2019 ITTF Women's World Cup

The 2019 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Chengdu, China, from 18 to 20 October 2019. It was the 23rd edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.^[1]

2019 ITTF Women's World Cup
Location	Chengdu, China
Date	18-20 October 2019
Competitors	20
Medalists
Liu Shiwen   Zhu Yuling   Feng Tianwei
← 2018 2020 →

Qualification

In total, 20 players qualified for the World Cup:^[2][3]

• The current World Champion
• 18 players from the five Continental Cups held during 2019
• A wild card, selected by the ITTF

A maximum of two players from each association could qualify.

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Places	Qualified players
2019 World Championships	23–27 April 2019	Budapest	1	Liu Shiwen
2019 ITTF Pan-America Cup	1–3 February 2019	Guaynabo	2	Adriana Díaz Zhang Mo
2019 Europe Top 16 Cup	2–3 February 2019	Montreux	3	Petrissa Solja Bernadette Szőcs Sofia Polcanova
2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup	5–7 April 2019	Yokohama	3	Zhu Yuling Kasumi Ishikawa Feng Tianwei
2019 ITTF-Oceania Cup	25–26 May 2019	Bora Bora	1	Jian Fang Lay
2019 ITTF Africa Cup	3–5 August 2019	Lagos	1	Dina Meshref
Additional qualifiers[nb 1]	n/a	n/a	8	Doo Hoi Kem Miu Hirano Jeon Ji-hee Cheng I-ching Chen Szu-yu Jennifer Wu Natalia Partyka Elizabeta Samara
ITTF wild card	n/a	n/a	1	Lily Zhang
Total			20

Notes

1. Based on Continental Cup finishing position and ITTF World Ranking.

Competition format

The tournament consisted of two stages: a preliminary group stage and a knockout stage. The players seeded 9 to 20 were drawn into four groups, with three players in each group. 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 October 2019.

1. Zhu Yuling (final)
2. Liu Shiwen (champion)
3. Kasumi Ishikawa (quarterfinals)
4. Miu Hirano (first round)
5. Cheng I-ching (quarterfinals)
6. Doo Hoi Kem (first round)
7. Feng Tianwei (semifinals)
8. Sofia Polcanova (quarterfinals)
9. Bernadette Szőcs (first round)
10. Jeon Ji-hee (first round)
11. Petrissa Solja (quarterfinals)
12. Elizabeta Samara (preliminary round)
13. Chen Szu-yu (first round)
14. Zhang Mo (first round)
15. Adriana Diaz (preliminary round)
16. Dina Meshref (first round)
17. Yue Wu (first round)
18. Lily Zhang (semifinals)
19. Natalia Partyka (preliminary round)
20. Jian Fang Lay (preliminary round)

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 18 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.

Group A Szőcs Zhang Diaz Points 9 Bernadette Szőcs 4–1 4–2 4 18 Lily Zhang 1–4 4–1 3 15 Adriana Diaz 2–4 1–4 2

Group B Jeon Meshref Partyka Points 10 Jeon Ji-hee 4–1 4–0 4 16 Dina Meshref 1–4 4–2 3 19 Natalia Partyka 0–4 2–4 2

Group C Solja Chen Lay Points 11 Petrissa Solja 4–1 4–3 4 13 Chen Szu-yu 1–4 4–1 3 20 Jian Fang Lay 3–4 1–4 2

Group D Wu Zhang Samara Points 17 Yue Wu 4–1 4–0 4 14 Zhang Mo 1–4 4–3 3 12 Elizabeta Samara 0–4 3–4 2

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 19-20 October.

	First round											Quarterfinals											Semifinals											Final
	1	Zhu Yuling	11	11	11	11
	14	Zhang Mo	2	3	3	4						1	Zhu Yuling	11	11	11	11
	11	Petrissa Solja	6	11	11	11	11	11				11	Petrissa Solja	4	1	6	7
	6	Doo Hoi Kem	11	13	8	9	5	7															1	Zhu Yuling	11	11	9	11	11	11
	7	Feng Tianwei	11	12	11	11																	7	Feng Tianwei	1	13	11	5	5	5
	9	Bernadette Szőcs	8	10	8	8						7	Feng Tianwei	12	7	11	8	8	12	11
	16	Dina Meshref	4	10	7	6						3	Kasumi Ishikawa	10	11	8	11	11	10	7
	3	Kasumi Ishikawa	11	12	11	11																												1	Zhu Yuling	11	8	8	6	11	9
	4	Miu Hirano	10	8	11	11	11	5	5																									2	Liu Shiwen	4	11	11	11	3	11
	18	Lily Zhang	12	11	8	8	8	11	11			18	Lily Zhang	11	8	11	4	8	11	11
	17	Yue Wu	11	4	12	11	9					8	Sofia Polcanova	9	11	8	11	11	8	8
	8	Sofia Polcanova	13	11	14	6	11																18	Lily Zhang	6	1	5	5						Third place
	5	Cheng I-ching	14	11	11	7	11																2	Liu Shiwen	11	11	11	11
	10	Jeon Ji-hee	12	5	9	11	8					5	Cheng I-ching	4	8	5	10																	7	Feng Tianwei	11	11	11	5	15
	13	Chen Szu-yu	9	4	11	9	6					2	Liu Shiwen	11	11	11	12																	18	Lily Zhang	6	8	8	11	13
	2	Liu Shiwen	11	11	7	11	11

See also

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