World Cup 2019 (table tennis)

2018 ← World Cup → 2020
	Men	Women
date	November 29 - December 01	October 18 - October 20
place	Cheng you
Edition	40	23
winner	Fan Zhendong Tomokazu Harimoto Lin Yun-Ju	Liu Shiwen Zhu Yuling Feng Tianwei

The table tennis - World Cup 2019 took place for the men in his 40th host from November 29 to 1 December for the women in his 23 host from 18 to 20 October at the Chinese Chengdu instead.

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 first three players in the Asian and Europe Cups, the two first-placed players in the Panam Cup and the first-placed players in the other tournaments were automatically qualified. The participants in the remaining places were determined by comparing the players who had not yet qualified top in the respective Continental Cups, with the player with the best world ranking position taking the next place at the time of the invitation in August. In this way, eight more starting places were awarded, the host association would have received another place if none of its players had qualified, and the ITTF also awarded a wildcard .

A maximum of two players per association could take part. As both the first and second place finishers in the Asian Cup and the reigning world champions came from China, the fourth place finishers in the Asian Cup also received a guaranteed starting place.

Qualification through	player	WRL	Players	WRL
World Champion	Ma Long	3	Liu Shiwen	5
African Cup 1st place	Omar Assar	51	Dina Meshref	49
Asian Cup 1st place	Fan Zhendong	2	Zhu Yuling	3
Asian Cup 2nd place	Ma Long	3	Chen Meng	1
Asian Cup 3rd place	Kōki Niwa	10	Kasumi Ishikawa	6th
Asian Cup 4th place	Tomokazu Harimoto	5	Feng Tianwei	12
Europe Top 16 1st place	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	11	Petrissa Solja	24
Europe Top 16 2nd place	Vladimir Samsonov	19th	Bernadette Szőcs	14th
Europe Top 16 3rd place	Timo Boll	8th	Sofia Polcanova	16
Oceania Cup 1st place	Hu Heming	75	Jian Fang Lay	79
Panam Cup 1st place	Hugo Calderano	6th	Adriana Díaz	30th
Panam Cup 2nd place	Kanak Jha	33	Zhang Mo	27

Remaining places men

round	Africa	WRL	Asia	WRL	Europe	WRL	Oceania	WRL	Panamerica	WRL
1	2. Ahmed Saleh	123	5. Lin Yun-Ju	13	4. Daniel Habesohn	27	2. Rohan Dhooria	231	3. Gustavo Tsuboi	32
2	2. Ahmed Saleh	123	6. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	30th	4. Daniel Habesohn	27	2. Rohan Dhooria	231	3. Gustavo Tsuboi	32
3	2. Ahmed Saleh	123	6. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	30th	5. Simon Gauzy	20th	2. Rohan Dhooria	231	3. Gustavo Tsuboi	32
4th	2. Ahmed Saleh	123	6. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	30th	5. Jonathan Groth	21st	2. Rohan Dhooria	231	3. Gustavo Tsuboi	32
5	2. Ahmed Saleh	123	6. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	30th	5. Kristian Karlsson	25th	2. Rohan Dhooria	231	3. Gustavo Tsuboi	32
6th	2. Ahmed Saleh	123	6. Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	30th	5. Panagiotis Gionis	44	2. Rohan Dhooria	231	3. Gustavo Tsuboi	32
7th	2. Ahmed Saleh	123	7. Lee Sang-su	18th	5. Panagiotis Gionis	44	2. Rohan Dhooria	231	3. Gustavo Tsuboi	32
8th	2. Ahmed Saleh	123	8. Wong Chun Ting	17th	5. Panagiotis Gionis	44	2. Rohan Dhooria	231	3. Gustavo Tsuboi	32
Wildcard					Mattias Falck	7th
replacement	Quadri Aruna	22nd

Due to the injury-related cancellation of Wong Chun Ting, Quadri Aruna moved up as a substitute.

