2018 ITTF Team World Cup – Women's team

{{main|2018 ITTF Team World Cup}}

The women's team event of the 2018 ITTF Team World Cup took place at the Copper Box Arena in London from 22 to 25 February 2018.{{cite web|title=2018 ITTF Team World Cup / Prospectus|url=https://d3mjm6zw6cr45s.cloudfront.net/2018/02/2018_TWC_Prospectus_final.pdf_0.pdf|website=ITTF|accessdate=22 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222165219/https://d3mjm6zw6cr45s.cloudfront.net/2018/02/2018_TWC_Prospectus_final.pdf_0.pdf|archive-date=22 February 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=2018 ITTF Team World Cup / Playing System|url=https://d3mjm6zw6cr45s.cloudfront.net/2018/02/2018_TWC_Playing-System.pdf|website=ITTF|accessdate=22 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212083259/https://d3mjm6zw6cr45s.cloudfront.net/2018/02/2018_TWC_Playing-System.pdf|archive-date=12 February 2018|url-status=dead}}

All times are local (GMT).

Medallists

Tournament

=Seeding=

Teams were seeded based on the ITTF World Ranking of the three highest-ranked players in each team, as at February 2018.{{cite web|title=2018 ITTF Team World Cup / Seeding List|url=https://d3mjm6zw6cr45s.cloudfront.net/2018/02/TWC_2018_PLAYERS_SEEDING_LIST.pdf_0.pdf_1.pdf_2.pdf|website=ITTF|accessdate=21 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222044651/https://d3mjm6zw6cr45s.cloudfront.net/2018/02/TWC_2018_PLAYERS_SEEDING_LIST.pdf_0.pdf_1.pdf_2.pdf|archive-date=22 February 2018|url-status=dead}}

{{columns-list|colwidth=30em|

  1. {{JPN}}
  2. {{CHN}}
  3. {{HKG}}
  4. {{TPE}}
  5. {{ROU}}
  6. {{SGP}}
  7. {{BRA}}
  8. {{EGY}}
  9. {{PRK}}
  10. {{USA}}
  11. {{AUS}}
  12. {{ENG}}

}}

=Group stage=

The group stage took place from 22 to 23 February.{{cite web|title=2018 ITTF Team World Cup / Women's Groups|url=https://d3mjm6zw6cr45s.cloudfront.net/2018/02/TWC_2018_WTG.pdf|website=ITTF|accessdate=22 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222165045/https://d3mjm6zw6cr45s.cloudfront.net/2018/02/TWC_2018_WTG.pdf|archive-date=22 February 2018|url-status=dead}}

==Group A==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
width=25|Pos

!width=200|Team

!width=25|Pld

!width=25|W

!width=25|L

!width=25|MW

!width=25|ML

!width=25|Pts

!width=250|Qualification

bgcolor=ccffcc

|1

|style="text-align:left;"|{{JPN}}

|2

20604rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"|Advanced to knockout stage
bgcolor=ccffcc

|2

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

|2

11343
3

|style="text-align:left;"|{{EGY}}

|2

02162

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 22 February

|time = 10:00

|team1 = {{flagright|Japan}}

|score1 = 3

|score2 = 0

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/23/review-day-one-electrifying-start-brazilian-mens-team-shines-london/ Report]

|team2 = {{USA}}

|score1-1 = 3

|score2-1 = 0

|score1-2 = 3

|score2-2 = 1

|score1-3 = 3

|score2-3 = 1

|player1-1 = Hina Hayata / Mima Ito

|player2-1 = Amy Wang / Jennifer Wu

|player1-2 = Kasumi Ishikawa

|player2-2 = Lily Zhang

|player1-3 = Mima Ito

|player2-3 = Jennifer Wu

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 22 February

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{flagright|Japan}}

|score1 = 3

|score2 = 0

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/23/positives-defeats-brazil-egypt-narrowing-gap/ Report]

