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2017 ITTF Women's World Cup

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2017 ITTF Women's World Cup
VenuePan Am Centre
LocationMarkham, Ontario, Canada
Date27–29 October
Competitors20 from 16 nations
Total prize money$150,000
Medalists
gold medal China Zhu Yuling
silver medal China Liu Shiwen
bronze medal Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching
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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.[1]

In the final, China's Zhu Yuling defeated fellow Chinese player Liu Shiwen, 4–3, to win her first World Cup title.[2]

Qualification

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The following list of players was confirmed on 2 October 2017, based on the qualification system set by the ITTF.[3][4]

No. World Ranking
(August 2017) 		Player Qualified as
1 4 China Liu Shiwen World Champion Substitute[5]
2 118 Egypt Dina Meshref Africa Cup winner
3 3 China Zhu Yuling Asian Cup winner
4 73 United States Lily Zhang PanAm Cup winner
5 232 Chile Paulina Vega PanAm Cup Latin American qualifier
6 106 Australia Jian Fang Lay Oceania Cup winner
7 19 Netherlands Li Jie Europe Top 16 winner
8 7 Japan Kasumi Ishikawa Asian Cup 3rd place
9 5 Japan Miu Hirano Asian Cup 4th place
10 35 Sweden Matilda Ekholm Europe Top 16 2nd place Substitute[5]
11 49 Germany Sabine Winter Europe Top 16 3rd place
12 22 Austria Liu Jia Continental Cup qualifier
13 32 Hungary Georgina Póta Continental Cup qualifier
14 40 Chinese Taipei Chen Szu-yu Continental Cup qualifier
15 29 South Korea Seo Hyo-won Continental Cup qualifier
16 31 Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem Continental Cup qualifier
17 8 Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching Continental Cup qualifier
18 36 Hong Kong Lee Ho Ching Continental Cup qualifier
19 56 Canada Zhang Mo Host nation representative
20 27 Romania Elizabeta Samara Wild card

Competition format

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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.[3]

Seeding

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The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for October 2017.[6]

  1. China Zhu Yuling (champion)
  2. China Liu Shiwen (final)
  3. Japan Kasumi Ishikawa (first round)
  4. Japan Miu Hirano (semifinals)
  5. Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching (semifinals)
  6. Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem (first round)
  7. Netherlands Li Jie (quarterfinals)
  8. Romania Elizabeta Samara (quarterfinals)
  9. South Korea Seo Hyo-won (first round)
  10. Hungary Georgina Póta (first round)
  11. Chinese Taipei Chen Szu-yu (quarterfinals)
  12. Austria Liu Jia (first round)
  13. Hong Kong Lee Ho Ching (quarterfinals)
  14. Sweden Matilda Ekholm (first round)
  15. Germany Sabine Winter (preliminary round)
  16. Canada Zhang Mo (first round)
  17. United States Lily Zhang (preliminary round)
  18. Egypt Dina Meshref (first round)
  19. Australia Jian Fang Lay (preliminary round)
  20. Chile Paulina Vega (preliminary round)

Preliminary stage

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The preliminary group stage took place on 27 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.[7][8]

Main draw

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The knockout stage took place from 28–29 October.[9]

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 China Zhu Yuling 6 11 11 14 11
16 Canada Zhang Mo 11 8 8 12 2 1 China Zhu Yuling 11 6 11 11 11
12 Austria Liu Jia 9 9 11 8 11 12 5 7 Netherlands Li Jie 3 11 9 3 5
7 Netherlands Li Jie 11 11 4 11 4 10 11 1 China Zhu Yuling 11 11 11 11
5 Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching 7 7 11 13 11 7 11 5 Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching 4 9 3 4
10 Hungary Georgina Póta 11 11 8 11 7 11 4 5 Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching 6 13 6 11 11 11
13 Hong Kong Lee Ho Ching 11 4 11 1 8 11 11 13 Hong Kong Lee Ho Ching 11 11 11 7 8 5
3 Japan Kasumi Ishikawa 4 11 7 11 11 9 6 1 China Zhu Yuling 11 8 11 11 10 11 12
4 Japan Miu Hirano 5 11 11 11 11 2 China Liu Shiwen 13 11 7 8 12 9 10
14 Sweden Matilda Ekholm 11 6 9 4 2 4 Japan Miu Hirano 11 11 11 11
11 Chinese Taipei Chen Szu-yu 5 4 10 11 18 12 11 Chinese Taipei Chen Szu-yu 7 6 6 8
6 Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem 11 11 12 8 16 10 8 4 Japan Miu Hirano 5 7 1 6 Third place
8 Romania Elizabeta Samara 11 4 11 11 11 2 China Liu Shiwen 11 11 11 11
9 South Korea Seo Hyo-won 6 11 8 7 2 8 Romania Elizabeta Samara 4 6 7 4 5 Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching 9 11 9 11 11 11
18 Egypt Dina Meshref 5 6 6 2 2 China Liu Shiwen 11 11 11 11 4 Japan Miu Hirano 11 5 11 9 5 8
2 China Liu Shiwen 11 11 11 11

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Uncle Pop 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Zhu Yuling wins in Markham ends remarkable record of Liu Shiwen in dramatic final". ITTF. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Qualification and Playing System for the Women ́s & Men's World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Confirmed list of players Uncle Pop 2017 Women ́s World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Liu Shiwen in search of unprecedented fifth title". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  6. ^ "2017 Uncle Pop 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup Presented by Polar Naturals Players' Seeding List (WR Oct 2017)" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  7. ^ "ITTF Women's World Cup / Group Stage" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Review Day One: First places for top four names but day belongs to Dina Meshref". ITTF. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
  9. ^ "ITTF Women's World Cup / Main Draw" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2017.
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