The 2014 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 24 to 26 October 2014. It was the 35th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.
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. 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 as of September 2014.
Ma Long (final, silver medalist) Zhang Jike (champion, gold medalist) Dimitrij Ovtcharov (quarter-finals) Jun Mizutani (semi-finals, fourth place) Chuang Chih-Yuan (quarter-finals) Timo Boll (semi-finals, bronze medalist) Marcos Freitas (quarter-finals) Tang Peng (first round)
Group stage The preliminary group stage took place in 24 October, with the top player in each group progressing to the main draw.
Main draw The knockout stage took place from 25-26 October.
See also 2013 World Table Tennis Championships 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships 2015 World Table Tennis Championships 2015 ITTF Men's World Cup
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