2018 ITTF Men's World Cup
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| 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup | |||||||
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| Venue | Disneyland Paris | ||||||
| Location | Paris, France | ||||||
| Date | 19–21 October | ||||||
| Competitors | 20 from 14 nations | ||||||
| Website | tt2018paris.com | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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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.[1]
In the final, China's Fan Zhendong defeated Timo Boll of Germany, 4–1, to win his second World Cup title.[2]
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.[3]
Seeding
The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for October 2018.[3]
Fan Zhendong (champion)
Timo Boll (final)- Dimitrij Ovtcharov (semifinals)
- Lin Gaoyuan (semifinals)
Lee Sang-su (quarterfinals)
Tomokazu Harimoto (quarterfinals)
Wong Chun Ting (first round)- Koki Niwa (quarterfinals)
Hugo Calderano (preliminary round)
Simon Gauzy (first round)- Jeong Sang-eun (first round)
Jonathan Groth (first round)
Mattias Falck (first round)
Quadri Aruna (preliminary round)
Vladimir Samsonov (quarterfinals)- Gustavo Tsuboi (first round)
- Emmanuel Lebesson (first round)
Kanak Jha (first round)
Panagiotis Gionis (preliminary round)
Hu Heming (preliminary round)
Preliminary stage
The preliminary group stage took place on 19 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.[6]
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Main draw
The knockout stage took place from 20–21 October.[7]
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Fan Zhendong
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 |  Gustavo Tsuboi
| 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | Fan Zhendong
| 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 |  Vladimir Samsonov
| 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 15 | Vladimir Samsonov
| 3 | 6 | 10 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Wong Chun Ting
| 6 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 1 | Fan Zhendong
| 10 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Koki Niwa
| 11 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | Lin Gaoyuan
| 12 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Jonathan Groth
| 8 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 8 | Koki Niwa
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 |  Kanak Jha
| 8 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | Lin Gaoyuan
| 12 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Lin Gaoyuan
| 11 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | Fan Zhendong
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Dimitrij Ovtcharov
| 11 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 2 | Timo Boll
| 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 |  Mattias Falck
| 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 3 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Simon Gauzy
| 6 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 5 |  Lee Sang-su
| 7 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Lee Sang-su
| 11 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 3 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov
| 14 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 5 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Tomokazu Harimoto
| 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | Timo Boll
| 12 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Jeong Sang-eun
| 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | Tomokazu Harimoto
| 11 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 4 | Lin Gaoyuan
| 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Emmanuel Lebesson
| 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 2 | Timo Boll
| 9 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 3 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov
| 7 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Timo Boll
| 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||