World Cup 2017 (table tennis)
| 2016 ← World Cup → 2018 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | |
| date | October 20-22 | October 27-29 |
| place |
 Liege
|
 Markham
|
| Edition | 38 | 21st |
| winner |
 Dimitrij Ovtcharov Timo Boll Ma Long   
|
Zhu Yuling Liu Shiwen Cheng I-Ching 
|
The table tennis - World Cup 2017 took place for the men in his 38th host from 20 to 22 October at the Belgian Liege and for the women in his 21 host from 27 to 29 October at the Canadian Markham instead. Gold went to the German Dimitrij Ovtcharov and the Chinese Zhu Yuling .
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 the knockout system , 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.
qualification
The reigning world champion was automatically qualified. Otherwise qualification took place via the Asian Cup, the Europe Top 16 Cup , the African Cup, the Oceania Cup and the Panam Cup. The three first-placed players in the Asian and Europe Cups and the first-placed players in the other tournaments were automatically qualified, and in the Panam Cup, the best-placed player on the continent (North or Latin America) from whom the winner was not from (i.e. the best in the case of a Latin American winner) North American and vice versa). The participants in the other places were determined by comparing the players who had not yet qualified in the respective continental cups, with the player with the best August world rankings taking the next place. In this way, seven more starting places were awarded, the host associations got one more place because none of their players had qualified, and the ITTF also awarded a wildcard .
A maximum of two players per association could take part, which is why the Chinese runners-up in the Asian Cup, Fan Zhendong and Liu Shiwen, did not qualify. The fourth placed received their place. Ding Ning and Petrissa Solja canceled, however, due to the late date, the substitutes were no longer determined by the qualification criteria, but by the ITTF, which decided on Matilda Ekholm and Liu Shiwen, who still got a starting place.
| Qualification through | player | WRL | Players | WRL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Champion |
Ma Long
|
1 |
Ding Ning
|
1 |
| African Cup 1st place |
 Quadri Aruna
|
29 |
 Dina Meshref
|
115 |
| Asian Cup 1st place |
Lin Gaoyuan
|
32 |
Zhu Yuling
|
3 |
| Asian Cup 2nd place |
Fan Zhendong
|
2 |
Liu Shiwen
|
4th |
| Asian Cup 3rd place |
 Lee Sang-su
|
12 |
 Kasumi Ishikawa
|
7th |
| Asian Cup 4th place |
Chen Chien-an
|
52 |
Miu Hirano
|
5 |
| Europe Top 16 1st place |
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
|
4th |
 Li Jie
|
19th |
| Europe Top 16 2nd place |
 Alexander Shibayev
|
34 |
Petrissa Solja
|
27 |
| Europe Top 16 3rd place |
 Simon Gauzy
|
14th |
Sabine Winter
|
49 |
| Oceania Cup 1st place |
 David Powell
|
293 |
Jian Fang Lay
|
106 |
| Panam Cup 1st place |
 Gustavo Tsuboi
|
104 |
 Lily Zhang
|
73 |
| Panam Cup 2nd player |
Khanak Jha
|
212 |
 Paulina Vega
|
232 |
Remaining places men
| round | Africa | WRL | Asia | WRL | Europe | WRL | Oceania | WRL | Panamerica | WRL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2. Omar Assar
|
39 | 5th Jun Mizutani
|
6th | 4. Kou Lei
|
28 | 2. Kane Townsend
|
376 | 2. Eric Jouti
|
180 |
| 2 | 2. Omar Assar
|
39 | 6. Jeong Sang-eun
|
40 | 4. Kou Lei
|
28 | 2. Kane Townsend
|
376 | 2. Eric Jouti
|
180 |
| 3 | 2. Omar Assar
|
39 | 6. Jeong Sang-eun
|
40 | 5. Timo Boll
|
7th | 2. Kane Townsend
|
376 | 2. Eric Jouti
|
180 |
| 4th | 2. Omar Assar
|
39 | 6. Jeong Sang-eun
|
40 | 6. Andrej Gaćina
|
49 | 2. Kane Townsend
|
376 | 2. Eric Jouti
|
180 |
| 5 | 3. Ahmed Saleh
|
151 | 6. Jeong Sang-eun
|
40 | 6. Andrej Gaćina
|
49 | 2. Kane Townsend
|
376 | 2. Eric Jouti
|
180 |
| 6th | 3. Ahmed Saleh
|
151 | 7. Chuang Chih-Yuan
|
13 | 6. Andrej Gaćina
|
49 | 2. Kane Townsend
|
376 | 2. Eric Jouti
|
180 |
| 7th | 3. Ahmed Saleh
|
151 | 8. Kōki Niwa
|
9 | 6. Andrej Gaćina
|
49 | 2. Kane Townsend
|
376 | 2. Eric Jouti
|
180 |
| host |
Cedric Nuytinck
|
81 | ||||||||
| Wildcard |
 Marcos Freitas
|
15th | ||||||||
Other places women
| round | Africa | WRL | Asia | WRL | Europe | WRL | Oceania | WRL | Panamerica | WRL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2. Olufunke Oshonaike
