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2018 ITTF Men's World Cup

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| event = 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup

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| year = 2018

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| venue = Disneyland Paris

| location = Paris, France

| date = 19–21 October

| competitors = 20

| nations = 14

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| website = [http://tt2018paris.com/en/ tt2018paris.com]

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| gold = {{flagicon|CHN}} Fan Zhendong

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| silver = {{flagicon|GER}} Timo Boll

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| bronze = {{flagicon|CHN}} Lin Gaoyuan

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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.{{cite web |title=Return to France, return to Paris |url=https://www.ittf.com/2018/10/13/return-france-return-paris/?from=3 |website=ITTF |accessdate=29 December 2018}}

In the final, China's Fan Zhendong defeated Timo Boll of Germany, 4–1, to win his second World Cup title.{{cite web |title=Dreamland for Fan Zhendong |url=https://www.ittf.com/2018/10/21/dreamland-fan-zhendong/ |website=ITTF |accessdate=1 January 2019}}

Qualification

In total, 20 players qualified for the World Cup:{{cite web |title=Qualification and Playing System / Men's and Women's World Cup |url=https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2018_MWC_WWC_QUAL_SYSTEM.pdf |website=ITTF |accessdate=17 July 2018}}{{cite web |title=Confirmed list of players Liebherr 2018 ITTF Men ́s World Cup |url=https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018_MWC_CONFIRMED_list_.pdf |website=ITTF |accessdate=29 December 2018}}

  • 18 players from the five Continental Cups held during 2018
  • A host association representative
  • A wild card, selected by the ITTF

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.{{cite web |title=Top players descend on Disneyland Paris for ITTF Men's World Cup |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1071190/top-players-descend-on-disneyland-paris-for-ittf-mens-world-cup |website=InsideTheGames |accessdate=29 December 2018}}

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width=250|Means of qualificationwidth=150|Datewidth=150|Venuewidth=50|Placeswidth=220|Qualified players
2018 Europe Top 16 Cup3–4 February 2018{{flagicon|SUI}} Montreuxalign=center| 3{{flagicon|GER}} Timo Boll
{{flagicon|GER}} Dimitrij Ovtcharov
{{flagicon|DEN}} Jonathan Groth
2018 ITTF Africa Top 16 Cup1–3 March 2018{{flagicon|KEN}} Nairobialign=center| 1{{flagicon|NGR}} Quadri Aruna{{refn|group=nb|Egypt's Omar Assar won the Africa Cup, but Quadri Aruna (as runner-up) qualified for the World Cup as the Africa Cup representative when Assar withdrew.}}
2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup6–8 April 2018{{flagicon|JPN}} Yokohamaalign=center| 3{{flagicon|CHN}} Fan Zhendong
{{flagicon|CHN}} Lin Gaoyuan
{{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Sang-su
2018 ITTF-Oceania Cup18–19 May 2018{{flagicon|VAN}} Port Vilaalign=center| 1{{flagicon|AUS}} Hu Heming
2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup15–17 June 2018{{flagicon|PAR}} Asunciónalign=center| 2{{flagicon|BRA}} Hugo Calderano
{{flagicon|BRA}} Gustavo Tsuboi
Additional qualifiers{{refn|group=nb|Based on Continental Cup finishing position and ITTF World Ranking on 1 July 2018.}}n/an/aalign=center| 8{{flagicon|KOR}} Jeong Sang-eun
{{flagicon|JPN}} Tomokazu Harimoto
{{flagicon|JPN}} Koki Niwa
{{flagicon|HKG}} Wong Chun Ting
{{flagicon|BLR}} Vladimir Samsonov
{{flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Falck
{{flagicon|USA}} Kanak Jha
{{flagicon|GRE}} Panagiotis Gionis
Host association representativen/an/aalign=center| 1{{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Gauzy
ITTF wild cardn/an/aalign=center| 1{{flagicon|FRA}} Emmanuel Lebesson
colspan=3|Total20

;Notes

{{reflist|group=nb}}

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.

