2019 ITTF Team World Cup

The 2019 ITTF Team World Cup (also known as the ZEN-NOH 2019 ITTF Team World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a table tennis competition that took place in Tokyo, Japan, from 6 to 10 November 2019. It was the 12th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and also served as one of the test events for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3]

2019 ITTF Team World Cup
Venue	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Date	6–10 November 2019
Competitors	97 from 17 nations
Total prize money	$270,000
Champions
Men	China
Women	China

China won both events, defeating South Korea in the men's team final and Japan in the women's team final.[4][5]

Medallists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team	China Fan Zhendong Xu Xin Lin Gaoyuan Ma Long Liang Jingkun	South Korea Jang Woo-jin Lee Sang-su Jung Young-sik Lim Jong-hoon Cho Dae-seong	Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju Chen Chien-an Liao Cheng-ting Peng Wang-wei Wang Tai-wei
			Japan Tomokazu Harimoto Koki Niwa Jun Mizutani Maharu Yoshimura Takuya Jin
Women's team	China Chen Meng Liu Shiwen Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu Ding Ning	Japan Mima Ito Kasumi Ishikawa Miu Hirano Hitomi Sato	Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching Chen Szu-yu Cheng Hsien-tzu Liu Hsing-yin Su Pei-ling
			South Korea Suh Hyo-won Jeon Ji-hee Choi Hyo-joo Yang Ha-eun Shin Yu-bin

Qualification

The host nation Japan, and each of the current continental team champions qualified for both the men's and women's events, with additional places awarded to the highest-placed teams at the 2018 World Team Championships that had not already qualified through continental events.[6][7]

Men Event Berths Qualified Host 1  Japan 2018 African Championships 1  Nigeria 2018 Oceania Championships 1  Australia 2018 Pan American Championships^[a] 2  Brazil  United States 2019 European Championships 1  Germany 2019 Asian Championships 1  China 2018 World Team Championships^[b] 5  Austria  Chinese Taipei  England  South Korea  Sweden TOTAL 12

Women Event Berths Qualified Host 1  Japan 2018 African Championships 1  Egypt 2018 Oceania Championships 1  Vanuatu^[c] 2018 Pan American Championships^[a] 2  Brazil  United States 2019 European Championships 1  Romania 2019 Asian Championships 1  China 2018 World Team Championships^[b] 5  Austria  Chinese Taipei  Hong Kong  South Korea  Ukraine TOTAL 12

Notes

1. ^a Two qualifying places awarded, to ensure that both North and South America were represented.
2. ^b Five qualifying places awarded to the highest-placed teams that did not already qualify through continental events.
3. ^c Australia initially qualified, but later withdrew from the World Cup. Their place was taken by Vanuatu.[8]

Men's team

Seeding

Teams were seeded based on the latest ITTF World Team Ranking.[9]

1.  China
2.  Japan
3.  Germany
4.  South Korea
5.  Sweden
6.  Brazil
7.  Chinese Taipei
8.  Austria
9.  England
10.  Nigeria
11.  United States
12.  Australia

Group stage

The group stage took place on 6 and 7 November.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MW	ML	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	6	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	3	4	3
3	Nigeria	2	0	2	1	6	2

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MW	ML	Pts	Qualification
1	England	2	2	0	6	1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Japan	2	1	1	4	4	3
3	Austria	2	0	2	1	6	2

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MW	ML	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	2	2	0	6	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Brazil	2	1	1	3	3	3
3	Australia	2	0	2	0	6	2

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MW	ML	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	2	2	0	6	1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	United States	2	1	1	4	5	3
3	Sweden	2	0	2	2	6	2

Knockout stage

The knockout stage took place from 7 to 10 November.

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	China		3
	United States		0
						China		3
						Japan		0
	Japan		3
	Germany		1
											China		3
											South Korea		1
	South Korea		3
	Brazil		1
						South Korea		3
						Chinese Taipei		0
	Chinese Taipei		3
	England		0

Women's team

Seeding

Teams were seeded based on the latest ITTF World Team Ranking.[9]

1.  China
2.  Japan
3.  Chinese Taipei
4.  Hong Kong
5.  South Korea
6.  Romania
7.  United States
8.  Ukraine
9.  Austria
10.  Egypt
11.  Brazil
12.  Vanuatu

Group stage

The group stage took place on 6 and 7 November.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MW	ML	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	6	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Ukraine	2	1	1	3	4	3
3	Egypt	2	0	2	1	6	2

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MW	ML	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	6	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	United States	2	1	1	3	1	3
3	Austria	2	0	2	1	6	2

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MW	ML	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	6	1	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Romania	2	1	1	4	3	3
3	Vanuatu	2	0	2	0	6	2

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MW	ML	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	2	2	0	6	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Hong Kong	2	1	1	3	3	3
3	Brazil	2	0	2	0	6	2

Knockout stage

The knockout stage took place from 8 to 10 November.

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	China		3
	United States		0
						China		3
						Chinese Taipei		0
	Hong Kong		2
	Chinese Taipei		3
											China		3
											Japan		0
	South Korea		3
	Ukraine		1
						South Korea		1
						Japan		3
	Romania		0
	Japan		3

See also

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

References

1. "2019 ITTF Team World Cup". ITTF. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
2. "Tokyo 2020 Test Events". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
3. "ZEN-NOH named as title sponsor of 2019 ITTF Team World Cup in Tokyo". Inside The Games. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
4. "Korea Republic in optimistic mood for Tokyo 2020". ITTF. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
5. "Sun Yingsha escapes, China retains title". ITTF. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
6. "2019 ITTF Team World Cup / Playing System and Qualification Criteria" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
7. "2019 ITTF Team World Cup / Qualified Teams" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
8. "Continental champions ready for Team World Cup clash". ITTF. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
9. "2019 ITTF Team World Cup / Seeding" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 5 November 2019.

External links

• Tournament page on ITTF website