The 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Markham, Ontario, from 27 to 29 October 2017. It was the 21st edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the first time that it had been staged in Canada.
In the final, China's Zhu Yuling defeated fellow Chinese player Liu Shiwen, 4–3, to win her first World Cup title.
Qualification
The following list of players was confirmed on 2 October 2017, based on the qualification system set by the ITTF.
No. World Ranking(August 2017) Player Qualified as14 Liu ShiwenWorld Champion Substitute2118 Dina MeshrefAfrica Cup winner33 Zhu YulingAsian Cup winner473 Lily ZhangPanAm Cup winner5232 Paulina VegaPanAm Cup Latin American qualifier6106 Jian Fang LayOceania Cup winner719 Li JieEurope Top 16 winner87 Kasumi IshikawaAsian Cup 3rd place95 Miu HiranoAsian Cup 4th place1035 Matilda EkholmEurope Top 16 2nd place Substitute1149 Sabine WinterEurope Top 16 3rd place1222 Liu JiaContinental Cup qualifier1332 Georgina PótaContinental Cup qualifier1440 Chen Szu-yuContinental Cup qualifier1529 Seo Hyo-wonContinental Cup qualifier1631 Doo Hoi KemContinental Cup qualifier178 Cheng I-chingContinental Cup qualifier1836 Lee Ho ChingContinental Cup qualifier1956 Zhang MoHost nation representative2027 Elizabeta SamaraWild card
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 2017.
Preliminary stage
The preliminary group stage took place on 27 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.
Group A Seo Zhang ZhangPoints9 Seo Hyo-won 4–0 4–1416 Zhang Mo0–44–3317 Lily Zhang1–43–42
Group B Póta Ekholm LayPoints10 Georgina Póta 4–2 4–1414 Matilda Ekholm2–44–0319 Jian Fang Lay1–40–42
Group C Chen Lee VegaPoints11 Chen Szu-yu 4–0 4–0413 Lee Ho Ching0–44–0320 Paulina Vega0–40–42
Group D Liu Meshref WinterPoints12 Liu Jia 4–0 4–0418 Dina Meshref0–44–0315 Sabine Winter0–40–42
Main draw
The knockout stage took place from 28–29 October.
See also 2017 World Table Tennis Championships 2017 ITTF Men's World Cup 2017 ITTF World Tour 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
References
External links ITTF website
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