2018 ITTF Men's World Cup

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2018 ITTF Men's World Cup
Venue Disneyland Paris
Location Paris, France
Date19–21 October
Competitors20 from 14 nations
Website tt2018paris.com
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Gaoyuan
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The 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Paris, France, from 19 to 21 October 2018. It was the 39th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the third time that it had been staged in Paris. [1]

Contents

In the final, China's Fan Zhendong defeated Timo Boll of Germany, 4–1, to win his second World Cup title. [2]

Qualification

In total, 20 players qualified for the World Cup: [3] [4]

A maximum of two players from each association could qualify.

As reigning World Champion, China's Ma Long was invited to take part, but withdrew prior to the event. His place was taken by Lin Gaoyuan. [5]

Means of qualificationDateVenuePlacesQualified players
2018 Europe Top 16 Cup 3–4 February 2018 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Montreux 3 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll
Flag of Germany.svg Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Flag of Denmark.svg Jonathan Groth
2018 ITTF Africa Top 16 Cup1–3 March 2018 Flag of Kenya.svg Nairobi 1 Flag of Nigeria.svg Quadri Aruna [nb 1]
2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup 6–8 April 2018 Flag of Japan.svg Yokohama 3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Gaoyuan
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sang-su
2018 ITTF-Oceania Cup 18–19 May 2018 Flag of Vanuatu.svg Port Vila 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hu Heming
2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup 15–17 June 2018 Flag of Paraguay.svg Asunción 2 Flag of Brazil.svg Hugo Calderano
Flag of Brazil.svg Gustavo Tsuboi
Additional qualifiers [nb 2] n/an/a8 Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Sang-eun
Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Harimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Koki Niwa
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong Chun Ting
Flag of Belarus.svg Vladimir Samsonov
Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Falck
Flag of the United States.svg Kanak Jha
Flag of Greece.svg Panagiotis Gionis
Host association representativen/an/a1 Flag of France.svg Simon Gauzy
ITTF wild cardn/an/a1 Flag of France.svg Emmanuel Lebesson
Total20
Notes
  1. ↑ Egypt's Omar Assar won the Africa Cup, but Quadri Aruna (as runner-up) qualified for the World Cup as the Africa Cup representative when Assar withdrew.
  2. ↑ 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 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 2018. [3]

  1. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong (champion)
  2. Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll (final)
  3. Flag of Germany.svg Dimitrij Ovtcharov (semifinals)
  4. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Gaoyuan (semifinals)
  5. Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sang-su (quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Harimoto (quarterfinals)
  7. Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong Chun Ting (first round)
  8. Flag of Japan.svg Koki Niwa (quarterfinals)
  9. Flag of Brazil.svg Hugo Calderano (preliminary round)
  10. Flag of France.svg Simon Gauzy (first round)
  11. Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Sang-eun (first round)
  12. Flag of Denmark.svg Jonathan Groth (first round)
  13. Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Falck (first round)
  14. Flag of Nigeria.svg Quadri Aruna (preliminary round)
  15. Flag of Belarus.svg Vladimir Samsonov (quarterfinals)
  16. Flag of Brazil.svg Gustavo Tsuboi (first round)
  17. Flag of France.svg Emmanuel Lebesson (first round)
  18. Flag of the United States.svg Kanak Jha (first round)
  19. Flag of Greece.svg Panagiotis Gionis (preliminary round)
  20. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hu Heming (preliminary round)

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 19 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw. [6]

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 20–21 October. [7]

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong 11111111
16 Flag of Brazil.svg Gustavo Tsuboi 7 9 6 8 1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong 11111211
15 Flag of Belarus.svg Vladimir Samsonov 1112117 1115 Flag of Belarus.svg Vladimir Samsonov 3 6 10 6
7 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong Chun Ting 6 10 9 117 1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong 10 12151111
8 Flag of Japan.svg Koki Niwa 11114 12114 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Gaoyuan 1210 13 7 6
12 Flag of Denmark.svg Jonathan Groth 8 5 1110 5 8 Flag of Japan.svg Koki Niwa 10 1112 9 5
18 Flag of the United States.svg Kanak Jha 8 117 6 3 4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Gaoyuan 125 141111
4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Gaoyuan 116 1111111 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong 1111119 11
3 Flag of Germany.svg Dimitrij Ovtcharov 114 7 13115 122 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll 9 5 6 118
13 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Falck 5 111111 3 1110 3 Flag of Germany.svg Dimitrij Ovtcharov 111111 9 5 1111
10 Flag of France.svg Simon Gauzy 6 11117 118 8 5 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sang-su 7 5 1311115 5
5 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sang-su 114 6 116 11113 Flag of Germany.svg Dimitrij Ovtcharov 147 13 1111 5 Third place
6 Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Harimoto 111111112 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll 12 11159 1311
11 Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Sang-eun 6 6 7 7 6 Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Harimoto 113 11 5 9 4 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Gaoyuan 11119 1111
17 Flag of France.svg Emmanuel Lebesson 8 118 5 7 2 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll 9 111311113 Flag of Germany.svg Dimitrij Ovtcharov 7 9 114 3
2 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll 118 111111

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References

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  2. ↑ "Dreamland for Fan Zhendong". ITTF. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Qualification and Playing System / Men's and Women's World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Confirmed list of players Liebherr 2018 ITTF Men ́s World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Top players descend on Disneyland Paris for ITTF Men's World Cup". InsideTheGames. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "Liebherr 2018 ITTF Men´s World Cup / Results / Group stage". ITTF. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Liebherr 2018 ITTF Men´s World Cup / Results / Knockout stage". ITTF. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
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