2015 ITTF Men's World Cup
| 2015 ITTF Men's World Cup | |||||||
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| Location | Halmstad, Sweden | ||||||
| Date | 16-18 October 2014 | ||||||
| Competitors | 20 | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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The 2015 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Halmstad, Sweden, from 16 to 18 October 2015. It was the 36th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.
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. 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 as of August 2015.[1]
- Ma Long (champion, gold medalist)
- Fan Zhendong (final, silver medalist)
- Dimitrij Ovtcharov (semi-finals, bronze medalist)
- Jun Mizutani (semi-finals, fourth place)
- Marcos Freitas (quarter-finals)
- Chuang Chih-Yuan (quarter-finals)
- Koki Niwa (quarter-finals)
- Tang Peng (first round)
Group stage
The preliminary group stage took place in 16 October, with the top player in each group progressing to the main draw.[2]
Main draw
The knockout stage took place from 17-18 October.
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ma Long | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omar Assar | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 1 | Ma Long | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gionis Panagiotis | 12 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 5 | Marcos Freitas | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Marcos Freitas | 10 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 1 | Ma Long | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Koki Niwa | 11 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 3 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 4 | 2 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Gardos | 6 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 7 | Koki Niwa | 12 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gao Ning | 4 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 1 | Ma Long | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Jun Mizutani | 6 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | Fan Zhendong | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anton Kallberg | 11 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 | Jun Mizutani | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gustavo Tsuboi | 12 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 14 | Gustavo Tsuboi | 2 | 6 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Tang Peng | 10 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 4 | Jun Mizutani | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | Third place | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Chuang Chih-Yuan | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 2 | Fan Zhendong | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kristian Karlsson | 9 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 6 | Chuang Chih-Yuan | 11 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 11 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simon Gauzy | 7 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | Fan Zhendong | 4 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 4 | Jun Mizutani | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Fan Zhendong | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
- 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships
- 2014 ITTF Men's World Cup
- 2015 World Table Tennis Championships
References
- ^ "Entry List". Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ^ "Men's World Cup 2015". Flashscore. Retrieved 18 October 2025.