2012 Latin American Table Tennis Cup

The 2012 Latin American Table Tennis Cup was held at the Eddy Cortez National Sports Centre in San José, Costa Rica from May 25–27, 2012 and was a qualifier for the 2012 Table Tennis World Cup. A prize pool of US$10,000 was at stake.^[1] The event was the second edition of the competition and was organized by the International Table Tennis Federation, the Latin American Table Tennis Union, and the Costa Rican Table Tennis Association.^[2] Brazilian Thiago Monteiro won the men's event; fellow Brazilian Caroline Kumahara won the women's competition.

Seeds

Seeding was based on the ITTF World Ranking lists published on May 1, 2012.^[3][4][5]

Men's Competition  Lin Ju (DOM) - Latin American Champion 2012  Cazuo Matsumoto (BRA) - South American Champion  Liu Song (ARG) - London 2012 Olympic Games Qualifier  Thiago Monteiro (BRA) - LATTU Ranking  Marcelo Aguirre (PAR) - London 2012 Olympic Games Qualifier  Hugo Hoyama (BRA) - London 2012 Olympic Games Qualifier  Gaston Alto (ARG) - LATTU Ranking  Jorge Campos (CUB) - LATTU Ranking  Dexter St. Louis (TRI) - LATTU Ranking  Pablo Tabachnik (ARG) - LATTU Ranking  Héctor Gatica (GUA) - Central American Champion  Allan Calvo (CRC) - Host Nation Representative

Women's Competition  Ligia Silva (BRA) - London 2012 Olympic Games Qualifier  Paula Medina (COL) - London 2012 Olympic Games Qualifier  Yadira Silva (MEX) - London 2012 Olympic Games Qualifier  Caroline Kumahara (BRA) - London 2012 Olympic Games Qualifier  Jessica Yamada (BRA) - 2012 Latin American Champion  Fabiola Ramos (VEN) - London 2012 Olympic Games Qualifier  Berta Rodríguez (CHI) - London 2012 Olympic Games Qualifier  Paulina Vega (CHL) - South American Champion  Carelyn Cordero (PUR) - LATTU Ranking  Rheann Chung (TRI) - Caribbean Champion  Mabelyn Enriquez (GUA) - Central American Champion  Angie Araya (CRC) - Host representative

Men's Competition

The twelve competitors were split into four groups of three, playing each groupmate once. The top two in each group advanced to the single-elimination bracket.

After the favorite and number one seed, Lin Ju, failed to advance beyond the group stage,^[6] the event was essentially up for grabs. In the semifinals, Thiago Monteiro defeated Gaston Alto and Liu Song beat Cazuo Matsumoto. Monteiro defeated Liu Song, 4-1, in the final to claim the title and qualify for the Liebherr World Cup.^[7] Both Matsumoto and Alto won bronze medals.^[8]

Qualification round

Group 1

Rnk	Player	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	Pts
1	Gaston Alto	2	1	1	6	4	3
2	Dexter St. Louis	2	1	1	7	6	3
3	Lin Ju	2	1	1	4	7	3

Group 2

Rnk	Player	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	Pts
1	Cazuo Matsumoto	2	2	0	8	4	4
2	Jorge Campos	2	1	1	6	5	3
3	Pablo Tabachnik	2	0	2	3	8	2

Group 3

Rnk	Player	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	Pts
1	Liu Song	2	2	0	8	0	4
2	Hugo Hoyama	2	1	1	4	5	3
3	Allan Calvo	2	0	2	1	8	2

Group 4

Rnk	Player	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	Pts
1	Thiago Monteiro	2	2	0	8	4	4
2	Marcelo Aguirre	2	1	1	6	4	3
3	Héctor Gatica	2	0	2	2	8	2

Main Draw

	Quarterfinals											Semifinals											Final
	7	Gaston Alto	11	11	10	11	11
	6	Hugo Hoyama	14	7	12	5	8					7	Gaston Alto	4	6	12	9
	8	Jorge Campos	5	8	5	8						4	Thiago Monteiro	11	11	14	11
	4	Thiago Monteiro	11	11	11	11																	4	Thiago Monteiro	11	12	11	8	13
	3	Liu Song	11	11	11	11																	3	Liu Song	9	10	9	11	11
	5	Marcelo Aguirre	9	9	4	7						3	Liu Song	11	11	11	12
	9	Dexter St. Louis	9	6	11	4	11	1				2	Cazuo Matsumoto	9	9	9	10
	2	Cazuo Matsumoto	11	11	8	11	8	11

Women's Competition

The women's competition was structured in the same way as the men's event.

Carelyn Cordero upset the number one seed in the quarterfinals in a seven-set thriller. After defeating Fabiola Ramos in the semifinals, Cordero fell to Caroline Kumahara in the championship.^[9]

Qualification round

Group 1

Rnk	Player	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	Pts
1	Ligia Silva	2	2	0	8	2	4
2	Rheann Chung	2	1	1	6	7	3
3	Paulina Vega	2	0	2	3	8	2

Group 2

Rnk	Player	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	Pts
1	Paula Medina	2	2	0	8	5	4
2	Carelyn Cordero	2	1	1	7	7	3
3	Berta Rodríguez	2	0	2	5	8	2

Group 3

Rnk	Player	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	Pts
1	Yadira Silva	2	2	0	8	4	4
2	Jessica Yamada	2	1	1	6	4	3
3	Mabelyn Enriquez	2	0	2	2	8	2

Group 4

Rnk	Player	Pld	W	L	GW	GL	Pts
1	Caroline Kumahara	2	2	0	8	1	4
2	Fabiola Ramos	2	1	1	5	4	3
3	Angie Araya	2	0	2	0	8	2

Main Draw

	Quarterfinals											Semifinals											Final
	1	Ligia Silva	11	11	4	11	11	8	8
	9	Carelyn Cordero	8	4	11	7	13	11	11			9	Carelyn Cordero	9	11	12	11	11
	6	Fabiola Ramos	11	11	5	11	11					6	Fabiola Ramos	11	8	10	9	8
	3	Yadira Silva	6	5	11	6	8																9	Carelyn Cordero	11	6	8	11	4	7
	4	Caroline Kumahara	11	11	9	11	11																4	Caroline Kumahara	9	11	11	9	11	11
	10	Rheann Chung	4	8	11	4	4					4	Caroline Kumahara	12	8	7	11	11	11
	5	Jessica Yamada	11	10	3	11	9					2	Paula Medina	10	11	11	5	9	5
	2	Paula Medina	7	12	11	13	11

See also

• Latin American Table Tennis Cup

References

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