Table Tennis World Cup

The Table Tennis World Cup has been held annually since 1980. There had been only men's singles until the inauguration of women's singles in 1996 and team competitions in 1990. The team competitions, the World Team Cup, were canceled until the relaunch in 2007, and now held in odd-numbered years. The competitions are sanctioned by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and classified as R1 in rating weightings, B2 in bonus weightings in the ITTF world ranking.[1]

Table Tennis World Cup
Statusactive
Genresports competition
Date(s)October
Frequencyannual
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1980 (1980)
Organised byITTF

Competition

Men's and Women's World Cups

Participants of the competition are composed of:[2]

  • The current holder of the World Cup.
  • The World Champion.
  • The champion player or the strongest current player from each of the 6 continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and Oceania).
  • 1 player from the host association.
  • The top 8 players from the world ranking list.
  • 2 wild card selections.
    • No more than 2 players from an association unless a third is invited as a wild card.
    • If the World Champion and the World Cup title holder is the same player, or the host association has a player qualified as title holder or from the world ranking, the vacancy goes to the next highest eligible player on the world ranking list.

World Team Cup
  • Top 7 associations at the preceding World Team Championships.
  • If the team of the host association is not on the top 7 list, the team of the host association and 4 teams from continental federations would be represented at the event.

Current Playing System

Men's and Women's World Cups

The playing system is determined by the Executive Committee on recommendation by the Competition Department.[2] The 2009 World Cup was divided into 3 stages. All matches were the best of 7 games.[3]

  1. The Preliminary Stage- Intercontinental Cup: The 4 continental representatives from Africa, Latin America, North America and Oceania compete on a group basis with all the members of the group. The winner of this group joins the remaining 15 players in the 1st stage.
  2. The 1st Stage- Group Stage: The 16 players are divided into 4 equal groups, with all the members of a group playing each other, and the group winners and runners-up advance towards the 2nd stage.
    1. The highest-ranked player is placed in Group A, the 2nd highest in Group B, the 3rd highest in Group C and the 4th highest in Group D. The remaining players are drawn into the 4 groups at a time in ranking order.
    2. If there are 2 players from the same association, they will be drawn into separate groups but the 3rd player from the same association may be drawn into any group.
  3. The 2nd Stage- Knockout:
    1. Quarter Finals: 4 quarter finals (Q1-Q4) are arranged according to both the groups and the rankings in the 1st Stage. Q1-Q4 are as follows: A1 vs. B2, C1 vs. D2, D1 vs. C2, and B1 vs. A2.
    2. Semi-finals: the matches are winner of Q1 vs. winner of Q2, and winner of Q3 vs. winner of Q4.
    3. Winners of semi-finals enter the final, with the losers of the semi-finals competing for the third place.

World Team Cup

All team matches are played on the Olympic System with a maximum of 4 singles and 1 doubles. And all individual matches of a team match are the best of 5 games.[2][4]

  1. Intercontinental Cup: The 4 teams from continental federations not qualified by their ranking at the preceding World Team Championships shall compete in an Intercontinental Cup played on round-robin. Only one team survives.
  2. Knockout: 7 teams qualified from World Team Championships and the host are seeded based on latest ITTF World Team Ranking. The winner of the Intercontinental Cup play a match against the lowest seeded of the other 8 teams, other than the host association's team. The winner of this match shall promote to final knockout. The top 4 seeds are separated in different matches in quarter-finals.

