# 2019 ITTF Women's World Cup

The 2019 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Chengdu, China, from 18 to 20 October 2019. It was the 23rd edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.

## Qualification

In total, 20 players qualified for the World Cup:
* The current 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 | 23–27 April 2019 | Budapest | 1 | Liu Shiwen |
| 2019 ITTF Pan-America Cup | 1–3 February 2019 | Guaynabo | 2 | Adriana Díaz Zhang Mo |
| 2019 Europe Top 16 Cup | 2–3 February 2019 | Montreux | 3 | Petrissa Solja Bernadette Szőcs Sofia Polcanova |
| 2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup | 5–7 April 2019 | Yokohama | 3 | Zhu Yuling Kasumi Ishikawa Feng Tianwei |
| 2019 ITTF-Oceania Cup | 25–26 May 2019 | Bora Bora | 1 | Jian Fang Lay |
| 2019 ITTF Africa Cup | 3–5 August 2019 | Lagos | 1 | Dina Meshref |
| Additional qualifiers | n/a | n/a | 8 | Doo Hoi Kem Miu Hirano Jeon Ji-hee Cheng I-ching Chen Szu-yu Jennifer Wu Natalia Partyka Elizabeta Samara |
| ITTF wild card | n/a | n/a | 1 | Lily Zhang |
| Total | Total | Total | 20 | |

### Notes

* ↑ Based on Continental Cup finishing position and ITTF World Ranking.

## 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.

## Seeding

The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for October 2019.
* Zhu Yuling (final)
* Liu Shiwen (champion)
* Kasumi Ishikawa (quarterfinals)
* Miu Hirano (first round)
* Cheng I-ching (quarterfinals)
* Doo Hoi Kem (first round)
* Feng Tianwei (semifinals)
* Sofia Polcanova (quarterfinals)
* Bernadette Szőcs (first round)
* Jeon Ji-hee (first round)
* Petrissa Solja (quarterfinals)
* Elizabeta Samara (preliminary round)
* Chen Szu-yu (first round)
* Zhang Mo (first round)
* Adriana Diaz (preliminary round)
* Dina Meshref (first round)
* Yue Wu (first round)
* Lily Zhang (semifinals)
* Natalia Partyka (preliminary round)
* Jian Fang Lay (preliminary round)

## Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 18 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.
| | Group A | Szőcs | Zhang | Diaz | Points |
| 9 | Bernadette Szőcs | | 4–1 | 4–2 | 4 |
| 18 | Lily Zhang | 1–4 | | 4–1 | 3 |
| 15 | Adriana Diaz | 2–4 | 1–4 | | 2 |
| | Group B | Jeon | Meshref | Partyka | Points |
| 10 | Jeon Ji-hee | | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4 |
| 16 | Dina Meshref | 1–4 | | 4–2 | 3 |
| 19 | Natalia Partyka | 0–4 | 2–4 | | 2 |
| | Group C | Solja | Chen | Lay | Points |
| 11 | Petrissa Solja | | 4–1 | 4–3 | 4 |
| 13 | Chen Szu-yu | 1–4 | | 4–1 | 3 |
| 20 | Jian Fang Lay | 3–4 | 1–4 | | 2 |
| | Group D | Wu | Zhang | Samara | Points |
| 17 | Yue Wu | | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4 |
| 14 | Zhang Mo | 1–4 | | 4–3 | 3 |
| 12 | Elizabeta Samara | 0–4 | 3–4 | | 2 |

## Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 19-20 October.
| 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 | Zhu Yuling | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Zhang Mo | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | | | | 1 | Zhu Yuling | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Petrissa Solja | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | 11 | Petrissa Solja | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Doo Hoi Kem | 11 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Zhu Yuling | 11 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Feng Tianwei | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Feng Tianwei | 1 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Bernadette Szőcs | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | | | | 7 | Feng Tianwei | 12 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Dina Meshref | 4 | 10 | 7 | 6 | | | | 3 | Kasumi Ishikawa | 10 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Kasumi Ishikawa | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Zhu Yuling | 11 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 9 | |
| 4 | Miu Hirano | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Liu Shiwen | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 11 | |
| 18 | Lily Zhang | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 18 | Lily Zhang | 11 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| 17 | Yue Wu | 11 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | | | 8 | Sofia Polcanova | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Sofia Polcanova | 13 | 11 | 14 | 6 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | Lily Zhang | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | | | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| 5 | Cheng I-ching | 14 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Liu Shiwen | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | |
| 10 | Jeon Ji-hee | 12 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | | | 5 | Cheng I-ching | 4 | 8 | 5 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Feng Tianwei | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 15 | | |
| 13 | Chen Szu-yu | 9 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 6 | | | 2 | Liu Shiwen | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | 18 | Lily Zhang | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | | |
| 2 | Liu Shiwen | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |