The 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup was a

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competition held in

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, 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

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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,

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and the inaugural World Table Tennis Macao), were also all held in November in China.

Qualification

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.

Preliminary stage

The preliminary group stage took place on 13 November, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 14–15 November.

References

External links

Tournament page on ITTF website
{{World championships in 2020

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