2017 ITTF Women's World Cup

The 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Markham, Ontario, from 27 to 29 October 2017. It was the 21st edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the first time that it had been staged in Canada.

In the final, China's Zhu Yuling defeated fellow Chinese player Liu Shiwen, 4–3, to win her first World Cup title.

Qualification
The following list of players was confirmed on 2 October 2017, based on the qualification system set by the ITTF.

Competition format
The tournament consisted of two stages: a preliminary group stage and a knockout stage. The players seeded 9 to 20 were drawn into four groups, with three players in each group. The top two players from each group then joined the top eight seeded players in the second stage of the competition, which consisted of a knockout draw.

Seeding
The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for October 2017.

• # 🇨🇳 Zhu Yuling (champion)

• # 🇨🇳 Liu Shiwen (final)

• # 🇯🇵 Kasumi Ishikawa (first round)

• # 🇯🇵 Miu Hirano (semifinals)

• # Cheng I-ching (semifinals)

• # 🇭🇰 Doo Hoi Kem (first round)

• # Li Jie (quarterfinals)

• # 🇷🇴 Elizabeta Samara (quarterfinals)

• # 🇰🇷 Seo Hyo-won (first round)

• # 🇭🇺 Georgina Póta (first round)

• # Chen Szu-yu (quarterfinals)

• # 🇦🇹 Liu Jia (first round)

• # 🇭🇰 Lee Ho Ching (quarterfinals)

• # 🇸🇪 Matilda Ekholm (first round)

• # 🇩🇪 Sabine Winter (preliminary round)

• # 🇨🇦 Zhang Mo (first round)

• # 🇺🇸 Lily Zhang (preliminary round)

• # 🇪🇬 Dina Meshref (first round)

• # 🇦🇺 Jian Fang Lay (preliminary round)

• # Paulina Vega (preliminary round)

Preliminary stage
The preliminary group stage took place on 27 October, with the top two players in each group progressing to the main draw.

Main draw
The knockout stage took place from 28–29 October.