The 2019 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Chengdu, China, from 29 November to 1 December 2019. It was the 40th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.
Qualification
In total, 20 players qualified for the World Cup:
The reigning 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 23–28 April 2019 Budapest 1 Ma Long 2019 ITTF Pan-America Cup 1–3 February 2019 Guaynabo 2 Hugo Calderano Kanak Jha 2019 Europe Top 16 Cup 2–3 February 2019 Montreux 3 Dimitrij Ovtcharov Vladimir Samsonov Timo Boll 2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup 5–7 April 2019 Yokohama 3 Fan Zhendong Koki Niwa Tomokazu Harimoto 2019 ITTF-Oceania Cup 25–26 May 2019 Bora Bora 1 Hu Heming 2019 ITTF Africa Cup 3–5 August 2019 Lagos 1 Omar Assar Additional qualifiers n/a n/a 8 Lin Yun-ju Daniel Habesohn Simon Gauzy Jonathan Groth Kristian Karlsson Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Lee Sang-su Wong Chun Ting Quadri Aruna ITTF wild card n/a n/a 1 Mattias FalckTotal 20
Notes
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 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.
Preliminary stage
The preliminary group stage took place on 29 November, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.
Group A Ovtcharov Habesohn SamsonovPoints9 Dimitrij Ovtcharov 4–3 4–2419 Daniel Habesohn3–44–3313 Vladimir Samsonov2–43–42
Group B Lee Jha AssarPoints10 Lee Sang-su 4–2 4–1416 Kanak Jha2–44–2318 Omar Assar1–42–42
Group C Karlsson Aruna HemingPoints15 Kristian Karlsson 4–0 4–1411 Quadri Aruna0–44–0320 Hu Heming1–40–42
Group D Gnanasekaran Gauzy GrothPoints17 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran 4–3 4–2412 Simon Gauzy3–44–1314 Jonathan Groth2–41–42
Main draw
The knockout stage took place from 29 November to 1 December.
See also 2019 World Table Tennis Championships 2019 ITTF World Tour 2019 ITTF Women's World Cup 2019 ITTF Team World Cup
References
External links Tournament page on ITTF website