2017 ITTF Women's World Cup

The 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Markham, Ontario, from 27 to 29 October 2017. It was the 21st edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the first time that it had been staged in Canada.[1]

2017 ITTF Women's World Cup
VenuePan Am Centre
LocationMarkham, Ontario, Canada
Date27–29 October
Competitors20 from 16 nations
Total prize money$150,000
Medalists
  Zhu Yuling
  Liu Shiwen
  Cheng I-ching

In the final, China's Zhu Yuling defeated fellow Chinese player Liu Shiwen, 4–3, to win her first World Cup title.[2]

Qualification

The following list of players was confirmed on 2 October 2017, based on the qualification system set by the ITTF.[3][4]

No. World Ranking
(August 2017)		 Player Qualified as
1 4 Liu Shiwen World Champion Substitute[5]
2 118 Dina Meshref Africa Cup winner
3 3 Zhu Yuling Asian Cup winner
4 73 Lily Zhang PanAm Cup winner
5 232 Paulina Vega PanAm Cup Latin American qualifier
6 106 Jian Fang Lay Oceania Cup winner
7 19 Li Jie Europe Top 16 winner
8 7 Kasumi Ishikawa Asian Cup 3rd place
9 5 Miu Hirano Asian Cup 4th place
10 35 Matilda Ekholm Europe Top 16 2nd place Substitute[5]
11 49 Sabine Winter Europe Top 16 3rd place
12 22 Liu Jia Continental Cup qualifier
13 32 Georgina Póta Continental Cup qualifier
14 40 Chen Szu-yu Continental Cup qualifier
15 29 Seo Hyo-won Continental Cup qualifier
16 31 Doo Hoi Kem Continental Cup qualifier
17 8 Cheng I-ching Continental Cup qualifier
18 36 Lee Ho Ching Continental Cup qualifier
19 56 Zhang Mo Host nation representative
20 27 Elizabeta Samara Wild card

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.[3]

Seeding

The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for October 2017.[6]

  1. Zhu Yuling (Champion)
  2. Liu Shiwen (Final)
  3. Kasumi Ishikawa (First round)
  4. Miu Hirano (Semifinals)
  5. Cheng I-ching (Semifinals)
  6. Doo Hoi Kem (First round)
  7. Li Jie (Quarterfinals)
  8. Elizabeta Samara (Quarterfinals)
  9. Seo Hyo-won (First round)
  10. Georgina Póta (First round)
  11. Chen Szu-yu (Quarterfinals)
  12. Liu Jia (First round)
  13. Lee Ho Ching (Quarterfinals)
  14. Matilda Ekholm (First round)
  15. Sabine Winter (Preliminary round)
  16. Zhang Mo (First round)
  17. Lily Zhang (Preliminary round)
  18. Dina Meshref (First round)
  19. Jian Fang Lay (Preliminary round)
  20. Paulina Vega (Preliminary round)

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 27 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.[7][8]

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 28–29 October.[9]

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Zhu Yuling 6 11 11 14 11
16 Zhang Mo 11 8 8 12 2 1 Zhu Yuling 11 6 11 11 11
12 Liu Jia 9 9 11 8 11 12 5 7 Li Jie 3 11 9 3 5
7 Li Jie 11 11 4 11 4 10 11 1 Zhu Yuling 11 11 11 11
5 Cheng I-ching 7 7 11 13 11 7 11 5 Cheng I-ching 4 9 3 4
10 Georgina Póta 11 11 8 11 7 11 4 5 Cheng I-ching 6 13 6 11 11 11
13 Lee Ho Ching 11 4 11 1 8 11 11 13 Lee Ho Ching 11 11 11 7 8 5
3 Kasumi Ishikawa 4 11 7 11 11 9 6 1 Zhu Yuling 11 8 11 11 10 11 12
4 Miu Hirano 5 11 11 11 11 2 Liu Shiwen 13 11 7 8 12 9 10
14 Matilda Ekholm 11 6 9 4 2 4 Miu Hirano 11 11 11 11
11 Chen Szu-yu 5 4 10 11 18 12 11 Chen Szu-yu 7 6 6 8
6 Doo Hoi Kem 11 11 12 8 16 10 8 4 Miu Hirano 5 7 1 6 Third place
8 Elizabeta Samara 11 4 11 11 11 2 Liu Shiwen 11 11 11 11
9 Seo Hyo-won 6 11 8 7 2 8 Elizabeta Samara 4 6 7 4 5 Cheng I-ching 9 11 9 11 11 11
18 Dina Meshref 5 6 6 2 2 Liu Shiwen 11 11 11 11 4 Miu Hirano 11 5 11 9 5 8
2 Liu Shiwen 11 11 11 11

See also

References
  1. "Uncle Pop 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  2. "Zhu Yuling wins in Markham ends remarkable record of Liu Shiwen in dramatic final". ITTF. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. "Qualification and Playing System for the Women ́s & Men's World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  4. "Confirmed list of players Uncle Pop 2017 Women ́s World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  5. "Liu Shiwen in search of unprecedented fifth title". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  6. "2017 Uncle Pop 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup Presented by Polar Naturals Players' Seeding List (WR Oct 2017)" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  7. "ITTF Women's World Cup / Group Stage" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  8. "Review Day One: First places for top four names but day belongs to Dina Meshref". ITTF. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  9. "ITTF Women's World Cup / Main Draw" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
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