2017 ITTF Men's World Cup

2017 ITTF Men's World Cup
VenueCountry Hall Liège
LocationLiège, Belgium
Date20–22 October
Competitors20 from 15 nations
Total prize money$150,000
Medalists
gold medal Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov
silver medal Germany Timo Boll
bronze medal China Ma Long
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The 2017 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Liège, Belgium, from 20 to 22 October 2017. It was the 38th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the fourth time that it had been staged in Belgium.[1]

In the final, Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov defeated fellow German Timo Boll, 4–2, to win his first World Cup title.[2]

Qualification

The following list of players was confirmed on 25 September 2017, based on the qualification system set by the ITTF.[3][4]

No. World Ranking
(August 2017) 		Player Qualified as
1 1 China Ma Long World Champion
2 31 Nigeria Quadri Aruna Africa Cup winner
3 32 China Lin Gaoyuan Asian Cup winner
4 104 Brazil Gustavo Tsuboi PanAm Cup winner
5 212 United States Kanak Jha PanAm Cup North American qualifier
6 293 Australia David Powell Oceania Cup winner
7 4 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov Europe Top 16 winner
8 12 South Korea Lee Sang-su Asian Cup 2nd place
9 52 Chinese Taipei Chen Chien-an Asian Cup 3rd place
10 35 Russia Alexander Shibaev Europe Top 16 2nd place
11 13 France Simon Gauzy Europe Top 16 3rd place
12 6 Japan Jun Mizutani Continental Cup qualifier
13 30 Ukraine Kou Lei Continental Cup qualifier
14 7 Germany Timo Boll Continental Cup qualifier
15 39 Egypt Omar Assar Continental Cup qualifier
16 40 South Korea Jeong Sang-eun Continental Cup qualifier
17 14 Chinese Taipei Chuang Chih-yuan Continental Cup qualifier
18 9 Japan Koki Niwa Continental Cup qualifier
19 81 Belgium Cédric Nuytinck Host nation representative
20 15 Portugal Marcos Freitas Wild card

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.[3]

Seeding

The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for October 2017.[5]

  1. China Ma Long (semifinals)
  2. Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov (champion)
  3. Germany Timo Boll (final)
  4. Japan Jun Mizutani (quarterfinals)
  5. Japan Koki Niwa (quarterfinals)
  6. China Lin Gaoyuan (quarterfinals)
  7. France Simon Gauzy (semifinals)
  8. Chinese Taipei Chuang Chih-yuan (first round)
  9. South Korea Lee Sang-su (first round)
  10. Portugal Marcos Freitas (first round)
  11. Egypt Omar Assar (first round)
  12. Chinese Taipei Chen Chien-an (Preliminary round, withdrew)
  13. Ukraine Kou Lei (first round)
  14. Nigeria Quadri Aruna (first round)
  15. South Korea Jeong Sang-eun (first round)
  16. Russia Alexander Shibaev (quarterfinals)
  17. Belgium Cédric Nuytinck (Preliminary round)
  18. Brazil Gustavo Tsuboi (first round)
  19. United States Kanak Jha (Preliminary round)
  20. Australia David Powell (Preliminary round)

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 20 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.[6]

Chen Chien-an withdrew from the competition on the opening day due to illness.[7]

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 21–22 October.[8]

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 China Ma Long 11 7 11 11 11
11 Egypt Omar Assar 7 11 8 8 4 1 China Ma Long 13 11 11 9 11
9 South Korea Lee Sang-su 5 10 11 11 6 9 5 Japan Koki Niwa 11 9 5 11 8
5 Japan Koki Niwa 11 12 8 2 11 11 1 China Ma Long 11 11 9 11 7 5 10
6 China Lin Gaoyuan 11 10 11 11 11 3 Germany Timo Boll 6 9 11 9 11 11 12
10 Portugal Marcos Freitas 3 12 9 5 5 6 China Lin Gaoyuan 11 13 9 11 9 12 11
18 Brazil Gustavo Tsuboi 10 8 5 11 3 Germany Timo Boll 5 11 11 9 11 14 13
3 Germany Timo Boll 12 11 11 13 3 Germany Timo Boll 12 8 7 11 7 2
4 Japan Jun Mizutani 11 11 11 11 2 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 10 11 11 9 11 11
14 Nigeria Quadri Aruna 6 7 6 7 4 Japan Jun Mizutani 7 11 11 13 9 11 8
15 South Korea Jeong Sang-eun 11 4 11 7 9 7 France Simon Gauzy 11 6 13 11 11 7 11
7 France Simon Gauzy 9 11 13 11 11 7 France Simon Gauzy 11 2 8 12 11 4 8 Third place
8 Chinese Taipei Chuang Chih-yuan 10 11 9 9 11 9 2 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 6 11 11 10 7 11 11
16 Russia Alexander Shibaev 12 9 11 11 5 11 16 Russia Alexander Shibaev 11 11 10 9 7 12 7 1 China Ma Long 11 11 6 11 11 11
13 Ukraine Kou Lei 4 5 11 12 6 2 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 9 8 12 11 11 10 11 7 France Simon Gauzy 5 13 11 5 7 9
2 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 11 11 13 10 11

See also

References

  1. ^ "Liebherr 2017 ITTF Men's World Cup". ITTF. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  2. ^ "A step higher, Dimitrij Ovtcharov wins in Liège". ITTF. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 22 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 16 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Confirmed list of players Liebherr 2017 Men ́s World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Liebherr 2017 ITTF Men ́s World Cup Players' Seeding List (WR Oct 2017)" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  6. ^ "ITTF Men's World Cup / Groups (1st Stage)" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Review Day One: Star performances, early scares and a big withdrawal". ITTF. 20 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  8. ^ "ITTF Men's World Cup / Main Draw" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.