The 2024 Macau World Cup will be held in Macau, China, from April 15 to 21. The Macau World Cup is the first stop of the resumption of the World Cup, and the ITTF has created a new format for fans to experience the heartbeat of exciting matchups. The game was a tiebreaker.
The last World Cup dates back to 2020, when Fan Zhendong won the men's singles championship and Chen Meng won the women's singles championship. In this World Cup in Macau, China, Fan Zhendong and Chen Meng are still competing for the trophy to defend the championship.
The ITTF Singles World Cup returned after four years, and in the men's World Cup, the Chinese team sent Wang Chuqin, defending champion Fan Zhendong, Grand Slam Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan and World Youth Champion Lin Shidong, and the Chinese team in the Women's World Cup sent the world's top five Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, Chen Xingtong and World Youth Champion Kuo Man. Just looking at the registration of the Chinese team, it can be seen that the competition is very fierce.
The World Cup in Macau is divided into two phases. In the first stage, the players will be divided into 16 groups of 3 players and play a round-robin match. Seeds 1-4, in groups 1 to 4. Seeds 5 to 16 will be drawn in groups of four to determine the group, such as seeds 5-8 will be drawn to determine the number of spots in groups 5 to 8. The remaining players will be drawn in groups of four in a serpentine pattern to determine the signing, and the players in the same association will avoid it. The first place in each group will advance to the knockout round, and the remaining two will be eliminated. The group stage adopts a points-grabbing system, and every game or even every point is crucial, which also adds more excitement and suspense to the game. Slow players may be eliminated from the tournament. Therefore, Liang Jingkun has to speed up the game.
In the knockout stage, the competition will be played in a best-of-seven format, and finally the final will compete for the top podium. As for whether our Chinese team can win all the championships and runners-up in the men's and women's singles, there is still a certain amount of pressure, especially in the men's singles foreign association, everyone is so strong, and the women's team is relatively less stressful, but once it is eliminated in the group stage, it will be punished. In the end, who do you think will win the gold medal in this World Cup?