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]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team details |
China Fan Zhendong Xu Xin Lin Gaoyuan Ma Long Liang Jingkun |
 South KoreaJang Woo-jin Lee Sang-su Jung Young-sik Lim Jong-hoon Cho Dae-seong |
 Chinese TaipeiLin Yun-ju Chen Chien-an Liao Cheng-ting Peng Wang-wei Wang Tai-wei |
 JapanTomokazu Harimoto Koki Niwa Jun Mizutani Maharu Yoshimura Takuya Jin | |||
| Women's team details |
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 |
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]
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- Notes
- a Two qualifying places awarded, to ensure that both North and South America were represented.
- b Five qualifying places awarded to the highest-placed teams that did not already qualify through continental events.
- c Australia initially qualified, but later withdrew from the World Cup. Their place was taken by Vanuatu.[8]
Seeding
Teams were seeded based on the latest ITTF World Team Ranking.[9]
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
Group C
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 | |||||||||||||
Seeding
Teams were seeded based on the latest ITTF World Team Ranking.[9]
Group stage
The group stage took place on 6 and 7 November.
Group A
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 | |||||||||||||
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- "Tokyo 2020 Test Events". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- "ZEN-NOH named as title sponsor of 2019 ITTF Team World Cup in Tokyo". Inside The Games. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- "Korea Republic in optimistic mood for Tokyo 2020". ITTF. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- "Sun Yingsha escapes, China retains title". ITTF. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- "2019 ITTF Team World Cup / Playing System and Qualification Criteria" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- "2019 ITTF Team World Cup / Qualified Teams" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- "Continental champions ready for Team World Cup clash". ITTF. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
- "2019 ITTF Team World Cup / Seeding" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 5 November 2019.