Other places women

round	Africa	WRL	Asia	WRL	Europe	WRL	Oceania	WRL	Panamerica	WRL
1	2. Yousra Helmy	152	5. Doo Hoi Kem	11	4. Natalia Partyka	54	2. Parleen Kaur	233	3. Wu Yue	35
2	2. Yousra Helmy	152	6. Miu Hirano	10	4. Natalia Partyka	54	2. Parleen Kaur	233	3. Wu Yue	35
3	2. Yousra Helmy	152	7. Jeon Jihee	18th	4. Natalia Partyka	54	2. Parleen Kaur	233	3. Wu Yue	35
4th	2. Yousra Helmy	152	8. Cheng I-Ching	9	4. Natalia Partyka	54	2. Parleen Kaur	233	3. Wu Yue	35
5	2. Yousra Helmy	152	9. Chen Szu-yu	25th	4. Natalia Partyka	54	2. Parleen Kaur	233	3. Wu Yue	35
6th	2. Yousra Helmy	152	9. Lin Ye	71	4. Natalia Partyka	54	2. Parleen Kaur	233	3. Wu Yue	35
7th	2. Yousra Helmy	152	9. Lin Ye	71	4. Natalia Partyka	54	2. Parleen Kaur	233	4. Bruna Takahashi	69
8th	2. Yousra Helmy	152	9. Lin Ye	71	5. Elizabeta Samara	28	2. Parleen Kaur	233	4. Bruna Takahashi	69
Wildcard									Lily Zhang	66

Attendees

The first column shows the final placement, the columns “WRL” the world ranking position from November or October relevant for the seeding (yellow marks the 8 players directly seeded for the main round).

Item	Men	WRL	TN	Women	WRL	TN
1	Fan Zhendong	1	4th	Liu Shiwen	5	6th
2	Tomokazu Harimoto	5	2	Zhu Yuling	3	4th
3	Lin Yun-Ju	10	1	Feng Tianwei	12	9
4th	Ma Long	4th	7th	Lily Zhang	48	3
5	Timo Boll	8th	16	Cheng I-Ching	10	6th
	Hugo Calderano	6th	3	Kasumi Ishikawa	8th	7th
	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	12	12	Sofia Polcanova	16	3
	Koki Niwa	11	4th	Petrissa Solja	21st	4th
9	Quadri Aruna	20th	6th	Chen Szu-yu	23	3
	Mattias Falck	9	2	Doo Hoi Kem	11	4th
	Simon Gauzy	22nd	5	Miu Hirano	9	4th
	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	30th	1	Jeon Ji-hee	20th	1
	Daniel Habesohn	43	1	Bernadette Szőcs	17th	2
	Kanak Jha	26th	4th	Dina Meshref	32	7th
	Kristian Karlsson	25th	3	Wu Yue	34	3
	Lee Sang-su	18th	4th	Zhang Mo	25th	7th
17th	Omar Assar	34	3	Adriana Díaz	27	1
	Jonathan Groth	24	2	Jian Fang Lay	70	8th
	Hu Heming	66	2	Natalia Partyka	64	2
	Vladimir Samsonov	23	18th	Elizabeta Samara	22nd	6th

Men

Group stage

Group A

	Result
Dimitrij Ovtcharov	4: 3	Daniel Habesohn
Dimitrij Ovtcharov	4: 2	Vladimir Samsonov
Vladimir Samsonov	3: 4	Daniel Habesohn

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	2	8: 5	4th
2	Daniel Habesohn	2	7: 7	3
3	Vladimir Samsonov	2	5: 8	2

Group B

	Result
Lee Sang-su	4: 1	Omar Assar
Lee Sang-su	4: 2	Kanak Jha
Kanak Jha	4: 2	Omar Assar

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Lee Sang-su	2	8: 3	4th
2	Kanak Jha	2	6: 6	3
3	Omar Assar	2	3: 8	2

Group C

	Result
Quadri Aruna	4-0	Hu Heming
Quadri Aruna	0: 4	Kristian Karlsson
Kristian Karlsson	4: 1	Hu Heming

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Kristian Karlsson	2	8: 1	4th
2	Quadri Aruna	2	4: 4	3
3	Hu Heming	2	1: 8	2

Group D

	Result
Simon Gauzy	3: 4	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Simon Gauzy	4: 1	Jonathan Groth
Jonathan Groth	2: 4	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	2	8: 5	4th
2	Simon Gauzy	2	7: 5	3
3	Jonathan Groth	2	3: 8	2

Main round

Round of 16 (30/11)

Quarter-finals (30/11)

Semi-finals (1.12.)

Finale (1.12.)

