2014 ITTF Men's World Cup

2014 ITTF Men's World Cup
LocationDüsseldorf, Germany
Date24-26 October 2014
Competitors20
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 

The 2014 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 24 to 26 October 2014. It was the 35th 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 September 2014.[1]

  1. China Ma Long (final, silver medalist)
  2. China Zhang Jike (champion, gold medalist)
  3. Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov (quarter-finals)
  4. Japan Jun Mizutani (semi-finals, fourth place)
  5. Chinese Taipei Chuang Chih-Yuan (quarter-finals)
  6. Germany Timo Boll (semi-finals, bronze medalist)
  7. Portugal Marcos Freitas (quarter-finals)
  8. Hong Kong Tang Peng (first round)

Group stage

The preliminary group stage took place in 24 October, with the top player in each group progressing to the main draw.[2]

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 25-26 October.

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 China Ma Long 11 11 11 11
  Japan Kenta Matsudaira 7 4 4 2 1 China Ma Long 12 11 11 11
  Portugal Tiago Apolonia 11 11 11 11 Portugal Tiago Apolonia 10 8 6 1
7 Portugal Marcos Freitas 6 9 2 5 1 China Ma Long 11 11 11 11
5 Chinese Taipei Chuang Chih-Yuan 11 11 2 9 11 12 4 Japan Jun Mizutani 9 4 6 7
Chinese Taipei Chen Chien-An 8 3 11 11 8 10 5 Chinese Taipei Chuang Chih-Yuan 11 11 6 6 13
Greece Gionis Panagiotis 2 10 11 3 4 Japan Jun Mizutani 5 13 11 11 15
4 Japan Jun Mizutani 11 12 13 11 1 China Ma Long 11 4 11 11 11 5 10
3 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 9 11 11 8 11 11 12 2 China Zhang Jike 8 11 13 7 2 11 12
India Sharath Kamal 11 7 6 11 5 13 10 3 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 8 8 5 1
France Adrien Mattenet 11 3 7 9 9 6 Germany Timo Boll 11 11 11 11
6 Germany Timo Boll 9 15 11 11 11 6 Germany Timo Boll 7 11 8 14 11 11 6 Third place
8 Hong Kong Tang Peng 11 9 10 8 11 3 2 China Zhang Jike 11 5 11 16 6 6 11
Nigeria Quadri Aruna 7 11 12 11 9 11 Nigeria Quadri Aruna 11 7 4 7 11 8 4 Japan Jun Mizutani 11 7 8 11 2 9
Romania Adrian Crisan 8 9 11 8 2 China Zhang Jike 6 11 11 11 8 11 6 Germany Timo Boll 2 11 11 6 11 11
2 China Zhang Jike 11 11 13 11

See also

References

  1. ^ "Entry List". Retrieved 18 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Men's World Cup 2014". Flashscore. Retrieved 18 October 2025.