|team2 = {{EGY}}

|score1-1 = 3

|score2-1 = 0

|score1-2 = 3

|score2-2 = 1

|score1-3 = 3

|score2-3 = 0

|player1-1 = Hina Hayata / Mima Ito

|player2-1 = Farah Abdel-Aziz / Yousra Helmy

|player1-2 = Kasumi Ishikawa

|player2-2 = Dina Meshref

|player1-3 = Hina Hayata

|player2-3 = Yousra Helmy

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 23 February

|time = 10:00

|team1 = {{flagright|Egypt}}

|score1 = 1

|score2 = 3

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/23/tin-tin-ho-dina-meshref-shine-england-egypt-bid-farewell/ Report]

|team2 = {{USA}}

|score1-1 = 0

|score2-1 = 3

|score1-2 = 3

|score2-2 = 0

|score1-3 = 1

|score2-3 = 3

|score1-4 = 1

|score2-4 = 3

|player1-1 = Farah Abdel-Aziz / Yousra Helmy

|player2-1 = Jennifer Wu / Lily Zhang

|player1-2 = Dina Meshref

|player2-2 = Amy Wang

|player1-3 = Yousra Helmy

|player2-3 = Jennifer Wu

|player1-4 = Farah Abdel-Aziz

|player2-4 = Amy Wang

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

==Group B==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
width=25|Pos

!width=200|Team

!width=25|Pld

!width=25|W

!width=25|L

!width=25|MW

!width=25|ML

!width=25|Pts

!width=250|Qualification

bgcolor=ccffcc

|1

|style="text-align:left;"|{{CHN}}

|2

20604rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"|Advanced to knockout stage
bgcolor=ccffcc

|2

|style="text-align:left;"|{{PRK}}

|2

11333
3

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

|2

02062

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 22 February

|time = 10:00

|team1 = {{flagright|China}}

|score1 = 3

|score2 = 0

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/22/last-dubai-first-london-result/ Report]

|team2 = {{PRK}}

|score1-1 = 3

|score2-1 = 1

|score1-2 = 3

|score2-2 = 0

|score1-3 = 3

|score2-3 = 1

|player1-1 = Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen

|player2-1 = Cha Hyo Sim / Kim Nam Hae

|player1-2 = Zhu Yuling

|player2-2 = Kim Song-i

|player1-3 = Ding Ning

|player2-3 = Kim Nam Hae

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 22 February

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{flagright|China}}

|score1 = 3

|score2 = 0

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/23/positives-defeats-brazil-egypt-narrowing-gap/ Report]

|team2 = {{BRA}}

|score1-1 = 3

|score2-1 = 0

|score1-2 = 3

|score2-2 = 0

|score1-3 = 3

|score2-3 = 1

|player1-1 = Chen Xingtong / Zhu Yuling

|player2-1 = Caroline Kumahara / Bruna Takahashi

|player1-2 = Wang Manyu

|player2-2 = Gui Lin

|player1-3 = Chen Xingtong

|player2-3 = Bruna Takahashi

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 23 February

|time = 10:00

|team1 = {{flagright|Brazil}}

|score1 = 0

|score2 = 3

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/23/toughest-draw-possible-brazilians-depart-heads-held-high/ Report]

|team2 = {{PRK}}

|score1-1 = 0

|score2-1 = 3

|score1-2 = 0

|score2-2 = 3

|score1-3 = 1

|score2-3 = 3

|player1-1 = Caroline Kumahara / Bruna Takahashi

|player2-1 = Cha Hyo Sim / Kim Nam Hae

|player1-2 = Gui Lin

|player2-2 = Kim Song-i

|player1-3 = Bruna Takahashi

|player2-3 = Kim Nam Hae

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

==Group C==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
width=25|Pos

!width=200|Team

!width=25|Pld

!width=25|W

!width=25|L

!width=25|MW

!width=25|ML

!width=25|Pts

!width=250|Qualification

bgcolor=ccffcc

|1

|style="text-align:left;"|{{HKG}}

|2

20614rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"|Advanced to knockout stage
bgcolor=ccffcc