|
206 | 5. Chen Szu-yu
|
40 | 4. Liu Jia
|
22nd | 2. Melissa Tapper
|
362 | 3. Wu Yue
|
137 |
| 2 | 2. Olufunke Oshonaike
|
206 | 5. Chen Szu-yu
|
40 | 5. Georgina Póta
|
32 | 2. Melissa Tapper
|
362 | 3. Wu Yue
|
137 |
| 3 | 2. Olufunke Oshonaike
|
206 | 5. Chen Szu-yu
|
40 | 6. Bernadette Szőcs
|
57 | 2. Melissa Tapper
|
362 | 3. Wu Yue
|
137 |
| 4th | 2. Olufunke Oshonaike
|
206 | 6. Suh Hyowon
|
29 | 6. Bernadette Szőcs
|
57 | 2. Melissa Tapper
|
362 | 3. Wu Yue
|
137 |
| 5 | 2. Olufunke Oshonaike
|
206 | 7. Doo Hoi Kem
|
31 | 6. Bernadette Szőcs
|
57 | 2. Melissa Tapper
|
362 | 3. Wu Yue
|
137 |
| 6th | 2. Olufunke Oshonaike
|
206 | 8. Cheng I-Ching
|
8th | 6. Bernadette Szőcs
|
57 | 2. Melissa Tapper
|
362 | 3. Wu Yue
|
137 |
| 7th | 2. Olufunke Oshonaike
|
206 | 9. Lee Ho Ching
|
36 | 6. Bernadette Szőcs
|
57 | 2. Melissa Tapper
|
362 | 3. Wu Yue
|
137 |
| host |
Zhang Mo
|
56 | ||||||||
| Wildcard |
Elizabeta Samara
|
27 | ||||||||
| Replacement 1 |
 Matilda Ekholm
|
35 | ||||||||
| Replacement 2 |
Liu Shiwen
|
4th | ||||||||
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 |
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
|
4th | 10 |
Zhu Yuling
|
2 | 2 |
| 2 |
Timo Boll
|
5 | 14th |
Liu Shiwen
|
4th | 5 |
| 3 |
Ma Long
|
1 | 6th |
Cheng I-Ching
|
10 | 4th |
| 4th |
Simon Gauzy
|
13 | 4th |
Miu Hirano
|
6th | 2 |
| 5 |
Lin Gaoyuan
|
9 | 1 |
Chen Szu-yu
|
32 | 1 |
|
Jun Mizutani
|
7th | 6th |
Lee Ho Ching
|
42 | 2 | |
|
Kōki Niwa
|
8th | 2 |
Li Jie
|
20th | 2 | |
|
Alexander Shibayev
|
41 | 3 |
Elizabeta Samara
|
26th | 4th | |
| 9 |
Quadri Aruna
|
36 | 4th |
Doo Hoi Kem
|
19th | 2 |
|
Omar Assar
|
21st | 2 |
Matilda Ekholm
|
44 | 2 | |
|
Chuang Chih-Yuan
|
15th | 15th |
Kasumi Ishikawa
|
5 | 5 | |
|
Marcos Freitas
|
19th | 5 |
Liu Jia
|
35 | 12 | |
|
Jeong Sang-eun
|
36 | 1 |
Dina Meshref
|
103 | 5 | |
|
Kou Lei
|
34 | 1 |
Georgina Póta
|
32 | 5 | |
|
Lee Sang-su
|
16 | 2 |
Suh Hyowon
|
27 | 3 | |
|
Gustavo Tsuboi
|
112 | 3 |
Zhang Mo
|
59 | 5 | |
| 17th |
Chen Chien-An
|
33 | 3 |
Jian Fang Lay
|
117 | 6th |
|
Kanak Jha
|
228 | 2 |
Paulina Vega
|
249 | 1 | |
|
Cedric Nuytinck
|
71 | 1 |
Sabine Winter
|
52 | 2 | |
|
David Powell
|
339 | 2 |
Lily Zhang
|
80 | 2 |
Men
Group stage
Group A
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Lee Sang-su
|
4: 3 |
Kanak Jha
|
|
Lee Sang-su
|
4: 3 |
Quadri Aruna
|
|
Quadri Aruna
|
4: 2 |
Kanak Jha
|
| space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Lee Sang-su
|
2 | 8: 6 | 4th |
| 2 |
Quadri Aruna
|
2 | 7: 6 | 3 |
| 3 |
Kanak Jha
|
2 | 5: 8 | 2 |
Group B
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Marcos Freitas
|
4-0 |
David Powell
|
|
Marcos Freitas
|
4-0 |
Kou Lei
|
|
Kou Lei
|
4-0 |
David Powell
|
| space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Marcos Freitas
|
2 | 8-0 | 4th |
| 2 |
Kou Lei
|
2 | 4: 4 | 3 |
| 3 |
David Powell
|
2 | 0: 8 | 2 |
Group C
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Omar Assar
|
4: 3 |
Cedric Nuytinck
|
|
Omar Assar
|
3: 4 |
Alexander Shibayev
|
|
Alexander Shibayev
|
4-0 |
Cedric Nuytinck
|
| space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alexander Shibayev
|
2 | 8: 3 | 4th |
