2020 ITTF Men's World Cup

The 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Weihai, China, from 13 to 15 November 2020. It was the 41st 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.

2020 ITTF Men's World Cup
LocationWeihai, China
Date13–15 November 2020
Competitors21
Medalists
  Fan Zhendong
  Ma Long
  Tomokazu Harimoto

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.[1]

  1. Fan Zhendong (Champion)
  2. Ma Long (Final)
  3. Tomokazu Harimoto (Semifinals)
  4. Hugo Calderano (First round)
  5. Lin Yun-ju (Quarterfinals)
  6. Mattias Falck (Quarterfinals)
  7. Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Quarterfinals)
  8. Koki Niwa (First round)
  9. Jeoung Young-sik (Quarterfinals)
  10. Liam Pitchford (First round)
  11. Patrick Franziska (First round)
  12. Jang Woo-jin (Semifinals)
  13. Quadri Aruna (Preliminary round)
  14. Wong Chun Ting (First round)
  15. Kanak Jha (Preliminary round)
  16. Robert Gardos (First round)
  17. Chuang Chih-yuan (First round)
  18. Darko Jorgić (First round)
  19. Tomislav Pucar (Preliminary round)
  20. Gustavo Tsuboi (Preliminary round)
  21. Ahmed Saleh (Preliminary round)

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 13 November, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.[2]

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 14–15 November.

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Fan Zhendong 11 11 11 11
17 Chuang Chih-yuan 5 9 8 6 1 Fan Zhendong 12 9 11 11 7 11
11 Patrick Franziska 13 11 7 11 6 2 5 Lin Yun-ju 10 11 2 5 11 5
5 Lin Yun-ju 15 8 11 8 11 11 1 Fan Zhendong 11 11 13 11
8 Koki Niwa 13 4 14 11 9 7 10 12 Jang Woo-jin 5 8 11 8
12 Jang Woo-jin 11 11 12 8 11 11 12 12 Jang Woo-jin 15 11 2 11 7 11
9 Jeoung Young-sik 11 14 11 10 11 11 9 Jeoung Young-sik 13 9 11 6 11 6
4 Hugo Calderano 8 16 9 12 2 7 1 Fan Zhendong 3 11 11 11 7 7 11
3 Tomokazu Harimoto 11 11 12 11 2 Ma Long 11 8 3 6 11 11 9
16 Robert Gardos 3 7 10 8 3 Tomokazu Harimoto 11 11 11 4 11
14 Wong Chun Ting 11 7 12 12 6 13 15 6 Mattias Falck 9 8 9 11 9
6 Mattias Falck 8 11 14 10 11 11 17 3 Tomokazu Harimoto 7 11 11 11 8 6 4 Third place
7 Dimitrij Ovtcharov 12 9 4 11 13 11 11 2 Ma Long 11 3 6 8 11 11 11
10 Liam Pitchford 10 11 11 5 11 13 7 7 Dimitrij Ovtcharov 9 4 7 11 5 12 Jang Woo-jin 11 11 9 6 12 11 5
18 Darko Jorgić 7 14 9 13 11 3 2 Ma Long 11 11 11 7 11 3 Tomokazu Harimoto 7 7 11 11 14 6 11
2 Ma Long 11 12 11 11 13 11

See also

References
  1. "Seeding List". ITTF. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  2. "Dishang 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup group draw". ITTF. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
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