2018 ITTF Men's World Cup


The 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Paris, France, from 19 to 21 October 2018. It was the 39th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the third time that it had been staged in Paris.
In the final, China's Fan Zhendong defeated Timo Boll of Germany, 4–1, to win his second World Cup title.

Qualification

In total, 20 players qualified for the World Cup:
A maximum of two players from each association could qualify.
As reigning World Champion, China's Ma Long was invited to take part, but withdrew prior to the event. His place was taken by Lin Gaoyuan.
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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 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 2018.

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 19 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.
Group A Samsonov Lebesson CalderanoPoints
15 V. Samsonov4–24–14
17 E. Lebesson2–44–33
9 Hugo Calderano1–43–42

Group B Gauzy Jha ArunaPoints
10 Simon Gauzy4–04–34
18 Kanak Jha0–44–23
14 Quadri Aruna3–42–42

Group C Jeong Tsuboi GionisPoints
11 Jeong Sang-eun4–04–14
16 Gustavo Tsuboi0–44–13
19 Panagiotis Gionis1–41–42

Group D Groth Falck HuPoints
12 Jonathan Groth4–34–04
13 Mattias Falck3–44–03
20 Hu Heming0–40–42

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 20–21 October.