2019 ITTF Men's World Cup
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The 2019 ITTF Men's World Cup was a
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, 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. ;Notes


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.


Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 29 November, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.


Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 29 November to 1 December.


See also

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2019 World Table Tennis Championships The 2019 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 21 to 28 April 2019. It was the 55th edition of the championships, and the fourth time that they were held in Budapest. Schedule Five events were contested, with qualif ...
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2019 ITTF World Tour The 2019 ITTF World Tour was the 24th season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. Schedule The tournaments in the 2019 tour have been split into two tiers: World Tour Platinum and World Tour. The Pl ...
* 2019 ITTF Women's World Cup * 2019 ITTF Team World Cup


References


External links

Tournament page on ITTF website
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