2018 ITTF Women's World Cup
Event2018 ITTF Women's World Cup
Year2018
VenueSichuan Province Gymnasium
LocationChengdu, China
Date28–30 September
Competitors20
Nations15
GoldDing Ning
SilverZhu Yuling
BronzeCheng I-ching
Previous2017
Next2019

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.

Means of qualificationDateVenuePlacesQualified players
2017 World Championships31 May–4 June 2017Düsseldorf1Ding Ning
2018 Europe Top 16 Cup3–4 February 2018Montreux3Bernadette Szőcs
Li Jie
Elizabeta Samara
2018 ITTF Africa Top 16 Cup1–3 March 2018Nairobi1Dina Meshref
2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup6–8 April 2018Yokohama3Zhu Yuling
Kasumi Ishikawa
Cheng I-ching
2018 ITTF-Oceania Cup18–19 May 2018Port Vila1Jian Fang Lay
2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup15–17 June 2018Asunción2Zhang Mo
Yue Wu
Additional qualifiers[nb 1]n/an/a8Miu Hirano
Doo Hoi Kem
Chen Szu-Yu
Seo Hyo-won
Matilda Ekholm
Sofia Polcanova
Georgina Póta
Liu Jia
ITTF wild cardn/an/a1Kim Song-i
Total20
Notes
  1. ^ Based on Continental Cup finishing position and ITTF World Ranking on 1 July 2018

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]

  1. Zhu Yuling (final)
  2. Kasumi Ishikawa (semifinals)
  3. Ding Ning (champion)
  4. Cheng I-ching (semifinals)
  5. Miu Hirano (quarterfinals)
  6. Seo Hyo-won (quarterfinals)
  7. Doo Hoi Kem (quarterfinals)
  8. Sofia Polcanova (quarterfinals)
  9. Li Jie (preliminary round)
  10. Elizabeta Samara (first round)
  11. Zhang Mo (preliminary round)
  12. Bernadette Szőcs (first round)
  13. Chen Szu-yu (first round)
  14. Matilda Ekholm (first round)
  15. Georgina Póta (first round)
  16. Liu Jia (first round)
  17. Dina Meshref (preliminary round)
  18. Kim Song-i (first round)
  19. Yue Wu (preliminary round)
  20. Jian Fang Lay (first round)

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 AKimEkholmLiPoints
18Kim Song-i4–34–14
14Matilda Ekholm3–44–23
9Li Jie1–42–42
Group BSamaraChenMeshrefPoints
10E. Samara4–34–34
13Chen Szu-yu3–44–03
17Dina Meshref3–40–42
Group CLayPótaZhangPoints
20Jian Fang Lay4–13–43
15Georgina Póta1–44–13
11Zhang Mo4–31–43
Group DSzőcsLiuWuPoints
12B. Szőcs4–24–24
16Liu Jia2–44–33
19Yue Wu2–43–42

Main draw

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

See also

References

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