2018 ITTF Women's World Cup


The 2018 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Chengdu, China, from 28 to 30 September 2018. It was the 22nd edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the ninth time that it has been staged in China.
In the final, China's Ding Ning defeated fellow Chinese player Zhu Yuling, 4–0, to win her third World Cup title.

Qualification

In total, 20 players qualified for the World Cup:
A maximum of two players from each association could qualify.
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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 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 September 2018.

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 28 September, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.
Group A Kim Ekholm LiPoints
18 Kim Song-i4–34–14
14 Matilda Ekholm3–44–23
9 Li Jie1–42–42

Group B Samara Chen MeshrefPoints
10 E. Samara4–34–34
13 Chen Szu-yu3–44–03
17 Dina Meshref3–40–42

Group C Lay Póta ZhangPoints
20 Jian Fang Lay4–13–43
15 Georgina Póta1–44–13
11 Zhang Mo4–31–43

Group D Szőcs Liu WuPoints
12 B. Szőcs4–24–24
16 Liu Jia2–44–33
19 Yue Wu2–43–42

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 29–30 September.