The 2019 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Chengdu, China, from 18 to 20 October 2019. It was the 23rd edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.
Qualification
In total, 20 players qualified for the World Cup:
The current 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 23–27 April 2019 Budapest 1 Liu Shiwen 2019 ITTF Pan-America Cup 1–3 February 2019 Guaynabo 2 Adriana Díaz Zhang Mo 2019 Europe Top 16 Cup 2–3 February 2019 Montreux 3 Petrissa Solja Bernadette Szőcs Sofia Polcanova 2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup 5–7 April 2019 Yokohama 3 Zhu Yuling Kasumi Ishikawa Feng Tianwei 2019 ITTF-Oceania Cup 25–26 May 2019 Bora Bora 1 Jian Fang Lay 2019 ITTF Africa Cup 3–5 August 2019 Lagos 1 Dina Meshref Additional qualifiers n/a n/a 8 Doo Hoi Kem Miu Hirano Jeon Ji-hee Cheng I-ching Chen Szu-yu Jennifer Wu Natalia Partyka Elizabeta Samara ITTF wild card n/a n/a 1 Lily ZhangTotal 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 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 October 2019.
Preliminary stage
The preliminary group stage took place on 18 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.
Group A Szőcs Zhang DiazPoints9 Bernadette Szőcs 4–1 4–2418 Lily Zhang1–44–1315 Adriana Diaz2–41–42
Group B Jeon Meshref PartykaPoints10 Jeon Ji-hee 4–1 4–0416 Dina Meshref1–44–2319 Natalia Partyka0–42–42
Group C Solja Chen LayPoints11 Petrissa Solja 4–1 4–3413 Chen Szu-yu1–44–1320 Jian Fang Lay3–41–42
Group D Wu Zhang SamaraPoints17 Yue Wu 4–1 4–0414 Zhang Mo1–44–3312 Elizabeta Samara0–43–42
Main draw
The knockout stage took place from 19-20 October.
See also 2019 World Table Tennis Championships 2019 ITTF World Tour 2019 ITTF Men's World Cup 2019 ITTF Team World Cup
References
External links Tournament page on ITTF website