Winners

Men's singles
Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze
1980 Hong Kong Guo Yuehua Li Zhenshi Josef Dvoracek
1981 Kuala Lumpur Tibor Klampár Xie Saike Guo Yuehua
1982 Hong Kong Guo Yuehua Mikael Appelgren Xie Saike
1983 Barbados Mikael Appelgren Jan-Ove Waldner Erik Lindh
1984 Kuala Lumpur Jiang Jialiang Kim Wan Ulf Bengtsson
1985 Foshan Chen Xinhua Andrzej Grubba Jiang Jialiang
1986 Port of Spain Chen Longcan Jiang Jialiang Kim Wan
1987 Macao Teng Yi Jiang Jialiang Andrzej Grubba
1988 Guangzhou & Wuhan Andrzej Grubba Chen Longcan Jiang Jialiang
1989 Nairobi Ma Wenge Andrzej Grubba Mikael Appelgren
1990 Chiba City Jan-Ove Waldner Ma Wenge Chen Longcan
1991 Kuala Lumpur Jörgen Persson Jean-Philippe Gatien Jan-Ove Waldner
1992 Ho Chi Minh City Ma Wenge Kim Taek-soo Yoo Nam-kyu
1993 Guangzhou Zoran Primorac Wang Tao Wenguan Johnny Huang
1994 Taipei Jean-Philippe Gatien Jean-Michel Saive Zoran Primorac
1995 Nimes Kong Linghui Jörg Roßkopf Liu Guoliang
1996 Nimes Liu Guoliang Jan-Ove Waldner Vladimir Samsonov
1997 Nimes Zoran Primorac Kong Linghui Vladimir Samsonov
1998 Shantou Jörg Roßkopf Kim Taek-soo Zoran Primorac
1999 Xiaolan Vladimir Samsonov Werner Schlager Zoran Primorac
2000 Yangzhou Ma Lin Kim Taek-soo Wang Liqin
2001 Courmayeur Vladimir Samsonov Wang Liqin Jörg Roßkopf
2002 Jinan Timo Boll Kong Linghui Zoran Primorac
2003 Jiangyin Ma Lin Kalinikos Kreanga Wang Liqin
2004 Hangzhou Ma Lin Kalinikos Kreanga Wang Hao
2005 Liège Timo Boll Wang Hao Ma Lin
2006 Paris Ma Lin Wang Hao Wang Liqin
2007 Barcelona Wang Hao Ryu Seung-min Wang Liqin
2008 Liège Wang Hao Timo Boll Ma Long
2009 Moscow Vladimir Samsonov Chen Qi Ma Long
2010 Magdeburg Wang Hao Zhang Jike Timo Boll
2011 Paris Zhang Jike Wang Hao Joo Se-hyuk
2012 Liverpool Ma Long Timo Boll Vladimir Samsonov
2013 Verviers Xu Xin Vladimir Samsonov Dimitrij Ovtcharov
2014 Düsseldorf Zhang Jike Ma Long Timo Boll
2015 Halmstad Ma Long Fan Zhendong Dimitrij Ovtcharov
2016 Saarbrücken Fan Zhendong Xu Xin Wong Chun Ting
2017 Liège Dimitrij Ovtcharov Timo Boll Ma Long
2018 Paris Fan Zhendong Timo Boll Lin Gaoyuan
2019 Chengdu Fan Zhendong Tomokazu Harimoto Lin Yun-ju
2020 Weihai Fan Zhendong Ma Long Tomokazu Harimoto

Women's singles
Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze
1996 Hong Kong Deng Yaping Yang Ying Wang Chen
1997 Shanghai Wang Nan Li Ju Li Chunli
1998 Taipei Wang Nan Li Ju Chen-Tong Fei-Ming
2000 Phnom Penh Li Ju Wang Nan Sun Jin
2001 Wuhu Zhang Yining Kim Hyon-hui Mihaela Steff
2002 Singapore Zhang Yining Li Nan Tie Ya Na
2003 Hong Kong Wang Nan Niu Jianfeng Zhang Yining
2004 Hangzhou Zhang Yining Wang Nan Tie Ya Na
2005 Guangzhou Zhang Yining Guo Yan Ai Fukuhara
2006 Urumqi Guo Yan Zhang Yining Li Jiawei
2007 Chengdu Wang Nan Zhang Yining Guo Yue
2008 Kuala Lumpur Li Xiaoxia Tie Ya Na Feng Tianwei
2009 Guangzhou Liu Shiwen Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia
2010 Kuala Lumpur Guo Yan Jiang Huajun Guo Yue
2011 Singapore Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia Tie Ya Na
2012 Huangshi Liu Shiwen Elizabeta Samara Shen Yanfei
2013 Kobe Liu Shiwen Wu Yang Feng Tianwei
2014 Linz Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia Kasumi Ishikawa
2015 Sendai Liu Shiwen Kasumi Ishikawa Petrissa Solja
2016 Philadelphia Miu Hirano Cheng I-ching Feng Tianwei
2017 Markham Zhu Yuling Liu Shiwen Cheng I-ching
2018 Chengdu Ding Ning Zhu Yuling Cheng I-ching
2019 Chengdu Liu Shiwen Zhu Yuling Feng Tianwei
2020 Weihai Chen Meng Sun Yingsha Mima Ito