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  1. {{flagicon|CHN}} Fan Zhendong (champion)
  2. {{flagicon|GER}} Timo Boll (final)
  3. {{flagicon|GER}} Dimitrij Ovtcharov (semifinals)
  4. {{flagicon|CHN}} Lin Gaoyuan (semifinals)
  5. {{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Sang-su (quarterfinals)
  6. {{flagicon|JPN}} Tomokazu Harimoto (quarterfinals)
  7. {{flagicon|HKG}} Wong Chun Ting (first round)
  8. {{flagicon|JPN}} Koki Niwa (quarterfinals)
  9. {{flagicon|BRA}} Hugo Calderano (preliminary round)
  10. {{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Gauzy (first round)
  11. {{flagicon|KOR}} Jeong Sang-eun (first round)
  12. {{flagicon|DEN}} Jonathan Groth (first round)
  13. {{flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Falck (first round)
  14. {{flagicon|NGR}} Quadri Aruna (preliminary round)
  15. {{flagicon|BLR}} Vladimir Samsonov (quarterfinals)
  16. {{flagicon|BRA}} Gustavo Tsuboi (first round)
  17. {{flagicon|FRA}} Emmanuel Lebesson (first round)
  18. {{flagicon|USA}} Kanak Jha (first round)
  19. {{flagicon|GRE}} Panagiotis Gionis (preliminary round)
  20. {{flagicon|AUS}} Hu Heming (preliminary round)

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Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 19 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.{{cite web |title=Liebherr 2018 ITTF Men´s World Cup / Results / Group stage |url=https://bornanblob.blob.core.windows.net/ittf-web-results/html/TTE2875/groups.html |website=ITTF |accessdate=31 December 2018}}

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| style="background-color:#ededed;" width="20"|

| style="background-color:#ededed;" width="130" style="text-align:center;" |Group A

| width="95"|{{flagicon|BLR}} Samsonov

| width="95"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Lebesson

| width="95"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Calderano

| style="background-color:#ededed;" width="50"|Points

style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffff;"

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|15

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|BLR}} V. Samsonov

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|

| 4–2

| 4–1

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|4

style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffff;"

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|17

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|FRA}} E. Lebesson

| |2–4

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|

| |4–3

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|3

style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffff;"

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|9

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Hugo Calderano

| |1–4

| |3–4

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|2

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style="text-align:center;"

| style="background-color:#ededed;" width="20"|

| style="background-color:#ededed;" width="130" style="text-align:center;" |Group B

| width="95"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Gauzy

| width="95"|{{flagicon|USA}} Jha

| width="95"|{{flagicon|NGR}} Aruna

| style="background-color:#ededed;" width="50"|Points

style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffff;"

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|10

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Gauzy

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|

| 4–0

| 4–3

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|4

style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffff;"

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|18

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|USA}} Kanak Jha

| |0–4

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|

| |4–2

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|3

style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffff;"

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|14

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|NGR}} Quadri Aruna

| |3–4

| |2–4

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|2

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style="text-align:center;"

| style="background-color:#ededed;" width="20"|

| style="background-color:#ededed;" width="130" style="text-align:center;" |Group C

| width="95"|{{flagicon|KOR}} Jeong

| width="95"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Tsuboi

| width="95"|{{flagicon|GRE}} Gionis

| style="background-color:#ededed;" width="50"|Points

style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffff;"

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|11

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|KOR}} Jeong Sang-eun

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|

| 4–0

| 4–1

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|4

style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffff;"

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|16

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Gustavo Tsuboi

| |0–4

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|

| |4–1

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|3

style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffff;"

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|19

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|GRE}} Panagiotis Gionis

| |1–4

| |1–4

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|2

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style="text-align:center;"

| style="background-color:#ededed;" width="20"|

| style="background-color:#ededed;" width="130" style="text-align:center;" |Group D

| width="95"|{{flagicon|DEN}} Groth

| width="95"|{{flagicon|SWE}} Falck

| width="95"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Hu

| style="background-color:#ededed;" width="50"|Points

style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffff;"

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|12

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|DEN}} Jonathan Groth

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|

| 4–3

| 4–0

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|4

style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffff;"

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|13

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Falck

| |3–4

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|

| |4–0

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|3

style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffffff;"

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|20

| style="text-align:left;" |{{flagicon|AUS}} Hu Heming

| |0–4

| |0–4

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|

|style="background-color:#ededed;"|2

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Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 20–21 October.{{cite web |title=Liebherr 2018 ITTF Men´s World Cup / Results / Knockout stage |url=https://bornanblob.blob.core.windows.net/ittf-web-results/html/TTE2875/brackets.html |website=ITTF |accessdate=29 December 2018}}

