The 2018 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Chengdu, China, from 28 to 30 September 2018. It was the 22nd edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the ninth time that it has been staged in China.
In the final, China's Ding Ning defeated fellow Chinese player Zhu Yuling, 4–0, to win her third World Cup title.
Qualification
In total, 20 players qualified for the World Cup: The current World Champion 18 players from the five Continental Cups held during 2018 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 2017 World Championships 31 May–4 June 2017 Düsseldorf 1 Ding Ning 2018 Europe Top 16 Cup 3–4 February 2018 Montreux 3 Bernadette Szőcs Li Jie Elizabeta Samara 2018 ITTF Africa Top 16 Cup 1–3 March 2018 Nairobi 1 Dina Meshref 2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup 6–8 April 2018 Yokohama 3 Zhu Yuling Kasumi Ishikawa Cheng I-ching 2018 ITTF-Oceania Cup 18–19 May 2018 Port Vila 1 Jian Fang Lay 2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup 15–17 June 2018 Asunción 2 Zhang Mo Yue Wu Additional qualifiers n/a n/a 8 Miu Hirano Doo Hoi Kem Chen Szu-Yu Seo Hyo-won Matilda Ekholm Sofia Polcanova Georgina Póta Liu Jia ITTF wild card n/a n/a 1 Kim Song-iTotal 20
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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 September 2018.
Preliminary stage
The preliminary group stage took place on 28 September, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.
Group A Kim Ekholm LiPoints18 Kim Song-i 4–3 4–1414 Matilda Ekholm3–44–239 Li Jie1–42–42
Group B Samara Chen MeshrefPoints10 E. Samara 4–3 4–3413 Chen Szu-yu3–44–0317 Dina Meshref3–40–42
Group C Lay Póta ZhangPoints20 Jian Fang Lay 4–1 3–4315 Georgina Póta1–44–1311 Zhang Mo4–31–43
Group D Szőcs Liu WuPoints12 B. Szőcs 4–2 4–2416 Liu Jia2–44–3319 Yue Wu2–43–42
Main draw
The knockout stage took place from 29 to 30 September.
See also 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships 2018 ITTF World Tour 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup 2018 ITTF Team World Cup
References
External links Tournament page on ITTF website