The 2024 ITTF Singles World Cup officially kicked off on April 15, with a three-day singles group stage. On the first day, Sun Yingsha will face Zhu Chengzhu of Hong Kong, China, Wang Chuqin will face South Korea's Ahn Jae-hyun, and national table tennis players such as Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Chen Meng, and Wang Manyu will also play against their respective opponents. CCTV's sports channels CCTV-5 and CCTV-5+ will be broadcast live in four time slots.
1. April 15 (Monday) Table Tennis World Cup schedule
(1) 09:30 Singles World Cup - Group Stage Round 1 1 (CCTV-5+ live broadcast)
10:50 World Cup Women's Singles Group Stage Chen Meng VS Natalia Bayo (Poland)
11:30 World Cup Men's Singles Group Stage Ma Long VS Aditya Salin (Australia)
(2) 12:55 Singles World Cup - Group Stage 1st Round 2 (CCTV-5 Live Broadcast)
13:10 World Cup Men's Singles Group Stage Fan Zhendong VS Benedict Duda (Germany)
13:50 World Cup Men's Singles Group Stage Lin Shidong VS Alberto Mino(Ecuador)
14:30 World Cup Women's Singles Group Stage Wang Yidi VS Du Hoi Kim (Hong Kong, China)
(3) 17:00 Singles World Cup - Group Stage 1st Round 3 (CCTV-5+ live broadcast)
17:00 World Cup Men's Singles Group Stage Lin Gaoyuan VS Tomislav Puka (Croatia)
18:20 World Cup Men's Singles Group Stage Liang Jingkun VS Lin Wenzheng (Australia)
19:00 World Cup Women's Singles Group Stage Sun Yingsha VS Zhu Chengzhu (Hong Kong, China)
(4) 20:00 Singles World Cup - Group Stage Round 1 4 (CCTV-5 live broadcast)
20:00 World Cup Women's Singles Group Stage Wang Manyu VS Adina Diaknu (Romania)
21:20 World Cup Women's Singles Group Stage Chen Xingtong VS Liu Xinyin (Chinese Taipei)
22:00 World Cup Men's Singles Group Stage Wang Chuqin VS Ahn Jae-hyun (South Korea)
2. The first stage of the World Cup men's singles grouping
Group 1: Wang Chuqin, Kirill Glasmenko (Kazakhstan), Ahn Jae-hyun (South Korea)
Group 2: Fan Zhendong, Wong Chun-ting (Hong Kong), Benedict Duda (Germany)
Group 3: Liang Jingkun, Christian Carlsen (Sweden), Lin Wenzheng (Australia)
Group 4: Ma Long, Li Yuanzhang (Canada), Aditya Saline (Australia)
Group 5: Lin Yunru (Chinese Taipei), Teruku Matsushima (Japan), Joao Gerardo (Portugal)
Group 6: Lin Gaoyuan, Zhuang Zhiyuan (Chinese Taipei), Tomislav Puka (Croatia)
Group 7: Felix Lebrun (France), Ko Chengrui (Chinese Taipei), Nicolás Boggs (Chile)
Group 8: Hugo Calderano (Brazil), Anders Lind (Denmark), Lu Wei (Australia)
Group 9: Jang Woo-jin (South Korea), Simon Goetz (France), Mohamed Elbeyali (Egypt)
Group 10: Tomokazu Haramoto (Japan), Jonatan Grote (Denmark), Andrej Gacini (Croatia)
Group 11: Qiu Dang (Germany), Hayasuke Togami (Japan), Ahmed Saleh (Egypt)
Group 12: Darko Joczyk (Slovenia), Lee Sang-so (South Korea), Thiago Apollonia (Portugal)
Group 13: Lin Shidong, Alex Lebrun (France), Alberto Minnot (Ecuador)
Group 14: Anton Carlberg (Sweden), Lim Jong-hoon (Korea), Guo Yong (Singapore)
Group 15: Marcos Freitas (Portugal), Cuadri Aruna (Nigeria), Daniel González (Puerto Rico)
Group 16: Omar Asal (Egypt), Trus Moregaard (Sweden), Noshad Alamiyan (Iran)
3. The first stage of the World Cup women's singles grouping
Group 1: Sun Yingsha, Chen Siyu (Chinese Taipei), Zhu Chengzhu (Hong Kong, China)
Group 2: Wang Manyu, Manica Batra (India), Adina Diaknu (Romania)
Group 3: Wang Yidi, Shan Xiaona (Germany), Du Hoiqin (Hong Kong, China)
Group 4: Chen Meng, Sliga Akula (India), Natalia Bayo (Poland)
Group 5: Shin Yubin (South Korea), Zhang An (USA), Zeng Jian (Singapore)
Group 6: Chen Xingtong, Olawan Paranam (Thailand), Liu Xinyin (Chinese Taipei)
Group 7: Misei Ito (Japan), Amy Wang (USA), Sutasini Savitabat (Thailand)
Group 8: Hina Hayada (Japan), Elisabetta Samara (Romania), Sabine Winter (Germany)
Group 9: Zheng Yijing (Chinese Taipei), Linda Bergstrom (Sweden), Josera Helmi (Egypt)
Group 10: Miwa Jang (Japan), Na Young Kim (Korea), Mo Jang (Canada)
Group 11: Bernadette Szokos (Romania), Pritika Pavard (France), Mariam Al Hodabi (Egypt)
Group 12: Adriana Diaz (Puerto Rico), Hannah Gouda (Egypt), Fu Yu (Grape)
Group 13: Tian Zhixi (South Korea), Kuo Man, Hong Jianfang (Australia)
Group 14: Miu Hirano (Japan), Yuan Jiannan (France), Lin Jocelyn (New Zealand)
Group 15: Zhu Qianxi (South Korea), Bruna Takahashi (Brazil), Sarah Hanford (Cameroon)
Group 16: Nina Mittram (Germany), Sofia Polkanova (Austria), Michel Bromley (Australia)