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| RD2=Quarterfinals

| RD3=Semifinals

| RD4=Final

| RD4b=Third place

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| RD1-score01-2=11

| RD1-score01-3=11

| RD1-score01-4=11

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| RD1-score01-6=

| RD1-score01-7=

| RD1-seed02=16

| RD1-team02={{flagicon|BRA}} Gustavo Tsuboi

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| RD1-score02-2=9

| RD1-score02-3=6

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| RD1-score02-6=

| RD1-score02-7=

| RD1-seed03=15

| RD1-team03={{flagicon|BLR}} Vladimir Samsonov

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| RD1-score03-2=12

| RD1-score03-3=11

| RD1-score03-4=7

| RD1-score03-5=11

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| RD1-score03-7=

| RD1-seed04=7

| RD1-team04={{flagicon|HKG}} Wong Chun Ting

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| RD1-score04-2=10

| RD1-score04-3=9

| RD1-score04-4=11

| RD1-score04-5=7

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| RD1-score04-7=

| RD1-seed05=8

| RD1-team05={{flagicon|JPN}} Koki Niwa

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| RD1-score05-5=11

| RD1-score05-6=

| RD1-score05-7=

| RD1-seed06=12

| RD1-team06={{flagicon|DEN}} Jonathan Groth

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| RD1-score06-3=11

| RD1-score06-4=10

| RD1-score06-5=5

| RD1-score06-6=

| RD1-score06-7=

| RD1-seed07=18

| RD1-team07={{flagicon|USA}} Kanak Jha

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| RD1-score07-2=11

| RD1-score07-3=7

| RD1-score07-4=6

| RD1-score07-5=3

| RD1-score07-6=

| RD1-score07-7=

| RD1-seed08=4

| RD1-team08={{flagicon|CHN}} Lin Gaoyuan

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| RD1-score08-2=6

| RD1-score08-3=11

| RD1-score08-4=11

| RD1-score08-5=11

| RD1-score08-6=

| RD1-score08-7=

| RD1-seed09=3

| RD1-team09={{flagicon|GER}} Dimitrij Ovtcharov

| RD1-score09-1=11

| RD1-score09-2=4

| RD1-score09-3=7

| RD1-score09-4=13

| RD1-score09-5=11

| RD1-score09-6=5

| RD1-score09-7=12

| RD1-seed10=13

| RD1-team10={{flagicon|SWE}} Mattias Falck

| RD1-score10-1=5

| RD1-score10-2=11

| RD1-score10-3=11

| RD1-score10-4=11

| RD1-score10-5=3

| RD1-score10-6=11

| RD1-score10-7=10

| RD1-seed11=10

| RD1-team11={{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Gauzy

| RD1-score11-1=6

| RD1-score11-2=11

| RD1-score11-3=11

| RD1-score11-4=7

| RD1-score11-5=11

| RD1-score11-6=8

| RD1-score11-7=8

| RD1-seed12=5

| RD1-team12={{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Sang-su

| RD1-score12-1=11

| RD1-score12-2=4

| RD1-score12-3=6

| RD1-score12-4=11

| RD1-score12-5=6

| RD1-score12-6=11

| RD1-score12-7=11

| RD1-seed13=6

| RD1-team13={{flagicon|JPN}} Tomokazu Harimoto

| RD1-score13-1=11

| RD1-score13-2=11

| RD1-score13-3=11

| RD1-score13-4=11

| RD1-score13-5=

| RD1-score13-6=

| RD1-score13-7=

| RD1-seed14=11

| RD1-team14={{flagicon|KOR}} Jeong Sang-eun

| RD1-score14-1=6

| RD1-score14-2=6

| RD1-score14-3=7

| RD1-score14-4=7

| RD1-score14-5=

| RD1-score14-6=

| RD1-score14-7=

| RD1-seed15=17

| RD1-team15={{flagicon|FRA}} Emmanuel Lebesson

| RD1-score15-1=8

| RD1-score15-2=11

| RD1-score15-3=8

| RD1-score15-4=5

| RD1-score15-5=7

| RD1-score15-6=

| RD1-score15-7=

| RD1-seed16=2

| RD1-team16={{flagicon|GER}} Timo Boll

| RD1-score16-1=11

| RD1-score16-2=8

| RD1-score16-3=11

| RD1-score16-4=11

| RD1-score16-5=11

| RD1-score16-6=

| RD1-score16-7=

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01={{flagicon|CHN}} Fan Zhendong

