2019 ITTF Women's World Cup explained

Event:2019 ITTF Women's World Cup
Year:2019
Location:Chengdu, China
Date:18-20 October 2019
Competitors:20
Gold: Liu Shiwen
Silver: Zhu Yuling
Bronze: Feng Tianwei
Previous:2018
Next:2020

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

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

A maximum of two players from each association could qualify.

width=250Means of qualification !width=150Date !width=150Venue !width=50Places !width=220Qualified players
23–27 April 2019 1 Liu Shiwen
1–3 February 2019 2 Adriana Díaz
Zhang Mo
2–3 February 2019 3 Petrissa Solja
Bernadette Szőcs
Sofia Polcanova
5–7 April 2019 3 Zhu Yuling
Kasumi Ishikawa
Feng Tianwei
25–26 May 2019 1 Jian Fang Lay
2019 ITTF Africa Cup 3–5 August 2019 1 Dina Meshref
Additional qualifiers n/a n/a 8 Doo Hoi Kem
Miu Hirano
Jeon Ji-hee
Cheng I-ching
Chen Szu-yu
Jennifer Wu
Natalia Partyka
Elizabeta Samara
ITTF wild card n/a n/a 1 Lily Zhang
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.

Seeding

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

Preliminary stage

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

Group A Szőcs Zhang DiazPoints
9 Bernadette Szőcs4–14–24
18 Lily Zhang1–44–13
15 Adriana Diaz2–41–42
Group B Jeon Meshref PartykaPoints
10 Jeon Ji-hee4–14–04
16 Dina Meshref1–44–23
19 Natalia Partyka0–42–42
Group C Solja Chen LayPoints
11 Petrissa Solja4–14–34
13 Chen Szu-yu1–44–13
20 Jian Fang Lay3–41–42
Group D Wu Zhang SamaraPoints
17 Yue Wu4–14–04
14 Zhang Mo1–44–33
12 Elizabeta Samara0–43–42

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 19-20 October.

See also

External links

Tournament page on ITTF website

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chengdu to be Host City of 2019 ITTF Men’s & Women’s World Cups . Go Chengdu . 18 June 2019.
  2. Web site: Qualification System / Women's and Men's World Cup . ITTF . 18 June 2019.
  3. Web site: List of players: Uncle Pop 2019 ITTF Women’s World Cup . ITTF . 22 September 2019.