2017 ITTF Men's World Cup

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]

2017 ITTF Men's World Cup
VenueCountry Hall Liège
LocationLiège, Belgium
Date20–22 October
Competitors20 from 15 nations
Total prize money$150,000
Medalists
  Dimitrij Ovtcharov
  Timo Boll
  Ma Long

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 Ma Long World Champion
2 31 Quadri Aruna Africa Cup winner
3 32 Lin Gaoyuan Asian Cup winner
4 104 Gustavo Tsuboi PanAm Cup winner
5 212 Kanak Jha PanAm Cup North American qualifier
6 293 David Powell Oceania Cup winner
7 4 Dimitrij Ovtcharov Europe Top 16 winner
8 12 Lee Sang-su Asian Cup 2nd place
9 52 Chen Chien-an Asian Cup 3rd place
10 35 Alexander Shibaev Europe Top 16 2nd place
11 13 Simon Gauzy Europe Top 16 3rd place
12 6 Jun Mizutani Continental Cup qualifier
13 30 Kou Lei Continental Cup qualifier
14 7 Timo Boll Continental Cup qualifier
15 39 Omar Assar Continental Cup qualifier
16 40 Jeong Sang-eun Continental Cup qualifier
17 14 Chuang Chih-yuan Continental Cup qualifier
18 9 Koki Niwa Continental Cup qualifier
19 81 Cédric Nuytinck Host nation representative
20 15 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. Ma Long (Semifinals)
  2. Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Champion)
  3. Timo Boll (Final)
  4. Jun Mizutani (Quarterfinals)
  5. Koki Niwa (Quarterfinals)
  6. Lin Gaoyuan (Quarterfinals)
  7. Simon Gauzy (Semifinals)
  8. Chuang Chih-yuan (First round)
  9. Lee Sang-su (First round)
  10. Marcos Freitas (First round)
  11. Omar Assar (First round)
  12. Chen Chien-an (Preliminary round, withdrew)
  13. Kou Lei (First round)
  14. Quadri Aruna (First round)
  15. Jeong Sang-eun (First round)
  16. Alexander Shibaev (Quarterfinals)
  17. Cédric Nuytinck (Preliminary round)
  18. Gustavo Tsuboi (First round)
  19. Kanak Jha (Preliminary round)
  20. 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 Ma Long 11 7 11 11 11
11 Omar Assar 7 11 8 8 4 1 Ma Long 13 11 11 9 11
9 Lee Sang-su 5 10 11 11 6 9 5 Koki Niwa 11 9 5 11 8
5 Koki Niwa 11 12 8 2 11 11 1 Ma Long 11 11 9 11 7 5 10
6 Lin Gaoyuan 11 10 11 11 11 3 Timo Boll 6 9 11 9 11 11 12
10 Marcos Freitas 3 12 9 5 5 6 Lin Gaoyuan 11 13 9 11 9 12 11
18 Gustavo Tsuboi 10 8 5 11 3 Timo Boll 5 11 11 9 11 14 13
3 Timo Boll 12 11 11 13 3 Timo Boll 12 8 7 11 7 2
4 Jun Mizutani 11 11 11 11 2 Dimitrij Ovtcharov 10 11 11 9 11 11
14 Quadri Aruna 6 7 6 7 4 Jun Mizutani 7 11 11 13 9 11 8
15 Jeong Sang-eun 11 4 11 7 9 7 Simon Gauzy 11 6 13 11 11 7 11
7 Simon Gauzy 9 11 13 11 11 7 Simon Gauzy 11 2 8 12 11 4 8 Third place
8 Chuang Chih-yuan 10 11 9 9 11 9 2 Dimitrij Ovtcharov 6 11 11 10 7 11 11
16 Alexander Shibaev 12 9 11 11 5 11 16 Alexander Shibaev 11 11 10 9 7 12 7 1 Ma Long 11 11 6 11 11 11
13 Kou Lei 4 5 11 12 6 2 Dimitrij Ovtcharov 9 8 12 11 11 10 11 7 Simon Gauzy 5 13 11 5 7 9
2 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. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  3. "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. 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.
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