| RD2-score01-1=11

| RD2-score01-2=11

| RD2-score01-3=12

| RD2-score01-4=11

| RD2-score01-5=

| RD2-score01-6=

| RD2-score01-7=

| RD2-seed02=15

| RD2-team02={{flagicon|BLR}} Vladimir Samsonov

| RD2-score02-1=3

| RD2-score02-2=6

| RD2-score02-3=10

| RD2-score02-4=6

| RD2-score02-5=

| RD2-score02-6=

| RD2-score02-7=

| RD2-seed03=8

| RD2-team03={{flagicon|JPN}} Koki Niwa

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| RD2-score03-2=11

| RD2-score03-3=12

| RD2-score03-4=9

| RD2-score03-5=5

| RD2-score03-6=

| RD2-score03-7=

| RD2-seed04=4

| RD2-team04={{flagicon|CHN}} Lin Gaoyuan

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| RD2-score04-2=5

| RD2-score04-3=14

| RD2-score04-4=11

| RD2-score04-5=11

| RD2-score04-6=

| RD2-score04-7=

| RD2-seed05=3

| RD2-team05={{flagicon|GER}} Dimitrij Ovtcharov

| RD2-score05-1=11

| RD2-score05-2=11

| RD2-score05-3=11

| RD2-score05-4=9

| RD2-score05-5=5

| RD2-score05-6=11

| RD2-score05-7=11

| RD2-seed06=5

| RD2-team06={{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Sang-su

| RD2-score06-1=7

| RD2-score06-2=5

| RD2-score06-3=13

| RD2-score06-4=11

| RD2-score06-5=11

| RD2-score06-6=5

| RD2-score06-7=5

| RD2-seed07=6

| RD2-team07={{flagicon|JPN}} Tomokazu Harimoto

| RD2-score07-1=11

| RD2-score07-2=3

| RD2-score07-3=11

| RD2-score07-4=5

| RD2-score07-5=9

| RD2-score07-6=

| RD2-score07-7=

| RD2-seed08=2

| RD2-team08={{flagicon|GER}} Timo Boll

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| RD2-score08-2=11

| RD2-score08-3=13

| RD2-score08-4=11

| RD2-score08-5=11

| RD2-score08-6=

| RD2-score08-7=

| RD3-seed01=1

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| RD3-score01-2=12

| RD3-score01-3=15

| RD3-score01-4=11

| RD3-score01-5=11

| RD3-score01-6=

| RD3-score01-7=

| RD3-seed02=4

| RD3-team02={{flagicon|CHN}} Lin Gaoyuan

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| RD3-score02-2=10

| RD3-score02-3=13

| RD3-score02-4=7

| RD3-score02-5=6

| RD3-score02-6=

| RD3-score02-7=

| RD3-seed03=3

| RD3-team03={{flagicon|GER}} Dimitrij Ovtcharov

| RD3-score03-1=14

| RD3-score03-2=7

| RD3-score03-3=13

| RD3-score03-4=11

| RD3-score03-5=11

| RD3-score03-6=5

| RD3-score03-7=

| RD3-seed04=2

| RD3-team04={{flagicon|GER}} Timo Boll

| RD3-score04-1=12

| RD3-score04-2=11

| RD3-score04-3=15

| RD3-score04-4=9

| RD3-score04-5=13

| RD3-score04-6=11

| RD3-score04-7=

| RD4-seed01=1

| RD4-team01={{flagicon|CHN}} Fan Zhendong

| RD4-score01-1=11

| RD4-score01-2=11

| RD4-score01-3=11

| RD4-score01-4=9

| RD4-score01-5=11

| RD4-score01-6=

| RD4-score01-7=

| RD4-seed02=2

| RD4-team02={{flagicon|GER}} Timo Boll

| RD4-score02-1=9

| RD4-score02-2=5

| RD4-score02-3=6

| RD4-score02-4=11

| RD4-score02-5=8

| RD4-score02-6=

| RD4-score02-7=

| RD4-seed03=4

| RD4-team03={{flagicon|CHN}} Lin Gaoyuan

| RD4-score03-1=11

| RD4-score03-2=11

| RD4-score03-3=9

| RD4-score03-4=11

| RD4-score03-5=11

| RD4-score03-6=

| RD4-score03-7=

| RD4-seed04=3

| RD4-team04={{flagicon|GER}} Dimitrij Ovtcharov

| RD4-score04-1=7

| RD4-score04-2=9

| RD4-score04-3=11

| RD4-score04-4=4

| RD4-score04-5=3

| RD4-score04-6=

| RD4-score04-7=

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See also

References

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External links

  • [https://www.ittf.com/tournament/2875/liebherr-mens-world-cup/ Tournament page on ITTF website]

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