2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup

South American table tennis competition
Badminton tournament
2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup
Tournament details
Dates15–17 June 2018
Edition2nd
Total prize moneyUS$16,000
VenueCentro de Entrenamiento Olímpico
LocationAsunción, Paraguay
Champions
Men's singlesBrazil Hugo Calderano
Women's singlesCanada Zhang Mo
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The 2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup was a table tennis competition that took place from 15–17 June in Asunción, Paraguay. The event was organised by the Paraguay Table Tennis Federation, under the authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). It was the second edition of the event.[1]

Men's singles and women's singles events were held, with the winners and runners-up in each event qualifying automatically for the 2018 Men's and Women's World Cups.

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Singles
details 		Brazil Hugo Calderano Brazil Gustavo Tsuboi United States Kanak Jha
Women's Singles
details 		Canada Zhang Mo United States Yue Wu Brazil Bruna Takahashi

Men's singles

Seeding

Players were seeded according to the June 2018 ITTF World Ranking.[2]

  1. Brazil Hugo Calderano
  2. Brazil Gustavo Tsuboi
  3. United States Kanak Jha
  4. Paraguay Marcelo Aguirre
  5. Argentina Horacio Cifuentes
  6. Mexico Marcos Madrid
  7. Chile Gustavo Gomez
  8. Ecuador Alberto Miño
  9. Argentina Gaston Alto
  10. Dominican Republic Emil Santos (replaced by Paraguay Axel Gavilán)
  11. Puerto Rico Brian Afanador
  12. Canada Marko Medjugorac
  13. Dominican Republic Samuel Gálvez
  14. Canada Edward Ly
  15. Guatemala Héctor Gatica
  16. United States Feng Yijun

Group stage

Group 1 Argentina Cifuentes Dominican Republic Gálvez Guatemala Gatica Points
5 Argentina H. Cifuentes w/o 4–0 4
13 Dominican Republic Samuel Gálvez w/d w/d -
15 Guatemala Héctor Gatica 0–4 w/o 3
Group 2 Mexico Madrid Puerto Rico Afanador United States Feng Points
6 Mexico Marcos Madrid 4–2 3–4 3
11 Puerto Rico Brian Afanador 2–4 4–1 3[3]
16 United States Feng Yijun 4–3 1–4 3

Group 3 Chile Gomez Canada Medjugorac Paraguay Gavilán Points
7 Chile Gustavo Gomez 4–2 4–2 4
12 Canada M. Medjugorac 2–4 2–4 2
- Paraguay Axel Gavilán 2–4 4–2 3
Group 4 Ecuador Miño Argentina Alto Canada Ly Points
8 Ecuador Alberto Miño 4–2 4–2 4
9 Argentina Gaston Alto 2–4 4–2 3
14 Canada Edward Ly 2–4 2–4 2

Main draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Brazil Hugo Calderano 13 14 11 11
7 Chile Gustavo Gomez 11 12 8 5 1 Brazil Hugo Calderano 11 11 11 11
5 Argentina Horacio Cifuentes 11 11 11 7 8 6 9 4 Paraguay Marcelo Aguirre 6 4 2 9
4 Paraguay Marcelo Aguirre 7 9 8 11 11 11 11 1 Brazil Hugo Calderano 11 8 10 11 11 15
3 United States Kanak Jha 11 12 7 11 11 12 2 Brazil Gustavo Tsuboi 9 11 12 6 7 13
11 Puerto Rico Brian Afanador 9 14 11 6 8 10 3 United States Kanak Jha 4 8 8 4
8 Ecuador Alberto Miño 11 11 11 6 7 7 6 2 Brazil Gustavo Tsuboi 11 11 11 11
2 Brazil Gustavo Tsuboi 9 8 8 11 11 11 11 Third place
4 Paraguay Marcelo Aguirre 6 13 10 11 11 6
3 United States Kanak Jha 11 15 12 5 9 11

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Women's singles

Seeding

Players were seeded according to the June 2018 ITTF World Ranking.[2]

  1. Canada Zhang Mo
  2. United States Yue Wu
  3. Chile Paulina Vega
  4. Brazil Bruna Takahashi
  5. Chile Daniela Ortega
  6. Colombia Paula Medina
  7. Argentina Ana Codina
  8. Dominican Republic Eva Brito (replaced by Argentina Camila Arguelles)
  9. Puerto Rico Melanie Díaz
  10. Brazil Caroline Kumahara
  11. Mexico Yadira Silva
  12. Canada Alicia Côté
  13. El Salvador Estefania Ramirios
  14. El Salvador Emme Arias
  15. United States Wang Xinyue
  16. Paraguay Lucero Ovelar

Group stage

Group 1 Chile Ortega Mexico Silva Paraguay Ovelar Points
5 Chile Daniela Ortega 0–4 4–1 3
11 Mexico Yadira Silva 4–0 4–1 4
16 Paraguay Lucero Ovelar 1–4 1–4 2
Group 2 Colombia Medina El Salvador Ramirios Argentina Arguelles Points
6 Colombia Paula Medina 1–4 (ret.) 1–4 1
13 El Salvador E. Ramirios 4–1 3–4 3
- Argentina C. Arguelles 4–1 4–3 4

Group 3 Argentina Codina Brazil Kumahara El Salvador Arias Points
7 Argentina Ana Codina 0–4 4–0 3
10 Brazil C. Kumahara 4–0 4–0 4
14 El Salvador Emme Arias 0–4 0–4 2
Group 4 Puerto Rico Melanie Díaz Canada Côté United States Wang Points
9 Puerto Rico Melanie Díaz 4–1 3–4 3
12 Canada Alicia Côté 1–4 0–4 2
15 United States Wang Xinyue 4–3 4–0 4

Main draw

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Canada Zhang Mo 6 11 11 11 11
15 United States Wang Xinyue 11 8 7 4 1 1 Canada Zhang Mo 11 11 11 11
- Argentina Camila Arguelles 5 6 11 5 1 4 Brazil Bruna Takahashi 8 9 4 9
4 Brazil Bruna Takahashi 11 11 9 11 11 1 Canada Zhang Mo 8 11 11 11 13
3 Chile Paulina Vega 6 9 8 13 4 2 United States Yue Wu 11 8 4 5 11
11 Mexico Yadira Silva 11 11 11 11 11 11 Mexico Yadira Silva 12 6 11 3 10 6
10 Brazil Caroline Kumahara 6 12 8 6 6 2 United States Yue Wu 10 11 7 11 12 11
2 United States Yue Wu 11 10 11 11 11 Third place
4 Brazil Bruna Takahashi 17 11 11 9 11
11 Mexico Yadira Silva 15 6 2 11 9

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See also

References

  1. ^ "2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b "2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup / List of Participants" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Life on the knife-edge but Brian Afanador progresses". ITTF. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  4. ^ "2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup / Men's Singles" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  5. ^ "2018 ITTF Pan-America Cup / Women's Singles" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.

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