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2019 ITTF Women's World Cup

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2019 ITTF Women's World Cup
LocationChengdu, China
Date18-20 October 2019
Competitors20
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
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The 2019 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Chengdu, China, from 18 to 20 October 2019. It was the 23rd edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.[1]

Qualification

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

  • The current 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 23–27 April 2019 Hungary Budapest 1 China Liu Shiwen
2019 ITTF Pan-America Cup 1–3 February 2019 Puerto Rico Guaynabo 2 Puerto Rico Adriana Díaz
Canada Zhang Mo
2019 Europe Top 16 Cup 2–3 February 2019 Switzerland Montreux 3 Germany Petrissa Solja
Romania Bernadette Szőcs
Austria Sofia Polcanova
2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup 5–7 April 2019 Japan Yokohama 3 China Zhu Yuling
Japan Kasumi Ishikawa
Singapore Feng Tianwei
2019 ITTF-Oceania Cup 25–26 May 2019 French Polynesia Bora Bora 1 Australia Jian Fang Lay
2019 ITTF Africa Cup 3–5 August 2019 Nigeria Lagos 1 Egypt Dina Meshref
Additional qualifiers[nb 1] n/a n/a 8 Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem
Japan Miu Hirano
South Korea Jeon Ji-hee
Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching
Chinese Taipei Chen Szu-yu
United States Jennifer Wu
Poland Natalia Partyka
Romania Elizabeta Samara
ITTF wild card n/a n/a 1 United States Lily Zhang
Total 20
Notes
  1. ^ Based on Continental Cup finishing position and ITTF World Ranking.

Competition format

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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 then joined the top eight seeded players in the second stage of the competition, which consisted of a knockout draw.

Seeding

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The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for October 2019.

  1. China Zhu Yuling (final)
  2. China Liu Shiwen (champion)
  3. Japan Kasumi Ishikawa (quarterfinals)
  4. Japan Miu Hirano (first round)
  5. Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching (quarterfinals)
  6. Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem (first round)
  7. Singapore Feng Tianwei (semifinals)
  8. Austria Sofia Polcanova (quarterfinals)
  9. Romania Bernadette Szőcs (first round)
  10. South Korea Jeon Ji-hee (first round)
  11. Germany Petrissa Solja (quarterfinals)
  12. Romania Elizabeta Samara (preliminary round)
  13. Chinese Taipei Chen Szu-yu (first round)
  14. Canada Zhang Mo (first round)
  15. Puerto Rico Adriana Diaz (preliminary round)
  16. Egypt Dina Meshref (first round)
  17. United States Yue Wu (first round)
  18. United States Lily Zhang (semifinals)
  19. Poland Natalia Partyka (preliminary round)
  20. Australia Jian Fang Lay (preliminary round)

Preliminary stage

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The preliminary group stage took place on 18 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.

Main draw

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The knockout stage took place from 19-20 October.

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 China Zhu Yuling 11 11 11 11
14 Canada Zhang Mo 2 3 3 4 1 China Zhu Yuling 11 11 11 11
11 Germany Petrissa Solja 6 11 11 11 11 11 11 Germany Petrissa Solja 4 1 6 7
6 Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem 11 13 8 9 5 7 1 China Zhu Yuling 11 11 9 11 11 11
7 Singapore Feng Tianwei 11 12 11 11 7 Singapore Feng Tianwei 1 13 11 5 5 5
9 Romania Bernadette Szőcs 8 10 8 8 7 Singapore Feng Tianwei 12 7 11 8 8 12 11
16 Egypt Dina Meshref 4 10 7 6 3 Japan Kasumi Ishikawa 10 11 8 11 11 10 7
3 Japan Kasumi Ishikawa 11 12 11 11 1 China Zhu Yuling 11 8 8 6 11 9
4 Japan Miu Hirano 10 8 11 11 11 5 5 2 China Liu Shiwen 4 11 11 11 3 11
18 United States Lily Zhang 12 11 8 8 8 11 11 18 United States Lily Zhang 11 8 11 4 8 11 11
17 United States Yue Wu 11 4 12 11 9 8 Austria Sofia Polcanova 9 11 8 11 11 8 8
8 Austria Sofia Polcanova 13 11 14 6 11 18 United States Lily Zhang 6 1 5 5 Third place
5 Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching 14 11 11 7 11 2 China Liu Shiwen 11 11 11 11
10 South Korea Jeon Ji-hee 12 5 9 11 8 5 Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching 4 8 5 10 7 Singapore Feng Tianwei 11 11 11 5 15
13 Chinese Taipei Chen Szu-yu 9 4 11 9 6 2 China Liu Shiwen 11 11 11 12 18 United States Lily Zhang 6 8 8 11 13
2 China Liu Shiwen 11 11 7 11 11

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Chengdu to be Host City of 2019 ITTF Men's & Women's World Cups". Go Chengdu. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Qualification System / Women's and Men's World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  3. ^ "List of players: Uncle Pop 2019 ITTF Women's World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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Tournament page on ITTF website