8 11 11 18 Lily Zhang 11 8 11 4 8 11 11
17 Yue Wu 11 4 12 11 9 8 Sofia Polcanova 9 11 8 11 11 8 8
8 Sofia Polcanova 13 11 14 6 11 18 Lily Zhang 6 1 5 5 Third place
5 Cheng I-ching 14 11 11 7 11 2 Liu Shiwen 11 11 11 11
10 Jeon Ji-hee 12 5 9 11 8 5 Cheng I-ching 4 8 5 10 7 Feng Tianwei 11 11 11 5 15
13 Chen Szu-yu 9 4 11 9 6 2 Liu Shiwen 11 11 11 12 18 Lily Zhang 6 8 8 11 13
2 Liu Shiwen 11 11 7 11 11

See also

References
  1. "Chengdu to be Host City of 2019 ITTF Men's & Women's World Cups". Go Chengdu. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  2. "Qualification System / Women's and Men's World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. "List of players: Uncle Pop 2019 ITTF Women's World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 22 September 2019.

Tournament page on ITTF website

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