2018 ITTF Men's World Cup

The 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Paris, France, from 19 to 21 October 2018. It was the 39th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the third time that it had been staged in Paris.[1]

2018 ITTF Men's World Cup
VenueDisneyland Paris
LocationParis, France
Date19–21 October
Competitors20 from 14 nations
Websitett2018paris.com
Medalists
gold medal China Fan Zhendong
silver medal Germany Timo Boll
bronze medal China Lin Gaoyuan

In the final, China's Fan Zhendong defeated Timo Boll of Germany, 4–1, to win his second World Cup title.[2]

Qualification

In total, 20 players qualified for the World Cup:[3][4]

  • 18 players from the five Continental Cups held during 2018
  • A host association representative
  • A wild card, selected by the ITTF

A maximum of two players from each association could qualify.

As reigning World Champion, China's Ma Long was invited to take part, but withdrew prior to the event. His place was taken by Lin Gaoyuan.[5]

Means of qualificationDateVenuePlacesQualified players
2018 Europe Top 16 Cup3–4 February 2018Switzerland Montreux3Germany Timo Boll
Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Denmark Jonathan Groth
2018 ITTF Africa Top 16 Cup1–3 March 2018Kenya Nairobi1Nigeria Quadri Aruna[nb 1]
2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup6–8 April 2018Japan Yokohama3China Fan Zhendong
China Lin Gaoyuan
South Korea Lee Sang-su
2018 ITTF-Oceania Cup18–19 May 2018Vanuatu Port Vila1Australia Hu Heming
2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup15–17 June 2018Paraguay Asunción2Brazil Hugo Calderano
Brazil Gustavo Tsuboi
Additional qualifiers[nb 2]n/an/a8South Korea Jeong Sang-eun
Japan Tomokazu Harimoto
Japan Koki Niwa
Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting
Belarus Vladimir Samsonov
Sweden Mattias Falck
United States Kanak Jha
Greece Panagiotis Gionis
Host association representativen/an/a1France Simon Gauzy
ITTF wild cardn/an/a1France Emmanuel Lebesson
Total20
Notes
  1. Egypt's Omar Assar won the Africa Cup, but Quadri Aruna (as runner-up) qualified for the World Cup as the Africa Cup representative when Assar withdrew.
  2. 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 joined the top eight seeded players in the second stage of the competition, which consisted of a knockout draw.[3]

Seeding

The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for October 2018.[3]

  1. China Fan Zhendong (champion)
  2. Germany Timo Boll (final)
  3. Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov (semifinals)
  4. China Lin Gaoyuan (semifinals)
  5. South Korea Lee Sang-su (quarterfinals)
  6. Japan Tomokazu Harimoto (quarterfinals)
  7. Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting (first round)
  8. Japan Koki Niwa (quarterfinals)
  9. Brazil Hugo Calderano (preliminary round)
  10. France Simon Gauzy (first round)
  11. South Korea Jeong Sang-eun (first round)
  12. Denmark Jonathan Groth (first round)
  13. Sweden Mattias Falck (first round)
  14. Nigeria Quadri Aruna (preliminary round)
  15. Belarus Vladimir Samsonov (quarterfinals)
  16. Brazil Gustavo Tsuboi (first round)
  17. France Emmanuel Lebesson (first round)
  18. United States Kanak Jha (first round)
  19. Greece Panagiotis Gionis (preliminary round)
  20. Australia Hu Heming (preliminary round)

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 19 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.[6]

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 20–21 October.[7]

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 China Fan Zhendong 11 11 11 11
16 Brazil Gustavo Tsuboi 7 9 6 8 1 China Fan Zhendong 11 11 12 11
15 Belarus Vladimir Samsonov 11 12 11 7 11 15 Belarus Vladimir Samsonov 3 6 10 6
7 Hong Kong Wong Chun Ting 6 10 9 11 7 1 China Fan Zhendong 10 12 15 11 11
8 Japan Koki Niwa 11 11 4 12 11 4 China Lin Gaoyuan 12 10 13 7 6
12 Denmark Jonathan Groth 8 5 11 10 5 8 Japan Koki Niwa 10 11 12 9 5
18 United States Kanak Jha 8 11 7 6 3 4 China Lin Gaoyuan 12 5 14 11 11
4 China Lin Gaoyuan 11 6 11 11 11 1 China Fan Zhendong 11 11 11 9 11
3 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 11 4 7 13 11 5 12 2 Germany Timo Boll 9 5 6 11 8
13 Sweden Mattias Falck 5 11 11 11 3 11 10 3 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 11 11 11 9 5 11 11
10 France Simon Gauzy 6 11 11 7 11 8 8 5 South Korea Lee Sang-su 7 5 13 11 11 5 5
5 South Korea Lee Sang-su 11 4 6 11 6 11 11 3 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 14 7 13 11 11 5 Third place
6 Japan Tomokazu Harimoto 11 11 11 11 2 Germany Timo Boll 12 11 15 9 13 11
11 South Korea Jeong Sang-eun 6 6 7 7 6 Japan Tomokazu Harimoto 11 3 11 5 9 4 China Lin Gaoyuan 11 11 9 11 11
17 France Emmanuel Lebesson 8 11 8 5 7 2 Germany Timo Boll 9 11 13 11 11 3 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 7 9 11 4 3
2 Germany Timo Boll 11 8 11 11 11

See also

References
  1. "Return to France, return to Paris". ITTF. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  2. "Dreamland for Fan Zhendong". ITTF. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. "Qualification and Playing System / Men's and Women's World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  4. "Confirmed list of players Liebherr 2018 ITTF Men ́s World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  5. "Top players descend on Disneyland Paris for ITTF Men's World Cup". InsideTheGames. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  6. "Liebherr 2018 ITTF Men´s World Cup / Results / Group stage". ITTF. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  7. "Liebherr 2018 ITTF Men´s World Cup / Results / Knockout stage". ITTF. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
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