| 2 |
Omar Assar
|
2 | 7: 7 | 3 |
| 3 |
Cedric Nuytinck
|
2 | 3: 8 | 2 |
Group D
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Chen Chien-An
|
-: 4 1 |
Gustavo Tsuboi
|
|
Chen Chien-An
|
-: 4 1 |
Jeong Sang-eun
|
|
Jeong Sang-eun
|
4: 1 |
Gustavo Tsuboi
|
| space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Jeong Sang-eun
|
2 | 8: 1 | 4th |
| 1 |
Gustavo Tsuboi
|
2 | 5: 4 | 3 |
| 3 |
Chen Chien-An
|
0 | 0: 8 | 0 |
1 Chen Chien-An was unable to compete due to illness.
Main round
| Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| Ma Long
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Omar Assar
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Ma Long
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Kōki Niwa
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Sang-su
|
2 | |||||||||||||
| Kōki Niwa
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Ma Long
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Timo Boll
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Lin Gaoyuan
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Marcos Freitas
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Lin Gaoyuan
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Timo Boll
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Gustavo Tsuboi
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Timo Boll
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Timo Boll
|
2 | |||||||||||||
| Dimitrij Ovtcharov
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Jun Mizutani
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Quadri Aruna
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Jun Mizutani
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Simon Gauzy
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Jeong Sang-eun
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Simon Gauzy
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Simon Gauzy
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Dimitrij Ovtcharov
|
4th | 3rd place match | ||||||||||||
| Chuang Chih-Yuan
|
2 | |||||||||||||
| Alexander Shibayev
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Alexander Shibayev
|
3 | Ma Long
|
4th | |||||||||||
| Dimitrij Ovtcharov
|
4th | Simon Gauzy
|
2 | |||||||||||
| Kou Lei
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Dimitrij Ovtcharov
|
4th | |||||||||||||
Women
Group stage
Group A
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Suh Hyowon
|
4: 1 |
Lily Zhang
|
|
Suh Hyowon
|
4-0 |
Zhang Mo
|
|
Zhang Mo
|
4: 3 |
Lily Zhang
|
| space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Suh Hyowon
|
2 | 8: 1 | 4th |
| 2 |
Zhang Mo
|
2 | 4: 7 | 3 |
| 3 |
Lily Zhang
|
2 | 4: 8 | 2 |
Group B
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Georgina Póta
|
4: 1 |
Jian Fang Lay
|
|
Georgina Póta
|
4: 2 |
Matilda Ekholm
|
|
Matilda Ekholm
|
4-0 |
Jian Fang Lay
|
| space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Georgina Póta
|
2 | 8: 3 | 4th |
| 2 |
Matilda Ekholm
|
2 | 6: 4 | 3 |
| 3 |
Jian Fang Lay
|
2 | 1: 8 | 2 |
Group C
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Chen Szu-yu
|
4-0 |
Paulina Vega
|
|
Chen Szu-yu
|
4-0 |
Lee Ho Ching