|2

|style="text-align:left;"|{{SGP}}

|2

11443
3

|style="text-align:left;"|{{ENG}}

|2

02162

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 22 February

|time = 10:00

|team1 = {{flagright|Hong Kong}}

|score1 = 3

|score2 = 0

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/22/hopes-high-reality-check/ Report]

|team2 = {{ENG}}

|score1-1 = 3

|score2-1 = 1

|score1-2 = 3

|score2-2 = 0

|score1-3 = 3

|score2-3 = 0

|player1-1 = Lee Ho Ching / Soo Wai Yam Minnie

|player2-1 = Kelly Sibley / Maria Tsaptsinos

|player1-2 = Doo Hoi Kem

|player2-2 = Tin-Tin Ho

|player1-3 = Soo Wai Yam Minnie

|player2-3 = Kelly Sibley

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 22 February

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{flagright|Hong Kong}}

|score1 = 3

|score2 = 1

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/23/doubles-crucial-chinese-taipei-hong-kong-book-first-places/ Report]

|team2 = {{SGP}}

|score1-1 = 3

|score2-1 = 2

|score1-2 = 3

|score2-2 = 1

|score1-3 = 1

|score2-3 = 3

|score1-4 = 3

|score2-4 = 0

|player1-1 = Lee Ho Ching / Soo Wai Yam Minnie

|player2-1 = Feng Tianwei / Yu Mengyu

|player1-2 = Doo Hoi Kem

|player2-2 = Yee Herng Hwee

|player1-3 = Lee Ho Ching

|player2-3 = Feng Tianwei

|player1-4 = Doo Hoi Kem

|player2-4 = Yu Mengyu

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 23 February

|time = 10:00

|team1 = {{flagright|Singapore}}

|score1 = 3

|score2 = 1

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/23/tin-tin-ho-dina-meshref-shine-england-egypt-bid-farewell/ Report]

|team2 = {{ENG}}

|score1-1 = 3

|score2-1 = 0

|score1-2 = 1

|score2-2 = 3

|score1-3 = 3

|score2-3 = 1

|score1-4 = 3

|score2-4 = 0

|player1-1 = Feng Tianwei / Yu Mengyu

|player2-1 = Kelly Sibley / Maria Tsaptsinos

|player1-2 = Zhang Wanling

|player2-2 = Tin-Tin Ho

|player1-3 = Yu Mengyu

|player2-3 = Kelly Sibley

|player1-4 = Feng Tianwei

|player2-4 = Tin-Tin Ho

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

==Group D==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
width=25|Pos

!width=200|Team

!width=25|Pld

!width=25|W

!width=25|L

!width=25|MW

!width=25|ML

!width=25|Pts

!width=250|Qualification

bgcolor=ccffcc

|1

|style="text-align:left;"|{{TPE}}

|2

20614rowspan=2 style="text-align:left;"|Advanced to knockout stage
bgcolor=ccffcc

|2

|style="text-align:left;"|{{ROU}}

|2

11433
3

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

|2

02062

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 22 February

|time = 10:00

|team1 = {{flagright|Chinese Taipei}}

|score1 = 3

|score2 = 0

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/22/enjoying-playing-presence-vital-australia/ Report]

|team2 = {{AUS}}

|score1-1 = 3

|score2-1 = 0

|score1-2 = 3

|score2-2 = 1

|score1-3 = 3

|score2-3 =0

|player1-1 = Chen Szu-yu / Cheng Hsien-tzu

|player2-1 = Parleen Kaur / Melissa Tapper

|player1-2 = Cheng I-ching

|player2-2 = Jian Fang Lay

|player1-3 = Cheng Hsien-tzu

|player2-3 = Melissa Tapper

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 22 February

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{flagright|Chinese Taipei}}

|score1 = 3

|score2 = 1

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/23/doubles-crucial-chinese-taipei-hong-kong-book-first-places/ Report]

