2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup

2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup

Tournament details
Dates	5–7 April 2019
Edition	32nd
Total prize money	US$100,000
Venue	Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium
Location	Yokohama, Japan
Champions
Men's singles	Fan Zhendong
Women's singles	Zhu Yuling
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The 2019 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup (also known as the 2019 Lion ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a table tennis competition that took place from 5–7 April in Yokohama, Japan. The event was organised by the Japan Table Tennis Association (JTTA), under the authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and the Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU). It was the 32nd edition of the event, and the fourth time that it had been held in Japan.^[1]

Men's singles and women's singles events were held, and the three medallists in each event qualified automatically for the 2019 Men's and Women's World Cups.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Singles details	Fan Zhendong	Ma Long	Koki Niwa
Women's Singles details	Zhu Yuling	Chen Meng	Kasumi Ishikawa

In both the men's and women's singles events, the reigning Asian Champion and Asian Cup Champion have been invited to take part, along with the 10 highest-ranked Asian players in the January 2019 ITTF World Ranking. The final four places were awarded to regional representatives from Middle Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and West Asia. Qualification was subject to a maximum of two players from any association.^[1]

The first stage of both the men's and women's singles competitions consisted of four groups playing a round robin system, where each player played the other players in their group once. The top two players in Groups A, B and C qualified directly to the second stage. The third player from Groups A, B and C joined the winner of Group D in play-off matches to decide the final two places in the second stage.

The second stage consisted of a single knockout draw to decide the top eight positions.^[1]

Players were seeded according to the April 2019 ITTF World Ranking.

The group stage took place on 5 April.^[2]

Group A

Pos.	Player	Fan	Wong	Gerassimenko	Jang	Points	Qualification
1	Fan Zhendong	—	3–0	3–1	3–1	6	Advance to second stage
2	Wong Chun Ting	0–3	—	3–1	3–1	5
3	Kirill Gerassimenko	1–3	1–3	—	3–2	4	Advance to play-off
4	Jang Woo-jin	1–3	1–3	2–3	—	3

Group B

Pos.	Player	Ma	Harimoto	Lin	Kamal	Points	Qualification
1	Ma Long	—	3–1	3–1	3–0	6	Advance to second stage
2	Tomokazu Harimoto	1–3	—	3–1	3–2	5
3	Lin Yun-ju	1–3	1–3	—	3–1	4	Advance to play-off
4	Sharath Kamal	0–3	2–3	1–3	—	3

Group C

Pos.	Player	Niwa	Lee	Gnanasekaran	Chuang	Points	Qualification
1	Koki Niwa	—	3–1	3–1	0–3	5	Advance to second stage
2	Lee Sang-su	1–3	—	3–1	3–1	5
3	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran	1–3	1–3	—	3–0	4	Advance to play-off
4	Chuang Chih-yuan	3–0	1–3	0–3	—	4

Group D

Pos.	Player	Wisutmaythangkoon	Alamian	Abdulwahhab	Ranasingha	Points	Qualification
1	Supanut Wisutmaythangkoon	—	3–1	3–1	3–0 (w/o)	6	Advance to play-off
2	Nima Alamian	1–3	—	3–0	3–0 (w/o)	5
3	Mohammed Abdulwahhab	1–3	0–3	—	3–0 (w/o)	4
4	Imesh Ranasingha	0–3 (w/o)	0–3 (w/o)	0–3 (w/o)	—	3

Play-offs

The main draw took place on 6 and 7 April.^[3]

	Quarterfinals											Semifinals											Final
	Fan Zhendong		11	11	11	8	11
	Lin Yun-ju		9	7	8	11	8					Fan Zhendong		6	11	11	11	11
	Tomokazu Harimoto		11	11	7	11	11					Tomokazu Harimoto		11	6	8	9	4
	Lee Sang-su		6	7	11	5	9																Fan Zhendong		9	12	9	11	11	12
	Koki Niwa		12	6	11	12	12																Ma Long		11	10	11	7	8	10
	Wong Chun Ting		10	11	9	10	10					Koki Niwa		5	6	8	6
	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran		5	5	11	6	3					Ma Long		11	11	11	11
	Ma Long		11	11	6	11	11																Third place
																							Tomokazu Harimoto		7	3	11	5	11	8
																							Koki Niwa		11	11	3	11	9	11

