2020 ITTF Women's World Cup

The 2020 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Weihai, China, from 8 to 10 November 2020.[1] It was the 24th 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 Women's World Cup
LocationWeihai, China
Date8–10 November 2020
Competitors21
Medalists
  Chen Meng
  Sun Yingsha
  Mima Ito

Qualification

In total, 21 players qualified for the World Cup:

  • The current World Champion
  • 18 players from the five Continental Cups held during 2020
  • A wild card, selected by the ITTF

A maximum of two players from each association could qualify.

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.[2]

  1. Chen Meng (Champion)
  2. Mima Ito (Semifinals)
  3. Sun Yingsha (Final)
  4. Cheng I-ching (Quarterfinals)
  5. Feng Tianwei (First round)
  6. Kasumi Ishikawa (Quarterfinals)
  7. Sofia Polcanova (First round)
  8. Doo Hoi Kem (First round)
  9. Jeon Ji-hee (First round)
  10. Adriana Diaz (First round)
  11. Petrissa Solja (Preliminary round)
  12. Suh Hyo-won (First round)
  13. Bernadette Szőcs (First round)
  14. Han Ying (Semifinals)
  15. Chen Szu-yu (Quarterfinals)
  16. Lily Zhang (Quarterfinals)
  17. Britt Eerland (Preliminary round)
  18. Wu Yue (First round)
  19. Dina Meshref (Preliminary round)
  20. Zhang Mo (Preliminary round)
  21. Margaryta Pesotska (Preliminary round)

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 8 November, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.[3]

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 9–10 November.

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Chen Meng 11 11 11 11
13 Bernadette Szőcs 6 1 3 7 1 Chen Meng 11 11 11 11
16 Lily Zhang 11 11 11 8 8 13 16 Lily Zhang 8 6 3 9
5 Feng Tianwei 7 8 9 11 11 11 1 Chen Meng 4 11 11 11 7 9 11
7 Sofia Polcanova 7 11 11 9 11 5 6 14 Han Ying 11 8 8 9 11 11 4
14 Han Ying 11 9 5 11 8 11 11 14 Han Ying 12 3 7 11 12 11
18 Wu Yue 5 4 4 3 4 Cheng I-ching 10 11 11 9 10 6
4 Cheng I-ching 11 11 11 11 1 Chen Meng 11 11 11 11 11
3 Sun Yingsha 11 11 11 8 11 3 Sun Yingsha 13 6 9 6 8
10 Adriana Diaz 5 5 8 11 7 3 Sun Yingsha 11 11 11 11
12 Suh Hyo-won 8 7 5 4 6 Kasumi Ishikawa 6 4 4 7
6 Kasumi Ishikawa 11 11 11 11 3 Sun Yingsha 12 11 11 10 4 11 Third place
8 Doo Hoi Kem 11 4 11 12 3 7 6 2 Mima Ito 10 8 6 12 11 4
15 Chen Szu-yu 8 11 3 10 11 11 11 15 Chen Szu-yu 6 6 7 11 5 14 Han Ying 2 7 9 4
9 Jeon Ji-hee 11 7 7 11 7 2 Mima Ito 11 11 11 6 11 2 Mima Ito 11 11 11 11
2 Mima Ito 6 11 11 13 11

See also

References
  1. "Dishang 2020 ITTF Women's World Cup". Archived from the original on 2020-11-09. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  2. "Seeding List". ITTF. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  3. "Dishang 2020 ITTF Women's World Cup group draw". ITTF. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.

Tournament page on ITTF website

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