2020 ITTF Women's World Cup

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2020 ITTF Women's World Cup
Location Weihai, China
Date8–10 November 2020
Competitors21
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Yingsha
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg Mima Ito
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The 2020 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Weihai, China, from 8 to 10 November 2020. [1] It was the 24th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event. After series of cancellation of tournaments due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports this year, the ITTF World Cup is one of the three year-end tournaments that conclude the table tennis calendar in 2020. The other two, 2020 ITTF Finals and the inaugural World Table Tennis Macao, were also all held in November in China.

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Qualification

In total, 21 players qualified for the World Cup:

A maximum of two players from each association could qualify.

Competition format

The tournament consisted of two stages: a preliminary group stage and a knockout stage. The players seeded 9 to 21 were drawn into four groups. 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.

Seeding

The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for November 2020. [2]

  1. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng (Champion)
  2. Flag of Japan.svg Mima Ito (Semifinals)
  3. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Yingsha (Final)
  4. Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng I-ching (Quarterfinals)
  5. Flag of Singapore.svg Feng Tianwei (First round)
  6. Flag of Japan.svg Kasumi Ishikawa (Quarterfinals)
  7. Flag of Austria.svg Sofia Polcanova (First round)
  8. Flag of Hong Kong.svg Doo Hoi Kem (First round)
  9. Flag of South Korea.svg Jeon Ji-hee (First round)
  10. Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Adriana Diaz (First round)
  11. Flag of Germany.svg Petrissa Solja (Preliminary round)
  12. Flag of South Korea.svg Suh Hyo-won (First round)
  13. Flag of Romania.svg Bernadette Szőcs (First round)
  14. Flag of Germany.svg Han Ying (Semifinals)
  15. Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Szu-yu (Quarterfinals)
  16. Flag of the United States.svg Lily Zhang (Quarterfinals)
  17. Flag of the Netherlands.svg Britt Eerland (Preliminary round)
  18. Flag of the United States.svg Wu Yue (First round)
  19. Flag of Egypt.svg Dina Meshref (Preliminary round)
  20. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Zhang Mo (Preliminary round)
  21. Flag of Ukraine.svg Margaryta Pesotska (Preliminary round)

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 8 November, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw. [3]

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 9–10 November.

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng 11111111
13 Flag of Romania.svg Bernadette Szőcs 6 1 3 7 1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng 11111111
16 Flag of the United States.svg Lily Zhang 1111118 8 1316 Flag of the United States.svg Lily Zhang 8 6 3 9
5 Flag of Singapore.svg Feng Tianwei 7 8 9 111111 1 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng 4 1111117 9 11
7 Flag of Austria.svg Sofia Polcanova 7 11119 115 6 14 Flag of Germany.svg Han Ying 118 8 9 11114
14 Flag of Germany.svg Han Ying 119 5 118 111114 Flag of Germany.svg Han Ying 123 7 111211
18 Flag of the United States.svg Wu Yue 5 4 4 3 4 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng I-ching 10 11119 10 6
4 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng I-ching 111111111 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng 11 11111111
3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Yingsha 1111118 113 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Yingsha 136 9 6 8
10 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Adriana Diaz 5 5 8 117 3 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Yingsha 11111111
12 Flag of South Korea.svg Suh Hyo-won 8 7 5 4 6 Flag of Japan.svg Kasumi Ishikawa 6 4 4 7
6 Flag of Japan.svg Kasumi Ishikawa 111111113 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Yingsha 12111110 4 11Third place
8 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Doo Hoi Kem 114 11123 7 6 2 Flag of Japan.svg Mima Ito 10 8 6 12114
15 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Szu-yu 8 113 10 11111115 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Szu-yu 6 6 7 115 14 Flag of Germany.svg Han Ying 2 7 9 4
9 Flag of South Korea.svg Jeon Ji-hee 117 7 11 7 2 Flag of Japan.svg Mima Ito 1111116 112 Flag of Japan.svg Mima Ito 11111111
2 Flag of Japan.svg Mima Ito 6 11111311

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References

  1. ↑ "Dishang 2020 ITTF Women's World Cup". Archived from the original on 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  2. ↑ "Seeding List". ITTF. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Dishang 2020 ITTF Women's World Cup group draw". ITTF. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

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