# 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup

The 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Markham, Ontario, from 27 to 29 October 2017. It was the 21st edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the first time that it had been staged in Canada.
In the final, China's Zhu Yuling defeated fellow Chinese player Liu Shiwen, 4–3, to win her first World Cup title.

## Qualification

The following list of players was confirmed on 2 October 2017, based on the qualification system set by the ITTF.
| No. | World Ranking (August 2017) | Player | Qualified as |
| 1 | 4 | Liu Shiwen | World Champion Substitute |
| 2 | 118 | Dina Meshref | Africa Cup winner |
| 3 | 3 | Zhu Yuling | Asian Cup winner |
| 4 | 73 | Lily Zhang | PanAm Cup winner |
| 5 | 232 | Paulina Vega | PanAm Cup Latin American qualifier |
| 6 | 106 | Jian Fang Lay | Oceania Cup winner |
| 7 | 19 | Li Jie | Europe Top 16 winner |
| 8 | 7 | Kasumi Ishikawa | Asian Cup 3rd place |
| 9 | 5 | Miu Hirano | Asian Cup 4th place |
| 10 | 35 | Matilda Ekholm | Europe Top 16 2nd place Substitute |
| 11 | 49 | Sabine Winter | Europe Top 16 3rd place |
| 12 | 22 | Liu Jia | Continental Cup qualifier |
| 13 | 32 | Georgina Póta | Continental Cup qualifier |
| 14 | 40 | Chen Szu-yu | Continental Cup qualifier |
| 15 | 29 | Seo Hyo-won | Continental Cup qualifier |
| 16 | 31 | Doo Hoi Kem | Continental Cup qualifier |
| 17 | 8 | Cheng I-ching | Continental Cup qualifier |
| 18 | 36 | Lee Ho Ching | Continental Cup qualifier |
| 19 | 56 | Zhang Mo | Host nation representative |
| 20 | 27 | Elizabeta Samara | 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.

## Seeding

The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for October 2017.
* Zhu Yuling (champion)
* Liu Shiwen (final)
* Kasumi Ishikawa (first round)
* Miu Hirano (semifinals)
* Cheng I-ching (semifinals)
* Doo Hoi Kem (first round)
* Li Jie (quarterfinals)
* Elizabeta Samara (quarterfinals)
* Seo Hyo-won (first round)
* Georgina Póta (first round)
* Chen Szu-yu (quarterfinals)
* Liu Jia (first round)
* Lee Ho Ching (quarterfinals)
* Matilda Ekholm (first round)
* Sabine Winter (preliminary round)
* Zhang Mo (first round)
* Lily Zhang (preliminary round)
* Dina Meshref (first round)
* Jian Fang Lay (preliminary round)
* Paulina Vega (preliminary round)

## Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 27 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.
| | Group A | Seo | Zhang | Zhang | Points |
| 9 | Seo Hyo-won | | 4–0 | 4–1 | 4 |
| 16 | Zhang Mo | 0–4 | | 4–3 | 3 |
| 17 | Lily Zhang | 1–4 | 3–4 | | 2 |
| | Group B | Póta | Ekholm | Lay | Points |
| 10 | Georgina Póta | | 4–2 | 4–1 | 4 |
| 14 | Matilda Ekholm | 2–4 | | 4–0 | 3 |
| 19 | Jian Fang Lay | 1–4 | 0–4 | | 2 |
| | Group C | Chen | Lee | Vega | Points |
| 11 | Chen Szu-yu | | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4 |
| 13 | Lee Ho Ching | 0–4 | | 4–0 | 3 |
| 20 | Paulina Vega | 0–4 | 0–4 | | 2 |
| | Group D | Liu | Meshref | Winter | Points |
| 12 | Liu Jia | | 4–0 | 4–0 | 4 |
| 18 | Dina Meshref | 0–4 | | 4–0 | 3 |
| 15 | Sabine Winter | 0–4 | 0–4 | | 2 |

## Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 28–29 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 | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Zhu Yuling | 6 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Zhang Mo | 11 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 2 | | | 1 | Zhu Yuling | 11 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Liu Jia | 9 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 7 | Li Jie | 3 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Li Jie | 11 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 11 | | | | | | | | | 1 | Zhu Yuling | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Cheng I-ching | 7 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 11 | | | | | | | | | 5 | Cheng I-ching | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Georgina Póta | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 5 | Cheng I-ching | 6 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Lee Ho Ching | 11 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | Lee Ho Ching | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Kasumi Ishikawa | 4 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Zhu Yuling | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 4 | Miu Hirano | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Liu Shiwen | 13 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 10 |
| 14 | Matilda Ekholm | 11 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 2 | | | 4 | Miu Hirano | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Chen Szu-yu | 5 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 11 | | Chen Szu-yu | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Doo Hoi Kem | 11 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 8 | | | | | | | | | 4 | Miu Hirano | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| 8 | Elizabeta Samara | 11 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Liu Shiwen | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 9 | Seo Hyo-won | 6 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 2 | | | 8 | Elizabeta Samara | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | | | | | | | | | 5 | Cheng I-ching | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |
| 18 | Dina Meshref | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | | | | 2 | Liu Shiwen | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | 4 | Miu Hirano | 11 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 8 | |
| 2 | Liu Shiwen | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |