Players who accumulated the largest number of points on the ITTF World Tour were qualified for the event, and competing for total prize money of US$1,000,000, the biggest total prize money event in the ITTF calendar.
If more than 1 player or pair have the same ranking on the World Tour standing when they compete for the last spot, the spot belongs to the player or the pair with higher ITTF world ranking.
[3] Seeding of the players and pairs are determined by the final order of the World Tour standings.
[4] 16 players (or 8 pairs in doubles) advance towards next round under a knockout system.
After playing a round-robin, the top 2 players in each group advance towards a knockout.