1

Fan Zhendong

4th

19th

Daniel Habesohn

0

1

Fan Zhendong

4th

5

Timo Boll

1

17th

S. Gnanasekaran

1

5

Timo Boll

4th

1

Fan Zhendong

4th

7th

Lin Yun-Ju

0

7th

Lin Yun-Ju

4th

15th

Kristian Karlsson

1

7th

Lin Yun-Ju

4th

4th

Hugo Calderano

1

16

Kanak Jha

3

4th

Hugo Calderano

4th

1

Fan Zhendong

4th

3

Tomokazu Harimoto

2

3

T. Harimoto

4th

11

Quadri Aruna

1

3

T. Harimoto

4th

8th

Kōki Niwa

3

10

Lee Sang-su

2

8th

Kōki Niwa

4th

3

T. Harimoto

4th

2

Ma Long

2

6th

Mattias Falck

3

9

Dimitrij Ovtcharov

4th

9

Dimitrij Ovtcharov

1

3rd place match

2

Ma Long

4th

12

Simon Gauzy

2

7th

Lin Yun-Ju

4th

2

Ma Long

4th

2

Ma Long

3

Women

Group stage

Group A

	Result
Bernadette Szőcs	4: 1	Lily Zhang
Bernadette Szőcs	4: 2	Adriana Díaz
Adriana Díaz	1: 4	Lily Zhang

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Bernadette Szőcs	2	8: 3	4th
2	Lily Zhang	2	5: 5	3
3	Adriana Díaz	2	3: 8	2

Group B

	Result
Jeon Jihee	4-0	Natalia Partyka
Jeon Jihee	4: 1	Dina Meshref
Dina Meshref	4: 2	Natalia Partyka

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Jeon Jihee	2	8: 1	4th
2	Dina Meshref	2	5: 6	3
3	Natalia Partyka	2	2: 8	2

Group C

	Result
Petrissa Solja	4: 3	Jian Fang Lay
Petrissa Solja	4: 1	Chen Szu-yu
Chen Szu-yu	4: 1	Jian Fang Lay

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Petrissa Solja	2	8: 4	4th
2	Chen Szu-yu	2	5: 5	3
3	Jian Fang Lay	2	4: 8	2

Group D

	Result
Elizabeta Samara	0: 4	Wu Yue
Elizabeta Samara	3: 4	Zhang Mo
Zhang Mo	1: 4	Wu Yue

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Wu Yue	2	8: 1	4th
2	Zhang Mo	2	5: 7	3
3	Elizabeta Samara	2	3: 8	2

Main round

Round of 16 (19.10.)

Quarter-finals (19.10.)

Semi-finals (20.10.)

Final (October 20th)

1

Zhu Yuling

4th

14th

Zhang Mo

0

1

Zhu Yuling

4th

11

Petrissa Solja

0

11

Petrissa Solja

4th

6th

Doo Hoi Kem

2

1

Zhu Yuling

4th

7th

Feng Tianwei

2

7th

Feng Tianwei

4th

9

Bernadette Szőcs

0

7th

Feng Tianwei

4th

3

Kasumi Ishikawa

3

16

Dina Meshref

0

3

Kasumi Ishikawa

4th

1

Zhu Yuling

2

2

Liu Shiwen

4th

4th

Miu Hirano

3

18th

Lily Zhang

4th

18th

Lily Zhang

4th

8th

Sofia Polcanova

3

17th

Wu Yue

1

8th

Sofia Polcanova

4th

18th

Lily Zhang

0

2

Liu Shiwen

4th

5

Cheng I-Ching

4th

10

Jeon Jihee

1

5

Cheng I-Ching

0

3rd place match

2

Liu Shiwen

4th

13

Chen Szu-yu

1

7th

Feng Tianwei

4th

2

Liu Shiwen

4th

18th

Lily Zhang

1

Others

With his 18th World Cup participation, Vladimir Samsonov drew level with the record holders Jean-Michel Saive and Jan-Ove Waldner .

Web links

• Men's World Cup 2019 on ittf.com (accessed February 15, 2019)
• Women's World Cup 2019 on ittf.com (accessed February 15, 2019)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Qualification System / Women's and Men's World Cup. In: ittf.com. Retrieved February 15, 2019 . 
2. ^ Quadri Aruna to replace injured Wong Chun Ting at Men's World Cup. In: ittf.com. November 26, 2019, accessed November 26, 2019 .