2019 ITTF Men's World Cup

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2019 ITTF Men's World Cup
Location Chengdu, China
Date29 November – 1 December 2019
Competitors20
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Harimoto
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Yun-ju
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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]

Contents

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
2019 World Championships 23–28 April 2019 Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest 1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long
2019 ITTF Pan-America Cup 1–3 February 2019 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Guaynabo 2 Flag of Brazil.svg Hugo Calderano
Flag of the United States.svg Kanak Jha
2019 Europe Top 16 Cup 2–3 February 2019 Flag of Switzerland.svg Montreux 3 Flag of Germany.svg Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Flag of Belarus.svg Vladimir Samsonov
Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll
2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup 5–7 April 2019 Flag of Japan.svg Yokohama 3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong
Flag of Japan.svg Koki Niwa
Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Harimoto
2019 ITTF-Oceania Cup 25–26 May 2019 Flag of French Polynesia.svg Bora Bora 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Hu Heming
2019 ITTF Africa Cup3–5 August 2019 Flag of Nigeria.svg Lagos 1 Flag of Egypt.svg Omar Assar
Additional qualifiers [nb 1] n/an/a8 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Yun-ju
Flag of Austria.svg Daniel Habesohn
Flag of France.svg Simon Gauzy
Flag of Denmark.svg Jonathan Groth
Flag of Sweden.svg Kristian Karlsson
Flag of India.svg Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sang-su
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Wong Chun Ting [nb 2]
Flag of Nigeria.svg Quadri Aruna
ITTF wild cardn/an/a1 Flag of Sweden.svg 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. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong (Champion)
  2. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long (Semifinals)
  3. Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Harimoto (Final)
  4. Flag of Brazil.svg Hugo Calderano (Quarterfinals)
  5. Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll (Quarterfinals)
  6. Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Falck (First round)
  7. Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Yun-ju (Semifinals)
  8. Flag of Japan.svg Koki Niwa (Quarterfinals)
  9. Flag of Germany.svg Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Quarterfinals)
  10. Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sang-su (First round)
  11. Flag of Nigeria.svg Quadri Aruna (First round)
  12. Flag of France.svg Simon Gauzy (First round)
  13. Flag of Belarus.svg Vladimir Samsonov (Preliminary round)
  14. Flag of Denmark.svg Jonathan Groth (Preliminary round)
  15. Flag of Sweden.svg Kristian Karlsson (First round)
  16. Flag of the United States.svg Kanak Jha (First round)
  17. Flag of India.svg Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (First round)
  18. Flag of Egypt.svg Omar Assar (Preliminary round)
  19. Flag of Austria.svg Daniel Habesohn (First round)
  20. Flag of Australia (converted).svg 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 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong 11131111
19 Flag of Austria.svg Daniel Habesohn 8 11 7 2 1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong 1111117 12
17 Flag of India.svg Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 118 5 9 8 5 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll 6 9 5 1110
5 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll 7 111111111 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong 11111111
7 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Yun-ju 1111114 117 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Yun-ju 8 6 8 5
15 Flag of Sweden.svg Kristian Karlsson 8 4 7 119 7 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Yun-ju 5 11111111
16 Flag of the United States.svg Kanak Jha 11116 117 5 8 4 Flag of Brazil.svg Hugo Calderano 114 6 6 3
4 Flag of Brazil.svg Hugo Calderano 9 9 119 1111111 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong 9 116 111111
3 Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Harimoto 1113126 113 Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Harimoto 114 118 2 7
11 Flag of Nigeria.svg Quadri Aruna 7 11 10 116 3 Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Harimoto 111110 10 12 1111
10 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sang-su 6 8 167 1111 8 Flag of Japan.svg Koki Niwa 6 7 1212143 8
8 Flag of Japan.svg Koki Niwa 111114 118 133 Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Harimoto 1111118 4 11Third place
6 Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Falck 8 11118 127 11 2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long 6 9 8 11115
9 Flag of Germany.svg Dimitrij Ovtcharov 113 8 1110 11139 Flag of Germany.svg Dimitrij Ovtcharov 119 4 11 3 7 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Yun-ju 11138 9 115 11
12 Flag of France.svg Simon Gauzy 7 8 115 1113 2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long 6 111113112 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long 4 11 11118 114
2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Long 11119 118 15

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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. 1 2 "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.

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