2024 ITTF Men's World Cup


The 2024 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Macau, China, from 15 to 21 April 2024. It was the 42nd edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.
The two-time former champion Ma Long defeated Lin Gaoyuan, 9-11, 9-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-4, 11-8 to win the men's singles title at the 2024 ITTF World Cup. By doing so, Ma Long became the oldest player ever to win a major title in the men's singles discipline, at 35 years and 184 days of age.

Competition format

The tournament consisted of two stages: a preliminary group stage and a knockout stage. The players were drawn into 16 groups. The top player from each group progresses through to the second stage of the competition, which consisted of a knockout draw.

Seeding

The seeding list was based on the official World Table Tennis world ranking for 09 April 2024.
  1. Wang Chuqin '
  2. Fan Zhendong '
  3. Liang Jingkun '
  4. Ma Long '
  5. Felix Lebrun '
  6. Lin Yun-ju '
  7. Hugo Calderano '
  8. Lin Gaoyuan '
  9. Tomokazu Harimoto '
  10. Dang Qiu '
  11. Jang Woo-jin '
  12. Darko Jorgic '
  13. Lin Shidong '
  14. Anton Kallberg '
  15. Omar Assar ''
  16. Marcos Freitas ''''

Group stage

The preliminary group stage took place from 15-17 April, with the top player in each group progressing to the main draw.

Main draw

The knockout stage took place from 18-21 April.