2019 ITTF Team World Cup explained

Event:	2019 ITTF Team World Cup
Year:	2019
Venue:	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Location:	Tokyo, Japan
Date:	6–10 November 2019
Competitors:	97
Nations:	17
Prize Money:	$270,000
Previous:	2018

The 2019 ITTF Team World Cup (also known as the ZEN-NOH 2019 ITTF Team World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a table tennis competition that took place in Tokyo, Japan, from 6 to 10 November 2019. It was the 12th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and also served as one of the test events for the 2020 Summer Olympics.^{[1] [2] [3]}

China won both events, defeating South Korea in the men's team final and Japan in the women's team final.^{[4] [5]}

Medallists

Men's team	Fan Zhendong Xu Xin Lin Gaoyuan Ma Long Liang Jingkun	Jang Woo-jin Lee Sang-su Jung Young-sik Lim Jong-hoon Cho Dae-seong	Lin Yun-ju Chen Chien-an Liao Cheng-ting Peng Wang-wei Wang Tai-wei
			Tomokazu Harimoto Koki Niwa Jun Mizutani Maharu Yoshimura Takuya Jin
Women's team	Chen Meng Liu Shiwen Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu Ding Ning	Mima Ito Kasumi Ishikawa Miu Hirano Hitomi Sato	Cheng I-ching Chen Szu-yu Cheng Hsien-tzu Liu Hsing-yin Su Pei-ling
			Suh Hyo-won Jeon Ji-hee Choi Hyo-joo Yang Ha-eun Shin Yu-bin

Qualification

The host nation Japan, and each of the current continental team champions qualified for both the men's and women's events, with additional places awarded to the highest-placed teams at the 2018 World Team Championships that had not already qualified through continental events.^{[6] [7]}

Men

Event	Berths	Qualified
Host	1
2018 African Championships	1
2018 Oceania Championships	1
2018 Pan American Championships	2
2019 European Championships	1
2019 Asian Championships	1
2018 World Team Championships	5
TOTAL	12

Women

Event	Berths	Qualified
Host	1
2018 African Championships	1
2018 Oceania Championships	1
2018 Pan American Championships	2
2019 European Championships	1
2019 Asian Championships	1
2018 World Team Championships	5
TOTAL	12

Notes

Men's team

Seeding

Teams were seeded based on the latest ITTF World Team Ranking.^[8]

Group stage

The group stage took place on 6 and 7 November.

Group A

width=25	Pos	width=200	Team	width=25	Pld	width=25	W	width=25	L	width=25	MW	width=25	ML	width=25	Pts	width=250	Qualification
1		2	2	0	6	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
2		2	1	1	3	4	3
3		2	0	2	1	6	2

Group B

width=25	Pos	width=200	Team	width=25	Pld	width=25	W	width=25	L	width=25	MW	width=25	ML	width=25	Pts	width=250	Qualification
1		2	2	0	6	1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2		2	1	1	4	4	3
3		2	0	2	1	6	2

Group C

width=25	Pos	width=200	Team	width=25	Pld	width=25	W	width=25	L	width=25	MW	width=25	ML	width=25	Pts	width=250	Qualification
1		2	2	0	6	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
2		2	1	1	3	3	3
3		2	0	2	0	6	2

Group D

width=25	Pos	width=200	Team	width=25	Pld	width=25	W	width=25	L	width=25	MW	width=25	ML	width=25	Pts	width=250	Qualification
1		2	2	0	6	1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2		2	1	1	4	5	3
3		2	0	2	2	6	2

Knockout stage

The knockout stage took place from 7 to 10 November.

Women's team

Seeding

Teams were seeded based on the latest ITTF World Team Ranking.^[8]

Group stage

The group stage took place on 6 and 7 November.

Group A

width=25	Pos	width=200	Team	width=25	Pld	width=25	W	width=25	L	width=25	MW	width=25	ML	width=25	Pts	width=250	Qualification
1		2	2	0	6	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
2		2	1	1	3	4	3
3		2	0	2	1	6	2

Group B

width=25	Pos	width=200	Team	width=25	Pld	width=25	W	width=25	L	width=25	MW	width=25	ML	width=25	Pts	width=250	Qualification
1		2	2	0	6	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
2		2	1	1	3	1	3
3		2	0	2	1	6	2

Group C

width=25	Pos	width=200	Team	width=25	Pld	width=25	W	width=25	L	width=25	MW	width=25	ML	width=25	Pts	width=250	Qualification
1		2	2	0	6	1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2		2	1	1	4	3	3
3		2	0	2	0	6	2

Group D

width=25	Pos	width=200	Team	width=25	Pld	width=25	W	width=25	L	width=25	MW	width=25	ML	width=25	Pts	width=250	Qualification
1		2	2	0	6	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
2		2	1	1	3	3	3
3		2	0	2	0	6	2

Knockout stage

The knockout stage took place from 8 to 10 November.

See also

• 2019 World Table Tennis Championships
• 2019 ITTF World Tour
• 2019 ITTF Men's World Cup
• 2019 ITTF Women's World Cup

External links

• Tournament page on ITTF website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019 ITTF Team World Cup . ITTF . 18 June 2019.
2. Web site: Tokyo 2020 Test Events . Tokyo 2020 . 16 August 2019.
3. Web site: ZEN-NOH named as title sponsor of 2019 ITTF Team World Cup in Tokyo . Inside The Games . 18 June 2019.
4. Web site: Korea Republic in optimistic mood for Tokyo 2020 . ITTF . 10 November 2019.
5. Web site: Sun Yingsha escapes, China retains title . ITTF . 10 November 2019.
6. Web site: 2019 ITTF Team World Cup / Playing System and Qualification Criteria . ITTF . 18 June 2019 . 12 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200912234113/https://ittf.cdnomega.com/eu/2019/05/2019_TWC_Playing_Qual_System.pdf . dead .
7. Web site: 2019 ITTF Team World Cup / Qualified Teams . ITTF . 5 November 2019.
8. Web site: 2019 ITTF Team World Cup / Seeding . ITTF . 5 November 2019.