# 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup

The 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Weihai, China, from 13 to 15 November 2020. It was the 41st edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event. After series of cancellation of tournaments due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports this year, the ITTF World Cup is one of the three year-end tournaments that conclude the table tennis calendar in 2020. The other two, 2020 ITTF Finals and the inaugural World Table Tennis Macao), were also all held in November in China.

## Competition format

The tournament consisted of two stages: a preliminary group stage and a knockout stage. The players seeded 9 to 21 were drawn into four groups. 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.

## Seeding

The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for November 2020.
* Fan Zhendong (champion)
* Ma Long (final)
* Tomokazu Harimoto (semifinals)
* Hugo Calderano (first round)
* Lin Yun-ju (quarterfinals)
* Mattias Falck (quarterfinals)
* Dimitrij Ovtcharov (quarterfinals)
* Koki Niwa (first round)
* Jeoung Young-sik (quarterfinals)
* Liam Pitchford (first round)
* Patrick Franziska (first round)
* Jang Woo-jin (semifinals)
* Quadri Aruna (preliminary round)
* Wong Chun Ting (first round)
* Kanak Jha (preliminary round)
* Robert Gardos (first round)
* Chuang Chih-yuan (first round)
* Darko Jorgić (first round)
* Tomislav Pucar (preliminary round)
* Gustavo Tsuboi (preliminary round)
* Ahmed Saleh (preliminary round)

## Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 13 November, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.
| | Group A | Wong | Jeoung | Pucar | Saleh | Points |
| 14 | Wong Chun Ting | | 4–2 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 6 |
| 9 | Jeoung Young-sik | 2–4 | | 4–0 | 4–0 | 5 |
| 19 | Tomislav Pucar | 2–4 | 0–4 | | 4–2 | 4 |
| 21 | Ahmed Saleh | 0–4 | 0–4 | 2–4 | | 3 |
| | Group B | Pitchford | Chuang | Jha | Points |
| 10 | Liam Pitchford | | 4–1 | 4–3 | 4 |
| 17 | Chuang Chih-yuan | 1–4 | | 4–3 | 3 |
| 15 | Kanak Jha | 3–4 | 3–4 | | 2 |
| | Group C | Franziska | Jorgić | Aruna | Points |
| 11 | Patrick Franziska | | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4 |
| 18 | Darko Jorgić | 0–4 | | 4–2 | 3 |
| 13 | Quadri Aruna | 1–4 | 2–4 | | 2 |
| | Group D | Jang | Gardos | Tsuboi | Points |
| 12 | Jang Woo-jin | | 4–2 | 4–0 | 4 |
| 16 | Robert Gardos | 2–4 | | 4–1 | 3 |
| 20 | Gustavo Tsuboi | 0–4 | 1–4 | | 2 |

## Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 14–15 November.
| 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Fan Zhendong | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Chuang Chih-yuan | 5 | 9 | 8 | 6 | | | | 1 | Fan Zhendong | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Patrick Franziska | 13 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 2 | | 5 | Lin Yun-ju | 10 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Lin Yun-ju | 15 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Fan Zhendong | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Koki Niwa | 13 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 10 | | | | | | | | | 12 | Jang Woo-jin | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Jang Woo-jin | 11 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | Jang Woo-jin | 15 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Jeoung Young-sik | 11 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | | 9 | Jeoung Young-sik | 13 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Hugo Calderano | 8 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Fan Zhendong | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 11 |
| 3 | Tomokazu Harimoto | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Ma Long | 11 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
| 16 | Robert Gardos | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | | | | 3 | Tomokazu Harimoto | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Wong Chun Ting | 11 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | Mattias Falck | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Mattias Falck | 8 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 17 | | | | | | | | | 3 | Tomokazu Harimoto | 7 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 4 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| 7 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 12 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | 2 | Ma Long | 11 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 10 | Liam Pitchford | 10 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 7 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | Jang Woo-jin | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 5 |
| 18 | Darko Jorgić | 7 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 3 | | 2 | Ma Long | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Tomokazu Harimoto | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Ma Long | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |