2018 ITTF Women's World Cup

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2018 ITTF Women's World Cup
VenueSichuan Province Gymnasium
Location Chengdu, China
Date28–30 September
Competitors20 from 15 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng I-ching
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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]

Contents

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]

A maximum of two players from each association could qualify.

Means of qualificationDateVenuePlacesQualified players
2017 World Championships 31 May–4 June 2017 Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorf 1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning
2018 Europe Top 16 Cup 3–4 February 2018 Flag of Switzerland.svg Montreux 3 Flag of Romania.svg Bernadette Szőcs
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Li Jie
Flag of Romania.svg Elizabeta Samara
2018 ITTF Africa Top 16 Cup1–3 March 2018 Flag of Kenya.svg Nairobi 1 Flag of Egypt.svg Dina Meshref
2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup 6–8 April 2018 Flag of Japan.svg Yokohama 3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling
Flag of Japan.svg Kasumi Ishikawa
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng I-ching
2018 ITTF-Oceania Cup 18–19 May 2018 Flag of Vanuatu.svg Port Vila 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jian Fang Lay
2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup 15–17 June 2018 Flag of Paraguay.svg Asunción 2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zhang Mo
Flag of the United States.svg Yue Wu
Additional qualifiers [nb 1] n/an/a8 Flag of Japan.svg Miu Hirano
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Doo Hoi Kem
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Szu-Yu
Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Hyo-won
Flag of Sweden.svg Matilda Ekholm
Flag of Austria.svg Sofia Polcanova
Flag of Hungary.svg Georgina Póta
Flag of Austria.svg Liu Jia
ITTF wild cardn/an/a1 Flag of North Korea.svg 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. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling (Final)
  2. Flag of Japan.svg Kasumi Ishikawa (Semifinals)
  3. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning (Champion)
  4. Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng I-ching (Semifinals)
  5. Flag of Japan.svg Miu Hirano (Quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Hyo-won (Quarterfinals)
  7. Flag of Hong Kong.svg Doo Hoi Kem (Quarterfinals)
  8. Flag of Austria.svg Sofia Polcanova (Quarterfinals)
  9. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Li Jie (Preliminary round)
  10. Flag of Romania.svg Elizabeta Samara (First round)
  11. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zhang Mo (Preliminary round)
  12. Flag of Romania.svg Bernadette Szőcs (First round)
  13. Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Szu-yu (First round)
  14. Flag of Sweden.svg Matilda Ekholm (First round)
  15. Flag of Hungary.svg Georgina Póta (First round)
  16. Flag of Austria.svg Liu Jia (First round)
  17. Flag of Egypt.svg Dina Meshref (Preliminary round)
  18. Flag of North Korea.svg Kim Song-i (First round)
  19. Flag of the United States.svg Yue Wu (Preliminary round)
  20. Flag of Australia (converted).svg 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 to 30 September. [6]

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling 11111111
14 Flag of Sweden.svg Matilda Ekholm 8 5 7 5 1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling 11141111
10 Flag of Romania.svg Elizabeta Samara 9 8 9 6 8 Flag of Austria.svg Sofia Polcanova 6 12 8 4
8 Flag of Austria.svg Sofia Polcanova 111111111 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling 111111 1111
7 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Doo Hoi Kem 6 11121116 114 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng I-ching 6 4 135 8
12 Flag of Romania.svg Bernadette Szőcs 116 10 6 188 7 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Doo Hoi Kem 111111 9 6 3
15 Flag of Hungary.svg Georgina Póta 6 8 18 11 4 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng I-ching 8 9 13111111
4 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng I-ching 111120131 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yuling 9 8 10 8
3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning 111111113 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning 11111211
16 Flag of Austria.svg Liu Jia 7 9 4 7 3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning 11115 1111
20 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jian Fang Lay 6 4 114 11116 6 Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Hyo-won 6 3 116 3
6 Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Hyo-won 11114 116 9 113 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ding Ning 11111111Third place
5 Flag of Japan.svg Miu Hirano 111111112 Flag of Japan.svg Kasumi Ishikawa 7 5 3 9
18 Flag of North Korea.svg Kim Song-i 7 9 5 3 8 Flag of Japan.svg Miu Hirano 117 9 6 3 4 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng I-ching 11111213 11
13 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Szu-yu 11117 9 8 7 2 Flag of Japan.svg Kasumi Ishikawa 4 111111112 Flag of Japan.svg Kasumi Ishikawa 8 7 10 158
2 Flag of Japan.svg Kasumi Ishikawa 4 5 11111111

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References

  1. ↑ "2018 ITTF Women's World Cup / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  2. 1 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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