2020 ITTF Men's World Cup

2020 ITTF Men's World Cup
Location	Weihai, China
Date	13–15 November 2020
Competitors	21
Medalists
Fan Zhendong   Ma Long   Tomokazu Harimoto

The 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Weihai, China, from 13 to 15 November 2020. It was the 41st edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event. After series of cancellation of tournaments due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports this year, the ITTF World Cup is one of the three year-end tournaments that conclude the table tennis calendar in 2020. The other two, 2020 ITTF Finals and the inaugural World Table Tennis Macao), were also all held in November in China.

Competition format

The tournament consisted of two stages: a preliminary group stage and a knockout stage. The players seeded 9 to 21 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 for November 2020.

1. Fan Zhendong (champion)
2. Ma Long (final)
3. Tomokazu Harimoto (semifinals)
4. Hugo Calderano (first round)
5. Lin Yun-ju (quarterfinals)
6. Mattias Falck (quarterfinals)
7. Dimitrij Ovtcharov (quarterfinals)
8. Koki Niwa (first round)
9. Jeoung Young-sik (quarterfinals)
10. Liam Pitchford (first round)
11. Patrick Franziska (first round)
12. Jang Woo-jin (semifinals)
13. Quadri Aruna (preliminary round)
14. Wong Chun Ting (first round)
15. Kanak Jha (preliminary round)
16. Robert Gardos (first round)
17. Chuang Chih-yuan (first round)
18. Darko Jorgić (first round)
19. Tomislav Pucar (preliminary round)
20. Gustavo Tsuboi (preliminary round)
21. Ahmed Saleh (preliminary round)

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 13 November, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.

	Group A	Wong	Jeoung	Pucar	Saleh	Points
14	Wong Chun Ting		4–2	4–2	4–0	6
9	Jeoung Young-sik	2–4		4–0	4–0	5
19	Tomislav Pucar	2–4	0–4		4–2	4
21	Ahmed Saleh	0–4	0–4	2–4		3

	Group B	Pitchford	Chuang	Jha	Points
10	Liam Pitchford		4–1	4–3	4
17	Chuang Chih-yuan	1–4		4–3	3
15	Kanak Jha	3–4	3–4		2

	Group C	Franziska	Jorgić	Aruna	Points
11	Patrick Franziska		4–0	4–1	4
18	Darko Jorgić	0–4		4–2	3
13	Quadri Aruna	1–4	2–4		2

	Group D	Jang	Gardos	Tsuboi	Points
12	Jang Woo-jin		4–2	4–0	4
16	Robert Gardos	2–4		4–1	3
20	Gustavo Tsuboi	0–4	1–4		2

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 14–15 November.

	First round											Quarterfinals											Semifinals											Final
	1	Fan Zhendong	11	11	11	11
	17	Chuang Chih-yuan	5	9	8	6						1	Fan Zhendong	12	9	11	11	7	11
	11	Patrick Franziska	13	11	7	11	6	2				5	Lin Yun-ju	10	11	2	5	11	5
	5	Lin Yun-ju	15	8	11	8	11	11															1	Fan Zhendong	11	11	13	11
	8	Koki Niwa	13	4	14	11	9	7	10														12	Jang Woo-jin	5	8	11	8
	12	Jang Woo-jin	11	11	12	8	11	11	12			12	Jang Woo-jin	15	11	2	11	7	11
	9	Jeoung Young-sik	11	14	11	10	11	11				9	Jeoung Young-sik	13	9	11	6	11	6
	4	Hugo Calderano	8	16	9	12	2	7																										1	Fan Zhendong	3	11	11	11	7	7	11
	3	Tomokazu Harimoto	11	11	12	11																												2	Ma Long	11	8	3	6	11	11	9
	16	Robert Gardos	3	7	10	8						3	Tomokazu Harimoto	11	11	11	4	11
	14	Wong Chun Ting	11	7	12	12	6	13	15			6	Mattias Falck	9	8	9	11	9
	6	Mattias Falck	8	11	14	10	11	11	17														3	Tomokazu Harimoto	7	11	11	11	8	6	4			Third place
	7	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	12	9	4	11	13	11	11														2	Ma Long	11	3	6	8	11	11	11
	10	Liam Pitchford	10	11	11	5	11	13	7			7	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	9	4	7	11	5																12	Jang Woo-jin	11	11	9	6	12	11	5
	18	Darko Jorgić	7	14	9	13	11	3				2	Ma Long	11	11	11	7	11																3	Tomokazu Harimoto	7	7	11	11	14	6	11
	2	Ma Long	11	12	11	11	13	11

See also

• 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships
• 2020 ITTF World Tour
• 2020 ITTF Finals
• 2020 ITTF Women's World Cup

External links

• Tournament page on ITTF website