2020 ITTF Men's World Cup explained

Event:	2020 ITTF Men's World Cup
Year:	2020
Location:	Weihai, China
Date:	13–15 November 2020
Competitors:	21
Gold:	Fan Zhendong
Silver:	Ma Long
Bronze:	Tomokazu Harimoto
Previous:	2019
Next:	2021

The 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Weihai, China, from 13 to 15 November 2020. It was the 41st edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.After series of cancellation of tournaments due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports this year, the ITTF World Cup is one of the three year-end tournaments that conclude the table tennis calendar in 2020. The other two, 2020 ITTF Finals and the inaugural World Table Tennis Macao), were also all held in November in China.

Competition format

The tournament consisted of two stages: a preliminary group stage and a knockout stage. The players seeded 9 to 21 were drawn into four groups. 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 November 2020.^[1]

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 13 November, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.^[2]

	Group A	Wong	Jeoung	Pucar	Saleh	Points
14	Wong Chun Ting		4–2	4–2	4–0	6
9	Jeoung Young-sik		2–4			4–0		4–0	5
19	Tomislav Pucar		2–4		0–4			4–2	4
21	Ahmed Saleh		0–4		0–4		2–4		3

	Group B	Pitchford	Chuang	Jha	Points
10	Liam Pitchford		4–1	4–3	4
17	Chuang Chih-yuan		1–4			4–3	3
15	Kanak Jha		3–4		3–4		2

	Group C	Franziska	Jorgić	Aruna	Points
11	Patrick Franziska		4–0	4–1	4
18	Darko Jorgić		0–4			4–2	3
13	Quadri Aruna		1–4		2–4		2

	Group D	Jang	Gardos	Tsuboi	Points
12	Jang Woo-jin		4–2	4–0	4
16	Robert Gardos		2–4			4–1	3
20	Gustavo Tsuboi		0–4		1–4		2

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 14–15 November.

External links

Tournament page on ITTF website

Notes and References

Web site: Seeding List. ITTF. 7 November 2020. 4 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201104091903/https://wtentries.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=list&listid=19&Itemid=135&fab_plist___tournament_raw=119&fab_plist___singles=1&fab_plist___gender_raw=M&fab_plist___canceled=No&order_by=fab_plist___points&order_dir=desc&resetfilters=1&fabrik_incsessionfilters=0. dead.
Web site: Dishang 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup group draw. ITTF. 15 November 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201115082904/https://www.ittf.com/2020/11/12/dishang-2020-ittf-mens-world-cup-group-draw/. 15 November 2020.