2019 ITTF Men's World Cup explained

The 2019 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Chengdu, China, from 29 November to 1 December 2019. It was the 40th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.^[1]

Qualification

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

• The reigning World Champion
• 18 players from the five Continental Cups held during 2019
• A wild card, selected by the ITTF

A maximum of two players from each association could qualify.

width=250	Means of qualification !	width=150	Date !	width=150	Venue !	width=50	Places !	width=220	Qualified players
	23–28 April 2019		1	Ma Long
	1–3 February 2019		2	Hugo Calderano Kanak Jha
	2–3 February 2019		3	Dimitrij Ovtcharov Vladimir Samsonov Timo Boll
	5–7 April 2019		3	Fan Zhendong Koki Niwa Tomokazu Harimoto
	25–26 May 2019		1	Hu Heming
2019 ITTF Africa Cup	3–5 August 2019		1	Omar Assar
Additional qualifiers	n/a	n/a	8	Lin Yun-ju Daniel Habesohn Simon Gauzy Jonathan Groth Kristian Karlsson Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Lee Sang-su Wong Chun Ting Quadri Aruna
ITTF wild card	n/a	n/a	1	Mattias Falck
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 joined the top eight seeded players in the second stage of the competition, which consisted of a knockout draw.^[4]

Seeding

The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for October 2019.^[4]

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 29 November, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.^[5]

	Group A	Ovtcharov	Habesohn	Samsonov	Points
9	Dimitrij Ovtcharov		4–3	4–2	4
19	Daniel Habesohn		3–4			4–3	3
13	Vladimir Samsonov		2–4		3–4		2

	Group B	Lee	Jha	Assar	Points
10	Lee Sang-su		4–2	4–1	4
16	Kanak Jha		2–4			4–2	3
18	Omar Assar		1–4		2–4		2

	Group C	Karlsson	Aruna	Heming	Points
15	Kristian Karlsson		4–0	4–1	4
11	Quadri Aruna		0–4			4–0	3
20	Hu Heming		1–4		0–4		2

	Group D	Gnanasekaran	Gauzy	Groth	Points
17	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran		4–3	4–2	4
12	Simon Gauzy		3–4			4–1	3
14	Jonathan Groth		2–4		1–4		2

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 29 November to 1 December.^[6]

See also

• 2019 World Table Tennis Championships
• 2019 ITTF World Tour
• 2019 ITTF Women's World Cup
• 2019 ITTF Team World Cup

External links

Tournament page on ITTF website

Notes and References

1. Web site: New dates announced for 2019 ITTF Men’s World Cup . ITTF . 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: 2019 ITTF Men’s World Cup . ITTF . 22 September 2019.
4. Web site: Qualification and Playing System / Men's and Women's World Cup . ITTF . 17 July 2018.
5. Web site: 2019 ITTF Men's World Cup / Results / Groups . ITTF . 1 December 2019.
6. Web site: 2019 ITTF Men's World Cup / Results / Knockouts . ITTF . 1 December 2019.