2011 Latin American Table Tennis Cup

The 2011 Latin American Table Tennis Cup was held at the Ginásio do Maracanãzinho in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from March 17–19, 2011. The event was a qualifier for the 2011 Table Tennis World Cup. It was the first edition of the event, organized by the International Table Tennis Federation, Latin American Table Tennis Union, Brazilian Table Tennis Confederation, and TMS International.[1] Brazilian Gustavo Tsuboi won the men's event and the women's was won by the Dominican Wu Xue.

Seeds edit

Seeds were based on the ITTF World Ranking lists published in March 2011.[2][3]

Men's competition edit

In the semi-finals, Brazil's Gustavo Tsuboi defeated Liu Song 4-3, and Paraguay's Marcelo Aguirre won over Cazuo Matsumoto 4-1.[4] In the final, Aguirre lost to Tsuboi. Tsuboi's win qualified him for the 2011 Liebherr Men's World Cup.[5]

Qualification round edit

Group 1 edit

Player Pld W L GW GL Pts
  Lin Ju 2 2 0 8 1 4
  Eric Mancini 2 1 1 4 4 3
  Marcos Madrid 2 0 2 1 8 2

Group 2 edit

Player Pld W L GW GL Pts
  Cazuo Matsumoto 2 2 0 8 5 4
  Liu Song 2 1 1 6 4 3
  Manuel Moya 2 0 2 3 8 2

Group 3 edit

Player Pld W L GW GL Pts
  Marcelo Aguirre 2 2 0 8 2 4
  Gustavo Tsuboi 2 1 1 5 5 3
  Josue Donado 2 0 2 2 8 2

Group 4 edit

Player Pld W L GW GL Pts
  Hugo Hoyama 2 2 0 8 3 4
  Gaston Alto 2 1 1 5 5 3
  Juan Vila Batista 2 0 2 3 8 2

Main Draw Bracket edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   Lin Ju 6 12 10 11 11 6 8
2   Liu Song 11 10 12 8 8 11 11 2   Liu Song 4 9 9 11 11 13 8
3   Gustavo Tsuboi 11 11 11 11 3   Gustavo Tsuboi 11 11 11 4 5 11 11
4   Hugo Hoyama 3 7 5 5 3   Gustavo Tsuboi 11 11 11 11
7   Marcelo Aguirre 5 9 11 12 11 11 7   Marcelo Aguirre 5 7 5 6
11   Eric Mancini 11 11 6 10 9 6 7   Marcelo Aguirre 11 11 4 11 11
8   Gaston Alto 11 5 10 8 5 5   Cazuo Matsumoto 8 4 11 9 8
5   Cazuo Matsumoto 8 11 12 11 11

Women's competition edit

In the semi-finals, Dominican Wu Xue defeated Paula Medina 4-2, and Mexican Yadira Silva beat Jessica Yamada 4-3.[6] Wu won the women's competition after defeating Silva,[7] qualifying for the 2011 Volkswagen Women's World Cup[8] and winning the US $2,000 prize.[9]

Qualification round edit

Group 1 edit

Player Pld W L GW GL Pts
  Wu Xue 2 2 0 8 1 4
  Jessica Yamada 2 1 1 4 4 3
  Carelyn Cordero 2 0 2 1 8 2

Group 2 edit

Player Pld W L GW GL Pts
  Ligia Silva 2 2 0 8 1 4
  Berta Rodríguez 2 1 1 5 4 3
  Priscila Dias 2 0 2 0 8 2

Group 3 edit

Player Pld W L GW GL Pts
  Paula Medina 2 2 0 8 0 4
  Andrea Estrada 2 1 1 4 6 3
  Mariany Nonaka 2 0 2 2 8 2

Group 4 edit

Player Pld W L GW GL Pts
  Yadira Silva 2 2 0 8 2 4
  Caroline Kumahara 2 1 1 5 5 3
  Katia Kawai 2 0 2 2 8 2

Main Draw Bracket edit

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1   Wu Xue 11 11 11 11
5   Caroline Kumahara 7 3 6 5 1   Wu Xue 8 11 5 11 11 12
6   Berta Rodríguez 11 6 8 7 5 3   Paula Medina 11 8 11 5 7 10
3   Paula Medina 7 11 11 11 11 1   Wu Xue 11 11 11 11
4   Yadira Silva 11 12 11 11 4   Yadira Silva 9 7 3 9
11   Andrea Estrada 9 10 8 6 4   Yadira Silva 7 11 6 11 6 11 11
7   Jessica Yamada 11 11 11 9 11 6 11 7   Jessica Yamada 11 9 11 9 11 5 0
2   Ligia Silva 13 6 7 11 9 11 8

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The City of the Carnival Ready to Welcome the Best of Latin America". ITTF. 2011-03-14. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  2. ^ "I - ITTF Copa Latinoamericana 2011" (PDF). ITTF. 2011. Retrieved 2012-10-12.
  3. ^ "ITTF Copa Latinoamericana 2012" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 2012-10-09.
  4. ^ "Success Against Traditional Rivals but Mixed Fortunes for Brazil". ITTF. 2011-03-19. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
  5. ^ "Gustavo Tsuboi Turns the Tables, Extracts Revenge and Secures Gold". ITTF. 2011-03-19. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  6. ^ "Experience Counts as Wu Xue and Yadira Silva Book Final Places". ITTF. 2011-03-19. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
  7. ^ "Nieves Wu Xue ratifica condición número uno". El Nacional (in Spanish). 2011-03-23. Archived from the original on 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  8. ^ "Wu Xue Wins in Rio de Janeiro and Now Eyes Singapore". ITTF. 2011-03-19. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  9. ^ "Wu Xue, primera campeona de la ITTF-Copa Latinoamericana" (in Spanish). ULTM. 2011-03-19. Archived from the original on 2013-04-16. Retrieved 2012-10-24.