The 2015 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Halmstad, Sweden, from 16 to 18 October 2015. It was the 36th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.
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. 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 as of August 2015.
Ma Long (champion, gold medalist) Fan Zhendong (final, silver medalist) Dimitrij Ovtcharov (semi-finals, bronze medalist) Jun Mizutani (semi-finals, fourth place) Marcos Freitas (quarter-finals) Chuang Chih-Yuan (quarter-finals) Koki Niwa (quarter-finals) Tang Peng (first round)
Group stage The preliminary group stage took place in 16 October, with the top player in each group progressing to the main draw.
Main draw The knockout stage took place from 17-18 October.
See also 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships 2014 ITTF Men's World Cup 2015 World Table Tennis Championships
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