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.
Qualification
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 13 November, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.
Group A Wong Jeoung Pucar SalehPoints14 Wong Chun Ting 4–2 4–2 4–069 Jeoung Young-sik2–44–04–0519 Tomislav Pucar2–40–44–2421 Ahmed Saleh0–40–42–43
Group B Pitchford Chuang JhaPoints10 Liam Pitchford 4–1 4–3417 Chuang Chih-yuan1–44–3315 Kanak Jha3–43–42
Group C Franziska Jorgić ArunaPoints11 Patrick Franziska 4–0 4–1418 Darko Jorgić0–44–2313 Quadri Aruna1–42–42
Group D Jang Gardos TsuboiPoints12 Jang Woo-jin 4–2 4–0416 Robert Gardos2–44–1320 Gustavo Tsuboi0–41–42
Main draw The knockout stage took place from 14–15 November.
See also 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships 2020 ITTF World Tour 2020 ITTF Finals 2020 ITTF Women's World Cup
References
External links Tournament page on ITTF website