World Cup 2015 (table tennis)
| 2014 ← World Cup → 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | |
| date | October 16-18 | 30.10. – 01.11. |
| place |
 Halmstad
|
 Sendai
|
| Edition | 36 | 19th |
| winner |
 Ma Long Fan Zhendong Dimitrij Ovtcharov   
|
Liu Shiwen Kasumi Ishikawa Petrissa Solja
|
The table tennis World Cup 2015 took place for the men in his 36th host from 16 to 18 October at the Swedish Halmstad and for the women in his 19th host from October 30-November 1 in Japan Sendai instead. Gold went to Ma Long and Liu Shiwen from China .
mode
20 athletes took part in each competition. The eight best-placed participants in the world rankings were automatically qualified for the main round, which was held in knockout mode, the remaining twelve participants were divided into four groups of three athletes each, two of which qualified for the main round. The semi-final losers played a game for third place. Each game was played in best-of-seven mode and thus consisted of four to seven sets.
Attendees
The first column shows the final position, the columns "WRL-Pos." The world ranking position relevant for the seeding (yellow marks the 8 players directly seeded for the main round).
| Item | Men | WRL item | TN | Women | WRL item | TN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ma Long
|
1 | 5 |
Liu Shiwen
|
2 | 4th |
| 2 |
Fan Zhendong
|
3 | 1 |
Kasumi Ishikawa
|
5 | 4th |
| 3 |
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
|
5 | 8th |
Petrissa Solja
|
26th | 2 |
| 4th |
Jun Mizutani
|
6th | 5 |
 Li Jiao
|
27 | 7th |
| 5 |
 Chuang Chih-Yuan
|
10 | 14th |
Ai Fukuhara
|
4th | 8th |
 Marcos Freitas
|
8th | 4th |
 Liu Jia
|
28 | 10 | |
|
Koki Niwa
|
14th | 1 |
 Melek Hu
|
21st | 3 | |
 Gustavo Tsuboi
|
65 | 2 |
Zhu Yuling
|
3 | 1 | |
| 9 |
 Omar Assar
|
35 | 1 |
Cheng I-Ching
|
17th | 2 |
 Gao Ning
|
20th | 4th |
Feng Tianwei
|
6th | 7th | |
|
Robert Gardos
|
26th | 1 |
Irene Ivancan
|
42 | 1 | |
 Simon Gauzy
|
28 | 1 |
Li Jie
|
14th | 1 | |
 Panagiotis Gionis
|
25th | 2 |
Dina Meshref
|
117 | 3 | |
|
Anton Källberg
|
85 | 1 |
 Georgina Póta
|
31 | 3 | |
|
Kristian Karlsson
|
61 | 1 |
 Seo Hyowon
|
10 | 2 | |
 Tang Peng
|
15th | 5 |
Yang Ha-eun
|
13 | 2 | |
| 17th |
Tiago Apolonia
|
22nd | 2 |
Doo Hoi Kem
|
19th | 1 |
 Kamal Sharath Achanta
|
59 | 3 |
 Jian Fang Lay
|
136 | 5 | |
 Jimmy Butler
|
442 | 2 |
Caroline Kumahara
|
137 | 3 | |
|
William Henzell
|
127 | 8th |
 Zhang Mo
|
111 | 4th |
Men
Group stage
Group 1
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Gao Ning
|
4-0 |
William Henzell
|
|
Gao Ning
|
1: 4 |
Kristian Karlsson
|
|
Kristian Karlsson
|
4: 1 |
William Henzell
|
| space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Kristian Karlsson
|
2 | 8: 2 | 4th |
| 2 |
Gao Ning
|
2 | 5: 4 | 3 |
| 3 |
William Henzell
|
2 | 1: 8 | 2 |
Group 2
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Tiago Apolonia
|
3: 4 |
Gustavo Tsuboi
|
|
Tiago Apolonia
|
4: 3 |
Omar Assar
|
|
Omar Assar
|
4: 3 |
Gustavo Tsuboi
|
| space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Gustavo Tsuboi
|
2 | 7: 7 | 3 |
| 2 |
Omar Assar
|
2 | 7: 7 | 3 |
| 3 |
Tiago Apolonia
|
2 | 7: 7 | 3 |
Because all three players were equal in points and sets, the balls had to decide in group 2. Gustavo Tsuboi took first place with 131: 129 balls, Omar Assar with 128: 127 place 2 and Tiago Apolónia with 122: 125 place 3.
