2017 ITTF Women's World Cup

2017 ITTF Women's World Cup
2017 ITTF Women's World Cup
Venue	Pan Am Centre
Location	Markham, Ontario, Canada
Date	27–29 October
Competitors	20 from 16 nations
Total prize money	$150,000
Medalists
	Zhu Yuling
	Liu Shiwen
	Cheng I-ching
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Last updated October 12, 2022

The 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Markham, Ontario, from 27 to 29 October 2017. It was the 21st edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the first time that it had been staged in Canada.^[1]

Qualification

The following list of players was confirmed on 2 October 2017, based on the qualification system set by the ITTF.^[3]^[4]

No.	World Ranking (August 2017)	Player	Qualified as
1	4	Liu Shiwen	~~World Champion~~ Substitute^[5]
2	118	Dina Meshref	Africa Cup winner
3	3	Zhu Yuling	Asian Cup winner
4	73	Lily Zhang	PanAm Cup winner
5	232	Paulina Vega	PanAm Cup Latin American qualifier
6	106	Jian Fang Lay	Oceania Cup winner
7	19	Li Jie	Europe Top 16 winner
8	7	Kasumi Ishikawa	Asian Cup 3rd place
9	5	Miu Hirano	Asian Cup 4th place
10	35	Matilda Ekholm	~~Europe Top 16 2nd place~~ Substitute^[5]
11	49	Sabine Winter	Europe Top 16 3rd place
12	22	Liu Jia	Continental Cup qualifier
13	32	Georgina Póta	Continental Cup qualifier
14	40	Chen Szu-yu	Continental Cup qualifier
15	29	Seo Hyo-won	Continental Cup qualifier
16	31	Doo Hoi Kem	Continental Cup qualifier
17	8	Cheng I-ching	Continental Cup qualifier
18	36	Lee Ho Ching	Continental Cup qualifier
19	56	Zhang Mo	Host nation representative
20	27	Elizabeta Samara	Wild card

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.^[3]

Seeding

The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for October 2017.^[6]

Zhu Yuling (Champion)
Liu Shiwen (Final)
Kasumi Ishikawa (First round)
Miu Hirano (Semifinals)
Cheng I-ching (Semifinals)
Doo Hoi Kem (First round)
Li Jie (Quarterfinals)
Elizabeta Samara (Quarterfinals)
Seo Hyo-won (First round)
Georgina Póta (First round)
Chen Szu-yu (Quarterfinals)
Liu Jia (First round)
Lee Ho Ching (Quarterfinals)
Matilda Ekholm (First round)
Sabine Winter (Preliminary round)
Zhang Mo (First round)
Lily Zhang (Preliminary round)
Dina Meshref (First round)
Jian Fang Lay (Preliminary round)
Paulina Vega (Preliminary round)

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 27 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.^[7]^[8]

	Group A	Seo	Zhang	Zhang	Points
9	Seo Hyo-won		4–0	4–1	4
16	Zhang Mo	0–4		4–3	3
17	Lily Zhang	1–4	3–4		2

	Group B	Póta	Ekholm	Lay	Points
10	Georgina Póta		4–2	4–1	4
14	Matilda Ekholm	2–4		4–0	3
19	Jian Fang Lay	1–4	0–4		2

	Group C	Chen	Lee	Vega	Points
11	Chen Szu-yu		4–0	4–0	4
13	Lee Ho Ching	0–4		4–0	3
20	Paulina Vega	0–4	0–4		2

	Group D	Liu	Meshref	Winter	Points
12	Liu Jia		4–0	4–0	4
18	Dina Meshref	0–4		4–0	3
15	Sabine Winter	0–4	0–4		2

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 28–29 October.^[9]

First round									Quarterfinals								Semifinals						Final

1	Zhu Yuling	6	11	11	14	11
16	Zhang Mo	11	8	8	12	2			1	Zhu Yuling	11	6	11	11	11
12	Liu Jia	9	9	11	8	11	12	5	7	Li Jie	3	11	9	3	5
7	Li Jie	11	11	4	11	4	10	11									1	Zhu Yuling	11	11	11	11
5	Cheng I-ching	7	7	11	13	11	7	11									5	Cheng I-ching	4	9	3	4
10	Georgina Póta	11	11	8	11	7	11	4	5	Cheng I-ching	6	13	6	11	11	11
13	Lee Ho Ching	11	4	11	1	8	11	11	13	Lee Ho Ching	11	11	11	7	8	5
3	Kasumi Ishikawa	4	11	7	11	11	9	6															1	Zhu Yuling	11	8	11	11	10	11	12
4	Miu Hirano	5	11	11	11	11																	2	Liu Shiwen	13	11	7	8	12	9	10
14	Matilda Ekholm	11	6	9	4	2			4	Miu Hirano	11	11	11	11
11	Chen Szu-yu	5	4	10	11	18	12	11		Chen Szu-yu	7	6	6	8
6	Doo Hoi Kem	11	11	12	8	16	10	8									4	Miu Hirano	5	7	1	6	Third place
8	Elizabeta Samara	11	4	11	11	11											2	Liu Shiwen	11	11	11	11
9	Seo Hyo-won	6	11	8	7	2			8	Elizabeta Samara	4	6	7	4									5	Cheng I-ching	9	11	9	11	11	11
18	Dina Meshref	5	6	6	2				2	Liu Shiwen	11	11	11	11									4	Miu Hirano	11	5	11	9	5	8
2	Liu Shiwen	11	11	11	11

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References

↑ "Uncle Pop 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
↑ "Zhu Yuling wins in Markham ends remarkable record of Liu Shiwen in dramatic final". ITTF. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
1 2 "Qualification and Playing System for the Women ́s & Men's World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
↑ "Confirmed list of players Uncle Pop 2017 Women ́s World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
1 2 "Liu Shiwen in search of unprecedented fifth title". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
↑ "2017 Uncle Pop 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup Presented by Polar Naturals Players' Seeding List (WR Oct 2017)" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
↑ "ITTF Women's World Cup / Group Stage" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
↑ "Review Day One: First places for top four names but day belongs to Dina Meshref". ITTF. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
↑ "ITTF Women's World Cup / Main Draw" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

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[1] "Uncle Pop 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[2] "Zhu Yuling wins in Markham ends remarkable record of Liu Shiwen in dramatic final". ITTF. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

[playingsystem-3] 1 2 "Qualification and Playing System for the Women ́s & Men's World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[4] "Confirmed list of players Uncle Pop 2017 Women ́s World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[substitute-5] 1 2 "Liu Shiwen in search of unprecedented fifth title". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[6] "2017 Uncle Pop 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup Presented by Polar Naturals Players' Seeding List (WR Oct 2017)" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[7] "ITTF Women's World Cup / Group Stage" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[8] "Review Day One: First places for top four names but day belongs to Dina Meshref". ITTF. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

[9] "ITTF Women's World Cup / Main Draw" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.

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