|
|
Lee Ho Ching
|
4-0 |
Paulina Vega
|
| space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Chen Szu-yu
|
2 | 8-0 | 4th |
| 2 |
Lee Ho Ching
|
2 | 4: 4 | 3 |
| 3 |
Paulina Vega
|
2 | 0: 8 | 2 |
Group D
| Result | ||
|---|---|---|
|
Liu Jia
|
4-0 |
Dina Meshref
|
|
Liu Jia
|
4-0 |
Sabine Winter
|
|
Sabine Winter
|
0: 4 |
Dina Meshref
|
| space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Liu Jia
|
2 | 8-0 | 4th |
| 1 |
Dina Meshref
|
2 | 4: 4 | 3 |
| 3 |
Sabine Winter
|
2 | 0: 8 | 2 |
Main round
| Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| Zhu Yuling
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Zhang Mo
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Zhu Yuling
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Li Jie
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Liu Jia
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Li Jie
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Zhu Yuling
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Cheng I-Ching
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Cheng I-Ching
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Georgina Póta
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Cheng I-Ching
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Lee Ho Ching
|
2 | |||||||||||||
| Lee Ho Ching
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Kasumi Ishikawa
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Zhu Yuling
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Liu Shiwen
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Miu Hirano
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Matilda Ekholm
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Miu Hirano
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Chen Szu-yu
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Chen Szu-yu
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Doo Hoi Kem
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Miu Hirano
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Liu Shiwen
|
4th | 3rd place match | ||||||||||||
| Elizabeta Samara
|
4th | |||||||||||||
| Suh Hyowon
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Elizabeta Samara
|
0 | Cheng I-Ching
|
4th | |||||||||||
| Liu Shiwen
|
4th | Miu Hirano
|
2 | |||||||||||
| Dina Meshref
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Liu Shiwen
|
4th | |||||||||||||
Others
With Quadri Aruna and Omar Assar , two African players were able to qualify for the World Cup for the first time . In 1989 two African players took part because a player from the Kenyan host received a wild card.
For the first time since 1999 , the men's final without Chinese (and Asian) participation, and for the first time ever two Germans were in the final.
With her 12th World Cup participation, Liu Jia drew level with the record holder Tie Yana .
Web links
- Men's World Cup 2017 on ittf.com (accessed August 23, 2017)
- 2017 Women's World Cup on ittf.com (accessed August 23, 2017)
Individual evidence
- ↑ ittf.com: Cédric Nuytinck and Kanak Jha so close but favorites prevail in opening exchanges. October 20, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2017 .