5th-8th place play-off

	Play-off											Fifth place
	Lin Yun-ju		6	11	7	11	11	9	11
	Lee Sang-su		11	8	11	7	4	11	7
												Lin Yun-ju		11	11	11	14
												Sathiyan Gnanasekaran		4	8	8	12
	Wong Chun Ting		10	12	5	6	8
	Sathiyan Gnanasekaran		12	10	11	11	11					Seventh place
												Lee Sang-su		11	11	5	11	6	11
												Wong Chun Ting		9	7	11	3	11	7

Players were seeded according to the April 2019 ITTF World Ranking.

The group stage took place on 5 April.^[4]

Group A

Pos.	Player	Zhu	Doo	Hirano	Sawettabut	Points	Qualification
1	Zhu Yuling	—	3–0	3–1	3–0	6	Advance to second stage
2	Doo Hoi Kem	0–3	—	3–2	3–0	5
3	Miu Hirano	1–3	2–3	—	3–0	4	Advance to play-off
4	Suthasini Sawettabut	0–3	0–3	0–3	—	3

Group B

Pos.	Player	Chen	Jeon	Cheng	Lee	Points	Qualification
1	Chen Meng	—	3–0	3–1	3–1	6	Advance to second stage
2	Jeon Ji-hee	0–3	—	3–1	3–1	5
3	Cheng I-ching	1–3	1–3	—	3–1	4	Advance to play-off
4	Lee Ho Ching	1–3	1–3	1–3	—	3

Group C

Pos.	Player	Feng	Ishikawa	Chen	Suh	Points	Qualification
1	Feng Tianwei	—	3–0	3–1	3–2	6	Advance to second stage
2	Kasumi Ishikawa	0–3	—	3–0	3–0	5
3	Chen Szu-yu	1–3	0–3	—	3–2	4	Advance to play-off
4	Suh Hyowon	2–3	0–3	2–3	—	3

Group D

Pos.	Player	Lin	Ashtari	Batra	Faramarzi	Points	Qualification
1	Lin Ye	—	3–0	3–0	3–0	6	Advance to play-off
2	Mahshid Ashtari	0–3	—	3–2	3–0	5
3	Manika Batra	0–3	2–3	—	3–0	4
4	Maha Faramarzi	0–3	0–3	0–3	—	3

Play-offs

The main draw took place on 6 and 7 April.^[5]

	Quarterfinals											Semifinals											Final
	Zhu Yuling		9	11	11	10	11	11
	Miu Hirano		11	7	2	12	7	8				Zhu Yuling		9	11	11	11	14
	Jeon Ji-hee		2	7	9	7						Feng Tianwei		11	9	5	5	12
	Feng Tianwei		11	11	11	11																	Zhu Yuling		15	4	11	11	7	11
	Kasumi Ishikawa		11	9	15	9	12	11															Chen Meng		13	11	5	8	11	6
	Doo Hoi Kem		9	11	13	11	10	7				Kasumi Ishikawa		1	9	4	11	8
	Cheng I-ching											Chen Meng		11	11	11	7	11
	Chen Meng		w/o																				Third place
																							Feng Tianwei		10	12	17	15	8
																							Kasumi Ishikawa		12	14	15	17	11

5th-8th place play-off

	Play-off											Fifth place
	Miu Hirano		6	11	11	11	11
	Jeon Ji-hee		11	7	6	8	5
												Miu Hirano		11	12	8	7	11	3	7
												Doo Hoi Kem		7	10	11	11	8	11	11
	Doo Hoi Kem		w/o
	Cheng I-ching											Seventh place
												Jeon Ji-hee		w/o
												Cheng I-ching

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