ITTF-Oceania Cup-2025

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ITTF-Oceania Cup-2025
- table tennis competition to be held February 15-16 in Melbourne, Australia. The competition was organized by ITTF-Oceania under patronage of International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). This will be the 15th edition of the tournament and the seventh time it has been held in Australia.
The tournament will be held in men's and women's singles.
In 2025, the ITTF-Oceania Cup-2025 will be a qualifying round for the ITTF Men's and Women's World Cup Macao 2025, which will be held from 14 to 20 April 2025 in Macau. The winners, finalists and semi-finalists of the tournament in each category were qualified for the 2025 Men's and Women's Singles World Cups.
The prize money for the tournament was A$20,000 (20,000 Australian dollars).
In addition, the ITTF-Oceania Pacific Cup is being held at the same time, which is an opportunity for member associations in the Pacific region to participate in high-level competitions (players from Australia and New Zealand are not allowed), the tournament will also be held in the same 2 events.

Tournament Qualification

The ITTF-Oceania Cup will feature eight (8) men and eight (8) women.
According to the ITTF-Oceania Cup Regulations, Member Associations are proposed for the event based on the ITTF World Rankings list published on 12 November 2024.
ITTF-Oceania announces that invitations will be offered to:

• MEN'S SINGLES: Australia - 2 invitations, New Zealand - 2 invitations, French Polynesia - 2 invitations, New Caledonia - 1 invitation, Fiji - 1 invitation.
• WOMEN'S SINGLES: Australia 2 invitations, New Zealand 2 invitations, Fiji 2 invitations, Vanuatu 1 invitation, New Caledonia 1 invitation.

ITTF-Oceania will provide further information directly to each Member Association that has received invitations.
ITTF International Eligibility Rules 3.8 and 4.3.6 shall apply.

Playing System

• ITTF-Oceania Cup Competition System. The ITTF-Oceania Cup will be played according to the following format:
  • Group Stage: Two round-robin groups of four players, where players will be determined using a modified snake system.
  • Knockout Stage: The players finishing first in their group will advance directly to the semi-finals. The second and third place players in their group will play in the quarterfinals. The winners of the semifinals will play in the playoff for the gold medal. The losers of the semifinals will play in the playoff for the bronze medal.
  • All matches will be played up to seven wins.
• ITTF-Oceania Pacific Cup System
  
  The ITTF-Oceania Pacific Cup will be played according to the following format:
  • Playoff stage: all matches will be played according to the playoff system. After reaching the semifinals, the winners of the semifinals will play in the playoff for the gold medal. The losers of the semifinals will play in the playoff for the bronze medal.
  • All matches will be played according to the best-of-seven system

 

[GAOdp]

ITTF-Oceania Cup is an annual table tennis event held by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The event includes men's and women's singles, the winners of which qualify for Men's and women's world cups .
Since 2011, the event has also included the Pacific Cup, a separate tournament that does not include players from Australia and New Zealand.

 

[GAOdp]

2025 ITTF-Oceania Cup - Day 2, Session 1​

 

[JackJohnson]

How many players can qualify for the Singles World Cup in Macao. Is it just the 4 players that make it to the semi finals?

No Hwan Bae or Adi Sareen? Aren’t these players higher ranking than Finn Luu and Nicholas Lum. They were in the finals of ITTF Oceania Championships 3 months ago?

Any reason why the Australia women team were allowed to have 3 players for this event. Did someone pulled out and the next highest individual ranking was an Australian player?

 

[JackJohnson]

Unlucky for Alfred Dela Pena against Finn Luu. He was on the comeback in the 5th game at 9-10 but Finn got lucky with the net ball to win the match 4-1 against Alfred.

 

[GAOdp]

2025 ITTF-Oceania Cup - Day 2, Session 2 - Finals​

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Is the world cup format changing? In the past only the cup winner has qualified, now it is 4 players.

 

[NextLevel]

Is the world cup format changing? In the past only the cup winner has qualified, now it is 4 players.

This is similar to the last larger world cup with 48 players i believe.

 

[JackJohnson]

Is the world cup format changing? In the past only the cup winner has qualified, now it is 4 players.

The 4 male players that have qualified for the Singles World Cup in Macao:
• Nicholas Lum
• Finn Luu
• Dean Shu
• Alfred Dela Pena

The 4 women players that have qualified for the Singles World Cup in Macao:
• Maylis Giret
• Chunli Li
•Jocelyn Lam
• Constantina Psihogios

On ITTF or ITTF-Oceania Facebook pages there has been no mention of Yangzi Liu or Minhyung Jee qualifying for the Singles World Cup. They did top their group and went straight to the Semi finals same as the Aussie male players Nicholas Lum and Finn Luu.

How did Maylis Giret qualify for the World Cup where she lost against Lulu Anolyn in the Pacific Cup Final.

How did Jocelyn Lam qualify for the World Cup where she lost against Chunli Li in the quarter finals.

Man I wish there was more explanation on how these players have qualified for the Singles World Cup 2025. I thought only those who make it to the semi finals qualify for the World Cup.

 

[GAOdp]

The 4 male players that have qualified for the Singles World Cup in Macao:
• Nicholas Lum
• Finn Luu
• Dean Shu
• Alfred Dela Pena

The 4 women players that have qualified for the Singles World Cup in Macao:
• Maylis Giret
• Chunli Li
•Jocelyn Lam
• Constantina Psihogios

On ITTF or ITTF-Oceania Facebook pages there has been no mention of Yangzi Liu or Minhyung Jee qualifying for the Singles World Cup. They did top their group and went straight to the Semi finals same as the Aussie male players Nicholas Lum and Finn Luu.

How did Maylis Giret qualify for the World Cup where she lost against Lulu Anolyn in the Pacific Cup Final.

How did Jocelyn Lam qualify for the World Cup where she lost against Chunli Li in the quarter finals.

Man I wish there was more explanation on how these players have qualified for the Singles World Cup 2025. I thought only those who make it to the semi finals qualify for the World Cup.

The women’s qualification presents a more nuanced picture. Constantina Psihogios from Australia, Maylis Giret from New Caledonia, and New Zealand’s Li Chunli and Jocelyn Lam have secured their World Cup berths, navigating the complex eligibility criteria that define the region’s representation.

It is completely unclear why these criteria are not published anywhere.

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Right but my main point is that it means they are expanding the World Cup format to increase the total number of participants. Previously only one player qualified up until and including last year. Now there are 4 qualifiers per gender from Oceania, this means the classic top 16 main draw plus small qualification draw has been replaced with likely a significantly larger qualification draw stage.

 

[NextLevel]

Right but my main point is that it means they are expanding the World Cup format to increase the total number of participants. Previously only one player qualified up until and including last year. Now there are 4 qualifiers per gender from Oceania, this means the classic top 16 main draw plus small qualification draw has been replaced with likely a significantly larger qualification draw stage.

Yeah, but the bigger draw was already in place last year. That's my point.

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Yeah, but the bigger draw was already in place last year. That's my point.

I think it might be even bigger this year then, maybe it was 2 for Oceania last year. Pan Am Cup has also expanded to this format instead of 2 entries per country it’s now open to qualification with seeding into main draw as well. As such USATT did not fund players for it this year.