# 2019 ITTF Men's World Cup

The 2019 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Chengdu, China, from 29 November to 1 December 2019. It was the 40th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.

## Qualification

In total, 20 players qualified for the World Cup:
* The reigning World Champion
* 18 players from the five Continental Cups held during 2019
* A wild card, selected by the ITTF
A maximum of two players from each association could qualify.
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Places | Qualified players |
| 2019 World Championships | 23–28 April 2019 | Budapest | 1 | Ma Long |
| 2019 ITTF Pan-America Cup | 1–3 February 2019 | Guaynabo | 2 | Hugo Calderano Kanak Jha |
| 2019 Europe Top 16 Cup | 2–3 February 2019 | Montreux | 3 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov Vladimir Samsonov Timo Boll |
| 2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup | 5–7 April 2019 | Yokohama | 3 | Fan Zhendong Koki Niwa Tomokazu Harimoto |
| 2019 ITTF-Oceania Cup | 25–26 May 2019 | Bora Bora | 1 | Hu Heming |
| 2019 ITTF Africa Cup | 3–5 August 2019 | Lagos | 1 | Omar Assar |
| Additional qualifiers | n/a | n/a | 8 | Lin Yun-ju Daniel Habesohn Simon Gauzy Jonathan Groth Kristian Karlsson Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Lee Sang-su Wong Chun Ting Quadri Aruna |
| ITTF wild card | n/a | n/a | 1 | Mattias Falck |
| Total | Total | Total | 20 | |

### Notes

* ↑ Based on Continental Cup finishing position and ITTF World Ranking.
* ↑ Wong Chun Ting withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Quadri Aruna.

## 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 2019.
* Fan Zhendong (champion)
* Ma Long (semifinals)
* Tomokazu Harimoto (final)
* Hugo Calderano (quarterfinals)
* Timo Boll (quarterfinals)
* Mattias Falck (first round)
* Lin Yun-ju (semifinals)
* Koki Niwa (quarterfinals)
* Dimitrij Ovtcharov (quarterfinals)
* Lee Sang-su (first round)
* Quadri Aruna (first round)
* Simon Gauzy (first round)
* Vladimir Samsonov (preliminary round)
* Jonathan Groth (preliminary round)
* Kristian Karlsson (first round)
* Kanak Jha (first round)
* Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (first round)
* Omar Assar (preliminary round)
* Daniel Habesohn (first round)
* Hu Heming (preliminary round)

## Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 29 November, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.
| | Group A | Ovtcharov | Habesohn | Samsonov | Points |
| 9 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | | 4–3 | 4–2 | 4 |
| 19 | Daniel Habesohn | 3–4 | | 4–3 | 3 |
| 13 | Vladimir Samsonov | 2–4 | 3–4 | | 2 |
| | Group B | Lee | Jha | Assar | Points |
| 10 | Lee Sang-su | | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4 |
| 16 | Kanak Jha | 2–4 | | 4–2 | 3 |
| 18 | Omar Assar | 1–4 | 2–4 | | 2 |
| | Group C | Karlsson | Aruna | Heming | Points |
| 15 | Kristian Karlsson | | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4 |
| 11 | Quadri Aruna | 0–4 | | 4–0 | 3 |
| 20 | Hu Heming | 1–4 | 0–4 | | 2 |
| | Group D | Gnanasekaran | Gauzy | Groth | Points |
| 17 | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | | 4–3 | 4–2 | 4 |
| 12 | Simon Gauzy | 3–4 | | 4–1 | 3 |
| 14 | Jonathan Groth | 2–4 | 1–4 | | 2 |

## Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 29 November to 1 December.
| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Fan Zhendong | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 19 | Daniel Habesohn | 8 | 11 | 7 | 2 | | | | 1 | Fan Zhendong | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Sathiyan Gnanasekaran | 11 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 8 | | | 5 | Timo Boll | 6 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Timo Boll | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Fan Zhendong | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Lin Yun-ju | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Lin Yun-ju | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Kristian Karlsson | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 9 | | | 7 | Lin Yun-ju | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Kanak Jha | 11 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 4 | Hugo Calderano | 11 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Hugo Calderano | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Fan Zhendong | 9 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |
| 3 | Tomokazu Harimoto | 11 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Tomokazu Harimoto | 11 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 7 | |
| 11 | Quadri Aruna | 7 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 6 | | | 3 | Tomokazu Harimoto | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Lee Sang-su | 6 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 11 | | 8 | Koki Niwa | 6 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Koki Niwa | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 13 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Tomokazu Harimoto | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 11 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| 6 | Mattias Falck | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Ma Long | 6 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 5 |
| 9 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 11 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 9 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 11 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Lin Yun-ju | 11 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 11 |
| 12 | Simon Gauzy | 7 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 13 | | 2 | Ma Long | 6 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Ma Long | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 |
| 2 | Ma Long | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 15 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |