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.
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.
After defeating Fabiola Ramos in the semifinals, Cordero fell to Caroline Kumahara in the championship.