The 2020 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Weihai, China, from 8 to 10 November 2020. It was the 24th 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.
Qualification In total, 21 players qualified for the World Cup:
The current World Champion 18 players from the five Continental Cups held during 2020 A wild card, selected by the ITTF
A maximum of two players from each association could qualify.
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.
Preliminary stage The preliminary group stage took place on 8 November, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.
Group A Han Jeon EerlandPoints14 Han Ying 4–0 4–049 Jeon Ji-hee0–44–3317 Britt Eerland0–43–42
Group B Zhang L Diaz Pesotska Zhang MPoints16 Lily Zhang 4–2 2–4 4–3510 Adriana Diaz2–44–24–1521 Margaryta Pesotska4–22–44–1520 Zhang Mo3–41–41–43
Group C Chen Wu SoljaPoints15 Chen Szu-yu 4–3 4–2418 Wu Yue3–44–3311 Petrissa Solja2–43–42
Group D Suh Szőcs MeshrefPoints12 Suh Hyo-won 4–2 4–1413 Bernadette Szőcs2–44–3319 Dina Meshref1–43–42
Main draw The knockout stage took place from 9–10 November.
See also 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships 2020 ITTF World Tour 2020 ITTF Finals 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup
References
External links Tournament page on ITTF website