2020 ITTF Women's World Cup explained

Event:	2020 ITTF Women's World Cup
Year:	2020
Location:	Weihai, China
Date:	8–10 November 2020
Competitors:	21
Gold:	Chen Meng
Silver:	Sun Yingsha
Bronze:	Mima Ito
Previous:	2019
Next:	2021

The 2020 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Weihai, China, from 8 to 10 November 2020.^[1] It was the 24th 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.

Qualification

In total, 21 players qualified for the World Cup:

• The current World Champion
• 18 players from the five Continental Cups held during 2020
• A wild card, selected by the ITTF

A maximum of two players from each association could qualify.

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.^[2]

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 8 November, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.^[3]

	Group A	Han	Jeon	Eerland	Points
14	Han Ying		4–0	4–0	4
9	Jeon Ji-hee		0–4			4–3	3
17	Britt Eerland		0–4		3–4		2

	Group B	Zhang L	Diaz	Pesotska	Zhang M	Points
16	Lily Zhang		4–2	2–4	4–3	5
10	Adriana Diaz		2–4			4–2		4–1	5
21	Margaryta Pesotska		4–2		2–4			4–1	5
20	Zhang Mo		3–4		1–4		1–4		3

	Group C	Chen	Wu	Solja	Points
15	Chen Szu-yu		4–3	4–2	4
18	Wu Yue		3–4			4–3	3
11	Petrissa Solja		2–4		3–4		2

	Group D	Suh	Szőcs	Meshref	Points
12	Suh Hyo-won		4–2	4–1	4
13	Bernadette Szőcs		2–4			4–3	3
19	Dina Meshref		1–4		3–4		2

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 9–10 November.

See also

• 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships
• 2020 ITTF World Tour
• 2020 ITTF Finals
• 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup

External links

Tournament page on ITTF website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dishang 2020 ITTF Women's World Cup. 2020-11-14. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201109025757/https://www.ittf.com/tournament/5186/2020/womens-world-cup/. 2020-11-09.
2. Web site: Seeding List. ITTF. 7 November 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201113164150/https://wtentries.ittf.link/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=list&listid=19&Itemid=135&fab_plist___tournament_raw=118&fab_plist___singles=1&fab_plist___gender_raw=W&fab_plist___canceled=No&order_by=fab_plist___points&order_dir=desc&resetfilters=1&fabrik_incsessionfilters=0. 13 November 2020.
3. Web site: Dishang 2020 ITTF Women's World Cup group draw. ITTF. 7 November 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201107102248/https://www.ittf.com/2020/11/07/dishang-2020-ittf-womens-world-cup-group-draw/. 7 November 2020.