|team2 = {{ROU}}

|score1-1 = 3

|score2-1 = 0

|score1-2 = 0

|score2-2 = 3

|score1-3 = 3

|score2-3 = 1

|score1-4 = 3

|score2-4 = 2

|player1-1 = Chen Szu-yu / Cheng Hsien-tzu

|player2-1 = Daniela Monteiro Dodean / Elizabeta Samara

|player1-2 = Cheng I-ching

|player2-2 = Bernadette Szőcs

|player1-3 = Chen Szu-yu

|player2-3 = Elizabeta Samara

|player1-4 = Cheng I-ching

|player2-4 = Daniela Monteiro Dodean

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 23 February

|time = 10:00

|team1 = {{flagright|Romania}}

|score1 = 3

|score2 = 0

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/23/toughest-draw-possible-brazilians-depart-heads-held-high/ Report]

|team2 = {{AUS}}

|score1-1 = 3

|score2-1 = 0

|score1-2 = 3

|score2-2 = 0

|score1-3 = 3

|score2-3 = 0

|player1-1 = Daniela Monteiro Dodean / Elizabeta Samara

|player2-1 = Parleen Kaur / Jian Fang Lay

|player1-2 = Bernadette Szőcs

|player2-2 = Melissa Tapper

|player1-3 = Elizabeta Samara

|player2-3 = Jian Fang Lay

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

=Knockout stage=

The knockout stage took place from 23 to 25 February.{{cite web|title=2018 ITTF Team World Cup / Women's Draw|url=https://d3mjm6zw6cr45s.cloudfront.net/2018/02/TWC_2018_WTG_Main_Draw.pdf_0.pdf_1.pdf|website=ITTF|accessdate=23 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224053058/https://d3mjm6zw6cr45s.cloudfront.net/2018/02/TWC_2018_WTG_Main_Draw.pdf_0.pdf_1.pdf|archive-date=24 February 2018|url-status=dead}}

{{8TeamBracket

| RD1 = Quarterfinals

| RD2 = Semifinals

| RD3 = Final

| RD1-seed1 =

| RD1-team1 = {{JPN}}

| RD1-score1 = 3

| RD1-seed2 =

| RD1-team2 = {{SGP}}

| RD1-score2 = 1

| RD1-seed3 =

| RD1-team3 = {{PRK}}

| RD1-score3 = 3

| RD1-seed4 =

| RD1-team4 = {{TPE}}

| RD1-score4 = 0

| RD1-seed5 =

| RD1-team5 = {{HKG}}

| RD1-score5 = 3

| RD1-seed6 =

| RD1-team6 = {{ROU}}

| RD1-score6 = 0

| RD1-seed7 =

| RD1-team7 = {{USA}}

| RD1-score7 = 0

| RD1-seed8 =

| RD1-team8 = {{CHN}}

| RD1-score8 = 3

| RD2-seed1 =

| RD2-team1 = {{JPN}}

| RD2-score1 = 3

| RD2-seed2 =

| RD2-team2 = {{PRK}}

| RD2-score2 = 0

| RD2-seed3 =

| RD2-team3 = {{HKG}}

| RD2-score3 = 0

| RD2-seed4 =

| RD2-team4 = {{CHN}}

| RD2-score4 = 3

| RD3-seed1 =

| RD3-team1 = {{JPN}}

| RD3-score1 = 0

| RD3-seed2 =

| RD3-team2 = {{CHN}}

| RD3-score2 = 3

}}

==Quarterfinals==

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 23 February

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{flagright|Japan}}

|score1 = 3

|score2 = 1

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/23/kasumi-ishikawa-happy-memories-london-one-reason-celebrate/ Report]

|team2 = {{SGP}}

|score1-1 = 3

|score2-1 = 0

|score1-2 = 3

|score2-2 = 0

|score1-3 = 1

|score2-3 = 3

|score1-4 = 3

|score2-4 = 0

|player1-1 = Hina Hayata / Mima Ito

|player2-1 = Yee Herng Hwee / Yu Mengyu

|player1-2 = Kasumi Ishikawa

|player2-2 = Feng Tianwei

|player1-3 = Hina Hayata

|player2-3 = Yu Mengyu

|player1-4 = Kasumi Ishikawa

|player2-4 = Yee Herng Hwee

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 23 February

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{flagright|North Korea}}

|score1 = 3

|score2 = 0

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/23/kasumi-ishikawa-happy-memories-london-one-reason-celebrate/ Report]

