2019 ITTF Men's World Cup

2019 ITTF Men's World Cup
Location	Chengdu, China
Date	29 November – 1 December 2019
Competitors	20
Medalists
Fan Zhendong   Tomokazu Harimoto   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]

Qualification

In total, 20 players qualified for the World Cup: ^{[2] [3]}

• The reigning 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 qualification	Date	Venue	Places	Qualified players
2019 World Championships	23–28 April 2019	Budapest	1	Ma Long
2019 ITTF Pan-America Cup	1–3 February 2019	Guaynabo	2	Hugo Calderano Kanak Jha
2019 Europe Top 16 Cup	2–3 February 2019	Montreux	3	Dimitrij Ovtcharov Vladimir Samsonov Timo Boll
2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup	5–7 April 2019	Yokohama	3	Fan Zhendong Koki Niwa Tomokazu Harimoto
2019 ITTF-Oceania Cup	25–26 May 2019	Bora Bora	1	Hu Heming
2019 ITTF Africa Cup	3–5 August 2019	Lagos	1	Omar Assar
Additional qualifiers [nb 1]	n/a	n/a	8	Lin Yun-ju Daniel Habesohn Simon Gauzy Jonathan Groth Kristian Karlsson Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Lee Sang-su Wong Chun Ting [nb 2] Quadri Aruna
ITTF wild card	n/a	n/a	1	Mattias Falck
Total			20

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. Fan Zhendong (champion)
2. Ma Long (semifinals)
3. Tomokazu Harimoto (final)
4. Hugo Calderano (quarterfinals)
5. Timo Boll (quarterfinals)
6. Mattias Falck (first round)
7. Lin Yun-ju (semifinals)
8. Koki Niwa (quarterfinals)
9. Dimitrij Ovtcharov (quarterfinals)
10. Lee Sang-su (first round)
11. Quadri Aruna (first round)
12. Simon Gauzy (first round)
13. Vladimir Samsonov (preliminary round)
14. Jonathan Groth (preliminary round)
15. Kristian Karlsson (first round)
16. Kanak Jha (first round)
17. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (first round)
18. Omar Assar (preliminary round)
19. Daniel Habesohn (first round)
20. 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]

Group A Ovtcharov Habesohn Samsonov Points 9 Dimitrij Ovtcharov 4–3 4–2 4 19 Daniel Habesohn 3–4 4–3 3 13 Vladimir Samsonov 2–4 3–4 2

Group B Lee Jha Assar Points 10 Lee Sang-su 4–2 4–1 4 16 Kanak Jha 2–4 4–2 3 18 Omar Assar 1–4 2–4 2

Group C Karlsson Aruna Heming Points 15 Kristian Karlsson 4–0 4–1 4 11 Quadri Aruna 0–4 4–0 3 20 Hu Heming 1–4 0–4 2

Group D Gnanasekaran Gauzy Groth Points 17 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 4–3 4–2 4 12 Simon Gauzy 3–4 4–1 3 14 Jonathan Groth 2–4 1–4 2

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 29 November to 1 December. ^[7]

	First round											Quarterfinals											Semifinals											Final
	1	Fan Zhendong	11	13	11	11
	19	Daniel Habesohn	8	11	7	2						1	Fan Zhendong	11	11	11	7	12
	17	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	11	8	5	9	8					5	Timo Boll	6	9	5	11	10
	5	Timo Boll	7	11	11	11	11																1	Fan Zhendong	11	11	11	11
	7	Lin Yun-ju	11	11	11	4	11																7	Lin Yun-ju	8	6	8	5
	15	Kristian Karlsson	8	4	7	11	9					7	Lin Yun-ju	5	11	11	11	11
	16	Kanak Jha	11	11	6	11	7	5	8			4	Hugo Calderano	11	4	6	6	3
	4	Hugo Calderano	9	9	11	9	11	11	11																									1	Fan Zhendong	9	11	6	11	11	11
	3	Tomokazu Harimoto	11	13	12	6	11																											3	Tomokazu Harimoto	11	4	11	8	2	7
	11	Quadri Aruna	7	11	10	11	6					3	Tomokazu Harimoto	11	11	10	10	12	11	11
	10	Lee Sang-su	6	8	16	7	11	11				8	Koki Niwa	6	7	12	12	14	3	8
	8	Koki Niwa	11	11	14	11	8	13															3	Tomokazu Harimoto	11	11	11	8	4	11				Third place
	6	Mattias Falck	8	11	11	8	12	7	11														2	Ma Long	6	9	8	11	11	5
	9	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	11	3	8	11	10	11	13			9	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	11	9	4	11	3																7	Lin Yun-ju	11	13	8	9	11	5	11
	12	Simon Gauzy	7	8	11	5	11	13				2	Ma Long	6	11	11	13	11																2	Ma Long	4	11	11	11	8	11	4
	2	Ma Long	11	11	9	11	8	15

See also

• 2019 World Table Tennis Championships
• 2019 ITTF World Tour
• 2019 ITTF Women's World Cup
• 2019 ITTF Team World Cup

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. "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.

External links

Tournament page on ITTF website