Group 3
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Panagiotis Gionis
|
4-0 |
Jimmy Butler
|
|
Panagiotis Gionis
|
4: 1 |
Simon Gauzy
|
|
Simon Gauzy
|
4-0 |
Jimmy Butler
|
| space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Panagiotis Gionis
|
2 | 8: 1 | 4th |
| 2 |
Simon Gauzy
|
2 | 5: 4 | 3 |
| 3 |
Jimmy Butler
|
2 | 0: 8 | 2 |
Group 4
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Robert Gardos
|
4-0 |
Anton Källberg
|
|
Robert Gardos
|
4-0 |
Kamal Sharath Achanta
|
|
Kamal Sharath Achanta
|
0: 4 |
Anton Källberg
|
| space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Robert Gardos
|
2 | 8-0 | 4th |
| 2 |
Anton Källberg
|
2 | 4: 4 | 3 |
| 3 |
Kamal Sharath Achanta
|
2 | 0: 8 | 2 |
Main round
| Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| Ma Long
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Omar Assar
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Ma Long
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Marcos Freitas
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Panagiotis Gionis
|
2 | |||||||||||||
| Marcos Freitas
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Ma Long
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Dimitrij Ovtcharov
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Koki Niwa
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Robert Gardos
|
2 | |||||||||||||
| Koki Niwa
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Dimitrij Ovtcharov
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Gao Ning
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Dimitrij Ovtcharov
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Ma Long
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Fan Zhendong
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Jun Mizutani
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Anton Källberg
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Jun Mizutani
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Gustavo Tsuboi
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Gustavo Tsuboi
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Tang Peng
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Jun Mizutani
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Fan Zhendong
|
4th | 3rd place match | ||||||||||||
| Chuang Chih-Yuan
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Kristian Karlsson
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Chuang Chih-Yuan
|
1 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov
|
4th | |||||||||||
| Fan Zhendong
|
4th | Jun Mizutani
|
2 | |||||||||||
| Simon Gauzy
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Fan Zhendong
|
4th | |||||||||||||
Women
Group stage
Group 1
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Cheng I-Ching
|
4-0 |
Jian Fang Lay
|
|
Cheng I-Ching
|
0: 4 |
Liu Jia
|
|
Liu Jia
|
4: 2 |
Jian Fang Lay
|
| space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Liu Jia
|
2 | 8: 2 | 4th |
| 2 |
Cheng I-Ching
|
2 | 4: 4 | 3 |
| 3 |
Jian Fang Lay
|
2 | 2: 8 | 2 |
Group 2
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Doo Hoi Kem
|
2: 4 |
Dina Meshref
|
|
Doo Hoi Kem
|
1: 4 |
Li Jiao
|
|
Li Jiao
|
4-0 |
Dina Meshref
|
| space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Li Jiao
|
2 | 8: 1 | 4th |
| 2 |
Dina Meshref
|
2 | 4: 6 | 3 |
| 3 |
Doo Hoi Kem
|
2 | 3: 8 | 2 |
Group 3
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Melek Hu
|
4: 2 |
Zhang Mo
|
|
Melek Hu
|
4: 2 |
Irene Ivancan
|
|
Irene Ivancan
|
4: 1 |
Zhang Mo
|
| space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Melek Hu
|
2 | 8: 4 | 4th |
| 2 |
Irene Ivancan
|
2 | 6: 5 | 3 |
| 3 |
Zhang Mo
|
2 | 3: 8 | 2 |
Group 4
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Petrissa Solja
|
4: 2 |
Caroline Kumahara
|
|
Petrissa Solja
|
4-0 |
Georgina Póta
|
|
Georgina Póta
|
4: 1 |
Caroline Kumahara
|
| space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Petrissa Solja
|
2 | 8: 2 | 4th |
| 2 |
Georgina Póta
|
2 | 4: 5 | 3 |
| 3 |
Caroline Kumahara
|
2 | 3: 8 | 2 |
Main round
| Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| Liu Shiwen
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Cheng I-Ching
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Liu Shiwen
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Melek Hu
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Melek Hu
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Li Jie
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Liu Shiwen
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Petrissa Solja
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Feng Tianwei
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Petrissa Solja
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Petrissa Solja
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Ai Fukuhara
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Dina Meshref
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Ai Fukuhara
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Liu Shiwen
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Kasumi Ishikawa
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Kasumi Ishikawa
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Irene Ivancan
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Kasumi Ishikawa
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Liu Jia
|
2 | |||||||||||||
| Liu Jia
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Seo Hyowon
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Kasumi Ishikawa
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Li Jiao
|
2 | 3rd place match | ||||||||||||
| Yang Ha-eun
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Li Jiao
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Li Jiao
|
4th | Petrissa Solja
|
4th | |||||||||||
| Zhu Yuling
|
2 | Li Jiao
|
2 | |||||||||||
| Georgina Póta
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Zhu Yuling
|
4th | |||||||||||||
Web links
- Men's World Cup 2015 on ittf.com (accessed October 6, 2015)
- 2015 Women's World Cup on ittf.com (accessed October 6, 2015)