Men's doubles
Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze
1990 Seoul Kim Taek-soo
Yoo Nam-kyu		 Steffen Fetzner
Jörg Roßkopf		 Andrzej Grubba
Leszek Kucharski
Ilija Lupulesku
Zoran Primorac
1992 Las Vegas Kim Taek-soo
Yoo Nam-kyu		 Andrei Mazunov
Dmitrij Mazunov		 Steffen Fetzner
Jörg Roßkopf
Kang Hee-chan
Lee Chul-seung

Women's doubles
Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze
1990 Seoul Hong Cha-ok
Hyun Jung-hwa		 Chai Po Wa
Chan Tan Lui		 Deng Yaping
Hu Xiaoxin
Hong Soon-hwa
Lee Tae-joo
1992 Las Vegas Deng Yaping
Qiao Hong		 Hong Cha-ok
Hyun Jung-hwa		 Chai Po Wa
Chan Tan Lui
Chen Zihe
Gao Jun

Men's team
Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze
1990 Chiba City Sweden China England
North Korea
1991 Barcelona China Sweden France
North Korea
1994 Nimes China Sweden Belgium
France
1995 Atlanta South Korea Germany Japan
United States
2007 Magdeburg China Hong Kong Austria
South Korea
2009 Linz China South Korea Germany
Hong Kong
2010 Dubai China South Korea Austria
Germany
2011 Magdeburg China South Korea Germany
Japan
2013 Guangzhou China Chinese Taipei Egypt
Japan
2015 Dubai China Austria Chinese Taipei
Portugal
2018 London China Japan England
South Korea
2019 Tokyo China South Korea Chinese Taipei
Japan

Performance by nations in Men's World Team
Team Winners Runners-up Third Place
China 10 (1991, '94, 2007, '09, '10, '11, '13, '15, '18, '19) 1 (1990) 0
South Korea 1 (1995) 4 (2009, '10, '11, '19) 2 (2007, '18)
Sweden 1 (1990) 2 (1991, '94) 0
Japan 0 1 (2018) 4 (1995, 2011, '13, '19)
Germany 0 1 (1995) 3 (2009, '10, '11)
Austria 0 1 (2015) 2 (2007, '10)
Chinese Taipei 0 1 (2013) 2 (2015, '19)
Hong Kong 0 1 (2007) 1 (2009)
North Korea 0 0 2 (1990, '91)
England 0 0 2 (1990, 2018)
France 0 0 2 (1991, '94)
Belgium 0 0 1 (1994)
United States 0 0 1 (1995)
Egypt 0 0 1 (2013)
Portugal 0 0 1 (2015)

Women's team
Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze
1990 Chiba City China North Korea France
Hungary
1991 Barcelona China South Korea Japan
North Korea
1994 Nimes Russia Germany China
Netherlands
1995 Atlanta China Romania Hungary
South Korea
2007 Magdeburg China South Korea Hong Kong
Hungary
2009 Linz China Singapore Hong Kong
Japan
2010 Dubai China Singapore South Korea
Japan
2011 Magdeburg China Japan Hong Kong
Singapore
2013 Guangzhou China Japan Hong Kong
Singapore
2015 Dubai China North Korea Japan
Singapore
2018 London China Japan Hong Kong
North Korea
2019 Tokyo China Japan Chinese Taipei
South Korea

Performance by nations in Women's World Team
Team Winners Runners-up Third Place
China 11 (1990, '91, '95, 2007, '09, '10, '11, '13, '15, '18, '19) 0 1 (1994)
Russia 1 (1994) 0 0
Japan 0 4 (2011, '13, '18, '19) 4 (1991, 2009, '10, '15)
Singapore 0 2 (2009, '10) 3 (2011, '13, '15)
South Korea 0 2 (1991, 2007) 3 (1995, 2010, '19)
North Korea 0 2 (1990, 2015) 2 (1991, 2018)
Romania 0 1 (1995) 0
Germany 0 1 (1994) 0
Hong Kong 0 0 5 (2007, '09, '11, '13, '18)
Hungary 0 0 3 (1990, '95, 2007)
France 0 0 1 (1990)
Netherlands 0 0 1 (1994)
Chinese Taipei 0 0 1 (2019)

References
  1. "Policy for inclusion in the ITTF World Ranking" (PDF). ITTF. ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-12. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
  2. "ITTF Handbook 2009/2010 Index 4.03-4.04". ITTF. ITTF. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
  3. "Playing System for the 2009 Men's and Women's World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. ITTF. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
  4. "Playing System for the 2009 World Team Cup" (PDF). ITTF. ITTF. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
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