2018 ITTF Women's World Cup explained

Event:	2018 ITTF Women's World Cup
Year:	2018
Venue:	Sichuan Province Gymnasium
Location:	Chengdu, China
Date:	28–30 September
Competitors:	20
Nations:	15
Gold:	Ding Ning
Silver:	Zhu Yuling
Bronze:	Cheng I-ching
Previous:	2017
Next:	2019

The 2018 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Chengdu, China, from 28 to 30 September 2018. It was the 22nd edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the ninth time that it has been staged in China.^[1]

In the final, China's Ding Ning defeated fellow Chinese player Zhu Yuling, 4–0, to win her third World Cup title.

Qualification

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

• The current World Champion
• 18 players from the five Continental Cups held during 2018
• A wild card, selected by the ITTF

A maximum of two players from each association could qualify.

width=200	Means of qualification !	width=150	Date !	width=150	Venue !	width=50	Places !	width=220	Qualified players
	31 May–4 June 2017		1	Ding Ning
	3–4 February 2018		3	Bernadette Szőcs Li Jie Elizabeta Samara
2018 ITTF Africa Top 16 Cup	1–3 March 2018		1	Dina Meshref
	6–8 April 2018		3	Zhu Yuling Kasumi Ishikawa Cheng I-ching
	18–19 May 2018		1	Jian Fang Lay
	15–17 June 2018		2	Zhang Mo Yue Wu
Additional qualifiers	n/a	n/a	8	Miu Hirano Doo Hoi Kem Chen Szu-Yu Seo Hyo-won Matilda Ekholm Sofia Polcanova Georgina Póta Liu Jia
ITTF wild card	n/a	n/a	1	Kim Song-i
Total			20

Notes

Competition format

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.^[2]

Seeding

The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for September 2018.^[4]

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 28 September, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.^[5]

	Group A	Kim	Ekholm	Li	Points
18	Kim Song-i		4–3	4–1	4
14	Matilda Ekholm		3–4			4–2	3
9	Li Jie		1–4		2–4		2

	Group B	Samara	Chen	Meshref	Points
10	E. Samara		4–3	4–3	4
13	Chen Szu-yu		3–4			4–0	3
17	Dina Meshref		3–4		0–4		2

	Group C	Lay	Póta	Zhang	Points
20	Jian Fang Lay		4–1	3–4	3
15	Georgina Póta		1–4			4–1	3
11	Zhang Mo		4–3		1–4		3

	Group D	Szőcs	Liu	Wu	Points
12	B. Szőcs		4–2	4–2	4
16	Liu Jia		2–4			4–3	3
19	Yue Wu		2–4		3–4		2

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 29 to 30 September.^[6]

See also

• 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships
• 2018 ITTF World Tour
• 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
• 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup
• 2018 ITTF Team World Cup

External links

• Tournament page on ITTF website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2018 ITTF Women's World Cup / Prospectus . ITTF . 17 July 2018.
2. Web site: Qualification and Playing System / Men's and Women's World Cup . ITTF . 17 July 2018.
3. Web site: Confirmed list of players: Uncle Pop 2018 ITTF Women ́s World Cup . ITTF . 19 July 2018.
4. Web site: Uncle Pop 2018 ITTF Women ́s World Cup Players' Seeding List . ITTF . 31 December 2018.
5. Web site: Uncle Pop 2018 ITTF Women's World Cup / Results / Group stage . ITTF . 31 December 2018.
6. Web site: Uncle Pop 2018 ITTF Women's World Cup / Results / Knockout stage . ITTF . 31 December 2018.