2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup


The 2018 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup was a table tennis competition that took place from 6–8 April in Yokohama, Japan. The event was organised by the Japan Table Tennis Association, under the authority of the International Table Tennis Federation and the Asian Table Tennis Union. It was the 31st edition of the event, and the third time that it had been held in Japan.
Men's singles and women's singles events were held, and the three medallists in each event qualified automatically for the 2018 Men's and Women's World Cups.

Medallists

Qualification

In both the men's and women's singles events, the reigning Asian Champion and Asian Cup Champion qualified, along with the 10 highest-ranked Asian players in the January 2018 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.
;Men's singles
PlayerQualification
2017 Asian Cup Champion
2017 Asian Champion
WR 6
WR 7
WR 11
WR 14
WR 15
WR 29
WR 30
WR 35
WR 48
WR 74
South Asia Rep.
Middle Asia Rep.
Southeast Asia Rep.
West Asia Rep.

;Women's singles
PlayerQualification
2017 Asian Cup Champion
2017 Asian Champion
WR 1
WR 4
WR 7
WR 9
WR 12
WR 16
WR 18
WR 27
WR 48
WR 78
South Asia Rep.
Middle Asia Rep.
Southeast Asia Rep.
West Asia Rep.

Format

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 the Continental Group 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.

Men's singles

Seeding

Players were seeded according to the April 2018 ITTF World Ranking.

Group stage

The group stage took place on 6 April.
;Group A
Pos.Player
Harimoto

Fan

Chuang

Gerassimenko
PointsQualification
1 Tomokazu Harimoto3–13–13–16Advance to second stage
2 Fan Zhendong1–33–03–05Advance to second stage
3 Chuang Chih-yuan1–30–33–24Advance to play-off
4 Kirill Gerassimenko1–30–32–33

;Group B
Pos.Player
Lee

Lin

Chen

Jiang
PointsQualification
1 Lee Sang-su3–03–13–16Advance to second stage
2 Lin Gaoyuan0–33–03–05Advance to second stage
3 Chen Chien-an1–30–33–14Advance to play-off
4 Jiang Tianyi1–30–31–33

;Group C
Pos.Player
Wong

Niwa

Jeong

Alamian
PointsQualification
1 Wong Chun Ting3–23–03–16Advance to second stage
2 Koki Niwa2–33–23–05Advance to second stage
3 Jeong Sang-eun0–32–33–24Advance to play-off
4 Noshad Alamian1–30–32–33

;Continental Group
Pos.Player
Alamian

Tanviriyavechakul

Thakkar

Al-Abbad
PointsQualification
1 Nima Alamian3–03–23–06Advance to play-off
2 P. Tanviriyavechakul0–33–13–15
3 M. V. Thakkar2–31–33–24
4 Abdulaziz Al-Abbad0–31–32–33

;Play-offs

Main draw

The main draw took place on 7 and 8 April.
;5th-8th place play-off

Women's singles

Seeding

Players were seeded according to the April 2018 ITTF World Ranking.

Group stage

The group stage took place on 6 April.
;Group A
Pos.Player
Chen

Cheng

Sawettabut

Lee
PointsQualification
1 Chen Meng3–03–03–06Advance to second stage
2 Cheng I-ching0–33–13–15Advance to second stage
3 S. Sawettabut0–31–33–24Advance to play-off
4 Lee Ho Ching0–31–32–33

;Group B
Pos.Player
Zhu

Doo

Hirano

Yang Ha-eun
PointsQualification
1 Zhu Yuling3–23–03–06Advance to second stage
2 Doo Hoi Kem2–33–23–15Advance to second stage
3 Miu Hirano0–32–33–14Advance to play-off
4 Yang Ha-eun0–31–31–33

;Group C
Pos.Player
Ishikawa

Seo

Chen

Komwong
PointsQualification
1 Kasumi Ishikawa3–13–03–06Advance to second stage
2 Seo Hyo-won1–33–23–05Advance to second stage
3 Chen Szu-yu0–32–33–14Advance to play-off
4 Nanthana Komwong0–30–31–33

;Continental Group
Pos.Player
Mukherjee

Mai

Shahsavari
PointsQualification
1 Ayhika Mukherjee3–03–04Advance to play-off
2 Mai Hoàng Mỹ Trang0–33–23
3 Neda Shahsavari0–32–32

;Play-offs

Main draw

The main draw took place on 7 and 8 April.
;5th-8th place play-off