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ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup-2025 - table tennis competition that will be held from February 19-23 in Shenzhen, China. The event will be hosted by
Chinese Table Tennis Association (CTTA), Shenzhen Municipal People's Government and organized by Culture, Sports and Tourism Administration of Shenzhen Municipality under the authority granted by
International Table Tennis Federation &
Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU). This will be the 34th edition of the tournament, and the tenth time in history it will be held in China. In 2025, the prize money for the tournament was $400,000.
The tournament will be held in men's singles and women's singles.
Tournament Qualification
Thirty-two (32) players will qualify for the Asian Cup in both men’s and women’s categories. They will be selected using the following system:
- The reigning Asian Cup winner will automatically qualify.
- The reigning Asian Champion will automatically qualify.
- One player must be nominated by the organiser.
- The top three players from Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and West Asia will qualify.
- Seventeen (17) additional players will qualify via the World Rankings.
- A maximum of four (4) players from each association, excluding players qualified under 1,2, 1,3 or 1,4 above.
The latest available ITTF World Singles Rankings list as of the date of publication of the initial invitations (Week 52 – 24 December 2024) will be used to select the qualified players. Competitors will be provided with free meals and accommodation from lunch on the evening before the start of the competition until breakfast on the morning after active participation has ended.
ITTF International Eligibility Rules 3.8 and 4.3.6 must apply.
Substitutions
Substitutions must be made before the closing date in accordance with the following rules:
- Substitutions before the closing date must be in accordance with the entry rules.
- If the Asian Champion or Asian Cup winner is unavailable or withdraws, he or she will be replaced by the finalists of the respective events. If the finalist is still unavailable, he or she will be replaced by the players ranked third in the respective events. If he or she is replaced by the players holding the next highest ranking from the ITTF World Singles Ranking List 2024 Week 52 (24 December 2024).
- If a player of the Host Association is unavailable or withdraws, he or she will be replaced by other players of the Host Association nominated by the Host Association.
- If a regional qualifier is unavailable or withdraws, he or she will be replaced by the highest ranked player from the same region.
- If any other player is unavailable or withdraws, he or she will be replaced by the next highest ranked player from the ITTF World Singles 2024 Week 52 Ranking List (24 December 2024).
- Substitutions after the registration closing date will be decided by the ATTU
Playing System
- The tournament will consist of 2 stages.
- In Stage 1, players will be divided into 8 groups of 4 players, with all members of the group playing each other (round robin).
- In Stage 1, the highest ranked player will be placed in Group 1, the 2nd highest in Group 2, the 3rd highest in Group 3 and the 4th highest in Group 4 and so on for the 8 highest ranked players; the remaining players will be placed in the other groups using a modified snake system, 4 at a time, in ranking order.
- Players from the same association will be placed in separate groups.
- The first and second placed players in each group will be allowed to participate in the second stage of the competition.
- Stage 2 of the competition will be a knockout, single-elimination tournament.
- There will be no association division in Stage 2.
- The matches in Stage 1 will be best of five sets.
- In Stage 2, the Round of 16 matches will be best of five sets, while the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals will be best of seven sets (7).
Stage 2 Seeding
The seeding will be based on the 2025 ITTF World Singles Rankings as of Week 6 (11 February 2025).
- The player who finishes first in Group 1 will be placed in position 1;
- The player who finishes first in Group 2 will be placed in position 16;
- The first place players in groups 3 and 4 will be allocated to positions 8 and 9.
- The first place players in groups 5 and 8 will be randomly allocated to positions 4, 5, 12 or 13
- The second place players in each group will be randomly allocated to the remaining positions, but players in the same group in the first stage will be allocated to the opposite half of the draw.