|team2 = {{TPE}}

|score1-1 = 3

|score2-1 = 2

|score1-2 = 3

|score2-2 = 1

|score1-3 = 3

|score2-3 = 1

|player1-1 = Cha Hyo Sim / Kim Nam Hae

|player2-1 = Chen Szu-yu / Cheng Hsien-tzu

|player1-2 = Kim Song-i

|player2-2 = Cheng I-ching

|player1-3 = Cha Hyo Sim

|player2-3 = Chen Szu-yu

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 23 February

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{flagright|Hong Kong}}

|score1 = 3

|score2 = 0

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/23/disciplined-performance-hong-kong-reserves-semi-final-place/ Report]

|team2 = {{ROU}}

|score1-1 = 3

|score2-1 = 1

|score1-2 = 3

|score2-2 = 2

|score1-3 = 3

|score2-3 = 0

|player1-1 = Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching

|player2-1 = Daniela Monteiro Dodean / Elizabeta Samara

|player1-2 = Soo Wai Yam Minnie

|player2-2 = Bernadette Szőcs

|player1-3 = Lee Ho Ching

|player2-3 = Elizabeta Samara

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 23 February

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{flagright|United States}}

|score1 = 0

|score2 = 3

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/23/disciplined-performance-hong-kong-reserves-semi-final-place/ Report]

|team2 = {{CHN}}

|score1-1 = 0

|score2-1 = 3

|score1-2 = 0

|score2-2 = 3

|score1-3 = 0

|score2-3 = 3

|player1-1 = Amy Wang / Jennifer Wu

|player2-1 = Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen

|player1-2 = Lily Zhang

|player2-2 = Wang Manyu

|player1-3 = Jennifer Wu

|player2-3 = Liu Shiwen

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

==Semifinals==

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 24 February

|time = 10:00

|team1 = {{flagright|Japan}}

|score1 = 3

|score2 = 0

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/24/japan-reaches-final-kasumi-ishikawa-avenges-rio-reverse/ Report]

|team2 = {{PRK}}

|score1-1 = 3

|score2-1 = 0

|score1-2 = 3

|score2-2 = 0

|score1-3 = 3

|score2-3 = 1

|player1-1 = Hina Hayata / Mima Ito

|player2-1 = Cha Hyo Sim / Kim Nam Hae

|player1-2 = Kasumi Ishikawa

|player2-2 = Kim Song-i

|player1-3 = Hina Hayata

|player2-3 = Cha Hyo Sim

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 24 February

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{flagright|Hong Kong}}

|score1 = 0

|score2 = 3

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/24/china-superb-final-place-booked-emphatic-style/ Report]

|team2 = {{CHN}}

|score1-1 = 0

|score2-1 = 3

|score1-2 = 1

|score2-2 = 3

|score1-3 = 0

|score2-3 = 3

|player1-1 = Ng Wing Nam / Soo Wai Yam Minnie

|player2-1 = Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen

|player1-2 = Doo Hoi Kem

|player2-2 = Zhu Yuling

|player1-3 = Ng Wing Nam

|player2-3 = Ding Ning

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

==Final==

{{TeamMatchbox

|date = 25 February

|time = 11:00

|team1 = {{flagright|Japan}}

|score1 = 0

|score2 = 3

|report = [https://www.ittf.com/2018/02/25/supporters-rewarded-china-wins-womens-team-title/ Report]

|team2 = {{CHN}}

|score1-1 = 1

|score2-1 = 3

|score1-2 = 0

|score2-2 = 3

|score1-3 = 0

|score2-3 = 3

|player1-1 = Hina Hayata / Mima Ito

|player2-1 = Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen

|player1-2 = Kasumi Ishikawa

|player2-2 = Zhu Yuling

|player1-3 = Mima Ito

|player2-3 = Ding Ning

|location = Copper Box Arena, London

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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