2012 Latin American Table Tennis Cup
# 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. 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. 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.

## 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, 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. Both Matsumoto and Alto won bronze medals.

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | 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.

### 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 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
